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The glass overhead was helped along you could say. Docents don't touch it from below. I'm the only person who ever goes above so that leaves visitors. Visitors have a tendency to remove items from any kind of park or museum if they can get away with it. Remove a starfish from a National Seashore. Remove a glass lens from an electrical panel or MC. I used blue loctite on stuff like that throughout the Navigation and Flag Bridges. The hatch glass may have been stress caused by swelling in the frame from some rust and the glass just let go.
Entrance to the ship is $20 for adults, $17 for seniors, under 6 free, military $15. However, overnights are the big money maker. The cost is $100/night and we can have groups from 25 all the way up to 400. They generally are the big draw during the summer months. Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Sea Scouts and assorted. The ship supplies food and pays the docent/volunteers who come on especially for overnights. For example a Navy Warrant Officer (P3s), who I made friends with in 1999 when the Reserve trained onboard and saw me on the Avenger. and retired in 2005 is gladly on call for these overnights. Saw him last weekend when I saw his pristine 1983 Mazda 3 on the pier. He personally is great in plane restoration.
There are also nights when the ship is rented out for corporate parties. There was one on July 1st where the ship was paid $60,000 in rent for the night. Out of that all volunteer Security guys are paid as would any docents needed. We also do the basic setup and if the corporate sponsor has special needs they handle those. Sounds like big money but only if they can keep their staff numbers in check as ship care means you have to buy stuff at times that volunteers can't do or donate. The plexiglass I may pay but the green tinted glass the ship will have to pay for.
Your park sounds interesting. One day I must get out there to visit the Air & Space Museum and the Udvar-Hazy Center. Have to maybe try your park at the time if you are around. Another must is the Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum.
Entrance to the ship is $20 for adults, $17 for seniors, under 6 free, military $15. However, overnights are the big money maker. The cost is $100/night and we can have groups from 25 all the way up to 400. They generally are the big draw during the summer months. Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Sea Scouts and assorted. The ship supplies food and pays the docent/volunteers who come on especially for overnights. For example a Navy Warrant Officer (P3s), who I made friends with in 1999 when the Reserve trained onboard and saw me on the Avenger. and retired in 2005 is gladly on call for these overnights. Saw him last weekend when I saw his pristine 1983 Mazda 3 on the pier. He personally is great in plane restoration.
There are also nights when the ship is rented out for corporate parties. There was one on July 1st where the ship was paid $60,000 in rent for the night. Out of that all volunteer Security guys are paid as would any docents needed. We also do the basic setup and if the corporate sponsor has special needs they handle those. Sounds like big money but only if they can keep their staff numbers in check as ship care means you have to buy stuff at times that volunteers can't do or donate. The plexiglass I may pay but the green tinted glass the ship will have to pay for.
Your park sounds interesting. One day I must get out there to visit the Air & Space Museum and the Udvar-Hazy Center. Have to maybe try your park at the time if you are around. Another must is the Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum.
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