Coasterace Retro Amusement Park Videos: Geauga Lake 1993 and Six Flags Ohio 2000

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3 жыл бұрын

Take a trip back in time to Geauga Lake in 1993! Features the Wave pool, Turtle Beach, Corkscrew, Double Loop, Rocket ships and the beloved Big Dipper! Also has a clip from 1996 with the new Grizzly Run and Mind Eraser. Jump ahead to the year 2000 when the park was renamed Six Flags Ohio and opened 4 new roller coasters!
The views and opinions expressed by the speakers in the video do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the owners of this channel. This content is being shared for historical and reference purposes and not intended to malign any group, club, organization, individual, or anyone or anything.
Footage used is filmed and owned by the Kanai Family. Edited by Pamela Kanai. Unauthorized usage of this footage is strictly prohibited without the consent and permission from this channel. Contact is available by email at coasterace at yahoo dot com or through the comment section

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@ImOutOfMtDew 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Geauga Lake

@joegetter 10 ай бұрын

His dude is AWESOME!!! Who would of thought to even make this video 30 years ago? One thing you don't see? Anyone on there cell phones. The good ol days. I still have my 1996 season pass card. I loved the trip down memory lane. Thanks so much!

@hundoe100 5 ай бұрын

People that don't ride anything need things to do as well....

@ronaldcampbell4191 14 күн бұрын

I miss this so much - we had after prom here and it was a constant every summer.... amazing memories.

@saratullas5509 Жыл бұрын

This is like a direct window into my childhood 😢

@coastercouple1211 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, perhaps the best walkthrough I have seen of Geauga Lake on youtube. Subscribing for more.

@RachelW-uj6tt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this! I'm 41, and lived in Aurora from 1980 to 1993. Geauga Lake was our life in the summer months growing up. My parents would ride the double loop over and over and over. When I was 2, I was allowed to "drive" the monorail with the operator. Even after we moved to NW Pennsylvania I still came back all the way until Geauga Lake was closed. Such a heart break for me. These old videos bring me back.

@nunyabizniz9941 Жыл бұрын

Same age. I still have vivid memories of Turtle Beach!

@r.bee8733 4 ай бұрын

this is amazing. incredible invaluable time capsule. i was here all the time as a kid in the 80’s -90’s - then was there during the sad end 2005-2007 . this is peak and as bittersweet as it is after all this time later, i’m glad to see this and revisit a better time of life. thanks

@thejenesisb5444 14 күн бұрын

U just took me back in time with this video. Thank u thank u thank u!!! The memories I have at this place is endless. My last memories of Geauga Lake (i never called it Six Flags) was the last year of its operation. It was so sad because it wasn't packed like it used to be, but i rode everything like 3 times because I knew it was the end.

@Theresa.J_216 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this upload I grew up going to the park in the 80’s I sure do miss how much fun it was.

@YzerWings 2 жыл бұрын

I used to live about 3-4 miles from the park, and worked at the Aurora Woodlands Hotel (renamed the Six Flags Hotel) for several years. Such a shame what happened to the park. One of my many highlights was seeing Fred the rotor man.

@TiltedTripodMedia 7 ай бұрын

Was just over at Geauga lake to film its remains today. 1993 I was 3 and my parents took me here the exact day this was filmed. I saw my mom walk through the frame. That’s insane. I have video somewhere from this exact day over at seaworld.

@dbajr74 2 жыл бұрын

Best video of this awesome park in her glory days! Thank you for sharing!

@rabooey 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this trip down memory lane. Was running around this park from a young kid through my late 20's. Happy times.

@timothykaczmarek5871 7 ай бұрын

The Flying Scooter is a very older ride at Geauga Lake and the Grand Carousel is a VERY HISTORIC ride, built by MC Illions and Sons. A very beautiful ride. The Bobs was named after the Riverview Bobs in Chicago, Il. This was built for the park's Centennial. The Skyscraper is the observation tower. There's a lot of information you were not very well informed about about.

@corywilson5673 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the commentary! “They spent a lot of money on this park!” Thanks for the memories!

@joegetter 10 ай бұрын

They spent a lot of money and in a handful of years it was gone :(

@monelfunkawitz3966 2 жыл бұрын

Person running the Texas Twister this day was awesome at it. Those rotor locks/unlocks were at perfect spots

@tgozilla 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. This is how I remember the park working here in 91 and 92.

@christianlisle4295 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this. I worked at Geauga Lake from 1990 to 2002. I have many photos but no video of the park from these times. This really brings back memories!

@bcaliber7028 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid! I rode the Mind Eraser in the summer of 1997. My family went on a road trip that summer, & we visited Knoebels, Hershey, Geauga Lake, Sea World and Cedar Point along the way.

@xangirdeux473 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading the nostalgia. It's awesome that you figured to film the older days, those fly-on-the-wall type videos are always the best.

