Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom

Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom
amusement park
Location	Aurora, Ohio, USA
Status	Defunct
Operated	1887 to September 16, 2007
Owner	Cedar Fair
Previous names	Six Flags Worlds of Adventure

Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom was an amusement park in Aurora, Ohio, USA. First opening in 1887 as a local recreational area; Geauga lake would gain its first ride, a steam powered carousel, in 1889. It closed on September 16, 2007. The water park continued to operate until September 5, 2016.

History

View of Thunderhawk and Dominator.

The park was acquired by Six Flags in 2000. It was renamed Six Flags Ohio. In 2001, the nearby SeaWorld Ohio became an animal park and became Six Flags Worlds of Adventure.

After the 2003 season, Six Flags Worlds of Adventure was struggling as it faced financial problems. In 2004, the park was sold to Cedar Fair. The DC Comics and Bugs Bunny franchise were replaced by Peanuts franchise and some of the rides were renamed. The animal park was also removed and Hurricane Harbor became Hurricane Hannah's.

In 2005, Wildwater Kingdom opened in the former animal park.

Staring in 2006, Geauga Lake began to downsize the attractions, because Cedar Fair wanted Geauga Lake to become a small family park, like Michigan's Adventure. Mr. Hyde's Nasty Fall was dismantled prior to the 2006 season. In addition, the Halloween Haunt event was removed and Geauga Lake began to run from Memorial Day weekend to mid-September.

On September 21, 2007, Cedar Fair announced that Geauga Lake's amusement park section would not reopen for the 2008 season, operating for the last time on September 16, 2007. The rides were dismantled and sold to other Cedar Fair parks.

On August 19, 2016, Cedar Fair announced that Wildwater Kingdom would close on September 5th and would not reopen for the 2017 season.

Former roller coasters (14)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Beaver Land Mine Ride	Zierer	Family	2000	2007	-
Big Dipper	John A. Miller	Wooden	1925	2007	-
Corkscrew	Arrow Dynamics		1978	1995	MGM Dizzee World
Cyclone	Pinfari		1976	1980	Holiday World
Dominator	Bolliger & Mabillard	Floorless	2000	2007	Kings Dominion
Double Loop	Arrow Dynamics	Sit-Down	1977	2007	-
Head Spin	Vekoma	Shuttle	1996	2007	Carowinds
Little Dipper	National Amusement Device Company	Wooden Family	1952 - 1962	1975	-
Raging Wolf Bobs	Dinn Corporation	Wooden	1988	2007	-
Steel Venom	Intamin	Shuttle	2000	2006	Dorney Park
Thunderhawk	Vekoma	Inverted	1998	2007	Michigan's Adventure
Villain	Custom Coasters International, Inc.	Wooden	2000	2007	-
Wild Mouse	B. A. Schiff & Associates	Wild Mouse	Unknown	Unknown	Chippewa Lake Park
X-Flight	Vekoma	Flying	2001	2006	Kings Island

Former attractions

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Americana	Chance Rides	Ferris Wheel	1999	2007	Relocated to Kings Dominion
Black Squid	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Polyp	1970	2007	Scrapped
Bounty	Chance Rides	Pirate Ship	2001	2007	Scrapped
Carousel	Marcus Illions	Carousel	1937	2007	Relocated to Worlds of Fun
Dodgems	Unknown	Dodgems	1983	2007	Scrapped
El Dorado	Weber	1001 Nights	1991	2011	Relocated to Kings Dominion
Grizzly Run	Intamin	River Rapids	1996	2007	Scrapped
Merry Oldies	Arrow Dynamics	Antique Cars	1972	2007	Scrapped
Mr. Hyde's Nasty Fall	Intamin	Free Fall	1997	2005	Scrapped
Pepsi Plunge	Arrow Dynamics	Log Flume	1972	2007	Scrapped
RipCord	Sky Fun 1 Inc.	Skycoaster	1999	2007	Scrapped
Shipwreck Falls	Hopkins	Shoot The Chute	2000	2007	Scrapped
Silver Bullet	HUSS	Enterprise	1976	2003	Scrapped
Starfish	Chance Rides	Wipeout	2003	2007	Scrapped
Texas Twister	HUSS	Top Spin	1993	2007	Relocated to California's Great America
Thunder Alley Speedway	J&J Amusements	Go-Karts	1998	2007	Scrapped
Time Warp	Chance Rides	Inverter	1999	2007	Scrapped
Yo Yo	Chance Rides	Waveswinger	1981	2007	Relocated to Carowinds