EXPLORING FORMER SEA WORLD CLEVELAND OHIO
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- Exploring the former Sea World, Six Flags Worlds of Adventure and Wet N Wild in Cleveland, Ohio
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Hi RnK! Thanks for another great video! I used to go to this Sea World when I was a kid & also to Geoga Lake. I haven't been to this Sea World since I was maybe 13 or 14, which was around 1999 I think. My memory is very rusty. The areas with trees and concrete rubble could be where they had these cool animatronic dinosaurs. They opened this exhibit around the time Jurassic Park was really big. The random small buildings were probably gift shops because there were several in Sea World. I liked going in them to see the toys. The lady diving in the vintage video was a pearl diver. At the pavilion overlooking the lake is where they had laser shows and things like that (back when lasers were a big thing haha). There were also a lot of areas that were like a zoo. That's about all I can remember about what the abandoned stuff you filmed may have been.
Oh one thing that was really insane about Geoga Lake was that at one time, they used to have this ski lift ride. It had NO safety precautions! I went on it with my mom when I was about 5 years old. Scariest shit ever! The ski lift went over this huge wooded area very high above the ground and there were NO safety belts to make sure you didn't fall out of the seat! So if you fell out, you'd probably get severely injured. This was during the summer so Idk who thought it would be a good idea.
We would also go to Rolling Acres mall quite a bit, which I believe is mostly demolished now. It's very trippy seeing places you went to as a kid abandoned. In a way it feels like they still exist somehow, maybe on another plane of existence.
I agree with you though that Sea World should be shut down for animal abuse. Much #respect to you! 💙
RnK All Day I remember attending Sea world, and the last couple of seasons, you could attend Sea world and geagua lake for a low combined price. There was a walkway connecting the two, and that couldn't save the park. No phone off the hook at sea world
My Dad was the glass blower in 1972 at Sea World. To be a 12 year old and get to go to Sea World for 108 days straight was a great experience. The employees were like a wonderful family. One lucky day was the amazing experience of getting kissed on the cheek by Shamu. I went behind the scenes many times and I never saw the animals getting harmed. The bird show owner was so caring for his birds. This video was so sad to see but yet brought back happy memories.
The kayaker said it Perfectly .
Corporate Greed killed Geauga Lake
I feel you bro but it's that way for nearly everything these days, it's sickening
That's exactly what happened. They tried to expand too much and it all went downhill from there.
And think about hauling the whales to Texas, back and forth x2 each year.
I painted this park every spring as a kid, we even drained the whale tank sandblasted, and painted the tank: Geauga Lake we painted raging wolf bobs and double loop sad that it is gone now. I miss walking into the dolphin tank and trying to talk to all 20 of them against the glass or hearing the employed trying to mate the seals . Fun times back then
I have such strong emotions tied to this Sea World in particular. I lost my son 5 years ago at the age of 28, but when my son was just 2 years old in the early 90's, the company I worked for at the time had our company picnic at this Sea World. I was jokingly voted worst mother of the year because my son got picked out of the audience to sit on Shamu and I didn't have a camera. I search every old Ohio Sea World footage I can find in hopes, on a long shot chance, one day someone might post a video of that day. Thank You for sharing this, especially since we moved out of Ohio shortly after, for my husband's work. I had grown up in Ohio and my dad's work had their company picnic across the lake at Geauga Lake Amusement Park my entire childhood. So many special memories tied to these parks.
Same used to Go to geauga lake for my dad's company picnic I think most of it is all torn down to be made homes I think 🤔
I actually cried watching this. We went there every single summer when I was little, and I took my own children there when they were small. So many happy memories. It's truly heartbreaking to see it in ruin. The Japanese village was so beautiful back in the day. And we always paid the pearl divers to get us pearls. My kids loved the starfish pond...you could pick up the starfish and hold them in your hand. Thanks for posting this...however bittersweet.
