Former amusement park is now overgrown, left with debris on some its 653 acres. Neighbors want the property maintained.
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@thinshavings10 жыл бұрын
A far cry from the Sea World of Ohio days. Sad.
@Justinian438 жыл бұрын
a hospital?!!! wtf, that property needs a museum or a revival...I hate lazy ideas for once glorious lands
@Jeffrey1234200111 жыл бұрын
I remember going there as a kid every summer for my Dad's company picnics in the 80's. Nothing but great memories there for me. After moving to California I had never been back. Sad to see it like this!
@ChrisJoseph10 жыл бұрын
The residents passing zoning ordinances not wanting the park to build rides that would draw visitors are part of why they closed the park. Reap what you sow.
@attiahfogle42368 жыл бұрын
Cedar falls offered to buy it from six flags. Six flags first said no, then agreed because they where in debt. Cedar falls had alll that land seaworld had, and chose to build a shitty water park. Six flags world of adventure was killing cedar point because it was cheaper and they had amazing animal shows. And instead of building awesome new rides on that land and owning two great theme parks... they decided to close it down, without any warning. Which is why I refuse to go to cedar point. When I want to go to an amusement park I drive out of state.
@skylerpowers88718 жыл бұрын
+Tia Fogle It's Cedar Fair, not Cedar Falls. And I highly recommend Cedar Point. You don't know what you're missing. And that was not the reason it closed. Cedar Fair bought it for the reason any corporation buys something: for more money. They bought it and it wasn't profitable. They didn't want to pour money into it and not get any in return so they closed it. Many amusement parks close because of lack of profit. They may have bought it to get rid of competition but they weren't planning on closing it from the beginning. Nobody was going so they had to close it or face financial trouble. And as I said, I recommend Cedar Point. I have been to around 19 amusement parks and Cedar Point is by far the best. It has 17 roller coasters, A LOT of family rides, it is huge, it is beautiful, and it is simply amazing. I'm sorry but Geauga Lake was always mediocre in comparison.
@leonardhughes45215 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't know as I don't reside in the area.
@quietforests11 жыл бұрын
This is heartbreaking . . . I was returning to Sharon (hometown in PA) for the first time in 23 years, and I was hoping to take my wife here for a little R&R while back home. This place was AWESOME at one point.
@NewFrambian11 жыл бұрын
We LOVED it as a smaller park with wide paths for strollers and LOTS of kiddie rides. When they tried to make it compete with Cedar Point and Crammed in Sea World and more 'stuff', they crowded out the folks who really wanted it, those with small children looking for a day outing.
@AMetalWorks10 жыл бұрын
I'd love to go see this in it's current state. It maybe an eye sore to some but It's major draw for people like me. I like exploring old abandon places like this.
@mrcooldude96410 жыл бұрын
i would go with you. i like the same thing
@hersheysfloyd9 жыл бұрын
Hi do you also take pictures? Would love to see. History is something I enjoy.
@eliasmertens93139 жыл бұрын
I would love to see another amusement park there. Or at least clean up the property and relocate the Big Dipper and the Wolf Bobs. They looked like such fun coasters.
@Tinkidink10 жыл бұрын
If I ever win the lottery I'm buying and rebuilding it!!!!
@Tinkidink10 жыл бұрын
Stoneyburke Powerball :)
@i208khonsu10 жыл бұрын
Tinkidink Your average Powerball jackpot is around 70 million annualized over many years. If you want it all at once it's about 70%, or on average this would be about 50 million. After about 40% in taxes this reduces it to 20 million. In contrast Cedar Fairs bought Worlds of Adventure (Geauga Like) for 145 million, and that's considering everything is used. Everything is currently leveled or would need to be demolished and rebuilt. While the 145 million Worlds of Adventure was arguably too big for it's own good you'd probably need to win 300 million (84 million after lump sum and taxes) to rebuild a brand new "old fashioned" Geauga Lake. The problem is when jackpots get to this size they are normally won by several people at one time and is split. But we can still dream :)
@Tinkidink10 жыл бұрын
i208khonsu I would just need to team up with a few other rich people who loved Geauga Lake as much as I did!
