29yrswithaGApass 1,023 Report post Posted August 23, 2012 Click here to see the whole Spotlight! Comments and discussions are welcomed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
29yrswithaGApass 1,023 Report post Posted August 23, 2012 We've added the latest installment of our Yearbook series - 1978 which was Season #5. Be sure to check out the Spotlight to see all the changes Six Flags made for their first season as owners. I am not sure what changes were made to the backstage/employee policies but check out the Letter to the Editor in the "Part of the Cast" page to read about the boycott on soft drinks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Csogi 1 Report post Posted August 24, 2012 I was happy to see in the newsletter that Show Op's softball was doing good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gasmspiritblue 3 Report post Posted September 15, 2012 I forgot all about this, thanks for making this apart of your spotlight! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
29yrswithaGApass 1,023 Report post Posted November 7, 2012 A very unique ad has been added to the 1978 Print Advertising page. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daved Thomson 20 Report post Posted November 8, 2012 Very nice print advertisement and rather interesting that the balloon was portrayed in the artists conception, but not even close to being an aerial representation of Great Adventure at the time. Any thoughts on which Six Flags park (if any) this might have been representative of at the time. For me, if any of their parks, it might be AstroWorld. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
29yrswithaGApass 1,023 Report post Posted November 8, 2012 I think it was just a whimsical fantasy park to fit in with the colorful Sunday comic section of the newspaper to appeal to kids. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
29yrswithaGApass 1,023 Report post Posted November 9, 2012 It sort of looks like Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, PA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
29yrswithaGApass 1,023 Report post Posted March 18, 2013 Added to the Yearbook, an intact 1978 complimentary combination ticket (front and back). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
captchaos 0 Report post Posted October 3, 2013 Do you guys have a park map for this season? I have been loving the threads and pictures out here! Just going through the years. Its been awesome watching out the park has transformed over the years Nevermind I am a total noob .. I found it. I have been just viewing the map off the thread and not clicking the actual highlight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
29yrswithaGApass 1,023 Report post Posted October 3, 2013 ^Welcome to GAH! Hope you enjoy hunting around the site! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
29yrswithaGApass 1,023 Report post Posted February 18, 2014 Just added to the 1978 Management page is this flyer featuring a memo from Larry Cochran. It's kinda cute that they used the "Wheeler" character at the top of the note. I guess that was suppose to be Larry! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mayor al 1 Report post Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) Yeah, I found humor in this character twice over.. FIRST- Larry Cochran was a Tall Thin Gentleman who lost most of his hair earlier than his arrival at Great Adventure. and SECOND- If that Cartoon Character isn't a copywrite infringement on "YOSEMITE SAM" from Warner Bro. Looney Tunes I would be very surprised. add- Nice to see my OBIT. in the News paper...hehehe my farewell address was included in that copy. AL Bowen Edited October 12, 2014 by mayor al Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
29yrswithaGApass 1,023 Report post Posted June 30, 2015 This photo was found in a "new" 1978 Host & Hostess Manual I recently received. Does anyone which ride's control panel is pictured below? I don't know the answer but I was thinking probably something that included hydraulics given the meter at the top of the panel. Maybe the Swiss Bob? It sure had a lot of buttons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GAcoaster 148 Report post Posted June 30, 2015 That looks like a prefab booth window. I'd guess it was one of the portables like the Troika. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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