Talk:Six Flags Great America
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[edit] Photos
What the hell happened to all of the photos?--Jon Revelle 04:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
- Looks like somebody removed 'em without being noticed. [1]. I've merged them back in. --Interiot 15:32, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism!
After details of 1997, the rest of the article has been cut off. 60.39.36.152's vandalism has been cleaned up.--User:jonrev 00:30, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] History
I added a complete history of the park. Plese correct any errors if found. I am also adding photos of some of the major rides.--Jon Revelle 08:19, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
- Hey, Jon. I am replacing your picture of the Columbia carousel with a much sharper, higher resolution one.
Columbia carousel
[edit] Major revision
The article had a good start but it really needed some more added to it because essentially it was a chronology of rides. I added a ton more on the front end highlighting some things that made Mariott's Great America different from the park that exists today. I'm going to work on this some more but so far culling the source material my memory has been pretty darn arccurate! I look forward to working with folks more on it. What we really need is some more and better photos. --Wgfinley 07:14, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Orleans Orbit/Orbit
Are you sure that Orbit in Hometown Square is a different ride? According to several websites it is the exact same ride with paint modifications.
Yeah, I think that needs to be fixed, originally I thought it was much smaller than the original Orleans Orbit but looking at the pics over at GA Parks that doesn't appear to be the case. --Wgfinley 01:43, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Orleans Orbit/Orbit was an Anton Schwarzkopf Enterprise ride and usually those kind of rides are built the same size. I dont know how you would've seen the ride as smaller.--Jon Revelle 03:32, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rapids Crow reference
Anyone know what the heck this reference is about "final ride of The Crow", I have no idea what that is. Never heard it referred to and I worked the ride for 4 years and never heard that reference. --Wgfinley 01:47, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Rapids was the last ride added by Marriott. So RR is the final ride of (Marriott's) the crow.--Jon Revelle 02:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Crowds / how-to information
Detailed how-to information (what time to arrive at the park, what rides one should or should not visit first) are generally not considered encyclopedic, but are appropriate for Wikibooks. I believe the {{move to wikibooks}} for that section is entirely appropriate, though the section could simply be trimmed down (AFAIK, very small amounts of how-to info may pop up in encyclopedia articles sometimes). --Interiot 13:25, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Shows and entertainment
Removed this whole section. It looks like it was lifted directly from advertising material and poorly written overall. The information might be useful, but it needs to be drastically edited. If someone else wants to make the corrections, please go ahead. Zotdragon 17:01, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
