I worked for the park from 1996 - 1999 I started at the high $4/hr range I believe and left at like $5.35. That was when gas was what less than a dollar a gallon (darn!). At that time I worked for the perks, free admission to one of my favorite parks.
I will say it was one of the best job enviroments I have ever had, the crews were great! And they did a lot of fun things for us, ride nights, cook outs etc. I certainly hope CF doesnt put a stop to those. Like some of the others on here I drove about 45 minutes to get to the park, I lived in Dayton at the time.