I do remember when the GE was the parking lot area! The little building now on park that is a nursing station stuck in between Red/Gold Hall and the other exhibition/special events building in GE is the remnant of the old cabin known as "Shad's." At the time I worked there, it was used not as Shad and Mollie's old cabin, but as a security office, and a little covered area next to it was where I clocked in each day. I had to park on the employee parking lot across Highway 76 which was known at that time as "C Lot." When I first laid eyes on GE, I could not believe it! I was a bit disoriented at first, because things had changed so much. Most of us here agree, GE does not really fit in with the rest of the park theme...but I do have to admit, they did a GREAT job of taking what I consider carnival rides and tayloring them to fit in there the best they could. I still pine for the days though when that was a wooded area. I really hate the fact that they are running out of developable property, and had to build right there at the intersection of Indian Point Rd/Hwy. 76. Things have changed, time marches on...what the PTB drilled into the heads of employees when I was there was that SDC was an 1880 community in the Ozarks, and I was a "citizen" not an employee. We were required to say "howdy" to everyone we met on the streets, and we were allowed to taylor our costumes to fit our personalities, so we were more individual "citizens" rather than employees. Those days are GONE. SDC is a well done theme park, and thank goodness there is still enough of the "old days" left...the flavor, the spirit of the old days, that is. That's why we all still love the place so much. OK, all you season pass holders nod your heads, raise your hands skyward, and say, "AMEN!"
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