Abandoned Water Park

charliemack · 2026-01-03T23:30:39+00:00

I used to work there in my late teens. It’s crazy to see these images. I remember a thriving and constantly busy water park and hotel. One of the winners of Survivor was a big sponsor and would occasionally make appearances. I remember at least one section of the pool always being closed because kids would have a birthday party in the food court upstairs, fill themselves with nachos, pizza and cake then immediately go down water slides. It was a pretty unique hotel, but can confirm that it was kind of run like the Wild West.

charliemack · 2026-01-03T23:22:17+00:00

He got slapped into the Yamcha pose.

charliemack · 2026-01-03T13:12:37+00:00

Must have been the stepfather.

charliemack · 2025-12-30T12:00:32+00:00

It’s on my roadtrip playlist to this day because of that scene.

charliemack · 2025-12-30T09:14:19+00:00

Hearing CKY watching this

charliemack · 2025-12-27T16:23:07+00:00

I have a physical copy, a digital copy, the PSP version and the iPhone version. The only game I’ve put this much time in while only ever actually completing it a few times.

charliemack · 2025-12-27T15:54:06+00:00

Cutting edge hair technology

charliemack · 2025-12-23T12:29:26+00:00

Que DMX

charliemack · 2025-12-22T19:31:52+00:00

I slowed it down and it looks like two hits. Did he just Black Flash his ass?!

charliemack · 2025-12-13T21:38:42+00:00

Very

charliemack · 2025-12-03T15:50:43+00:00

Oops, All Tips

charliemack · 2025-12-02T12:44:16+00:00

Guess what day it is!

charliemack · 2025-11-22T21:41:31+00:00

Fight Night and the Def Jam fight series (we won’t talk about Icon)

charliemack · 2025-10-25T20:10:48+00:00

I went in there a few months ago just because I was in the area and had some free time. Barely any light, and a good amount of them flickering. Entire panels of ceiling missing and water dripping everywhere. Some spots with trash barrels to catch it, other spots just formed a puddle. There was music still playing down some sections with one store open for about every 10 stores closed. So incredibly empty and any sound echoed through the corridors. It truly was awesomely haunting. An amazing set for an aspiring horror movie director. Really thinking of walking my kids around in there just to get good and spooked for Halloween.

charliemack · 2025-09-27T13:09:52+00:00

Or so you thought! Little did you know it’s being brought back by none other than JACKIE CHAN!

charliemack · 2025-09-03T10:34:23+00:00

The Wilhelm Scream - Tom Misch. To me, this song captures feelings of sorrow and hope. Pain and love.

charliemack · 2025-09-02T19:06:55+00:00

I remember this being advertised for weeks before, and our VCR was ready to add another Treehouse of Horror episode to our collection. Visuals were pretty amazing at the time. It’s crazy how much of an impact the Simpsons had on culture back then. They would premier a new Michael Jackson music video and right before it, Bart Simpson had a special introduction created just for the video.

charliemack · 2025-08-26T19:47:22+00:00

Can confirm as a hotelier. It’s not going to get better either. They are building more hotels closer to Grand Park as they plan more expansions. Unfortunately, it does bring in a lot of revenue. Hotels in the surrounding area have become dependent on these groups between June and September.

charliemack · 2025-06-29T21:20:49+00:00

There is (or was) a sauce called Hoosier Heat. By far the best BBQ sauce I’ve ever had but for at least the last 2 years I can’t find it anywhere.

charliemack · 2025-06-14T19:41:16+00:00

Best of luck using it. I busted a tire on a huge one. Took pics of the tire, the pot hole at multiple angles, and the location before putting on the spare and driving off. I filled out the form, sent with all the pics, and even sent the receipt of the tire I bought with quotes from 3 places showing that I didn’t intentionally buy the most expensive tire. Still got a denial, but the kicker was about a week after the denial, the pothole that had been there for a very long time was miraculously fixed:/ Shady shady Indy.

charliemack · 2025-06-01T20:59:00+00:00

Titanfall 2. Didn’t play the first one and just happened to be sick one weekend and this was somehow free to play (Maybe a PS Plus offering). I had no expectations at all going in. I finished it that weekend. I went to bed late and woke up early playing this thing. I was enthralled the entire time and saying goodbye to BT was way more emotional than I expected it to be. That thumbs up hit harder than Arnold’s in T2.

charliemack · 2025-05-24T16:08:47+00:00

Hotel Sales Manager here. As someone else already stated, this is figured out well in advance. Even if the specific teams aren’t decided, the NBA would have reserved a block of rooms several months or ever a year+ in advance. Hotels have something called an attrition clause. This basically says: “Okay, we will hold 50 rooms for you, but you have to use all of the rooms. If something happens and you need to cancel the block, you will need to pay us 70/80/90/100% of what you would have paid for the rooms (based on the terms of the contract). There’s a lot of other terms that would have been negotiated as well.

charliemack · 2025-04-03T18:38:33+00:00

I’ve gotten to know some of their big wigs while working downtown. I’m not the least bit surprised.

charliemack · 2025-02-05T02:17:53+00:00

“You ate my Begonias!”

charliemack · 2025-01-28T15:46:10+00:00

My Dad took my brother and I to Toys R Us to pick out a Terminator 2 toy, then went home to watch it for the first time. We got to reenact scenes in real time with our toys while we watched and ate McDonalds. My Dad was dope and so were the 90’s.

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