Online Postings of Great America Maps, Guides, Menus, etc.

[UnclePennybags]

A collection of online memorabilia from Great America (Illinois).

To access an image, copy/paste its associated URL to the address bar of a different window. If desired, single-click the image to zoom to its maximum resolution.



Great America Park Maps:

1976 Park Map (22" x 25")
URL: i.imgur.com/aIk25o4.jpg

1980 Park Map & Guide (edited) (20.5" x 21.5")
URL: i.imgur.com/2atk02S.jpg

1982 Park Map (15.75" x 23.75")
URL: i.imgur.com/WitONbI.jpg

1983 Park Map & Guide (11" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/eAir5eS.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/VnOT00A.jpg

1990 Park Map (33" x 22")
URL: i.imgur.com/4qcTfJz.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/QuPBbHc.jpg

2000 Park Map & Guide (edited) (19.25" x 20.25")
URL: i.imgur.com/Ong9AS7.jpg

2005 Park Map & Guide (edited) (23" x 16.5")
URL: i.imgur.com/ibZmbeW.jpg

2006 Park Map & Guide (edited) (23.25" x 16.75")
URL: i.imgur.com/r0eOGgK.jpg

2006 Park Map (Souvenir) (33" x 22")
URL: i.imgur.com/QM43Jgm.jpg

2007 Park Map (28" x 14")
URL: i.imgur.com/MhGFkjW.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/U1PkP5C.jpg

2007 Park Map (Souvenir) (33" x 22")
URL: i.imgur.com/BJtIwGq.jpg

2008 Park Map (25.8" x 15")
URL: i.imgur.com/u5skB0K.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/LEOnSJ0.jpg

2009 Park Map (25.8" x 15")
URL: i.imgur.com/Isqgz5C.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/v3khg1P.jpg

2010 Park Map (25.8" x 15")
URL: i.imgur.com/KklaeBL.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/XqsjfHv.jpg

2011 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/PtLUmJo.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/oNmnSB8.jpg

2012 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/zikTpop.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/IOpS02X.jpg

2013 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/xqGzIGf.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/JOLxlL8.jpg

2014 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/AWf1m5y.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/773klUg.jpg

2015 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/napJ84S.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/ZWnMpWy.jpg

2016 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/hvAkVsX.jpg

2017 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/yXMASNa.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/4Y1JQRj.jpg

2018 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/Nfq9u2H.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/TFQ5v04.jpg

2019 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/BrM56fA.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/cDnaowt.jpg

2020 Park Map (29.50" x 42")
URL: i.imgur.com/BTJEfTL.jpg

2021 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/I6W7P7X.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/tnBq7qf.jpg



Hurricane Harbor Chicago Park Maps:

2021 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/I6W7P7X.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/tnBq7qf.jpg



Fright Fest Guides:

2006 Fright Fest Guide (11" x 8.5")
URL: i.imgur.com/WQF4Eeh.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/PrSAqV9.jpg

2007 Fright Fest Guide (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/xMo7FJM.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/3CUzrO2.jpg

2008 Fright Fest Guide (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/y3w7cca.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/FsbX6cd.jpg

2010 Fright Fest Guide (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/AAU9RQA.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/Q0Ds8NT.jpg

2011 Fright Fest Guide (20" x 9.25")
URL: i.imgur.com/ROPJPHS.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/xqiDTNT.jpg

2012 Fright Fest Guide (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/TvFFzwe.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/vh8Xf8Z.jpg

2014 Fright Fest Guide (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/3mtit8r.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/T3HvTj6.jpg

2015 Fright Fest Guide (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/7kGEjY9.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/VHQXVJP.jpg

2017 Fright Fest Guide (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/EIGMnio.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/48ZAI3l.jpg

2018 Fright Fest Guide (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/wTv0j6S.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/B0zYOp1.jpg

2019 Fright Fest Guide (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/Et1hyrS.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/sof4Wd0.jpg

2021 Fright Fest Guide (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/1PlCozQ.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/84tKnvE.jpg



Holiday in the Park Guides:

2018 Holiday in the Park Guide (20" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/wBfsHPE.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/oqQaega.jpg

2019 Holiday in the Park Guide (20" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/b6R98GQ.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/aB3qgAa.jpg



Great America Season Dining Pass Menus:

2016 Season Dining Pass Menu (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/JlAnzdx.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/GWTsi8B.jpg

2017 Season Dining Pass Menu (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/inzkzjq.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/oEbI2xG.jpg

2018 Season Dining Pass Menu (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/QhfOCRP.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/RWNZRnE.jpg

2019 Season Dining Pass Menu (8.5" x 11")
URL: i.imgur.com/CSdaID6.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/3IYmoYY.jpg

2020 Season Dining Pass Menu (4" x 6")
URL: i.imgur.com/Go31uoU.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/T5o6U8o.jpg

2021 Season Dining Pass Menu (8.5" x 11")
URL: i.imgur.com/z4jO11z.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/d0roIm1.jpg



Hurricane Harbor Chicago Season Dining Pass Menus:

2021 Season Dining Pass Menu (4" x 6")
URL: i.imgur.com/TjRDEbb.jpg



Miscellaneous:

1981 American Eagle Blueprint (62" x 24.25")
URL: i.imgur.com/7Auf2SX.jpg

1984 Aerial Photo of Marriott's Great America (14" x 11")
URL: i.imgur.com/ayD6oa4.jpg

2000 Park Brochure (16" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/vrhaJIR.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/f7Hygtb.jpg

2005 Park Brochure (19.75" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/pVGC8h3.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/tsKOiUe.jpg

2006 Park Brochure (19.75" x 9")
URL: i.imgur.com/TV3nXgX.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/UncJMGx.jpg

2011 Park Brochure (12" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/nqFAQBW.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/iDXLuBw.jpg



Massive Edits: derived from original Marriot's or Six Flags publications, these images are heavily edited to improve readability or to align appearance with currently released Six Flags publications.

1980 Park Map (15.75" x 17")
URL: i.imgur.com/Q4tyx0N.jpg

[UnclePennybags]

I've been working through a small trove of Great America memorabilia and have decided to post what I've got. It's being scanned at a high resolution, but needs to be posted at a lower resolution to get under the file size limitations found on most sharing sites.

I still have more goodies and will add them to the first post of this thread when they become available. However, I'll be slowing down the rate at which I post (for various reasons). For example:

• The park maps from 2005 and 2006 are going to be a pain. Instead of having a legend on the map, you have to read through a booklet to find out what each map identifier signifies. I might try to clean this up a bit with Photoshop. Maybe not.
  
• I'm pretty sure I have some other maps from before 1982, but I can't find them and am tired of looking. Maybe I'll find them in the next year. Maybe not.

Enjoy!

[UnclePennybags]

Added the 2019 Fright Fest Event Guide. A little late for most of us, but I got tired of waiting for the park to post their PDF. Perhaps someone can still make use of it in this last week of Fright Fest.

Also posted a new scan of the 2014 park map. Previous version was clipped.

[UnclePennybags]

Added the 2019 Holiday in the Park Guide.

[UnclePennybags]

Added 2007 Souvenir Park Map.

[UnclePennybags]

Added 2006 Park Map & Guide (edited down to a single page).

[UnclePennybags]

- Added the 2018 Holiday in the Park Guide.
- Reformatted the 2006 Park Map & Guide.

[UnclePennybags]

Additions:

- Added 2006 Souvenir Park Map.
- Added 2006 Park Brochure.

Modifications:

- Removed absolute URL's from the memorabilia list. Users must now copy/paste URL's to a different window to view images. Some applications were automatically expanding the absolute URL's and crashing due to the number of links and sizes of the images. This thread is now Tapatalk friendly!

[UnclePennybags]

Additions:

- Added 2005 Park Map & Guide (edited down to a single page).
- Added 2005 Park Brochure.

[UnclePennybags]

Additions:

- Added 2000 Park Map & Guide (edited down to a single page).
- Added 2000 Park Brochure.