@SORGIGERMANICO9 жыл бұрын
Tinkidink im with u on that
@Iamnicknow9 жыл бұрын
Tinkidink i support you 100%
@aaronlesiacsek6009 жыл бұрын
That park was amazing. I hate cedar fair!! I had my best childhood memories there! I can't look at it anymore, it's just so depressing to see it! I was recently at "Wildwater kingdom" and I was waiting in line for the slides and I could see The Big Dipper in the ghost town across the way. I'm so disappointed that they would close such an amazing park, I will always miss it :"( R.I.P. Geauga lake-2007
@glamourgirl21236 жыл бұрын
Cedar Fair is reminding me more and more of Premier Ventures, who bought the infamous Rolling Acres Mall in Akron a good two years AFTER the mall closed down and did NOTHING with it except let it continue to sit there and rot while they fought the city of Akron tooth and nail over unpaid property taxes dating back to when the mall was still open...
@Trumpgal10 жыл бұрын
I used to take my kids there. cant believe that and chippewa lake are just memories....
@optimusmikey10 жыл бұрын
I can't believe it's closed, I can remember going there as a kid I really miss it
@justinp3931Ай бұрын
Grew up going to this park. As a resident born in Barberton Ohio me and my family have great memories but now,as a father of four I would have loved to take my kids there.
@Felamine11 жыл бұрын
Unless it's a big indoor resort/hotel like Kalahari etc., people usually don't drive a hundred miles to visit a water park like they do with amusement parks. Soak City and Wild Water Kingdom don't compete with each other on the level Cedar Point and Geauga Lake did. What Cedar Fair should have done was keep Geauga Lake open as a smaller park that complements Cedar Point, like Kennywood and its "little brother" Idlewild in Pennsylvania.
@kennethdavis92449 жыл бұрын
I wish my kids could enjoy it as much as i did as a kid
@ryanmarek1238 жыл бұрын
This news report aired over 2 years ago and it's still a messy eye sore. I guess Cedar Fair doesn't care about the maintenance
@nightal1311 жыл бұрын
Its sad to think when I was in 5th grade I was there. To find out that it closed it really upsetting :(
@pennyplayer8911 жыл бұрын
I wish I had the money to bring this park back to life.
@MrRedliongo11 жыл бұрын
I live in Pittsburgh, but i used to love going to Guaga Lake during the summer... I wish someone would reopen it
@Rainelyrics110 жыл бұрын
Darlene Burzgierski I have to disagree with you. I'm a resident of the same town and have to say that it is awful having to go by it often. It's constant reminder of when I was a child and had so much fun there. As a nearby resident, my family would often go, but now everyone gets to look a an ugly fence with green tarps hanging over it and a skeleton of a former ride sitting behind it. The least the company can do is get rid of it and let us use it for something else. You won't meet one person here that wants it to stay. Part of the water park is still open but after half an hour, we get bored because there are literally only two water rides: the funnel and some slides. Also there is a kids play section that can be run through in a minute and a wave pool that gets boring quickly. This town is known for preserving nature, and the park skeleton should be cleaned and left to nature.
@frogsnack707210 жыл бұрын
Did you just... say the wave pool is boring? Is it seriously still there and in operation?? I will go and enjoy it!
@kglaser1110 жыл бұрын
I used to go there when I was a little kid. Why not open the park to urban explorers..."explore at your own risk"?
@bereamikebassmaster10 жыл бұрын
i so so agree
@kglaser1110 жыл бұрын
If you find a way in, please post pics or footage, but only if you can be safe...no one wants you to get hurt!!!
@revans196110 жыл бұрын
Because there's no such thing as "at your own risk" in America. Even if they'd allow people in,there's an massive expense involved in owning 600+ acres in Ohio. You willing to pay to use their property?
@bereamikebassmaster10 жыл бұрын
Robert Evans people would come for sure,but also would the vandals etc.i was able to get in a few yrs ago but had no camera,got ran out by a security guard that was cool,but wanted my ass out asap
@revans196110 жыл бұрын
Mike Kovalski See,that's the problem.They're not keeping people out because they're afraid you'll steal a piece of scrap metal,it's because they know that everyone who falls off of something and gets hurt will have a lawyer on speed-dial.
@TheDarkKRoo8 жыл бұрын
I went to that park when I was little hard to believe what it has turned into.
@DFX2KX11 жыл бұрын
No, they probably saw a sweet deal on their hands, kept it open for as long as it made money, then shut it down. I went there last when it was a six flags, I hadn't even found out that Cedar Fir bought them until recently. At the premium price they charge at Cedar Point, plus gas, closing this park down isn't going to significantly effect how many people go there.They saw money in keeping it open, the moment that stopped, they stripped it and shut it down. It's a shame, but it is what it is.
@PianoShapedObject11 жыл бұрын
If they had kept Geauga Lake open as an amusement park I would probably be going to it and Cedar Point. As it is now I have absolutely no reason to go to Wildwater Kingdom.
