They only gave guided tours for a few years, maybe around 77-78 through about 81-82. They had someone dressed in the uniforms that the cave guides, turnstyle and ticket booth personnel used to wear, the "official" state park looking uniform. The groups were usually ten to twenty people, and stops were at various points along the route of the tours in the park. The tour guides told you about crafts, food, rest room locations, rides, attractions, and upcoming festivals and events, then after the tour, you were free to roam at will. I think some people took a partial tour, then took off on their own. As time passed, fewer and fewer people bothered with tours, so SDC quit doing them. As a new employee, I took one of the tours as part of a group of new employees, a part of our introductory training at SDC. It was alright, but as I had visited the park many times as a guest, I pretty much knew about everything that was pointed out on the tour. One of the stopping points on the tour was at the entry of the diving bell, and sometimes as "Junior Dugan," I would approach with some of the other guys and do silly little things to make the tour guide "mess up." It got a laugh from guests, but the tour guides sometimes got annoyed!
