Fantastic. Someone told me the hotel her mom refers to where she saw Elvis every day would have been what is now the Josephinium at Second and Stewart - I understand it used to be the New Washington and had quite the top floor suite.
I was a crossing guard in elementary school and the big pay-off was a trip to the Fun Forrest at the end of the year.
So many memories. The best ones are probably riding flight to mars over and over and over when I was 10 and getting paid to ride the rocking sea-ship ride for 5 hours straight as an extra in the Jared Leto / Jake Gyllenhaal snoozer film "Highway" in 2001.
But I'm sure the tacky glass gift shoppe will be a resounding success. Just think of all the tourists who will simply FLOCK to it...
It was notable mainly for the jolting turn-on-a-dime motion of its rickity cars.
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http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/v/a/…
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As was the old mini golf course.
So many memories. The best ones are probably riding flight to mars over and over and over when I was 10 and getting paid to ride the rocking sea-ship ride for 5 hours straight as an extra in the Jared Leto / Jake Gyllenhaal snoozer film "Highway" in 2001.