@jbtrains10 жыл бұрын
Another Kentucky kingdom sad but dominator fits very well at kings dominion just wish you guys had a working and awesome theme park
@darleneburzgierski997910 жыл бұрын
save the park its a 100 years old some money will bring it by to live make some big sing by the enter state s by the park . The park is a part of history to that town SAVE THE PARK !!
@MelodicMizeryPs3Vids10 жыл бұрын
at this point you cant save it its to fucked up and residents didnt even want it there when it was up.
@l.skynyrd28637 жыл бұрын
Why won't the county just get a court order for them to demolish the structures because they are health and safety hazards??
@Nikela198611 жыл бұрын
That ride was Mr Hyde's Nasty Fall.
@greysonmyers91478 жыл бұрын
it is not a eyesore its a symbol that nature will always win
@mylps911 жыл бұрын
geauga lake was lossen it's pouplarity to Cedar Point, Kings Island, Kennywood, Hershey Park and other parks in those two states. :(
@PianoShapedObject11 жыл бұрын
If they were shutting it down just to eliminate competition they would have closed the water park too because that would be competing with Soak City.
@EddieMillerStudios5 жыл бұрын
They should maintain the entrance gate like they did at Euclid Beach Park.
@wiggletech211 жыл бұрын
It was closed due to corporate greed by Cedar Fair who bought Geauga Lake and Seaworld from Six flags in order to close it down to eliminate competition for Cedar Point.
@tcampbell8078 жыл бұрын
turn it into a haunted house for us Ohioans
@flipflubduck11 жыл бұрын
Wait... So this was a Six Flags park and then it was sold to Cedar Fair?
@mrcooldude96410 жыл бұрын
so sad. so many memories there. greed killed the park. if i had the cash i would reopen it.
@Felamine9 жыл бұрын
I say they just remove all the crumbling buildings and pavement, and let nature reclaim it. Reopen the land to the public as a reservation park like the Metroparks, with canoeing and fishing on the lake, and campsites in the woodsy areas. It would be a far better use than what is there now.
@chipethecat9 жыл бұрын
& Call it Geauga Lake that's how the park actually started!
@bbrennan279711 жыл бұрын
George, did you live here? Why so glum on the town? Aurora is a relatively affluent town, has a great school system, some awesome golf courses and the feel of a small town community with accessibility to Cleveland and Columbus. Albeit the Geauga Lake area is a bit of an eyesore right now, but I am sure the property will be developed at some point. My 2 cents.
@Rainelyrics110 жыл бұрын
MelodicMizeryPs3Vids Take pictures of what? Rust? Dead leaves? Weeds? Concrete? It's atrocious! As a resident, I don't appreciate your comment. No one is allowed on the property and the only thing the company that owns the land does is reinforce the fencing around the property. It's a waste of land, an eyesore, a constant reminder of a better economy and childhood memories, and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it. Oh, and about our 'boring ass little city', our high school alone ranks in the top 10 out of over 21,000 in Ohio and #496 in the country. So don't say we are boring. Our town is also #5 in the state according to 'The Greatest Ohio Towns to Live In' article published yearly.
@MelodicMizeryPs3Vids10 жыл бұрын
im sorry for you then, that your a boring person and cant make the best of it. its history. theres plenty of photographers and urban explorers who love stuff like this. Do you have any hobbies at all? prob not. you must be stuck in your tidy little pretty world. you sound like a boring housewife who isnt doing anything to enjoy life at all. I live in cleveland where i am surrounded by abandoned buildings. complaining about ONE eye sore is acting like a cry baby compared to what im dealing with here. oh boo hoo you have to drive past it for 2 seconds when you leave. like its in your way. I have a average of 3 to 8 abandoned houses where i live and blocks of abandoned buildings here. that is something to complain about, but i dont. i make the best of it. when you step out of your shell maybe you can join some of us open minded people. its people like you thats the reason it closed to begin with. i bet when it was open you were one of the soccer moms complaining about the noise from it werent you? well now deal with the empty shell and no income from the visitors
@frogsnack707210 жыл бұрын
Then move. Move so I can buy your house.
@davidbaker23410 жыл бұрын
My friend and I want to start a amusment park and we would restore and bring new rides and restore Big Dipper that's are plan we would need help we are only 13 and about to be 14 we need help just help us we will bring it back
@georgewashington833811 жыл бұрын
Dont be blinded by your home town love
@rickbourbina91710 жыл бұрын
Geauga Lake was great.Cedar Fair recked.