I live in Ohio, watching this brought back many memories from going there as a child
Brandon Mays Same here. Seeing it in ruins was sad for me. But at the same time, I hadn’t thought about this place in so long, and seeing this video really helped bring back some good memories.
@@ryans.3596 Did you work there as a kid? Almost every kid in Northeast Ohio did in the 90s.
All the drama aside, that vintage footage does look like they put on a good show.
They did put on very good shows. They just didn't put effort into the welfare of their animals.
@@HankPanky Orcas*. The name killer whales really needs to be dropped, since they're dolphins.
Zoozooshi Crazy you know that they aren’t the people that took Tillikum from the wild right? He was at a small park in fl that starved him. The other park is the one that abused him before he was rescued. Not saying they’re perfect but don’t blame them for something they didn’t do.
Zoozooshi Crazy makes sense. Yeah he’s fathered a few but he himself was born in the wild and took by a park called SeaLand that has sense closed down. SeaLand starved and abused their whales when they performed wrong also causing them to be abusive to each other. A trainer was attacked there and the park closed down at which point SeaWorld got Tilikum (not sure what happened to the other 2 orcas that park owned).
@@HankPanky They also mistreated the animals. If any animal didn't do well enough, they wouldn't get fed. Watch the documentary Black Fish. Although, even the other animals were mistreated. So were the workers.
Reminds me of “The Great White Shark, Rosie.”
Rest In Peace Rosie ❣️
E Y i just watched a video about her before this 😭
@@rory9131 same
Wait she died??!😭
@@aurorax8583........No....were just saying this for shits and giggles, of course, she's been dead for years
@@trashpanda-sg2xh my bad I was talking bout a different animal that was called rosie too...I've seen that vid of the Rosie we're talking about here, and yes saldly she's dead...
Wow, this video takes me way back. This isn't far from my hometown. I remember when that dock had a bridge that went all the way across the lake, connecting Geauga Lake park with Wildwater Kingdom(the wavepool was my favorite). My dad used to take me to Geauga Lake quite a bit as a kid, and he took me to Sea World once too. You used to be able to feed little fish to the seals and dolphins there. I fell in love with the dolphins, they would swim up and let me pet them! I still have pictures somewhere from there. As a lover of all creatures, I'm glad Sea World closed, just for the reason of their well being..but my memories at both Sea World and Geauga Lake will always be fond memories, especially now that both places are gone, and my dad too. It's insane what time changes. It's funny too how this video was posted the day after my dad's birthday. Thank you for visiting Ohio and sharing this! I really enjoyed seeing this video as it hits close to home. I haven't been there in years and have wondered what it looks like now. I especially love the aerial drone shots and the old videos ❤
Right I use to go every summer.. kind of sad to see it now.
I remember loving Geauga Lake as a kid! Their rides were so fun! My Grandma and Grandpa live in PA and would take us there! Good memories and wish they were still open!!
Suenami this made me tear up
@@fAshoo0 awwie don't cry! 💙
@@Suenami89 my grandpa and great uncle took me here all the time as a kid. Watching the video made me so sad. I no longer have my grandpa or my great uncle. Very nostalgic.
The flashbacks of the animals brought me to tears. Last time I was here was the mid 70s.
Good - I hope you cried for months you pussy
@@Al_Dente-d1p shut the fuck up bitch
@@Al_Dente-d1peat shit
I worked at this Sea World for two years, believe it was 1993/1994, in the main gift shop. I remember it was during the time that Free Willy came out, and we were definitely given training or told how to respond to people who questioned us about having the animals in captivity.
What was the response 😮
You have it all wrong. Seaworld opened in 1970 and ran until 2000. It was sold in the 2001 offseason to Six Flags where it became Six Flags Worlds of Adventure in 2001 and lasted until 2003. In 2004, Cedar Fair purchased Six Flags Worlds of adventure and closed the Seaworld side for 2004. In 2005, the SeaWorld side re-opened as Wildwater Kingdom where it became known as Geauga Lake and Wildwater Kingdom from 2005-2007. The ride section of Geauga Lake closed in 2007 and it became only a water park from 2008-2016.
