Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom

Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom

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

The entrance in 2005.

View of Thunderhawk and Dominator.

In 1969, a group of former Cedar Point executives formed Funtime Parks and purchased Geauga Lake. The company owned the park until August 15, 1995, when it was sold to Premier Parks as part of a $60 million deal in which it acquired Geauga Lake, Darien Lake, and Wyandot Lake.

It was renamed Six Flags Ohio in 2000. 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.

Geauga Lake's final operating day was September 16, 2007. Five days later, Cedar Fair would publicly announce the park's closure on September 21, 2007. The rides were dismantled and sold to other Cedar Fair parks. However, Wildwater Kingdom remained open for the next few years.

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

Former roller coasters (14)

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

Closed attractions

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Americana	Chance Rides	Ferris Wheel	1999	2007	Relocated to Kings Dominion
Bel-Air Express	Universal Design	Monorail	1969	2006	Scrapped
Black Squid	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Octopus	1970	2007	Relocated to Kings Dominion (not used)
Boardwalk Typhoon	Eli Bridge Company	Scrambler	1977 or earlier	2007	Sold to Schlitterbahn Water Parks
Bounty	Chance Rides	Pirate Ship	2001	2007	Sold to Schlitterbahn Water Parks
Carousel	Marcus Illions	Carousel	1937	2007	Relocated to Worlds of Fun
Dippy Divers	Zamperla	Junior Flying Carpet	2000	2007	Relocated to Cedar Point
Dodgems	Unknown	Dodgems	1983	2007	Scrapped
El Dorado	Weber	Flying Carpet	1991	2007	Relocated to Kings Dominion
Grizzly Run	Intamin	River Rapids	1996	2007	Scrapped
Half Pint Express	Zamperla	Junior Railway	2000	2007	Relocated to Cedar Point
Hay Baler	Mack Rides	Matterhorn	1976	2007	Scrapped
Hot Air Express	Zamperla	Samba Balloon	2000	2007	Relocated to Cedar Point
June Bug Jump	Zamperla	Junior Jets	2002	2007	Relocated to Knoebels Amusement Resort
Mad Whirl	Zamperla	Junior Teacups	2000	2007	Relocated to Cedar Point
Merry Oldies	Arrow Dynamics	Track Ride	1972	2007	Scrapped
Mr. Hyde's Nasty Fall	Intamin	Free Fall	1997	2005	Scrapped
Pepsi Plunge	Sansei Technologies	Log Flume	1972	2007	Scrapped
Pirate's Flight	Zamperla	Balloon Race	2002	2007	Sold to Schlitterbahn Water Parks
RipCord	Sky Fun 1 Inc.	Skycoaster	1999	2007	Unknown
Road Rally	Zamperla	Track Ride	2000	2007	Relocated to Cedar Point
Rocket Relay	Zamperla	Junior Jets	2000	2007	Relocated to Cedar Point
Shipwreck Falls	Hopkins	Shoot The Chute	2000	2007	Relocated to Celebration City
Silver Bullet	HUSS	Enterprise	1979	2003	Scrapped
Skyscraper	Intamin	Observation Tower	1974	2007	Scrapped
Starfish	Chance Rides	Trabant/Satellite	2003	2007	Sold
Texas Twister	HUSS	Top Spin	1993	2007	Relocated to California's Great America
Thriller Bees	HUSS	Ramba Zamba/Swingaround	2003	2007	Stored at Darien Lake (not used)
Thunder Alley Speedway	J&J Amusements	Go-Karts	1998	2007	Scrapped
Tilt-A-Whirl	Sellner Manufacturing	Tilt-A-Whirl	1970	1999	Relocated to Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Time Warp	Chance Rides	Inverter	1999	2007	Sold to Schlitterbahn Water Parks
Tree Hopper	Zamperla	Junior Drop Tower	2000	2007	Relocated to Cedar Point
Yo Yo	Chance Rides	Waveswinger	1981	2007	Relocated to Carowinds