RideOfSteel Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Thank you! What a great season! I was at Great Adventure over fifteen times, and got 14 more coaster credits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasmspiritblue Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Thank you! What a great season! I was at Great Adventure over fifteen times, and got 14 more coaster credits! Cool and if you need any help editing your profile just ask me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideOfSteel Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Thanks. I need to log on using a computer. I'm usually posting from my phone where its so slow to edit the profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasmspiritblue Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 True its always slow on my ipod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 WOW! We now have 1500 GreatAdventureHistory.com members and recently passed over the 40,000 posts mark! What a great milestone to reach on Thanksgiving Day where we are very thankful for our incredible Great Adventure History community! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew M Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Wow i haven't even heard of this til now. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Im Andrew from florence, nj. Been visiting great adventure pretty much all 18 years of my life. i have pics of me in a stroller at 1 w bugs bunny. i gotta find that pic. but I've always had a love for an amusement parks but great adventures just had that special place in my heart my whole life. its always the place to go to when you want to escape reality for a day. If i could create a lifetime job that revolved around this park i would do it in a heartbeat. and so im grateful for Tom and Harry for creating this site. Brings back memories and i love researching things about the park before my time and seeing how far GA has come. so keep up the good work guys. Here's to another decade of fun and plenty more after! -Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multiham Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Great site. I worked at Great Adventure from 1983 to 1988. 5 years in Games and 1 year in Rides. Pretty much worked every game in the park at that time. When I was in rides, I mostly worked the Scrambler, Matterhorn, Little Wheel and once in a while Lightning Loops. I remember that since I was not a regular on Lightning Loops, I was only certified to be a loader which was a pretty boring job. My infamous rides moment was when I turned the Little Wheel into a thrill ride! Most of the riders on the Little Wheel were people who were not exactly thrill seekers and were looking for a nice quiet ride to get a view of the park. It was raining one day early in the season and I was working the Little Wheel by myself. When it started to rain, the area supervisor shut down the ride. About an hour later, it had stopped raining and I was told to open the ride again. There were only a couple things you needed to know to operate the ride. First, you had to balance the cars. You had to estimate the weight of the people you put on one section of the wheel and make sure that you loaded the cars directly opposite with about the same amount of weight. Thats why there were colored cars so that I knew if I loaded the yellow cars, I needed to load the blue cars which were exactly opposite on the wheel from the yellow cars. The second thing you needed to do to operate was to get comfortable with the lever that made the wheel turn. If you moved it too quickly it would either start or stop real fast. Took a while to get the feel of it.. The wheel itself was spun by a couple of what looked like car tires turning in opposite directions. The speed of these tires was controlled by the operating lever. Well, no one told me it was a good idea to run the ride without passengers until the tires were dry. So, I load the first 2 or 3 cars with some pretty big guys and gals. Start the ride and the wheel turns so their cars are at or pretty near the top. Now to load the cars at the bottom. Still remember almost 30 years later that I had a group of 5 women who must have been in their 60's or 70's. Thought to myself that the weight distribution wasn't perfect but it was okay. So I loaded them in their cars and turned the wheel on. Wheel starts to move forward and then I hear the loudest, ear piercing noise I've ever heard AND the wheel starts spinning backwards!! What was happening was that the tires driving the wheel were wet AND I had an unbalanced wheel (too much weight near the top). So the wet tires were getting no traction against each other and were spinning the wrong way! You should hear the noise that rubber on rubber makes!! I immediately shut the wheel off and try again. Same thing! Horrible noise and wheel is spinning backwards. Gravity is bringing the heavier guys down and lifting the lighter women up. I've got no control over the ride and the women can tell this. They start screaming, I stop the ride and next thing I know I have the area supervisor there who heard the noise all the way on the other side of our rides area! Guess I was not the first person to do this, but there is no solution other than to let the wheel spin backward until you can get the heavier people to the bottom and off the ride. The whole time the wheel is making this horrible noise. Never felt so bad in my life as I did that day for those woman. I'm pretty sure these women never went on another ride and I'm to blame for that!! Had some great times working there and still tell stories about the park to my friends today! Wish I hadn't thrown away the pictures of me wearing those beautiful green pants and striped shirt that was the "wardrobe" for games. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted December 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Great story! When you were running Little Wheel, did it have the cages or were they still the open cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multiham Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Great story! When you were running Little Wheel, did it have the cages or were they still the open cars? I believe this was pre cage days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy9 Posted December 19, 2011 Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 Hi I'm Robbie, and I am a pretty young coaster enthusiast, 14 years old. I've had a season pass to Great Adventure since 2008. Now for the most important thing about me, El Toro, in my own opinion, is the greatest coaster conceived by man! All hail the intamin gods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switlik Property Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) Just wanted to drop in and give a BIG THANK YOU! to all involved here. I have been a lurker for a few years now. Growing up in Jackson in the 70-80's I spent more time at GA then at home sometimes. Although I never worked there (mostly cause I didn't want to have to call somewhere I liked to much work) I learned every nook of the park. I was a season pass holder from early 80's till 1991 or so. But Never returned to the park until 2008 as the father of twin 4 year olds. It was like returning home. It brought back soo many memories which lead me here to this fine site. Now my 8 year old son is obsessed with all things Great Adventure. I mean his art projects in school are GA based, the only book he wants to read is his GA book, He wants a vintage T shirt from the park. And probably spends more time here looking at GA history then watching TV or riding his go cart. So once again thanks for this great site!!! Edited April 1, 2012 by Switlik Property Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Thank you, and welcome to the site (now as an official member)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullmountain Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Hello, I'm Shelby! This will be my second year in rides, having started last year at Skull Mountain. I spent a majority of my time there though also worked Rolling Thunder, Safari Tours, and Jumpin' Joey. This year, I'll be at Skull Mountain once again! Figured I'd post in this thread too though I already posted in the employee thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted April 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfgadviper Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Hi everyone. My name is Winfield. I use to hang around the boards and even post a few times until recently. I worked as the Viper lead at GADV from 96-98 and loved every minute of the experience. This summer I have again returned to the park while I get back into the work game. I will be stationed at the SkyCoaster. I am excited to be seeing those who love the experience once again. If you see me around the park please say "Hi" I do enjoy meeting good people. I let friends move out of my life and now want them back, Favorite Non SF Coaster - Drachen Fire Favorite SF Coaster - El Toro I am an open book so ask me anything if you choose to know me, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Hey Winfield, we're glad you're here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanrobinchiller Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Hi everyone. My name is Winfield. I use to hang around the boards and even post a few times until recently. I worked as the Viper lead at GADV from 96-98 and loved every minute of the experience. This summer I have again returned to the park while I get back into the work game. I will be stationed at the SkyCoaster. I am excited to be seeing those who love the experience once again. If you see me around the park please say "Hi" I do enjoy meeting good people. I let friends move out of my life and now want them back, Favorite Non SF Coaster - Drachen Fire Favorite SF Coaster - El Toro I am an open book so ask me anything if you choose to know me, Hey Winfield welcome! I'm Rob and I operate/attend Green Lantern. I'm the Asian kid with long hair come say hi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nixon Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Hey everyone! My name is Dan. You may know me from other forums as SFNEKid. I love all things Six Flags, and I hope to learn more about Great Adventure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Welcome Dan! Hope you enjoy the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanrobinchiller Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Hey everyone! My name is Dan. You may know me from other forums as SFNEKid. I love all things Six Flags, and I hope to learn more about Great Adventure! Hey Dan! Welcome to this forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Kaiser Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Well, I actually joined over 4 years ago, but here's my first post! My name is Matt, but a lot of people probably know me as Kaiser. I'm a freshman in college studying computer science. I work for Chop Dawg Studios as a web developer. Also, I love coasters and Great Adventure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 ^Thanks for the intro Matt! It's always nice to hear from a fellow Great Adventure fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Kaiser Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 ^ Thanks! Also, I'm the other guy that was with rob and Kevin last night. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 ^ Thanks! Also, I'm the other guy that was with rob and Kevin last night. P Hey Matt! Great seeing you yesterday at the park! I am sure we will meet again ... probably in the fog and darkness of some Fright Fest trail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman10000 Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Hello everyone, my name is Ethan. I have season passes to Great Adventure and go there about once a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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