I remember being at geauga lake like two days before they closed back in 2007. Then 2 days later I heard they closed and I was like "what? I was literally just there" lol
I grew up here in NE Ohio and we spent quite a few summers between the two parks. Ghawk is right for his history. Local (and I) believe the only reason both parks closed is that Cedar Point (aka Cedar Faire, the owner-company) didn't want the competition they were having with Geauga Lake. I rode my first roller coaster at GL (Double Loop). :(
Yes dude was way off on facts.
Yeah i agree with u Ghawk but still it was awsome of the dude to show us around and see wut it looks like now. And i remember going there as a kid and i just started to cry cuz of how much i missed going there.
Nicole, I understand. My kids got to go there to the GL side at least but the youngest was a year old so he won't remember. My oldest got to ride the Double Loop as his first coaster that day. I saw the video of the tearing down of the Big Dipper and I just started to cry. So many memories!
i’m from aurora, ohio and have lived here my entire life. i’ve seen so many videos about this place after it closed, but none have touched me the way this has. i remember going here with my mom when i was 3 and just falling in love with everything - the water (we live in a lake community about 5 minutes from why used to be the park), the culture, the animals, all of it. since i was a kid, animals have been the epicenter of every passion i have and this is place where it came from! i was so crushed when it sold and sea world was no longer. when it was six flags, and before it closed, i had my 8th birthday party there and it was the last one they ever held. i got to feed a tiger, seals, pet iguanas and other awesome stuff. watching this just has me all sorts of emotional. thanks for your interest in this piece of history in our town, and for this video. i hope you make it back sometime and get to explore a lot more for a new video.
My father took me here when I was 6 and he was 50! We were so poor he had to save for a couple years so we could make the trip. We arrived the summer of 1972 and I had the most magical time ever. You could feed Dolphins in a front pool upon entering. The water show and Shamu were amazing! Thank you for letting me relive my childhood!
sure they weren’t amazing for the poor animals
@@Anna-md4dv can you just let someone enjoy reliving their memory? What a downer you are lol
Great times. I don't remember dolphins. Maybe by the 80s theye were gone. I miss shamu
We always got coupons from the grocery store!
@kevinmelicant9566 , dolphins & whales & seal shows in the 1970's
Just the fact that there was a Sea World in a colder climate like Ohio is kind of astounding. Glad I get to 'sea' it before they closed it and Geauga Lake. Such a beautiful place, before Cedar Faire took advantage of the financial climate to eliminate its competition. Had a season pass for a few years and visited constantly. Hated Six Flags for destroying my wonderful Wave pool, and replacing it with one 1/3 as big. I still have my keychain I got, anyway.
I went here when I was 4. I remember going to Seaworld when I lived in Detroit, and when people asked me if I went to the Orlando one or the San Diego one, and I would say "neither" and no one would believe me.
I grew up in Pittsburgh. My parents took us there once in 1990. I remember that it was very expensive because I clearly remember being pissed at my Mother because she lied to get me in on a "Child" admission. She shoved me through the turnstile at the admission gate after telling the employee that I was 10 years old. I was 13 at the time, so this was a MAJOR insult. 🤣🤣🤣
i grew up in aurora just 5 mins from the park. so i totally lived there. esp when my dad pretty much spent his whole life there. so id have to go to the park to see him. he worked on the coasters and maitnence. thats how my parents met was working together. its so sad to see my childhood gone
I have a cute picture with shamu from 96
Kyle Mikesell There’s one in San Antonio too on top of this one.
I've been to that SeaWorld, KINDA.
My mom went into labor with me there 😂 my father drove her all the way back to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Tile'n dyna guy that’s where I was born too
@@kohl403 Sweet!!! Yep I was born 3:00 the following day,
Fri the 💀13th 1984👻. 😁
tile'n dyna guy loved going to seaworld as a kid but thought it was in Sandusky ohio not clevland but GL ok but Kenneywood in pittsburgh is better Jack Rabbit rules
@@jenkinsbrian0126 Heck yeah!!!
