Boardwalk Typhoon
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| Manufacturer | Eli Bridge Company | ||||||||||||
| Product | Scrambler | ||||||||||||
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| Capacity | 36 per cycle | ||||||||||||
Boardwalk Typhoon was an Scrambler built by US manufacturer Eli Bridge Company formerly located at Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora, Ohio, USA.
History
Scrambler opened at Geauga Lake during the 1960s or later.[1]
In 1977, Scrambler was relocated within the park along with the Fly-O-Plane next to the newly built Double Loop in the new Western Village area.[2]
The ride was removed from the park at the end of the 1999 season as part of the park's transformation into Six Flags Ohio in 2000, being replaced by the relocated and revamped Hay Baler.[3] The ride was subsequently taken into storage.
In 2001, the ride resurfaced at the park and was rebuilt in the Happy Harbor area as the park became known as Six Flags Worlds of Adventure after the SeaWorld Ohio park was purchased by owner Six Flags for $110 million.[4] The ride was repainted bright and dark blue and was renamed to Boardwalk Typhoon.
In March 2004, Six Flags sold Six Flags Worlds of Adventure to Cedar Fair and was renamed back to Geauga Lake.[5]
On September 16, 2007, Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom operated for the last time. On September 21, 2007, Cedar Fair announced that the amusement park section of Geauga Lake had closed permanently with the Wildwater Kingdom water park only opening in 2008.[6]
On June 17, 2008, Boardwalk Typhoon was sold at auction for $3,000 following the park's closure to Jeff Henry, the owner of Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts.[7]
The ride was subsequently transported to the site of Schlitterbahn Kansas City in Kansas City, Kansas, USA, where it was put into storage along with other rides from Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom purchased from the auction by Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts. It was never used however and was later presumed to have been scrapped by 2015 or earlier.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "Geauga Lake History". Geauga Lake Today.
- ↑ "Geauga Lake History". Geauga Lake Today.
- ↑ "Geauga Lake History". Geauga Lake Today.
- ↑ "Six Flags Buys SeaWorld Ohio To Combine Parks". Ultimate Rollercoaster.
- ↑ "Six Flags Worlds of Adventure To Be Acquired By Cedar Fair". Ultimate Rollercoaster.
- ↑ "Geauga Lake silences rides; water park stays". Aurora Advocate.
- ↑ "Ride News / Relocations / Removals". Roller Coaster Freak.
- ↑ "Aerial Antics: Schlitterbahn Kansas City". NewsPlusNotes.
- ↑ Visible in historical satellite imagery on Google Earth Pro