@jbtrains10 жыл бұрын
I know take out what they did they fit perfectly with the parks there at and put in better and keep it running it was just scavenged for 2 roller coasters
@rickbourbina91710 жыл бұрын
I loved going there and its a shame what they did.to it.RIP
@rickbourbina9179 жыл бұрын
RIP
@rich003211 жыл бұрын
They closed so our only option is cedar point
@revans196110 жыл бұрын
We saw this an Chippewa Lake,anyone remember Meyer's Lake down near Canton?
@Thisladynancy9 жыл бұрын
So sad. I really miss Geauga Lake. Is sea world empty too?
@danyasha511 жыл бұрын
I didnt realize that this closed down until a little bit ago. I was there when it was.Geauga Lake then Six Flags then Geauga Lake again. Finding this news out makes me very upset. Why would you get rid of a place everyone enjoyed. I wont go to the water park im not a water park person at all.
@mylps911 жыл бұрын
and hey.... Kings Island has the old X-Flight but renamed it Firehawk.
@TheDragonninja19834 ай бұрын
not anymore, it's gone, and replaced by Orion.
@Iamnicknow9 жыл бұрын
i know why they shut the huge record breaking park down and changed the names etc. first guess who owned it. answer cedar point any connection? yep it was out shining cedar point and giving them less biz.
@glamourgirl21237 жыл бұрын
The amusement-park version of Rotting Acres Mall... :(
@mikeevans83119937 жыл бұрын
Memories.
@Zakatak36011 жыл бұрын
Wild Water Kingdom won't last for long, it's overpriced and not worth the drive. They built it so they can still rip money from locals, and not have to deal with the expenses they use to have. Why do you think Cedar Point is much more popular now? It's quite obvious what they were planning.
@AverymontStudios11 жыл бұрын
They should expand Wildwater Kingdom
@zombienomad57468 жыл бұрын
fun summer nights there..
@richardvokurka752710 жыл бұрын
its is sad Geauga lake close ,lots of great memories ,my favorite ride there was I think called the rocket ,wish someone would buy it .and bring back Geauga lake back . to bring back for new memories for all and for another 100 years.
@Angie23438 жыл бұрын
Tear it down and turn it intio a shopping complex.
@94XJ11 жыл бұрын
Six Flags can't afford it.
@Nikela198610 жыл бұрын
The Big Dipper Coaster.
@ConsistentlyInconsistent11 жыл бұрын
This might be the opportunity for a Nascar track to be built in Ohio.
@lauriesmith50085 жыл бұрын
Cedar Fair should be fined for the mess they left.
@StrawberryCream7811 жыл бұрын
So cedar fair had 3 parks in ohio Why not have parks in california instead of ohio there they parks can have open all year around Cedar fair has no park in florida!
@jonj323310 жыл бұрын
Aren't the residents why they closed?
@Nomad83249 жыл бұрын
I blame Six flags for burning people on the place never to return.
@shiygirl168 жыл бұрын
It's just economics. The park couldnt make money it's why it was sold so many times before it's demise. It was not profitable.
@Justinian438 жыл бұрын
actually it was very profitable until Six Flags sold it to Cedar Fair, their only intentions were to remove competition with Cedar Point hence they closed it, for God's sake this was the world's largest amusement park, largest!!! And Six Flags only sold it because they were in huge debt for overspending across their whole chain, Geauga Lake or Six Flags Worlds of Adventure as it was known was one of its flagship parks
@alansavage96567 жыл бұрын
JustinianXLIII Totally agree with that statement
@jo.frmva1 Жыл бұрын
I see raging wolf bobs it got removed now
@F3rda10 жыл бұрын
6 flags Ohio
@meekimoto41311 жыл бұрын
id change it back to six flags and deck it out.. all new rides
@coasterfair260211 жыл бұрын
maybe someone will open it but who will & knowsn its old
@donnadreyer25805 жыл бұрын
Someone is trying to buy the property and bring the park back ! That's what they need to do,bring back Geauga Lake and also Sea World as they were . There isn't anything for Families to do anymore,they need to stop tearing down these theme parks and building stuff we don't need ! I was in Geauga Lake,Sea World as a little girl,they need to restore these parks !! CEDAR UNFAIR you SUCK !!!
@shiygirl168 жыл бұрын
Geauga lake was a dump. Get over it. Besides Cedar point is ten times the park Geauga lake was. All the buildings and coasters have been torn down except for the main entrance.
@LuckusRuckus978 жыл бұрын
Just because you think Cedar Point was better doesn't make it a dump. And I'm sure people are upset by its demise because they have fond memories of it (myself included.)
@Justinian438 жыл бұрын
your face is a dump, just noticed you keep commenting crap on this video