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I am so sorry for your loss, I'm at an absolute loss of words I saw the Facebook post last night and couldn't believe that it was true. I've been here since pretty early on and this site sparked my interest in the theme park industry. While I haven't been actively posting much these days I still check in pretty much daily. Every time I met and talked to Harry it was great to talk about the park and the industry, I will miss his trip reports greatly and all the effort put into Spotlights. May he rest in peace and his legacy and devotion to the park live on forever.

Thanks Harry!!

I stumbled across this home movie from 1978 on YouTube while looking for Rolling Thunder videos, enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-B_8ZgJXkY

Went on a social distancing kayak ride today on the Prospertown lake with a friend that I used to work with at the park with, and I saw this ancient sign that says "Private No Trespassing S. Switlik" not sure if anyone has shared this but I thought it was pretty cool it's still there after all these years.

Thanks guys! Yeah it was kind of a bummer but we made the best of it at home, everyone stay healthy out there!!

I know I was thinking the same thing, I gained interest in the park in 2008 after seeing GASM's loop in the safari and wondering why it was there so i looked it up and found this site. Worked at the park from 2014 as a games attendant, 2015-16 as a rides TM at Super, and 2017-18 as the Supervisor of Super. It's hard to believe i wanted to work there so bad now it's all behind me now, including the fact that I met my current girlfriend there that I've been with for 2 years now. 11 years can really slip passed you, but the memories last forever!!

I haven't posted in here for a few years but i'm literally shook

Theres one available on ebay.

B- Far Side

Super, in fact does have the heaviest trains, same track design except for the pretzel loop where there is more stress on the bottom, thicker track.

It's been a stressful few weeks, we are so understaffed we have no ride entrances anymore. After school every day this week i have a 4-11 shift right after a 7-1:30 school day, rides people are very nice people but if we are little cranky it's because we like never have time to rest, once weekends only roll around we should be good again.

I got stuck on the skyride for the first time ever today, very odd feeling.

Excited to get back to work this weekend, took off lat weekend for a wedding. Last day of school is Friday, got my permit today, and finally upgraded my 4s for the 6, whats next? promotion to supervisor? haha nah not this year

Will you be there both days Harry?

I did games last year and i found it fun and enjoyable, the best part was seeing peoples reactions to things. Talking on mic and annoying people was fun also haha. If you did do games try to get into the square section, that's the section with 3 point (best game to work) you just have to be on your A game with handling change, and quickly, after a while it's a piece of cake as long as you stay even hope this helps!

I guess El Diablo's trains are really easy to get on and off for maintenance if needed. It would be cool if they sold some of the metal benches as souvenirs, i have a bench from Shea Stadium which is pretty cool, but it's all going to be scrap.

Dammit ^

yeah superman has had shorter lines this year (kind of confusing me too), but over the weekend the line was to the second and third que, but somehow we managed to kill that line down to a station wait (park was still crowded), expect fast dispatches on super this year, great crew.

I never realized how much work actually went into building rapids, very informative spotlight!! Be cool to see more like these!! Keep it up!! ...and scream machine huh

Happy Birthday Harry!

Dam i really underestimated El Diablo. Great addition to the park!

Oh yea, we have certain things to say to a guest, we aren't allowed to mention anything about a guest without them telling us first hand, unless its a situation that the guest cannot ride superman due to the positioning of the ride (i think you get what i mean) and even for that we have a way of telling them nicely that they won't be able to ride, which hurts because you never want a guest to be sad, but safety is always priority. But for a situation like that, i feel they would know not to ride while pregnant, so lets hope she didn't.

Oh hey Shawn and it's so nice to see a new trip report, great job Harry!