I've been to Kennywood many many times, rode my first wooden rollercoaster there
Thunderbolt I am guessing its still there on the smitholians historic wolden coasters
It's like you resurfaced old memories I forgot I had of this place.
I worked here the last summer it was SeaWorld, before Six Flags bought it. Rob (correctly) says he's in Aurora, but the part was also in Bainbridge Township. So your tax was slightly different depending on what part of the park you worked in!
Locals didn't mourn Sea World's loss too much, but the closure of Geauga Lake still hurts. Still some resentment toward Cedar Fair.
Truth. Sea World closing just meant Geauga Lake got bigger to my childhood brain, but its closing still hurts.
Absolutely phenomenal exploration...The contrasting footage really brings back the reality that thriving locations can become abandoned wasteland. I love your thoughts that nature reclaims everything in its time. So poetic. Cheers. 👍🏻💙
I’m ashamed to admit that I visited this place at 17 years old with a group of friends. I even have photos of me at that age standing next to a whale statue. Looking back now as a passionate cetacean activist, this is incredibly haunting, heartbreaking and even creepy.
I found an old article here online from the “Orlando Sentinel” dated to 1990 describing the day they separated one of the Shamu infants from her mother to ship her from Florida to Ohio.
Their enslavement of highly intelligent, family oriented, sentient beings and literally stealing them from their pods in the wild prior to their captive breeding program…is absolutely soul crushing.
Excellent vlog!
I love sea world. I went to this park every summer for 20 years. When it shut down i moved to Florida now i experience its awesomeness every week.
Brilliant use of old footage interlaced with current. Your drone footage was seriously beautiful and your editing spot on. The music choice, as always perfectly matched your subject. I love the way Nature takes back what humans leave behind ...it is a very special kind of magic watching plants break up pavement. Your social messages are on point as well, so please keep safe and keep on having fun. Kristy would have gotten some killer shots here, sorry she missed it.🖤🇨🇦
Where to now? Live in Pgh. Anything on your radar for haunted things to explore here?
I worked there for over 10 yrs when it was sea world. What I wouldn't give to walk thru those gates....I could tell you exactly what everything was. Man I miss it.
I have no words. This is just crazy. It’s a ghost town
Geauga Lake was awesome to visit. My grandparents took my sister and I to an amusement park each summer. Since I'm from Northeast Ohio, we visited Sea World and Geauga Lake frequently. I have a couple of pearl rings and necklaces from when we went to Sea World and saw the divers. That was my favorite part. One summer, Sea World had Discovery Cove where you could feed dolphins. I thought it would have been cool if you had an old map while exploring to see what you were likely looking at. On our trips, I was always the one that carried to map. In fact, one trip to Geauga Lake, we had our picture taken when we got there and bought one of those keychain viewers. You can see me holding the park map with my family. Loved the video. It brought back so many great memories!
The orcas in that opening promo must not have been there very long, their dorsal fins haven't collapsed into looking like slices of NY style pizza. A bit of trivia: after this Sea World was closed, when an animal at another Sea World park would die, park staff were told to tell any visitors who asked that the animal was 'sent to Ohio'.
Thanks for sharing the truth about captive orcas with your audience, also.
Most of the orcas who performed at SWO were only there for the summers; after the season ended, they were sent back to one of the other three parks. I have NEVER heard of the "sent to Ohio" line and I've been to SW a LOT; I think this is just a rumor. Also, there are several orcas who performed at SWO who are still living today at other marine parks!
spectreluna only bulls have this issue
@@JoMarieM The orcas shouldn't have been there in the first place, tho?
Literally got teary watching footage (from 1988, no less!) of the Shamu and dolphin shows - brought back so many memories. Sea World as a kid was an amazing experience. I grew up north of there and went to Sea World several times and the amusement park Geauga Lake at least once every summer during the 80s and 90s. Sad to see what has become of both parks. Thanks for sharing, great job!