@kandikidzora 2 жыл бұрын

I know this was uploaded almost a year ago now but I wanted to thank you for putting this up. I practically grew up at this park! Also a bit of information for you! The carousel that was at the park actually was historic carousel and so were many of the horses. The Big Dipper was built in 1920, one of the rocket ship ships was rescued so to say from the closed Myers lake park from Canton Ohio, the mini Ferris wheel, mini tumble bug, and the flyer was rescued from other closed parks from around Ohio.

@YoungstownRenegade 8 ай бұрын

This is crazy. August 9, 1993 was my 10th birthday. August 26, 1996 was my best friend's 14th birthday. And June 15, 2000 was my wife's 11th birthday. Seriously, what are the odds?

@kapes13 2 жыл бұрын

Holy wow I don't think I ever rode the Texas Twister!!! That looked fun!

@YzerWings 2 жыл бұрын

Lookin to see if I can find myself in this video. Haha. Great childhood memories. Thanks for posting the video!

@bblazeff1 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this video. Sparked alot of memories!

@randywest5149 2 жыл бұрын

Randy West Love Big Dipper EST. 1925-2007 at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio USA 🇺🇲 & Randy West Favorite Wooden Roller Coaster On My Roller Coaster List Forever.

@MrLocomatt 8 ай бұрын

I miss this place. Idc what name. It was such nostalgic

@spencerrebosmax7915 3 жыл бұрын

awesome footage!

@lams1013 2 жыл бұрын

I worked at Geauga Lake for three summers, two of them I was a fun buncher (Geauga Dog) the other a lifeguard. This video brings back so many amazing memories, best times of my life! 🎡🎢

@prentisroberson2305 5 ай бұрын

Girl: Daddy, what happened to the rest of the former Geauga Lake/Six Flags Worlds of Adventure roller coasters? Dad: That's an excellent question. Most of them are scrapped, and the kids coaster is now in France. As for the rest, X-Flight moved to Kings Island, but it was scrapped years later. Serial Thriller/Thunderhawk is now in Michigan's Adventure, Superman: Ultimate Escape/Steel Venom is now at Dorney Park, Mind Eraser/Head Spin is now at Carowinds, and Batman: Knight Flight/Dominator is now at Kings Dominion.

@goddess_hylia_ Жыл бұрын

It’s coming back!

@hundoe100 5 ай бұрын

Most other parks have 2 log flumes? I worked at this park in 2006 and was a ride op on 3 rides in this video (=

@randywest5149 2 жыл бұрын

Randy West Have My Childhood at Geauga Lake in 1980's / 1990's & R.I.P. Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio USA 🇺🇲 EST. 1887-2007.

@randywest5149 2 жыл бұрын

Randy West Love 🐺 Raging Wolf Bobs 🐺 EST. 1988-2007 at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio USA 🇺🇲 & Randy West Favorite Wooden Roller Coaster 🎢 on My Roller Coaster List Forever.

@lionpaw2024 Жыл бұрын

He says there's absolutely no shade when there is a huge massive area of shade directly in front of him

@joegetter 10 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing LOL

@joshmaxon7026 Жыл бұрын

Give it up for the 90s kids from NE Ohio

@nunyabizniz9941 Жыл бұрын

🎉🎉🎉

@afridgetoofar1818 10 күн бұрын

I grew up in Twinsburg

@mrednblack6 2 жыл бұрын

Maaaaan, Texas Twister was thee sh#@!!!! Best ride of the times.

@PianoMan-hx3ev 2 жыл бұрын

Back when people were friendlier and not self absorbed with their phones and KZfaq...(wait...wait...that’s where I am!!)

@kapes13 2 жыл бұрын

Awwww Raging Wolf Bobs!

@HenryOrtlip 10 ай бұрын

At 38mins. “Videotaping is strictly prohibited” 🚫 🎥 ” just keeps filming 😂

@dennyfrontier Жыл бұрын

20:30 maybe Im crazy but I could have sworn there was a bridge across the lake you could walk on haha

@stellarjess 8 ай бұрын

I know this comment is from awhile ago, but just seeing it now - you are correct, but it wasn’t built until Six Flags turned it into one park with Sea World in 2000. Alas, it was gone again when it returned to just being Geauga Lake (and the wildlife park just closed entirely).

@YzerWings 2 жыл бұрын

Makes me sad. I would love to take my kids there today.

@BenSliwa 2 жыл бұрын

I went with friends this past weekend to Conneaut Lake Park in PA - do you have any footage yesteryear of that park?

@coasterace 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I did upload a video of Conneaut Lake Park, check my channel!

@BenSliwa 2 жыл бұрын

@@coasterace I'm on it!

@afridgetoofar1818 10 күн бұрын

This guy’s narration is incessant 😆

@hundoe100 5 ай бұрын

That slide with the rafts. Maybe they let me go on it too soon. I always been tall but the 1 time i rode it carrying that (hard plastic) raft up all them steps was awful. There will never be a ride like that again .... Grizzly run u a liar. There was a point in a "cave" that had a waterfall over it..... or u didnt see them for hours and theyd dried up....