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Greetings!
Hope
you've enjoyed the fall season - and are ready for winter! We've been busy
at the park with a host of new projects and lots of general park
maintenance. Here's an update on some things we're working on to improve
the park for next year. Happy reading....
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Big
Improvements Coming To Parking, Admissions
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In conjunction with the town of
Irondequoit's highway project adjacent to the park, we're reconfiguring
our parking lots and rebuilding our admission gates to better serve
our guests. In the Waterpark lot, the new roadway will run just west of
Bill Gray's Restaurant. New parking spaces will be created at the
top of the hill, closer to the gate. The parking lot will also be
re-graded and a new building constructed (above, a rendering of the
Waterpark Entrance). The Main Gate will also see big improvements to
the buildings and parking layout. All this work will result in a faster
trip to - and through - our new & improved entrance gates.
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And You
Thought We Went to Florida all Winter
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 The last 2
months have been very busy ones, with several big projects underway.
In addition to the Waterpark parking lot job, we've painted the Jack
Rabbit first hill, worked on the Tube Slide pump house, renovated
the Flume station, painted the Arcade building, and are putting a
new roof on the Bobsleds station (shown in photo, above).The
office staff is busy closing the books on the 2008 season, taking
reservations for next year's company and school outings, and
researching a new Point-Of-Sale system for our front gates in
order to speed up operations. The work never ceases....
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A Blast to the
Past: Notes from Disneyland
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 A major source
for new ideas comes from our visits to other amusement parks
around the world. In the 1960's, George Long visited Disneyland and
saw the Matterhorn Bobsleds roller coaster. His sketch (at
left, on Disneyland Hotel stationery) showed the ride footings and
structure, and his note says "Bobsled has about 80' dark tunnel
before going up incline". He also saw the Matterhorn's unique
tubular steel track. Soon after that trip, Long converted the park's
Junior Coaster into the Bobsleds - featuring a similar new tubular
track system. Check out the link below for more cool Disney history.
The Matterhorn
shown on Yesterland's Website...
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The Latest
Club Seabreeze Winners
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Here are the latest winners of our
monthly drawings. For September it's AnnMarie Johansson of Webster
NY and Kimberly Vitale of Rochester NY. October winners are Steven
McGuire of Canandaigua NY and Lisa Lane of Rochester NY. And
for November it's Anne Burgess of Rochester NY and Michelle
Dahlin of Elbridge NY. Congrats to all our winners - you'll receive
your complimentary Ride & Slide Passes in the mail soon.
Club
Seabreeze...
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The Gift
of Summer Fun Now On Sale
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Looking for a unique gift for the
holidays? Give 'em some summer fun. Gift certificates for Passports
and single-day passes are now on sale through the park Business
Office. Call them at 323-1900, or stop by during business
hours (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm). Please note: due to our pending new POS system (see
story at left), our online store is closed until Spring. Just
call us or stop by instead - we'll take good care of you.
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