{"id":161,"date":"2021-04-11T21:17:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T21:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/?p=161"},"modified":"2021-04-12T00:19:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T00:19:13","slug":"1999-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/1999-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"1999 &#8211; Reunion 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sat, 09\/21\/2013 &#8211; 21:11 \u2014&nbsp;dgmccown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reunion99 was held on Saturday, June 12, 1999. The Reunion was sponsored by the Six Flag&#8217;s Association of Former Employees, in conjunction with Six Flags Over Texas. The reunion was open to all individuals that had previously worked in the park.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Almost exactly one hundred former employees, from various departments and all different seasons, and their families attended the event. The Reunion included:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a day in the park to ride the rides and see the shows;<\/li><li>meeting and visiting during the day at our booth in the Modern section;<\/li><li>a reunion rally at the pavilions during the evening;<\/li><li>kiddie packages to entertain all of the little ones, with items donated by the park and the association;<\/li><li>dinner at the rally;<\/li><li>a reunion program, with Bruce Neal, our featured speaker.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Marian Buehler, Director of Human Relations and Administration, welcomed everyone to the park on behalf of Six Flags Over Texas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bruce Neal, Public Relations Director for Six Flags beginning in 1968, was the featured speaker. He spoke of the &#8220;early days of the park&#8221; and provided a lists of Six Flags Over Texas &#8220;firsts&#8221; in the amusement&nbsp; park industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Statistics:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Total Registered Former Employees: 98<\/li><li>First Year Employees: Two<\/li><li>Most Seasons&nbsp; Reed, Heather 15<\/li><li>Most Recent Season (Not counting Currently employed individuals) 1997<\/li><li>Rides 47<\/li><li>Foods 15<\/li><li>Grounds Quality 4<\/li><li>Gifts 3<\/li><li>Games 3<\/li><li>Cash control 3<\/li><li>Parking Lot \/ Security 3<\/li><li>Shows 2<\/li><li>Travelers:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Linda Kelso Birmingham, AL<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Lynn Johnston El Cajon, CA<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Austin Jeter Memphis TN<\/li><li>Largest First Year &#8211; 1976 10<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (All information is taken from registration materials. Attendees that did not register are not included.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfafe.net\/events\/reunions\/1999\/1999 sfot_reunion_I_017.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<br>Last Update: Thursday, May 16, 2002<br>Reunion 1999<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfafe.net\/events\/reunions\/1999\/1999 sfot_reunion_I_019.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfafe.net\/events\/reunions\/1999\/ru991961.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfafe.net\/events\/reunions\/1999\/ru99booth.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfafe.net\/events\/reunions\/1999\/ru99group1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfafe.net\/events\/reunions\/1999\/ru99mk.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sfafe.net\/events\/reunions\/1999\/ru99neal.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sat, 09\/21\/2013 &#8211; 21:11 \u2014&nbsp;dgmccown &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reunion99 was held on Saturday, June 12, 1999. The Reunion was sponsored by the Six Flag&#8217;s Association of Former Employees, in conjunction with Six Flags Over Texas. The reunion was open to all individuals that had previously worked in the park. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Almost exactly one hundred former employees, from &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/1999-reunion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1999 &#8211; Reunion 1999<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8","category-reunions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sfafe.net\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}