[UnclePennybags]

Additions:

- 2011 Park Brochure: new post.

Modifications:

- 2006 Park Map (Souvenir): rescanned and touched-up to remove glare, creases, and scuff marks.
- 2007 Park Map (Souvenir): rescanned and touched-up to remove glare, creases, and scuff marks.

[forddude1416]

Since no one else has said it. Thank you so much for these. The only way to make it better is if the links were clickable.

Do you have an album where they all can be viewed?

[UnclePennybags]

Do you have an album where they all can be viewed?

Not sure if this will work, but try this:

http://imgur.com/user/TheRealUnclePennybags/posts

[forddude1416]

Works perfect. Thank you so much for doing these kinds of things!

[UnclePennybags]

Additions:

- 1980 Park Map & Guide (edited down to a single page).
- 1980 Park Map (massive edit to align appearance with current Six Flags park maps).

Summary of URL Additions (from above):

URL: i.imgur.com/2atk02S.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/Q4tyx0N.jpg

[ernstwhere]

Thanks so much for sharing your page. Gold mine!

[UnclePennybags]

Additions:

- 2020 Park Map.
- 2020 Season Dining Pass Menu.

Summary of URL Additions (from above):

URL: i.imgur.com/BTJEfTL.jpg

URL: i.imgur.com/Go31uoU.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/T5o6U8o.jpg

[UnclePennybags]

Additions:

- 2021 Great America Park Map.
- 2021 Great America Season Dining Pass Menu.
- 2021 Hurricane Harbor Chicago Season Dining Pass Menu.

Summary of URL Additions (from above):

URL: i.imgur.com/I6W7P7X.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/tnBq7qf.jpg

URL: i.imgur.com/z4jO11z.jpg
URL: i.imgur.com/d0roIm1.jpg

URL: i.imgur.com/TjRDEbb.jpg

[UnclePennybags]

Additions:

- 1981 American Eagle Blueprint (massive 5' wide poster)

Summary of URL Additions (from above):

URL: i.imgur.com/7Auf2SX.jpg

[ernstwhere]

Wow, thanks! The poster took my breath away... It was in my bedroom when I was 12! My dad and I attended press day in 1981 (through ACE).

[UnclePennybags]

Wow, thanks! The poster took my breath away... It was in my bedroom when I was 12! My dad and I attended press day in 1981 (through ACE).

Thanks! I had a tough time dating the earliest possible release of this poster. I don't think it would have been released before American Eagle opened in 1981, but maybe? If you say that you saw this poster in 1981, that rules out 1982, 1983, and 1984 (the last year that Marriott owned the park). I'll go with 1981.

Thanks again.

[ernstwhere]

My pleasure. It was so great to see the poster again! I can confirm it was 1981 or earlier. The poster, if I have this right, could have been distributed at the Milwaukee Sports Show, Winter 1981. I remember the model of the coaster there and a park rep greeting people. There was a lot of publicity about the Eagle, that's how we found out about ACE, just after Demon opened. There is a legend on the poster in the lower left which could provide a clue, but I can confirm at least 1981. The invitation to press day was spectacular. I received a huge box from Great America, and as an 11-year old that is a life event! Inside was a mylar balloon with the Eagle logo and the invitation. We got to ride the Eagle was it was designed, no headrests, no wings, no breaks that I can recall. It was unbelievable! Dad and I appear for a split second in Screams and Dreams, during the Eagle press day segment. Thanks for the great memories! I'm happy to tell you anything else I can remember.

[CoasterRiderSC]

Speaking of Eagle, I don't believe it always had those "rumple strips" that are at the bottom of the first drop. Does anyone know when those were added and why??

[UnclePennybags]

Speaking of Eagle, I don't believe it always had those "rumple strips" that are at the bottom of the first drop. Does anyone know when those were added and why??

What's a rumple strip? Please describe.

[UnclePennybags]

Additions:

- 1984 Aerial Photo of Marriott's Great America

Summary of URL Additions (from above):

URL: i.imgur.com/ayD6oa4.jpg