29yrswithaGApass Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Click here to see the whole Spotlight! Comments and discussions are welcomed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Balloons and Thanksgiving... they seem to go together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafreak Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Some of those balloons are really cool looking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 I recall in the '80s the balloon girls use to wear huge buttons, the size of cake plates, that said the price of the balloons on them. Those were some REALLY big buttons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasmspiritblue Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 How fragile are those two ballons, the one on the left mostly? You can't really do that in a park anymore (you can), more carnival places do it, but it seems to not be as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 I remember watching so many of those balloons fly off as the balloon girls were trying to pull one out of the bunch. With what we know now about the environmental impact of all those balloons (especially the mylar ones), it makes me cringe every time I see someone let a balloon go. I always found it so strange that this picture was the one they chose of Freefall: I guess pre-Photoshop there wasn't an easy way to take that balloon out of the tree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanrobinchiller Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 The balloons had awesome intricate designs on them. Iol I wonder how many balloons were let go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 How fragile are those two ballons, the one on the left mostly? It was so fragile I didn't dare blow it up to take a better picture of it! That balloon was part of a "mystery bag" of out dated merchandise the park offered. In 1980, the shop under the Big Wheel, Enchanted Forest Gifts at the time, had a wooden barrel of sealed white paper bags. In each of them were several items consisting mostly of discontinued merchandise. I remember buying a few of these mystery grab bags for $1 each and getting things like balloons, old GAF slides, Great Adventure beach balls, and prints from the Safari. I wish I had that entire barrel now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasmspiritblue Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Ha ha that is cool i never knew they did something like that! I love the old park stuff, the items i collect are mostly from the 70's/ 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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