Monday, September 07, 2009

The Dukes of Sussex

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In the Park's heyday, Cobblestone Village was filled with gift shoppes, food concessions and a "Broadway" stage. But as att...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Parkular Mechanics

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Popular Mechanics posted a piece recently titled 5 Theme Park Rides that Pushed the Limits of Common Sense . Guess which park featured two...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

At The Movies

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So.   Adventureland .    I liked it much better than I thought I would.   The director, Greg Mottola, worked at an amusement park on Long Is...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

Adventureland

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Oh great, someone beat me to the Park movie.  Though this looks more like Bowcraft than the Park: I pledge to you, Dear Reader, that I wil...
Monday, February 23, 2009

The Center Goes To Brooklyn

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If you like your blog posts in a more dynamic, audio visual format, please come to Union Hal l in Park Slope on Tuesday, March 3.   I will b...
Monday, September 29, 2008

From the Police Blotter

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Of all the rides I attended at the Park, the only one I actively hated was the Transmobile.  It was hot, it was boring and the office manage...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008

That's how we do it at the AP...

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I got a text from Stacey the other day.  She told me she had just explained the Park's version of water polo to her husband.  It wasn...
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Friday, July 25, 2008

That's Not in the Handbook

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When I tell people I worked at the Park's Bungee Tower, one of their first questions is always, "So, how many people died on that r...
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Cold Trade for Warm Sunshine

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Because I miss everything awesome, I was off the day Alice in Chains came to the Park to film segments for the Headbanger's Ball . Luc...
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$3 off admission is no reason to patronize Pizza Hut

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Okay, this seems to be just a normal 80s Pizza Hut commerical, featuring the comedy stylings of Rich Hall, until you get to the end: The Par...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Another New Jersey Institution Needs Your Help

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Okay, at the moment, the best connection I can make between WFMU and the Park is that they've both been featured in Weird New Jersey . ...
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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Tequila Shoes

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The First Aid Department had a tradition of throwing an end-of-season party in late August that was held after hours at the Park. Most years...
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Monday, February 11, 2008

Everybody Wants Some

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Colleen just posted about the Van Halen concert she went to the other night. Which reminded me, as many things do, of the Alpine Slide. I w...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Action hasn't stopped, it's just on hiatus.

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My job is sucking my will to live right now, so much so that I'm thinking that an $8.50/hr (in 1995 dollars- adjust accordingly for infl...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Office Politics

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One winter, I was hired to work as an office assistant in lift operations. Stephanie, the department manager, hired a woman named Anne to be...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Fire!

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What's that? You want a disaster porn image of the old Lodge on fire? I am here to oblige, sicko: Insane, right? It burned down in Octo...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Time for a trip in the Way Back Machine

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Further back than usual, that is. I just found these links , which give a great overview of the history of Vernon Valley and Great Gorge, b...
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Monday, October 01, 2007

Minor Characters 2: The Trans Techs

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The Transmobile, a monorail that conveyed patrons between Alpine Center & Motorworld, was my least favorite ride to attend. It was a o...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

Postcards from the Edge

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The Park's gift shoppes used to sell a poster-sized map of the place. One of my favorite things about it was that it depicted attractio...
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Friday, September 21, 2007

Polka your eyes out

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Have I mentioned the Spa at Great Gorge before? It was the Park's upscale cousin. The company that owned both held onto it when they sol...
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