The “nature always takes back” phrase is actually pretty good
This choked me up because I grew up in Cleveland and I have so many memories of Sea World. My parents started taking me there as a baby. The story goes that my first Shamu/Namu show I fell asleep, but every time the audience clapped, I would clap in my sleep. My favorite was the Clyde and Seymour seal show. As a kid, it was just amazing. The park had many aquariums, so the large tanks of water were I believe part of that ecosystem. I also have great memories at Geauga Lake. The wooden coaster was The Big Dipper, and this was at a time when you were in a roller coaster with just a lap bar, and you'd go down a hill and it would pull you up off your seat!! I think it would be amazing if these parks were turned into something. They're such a huge part of our history.
That former employee could have at least faced you the whole time she was talking to you lol. She's like sitting there with her back turned the whole time I could barely hear what she was saying. Still Good Explore.
Jason Grisafi yeah that was really odd 😂
Maybe she didn't want to be on camera
Kinda tells you the kind of people that worked there??
Well also trying to stay afloat on kayak the one in red is holding onto the bridge lol
Maybe she's funny lookin.
Man I wanted to see what the tanks looked like that The whales used to Swimm in
Whalentanks are long gone. Probably water treatment for water park. Most of what's there was for the water park, not seasworld
Lol, do some research before going to places. Or just film and do voice-over after. Probably would have been good to go over where water park stuff was as well better. Most of the sea work stuff is long gone at this point
@@veryloweffortmemes I was thinking the same thing. I dont remember that being sea world since like 2000
I remember going there, when I was 7, back in 1969.
It's so cool to see the Japanese section, where a pearl diving exhibit was.
I remember a lady diving for a clam, and they opened it up, and took a pearl out! It was so awesome!
I remember the Shamu show, where the killer whale splashed us, and the dolphins were so cool!
Flash forward to 1993, and I remember going on vacation in California. Me and a friend went to Sea World in Sandiego, and it was really depressing, to see those poor animals.
I hope to never see another park like that ever opened again...
Nature is not so much taking it back but healing. We create so many wounds and over time wounds heal.
Thanks for the awesome but sad video. We took out daughter there when she was 10 years old, now she’s a mom of 2 boys and now 33 years old. Thanks again Rob for all that you do to bring us these videos. 👍😎
we really needed captions when you were talking to that former worker
Basically what happen was 6 flags bought both parks. Cedar Fair (who owns nearby Cedar Point) saw them as too much comp and bought them out jusy to shut them down. They 2 parks Sea World and Geuaga Lake amusement park ran fine when they were 2 small individually ran parks. We loved them. Amd Cedar didn't see them as a threat. But 6 flags had to go
Yeah, I had the volume all the way up and still couldn't hear her.
My dad bought my mom a pearl ring for the Japanese diving spot when I was a kid. That area brought back so much memories
Im 50 years old and my mom took me to Sea World . There were lumberjack shows and you could pet Dolphins. I was to little and scared. Lol ! Im all grown up and i have been swimming with Dolphins since then.
Rob & Kristy , well done!!! I mean all of your videos rock. However, this one is seriously one of your best. It has all the usual RnK flare as well as, the history, old advertisements and videos, interviews, your personal opinion on the "SEA WORLDS "/captive animal based"theme" parks of the world. Top Notch guys 💪👍👊😉
I remember the Japanese peril divers and the aquarium, stadiums. I don’t remember them selling food in the Japanese village. The big tank thing was probably the filtration system for the stadium tanks. They did have a white shark display when Jaws was popular. This brings back a lot of memories. Too bad Sea World left.
This video made me smile and very sad at same time. Thanks for the memories.
I had a season pass to both parks from 7 to 16. It was a first job rite of passage for every one of my friends. I live in the next town over, and it’s so sad what it became.
That said, I’m not a fan of sea world any longer, but I can’t say growing up with it wasn’t incredible.
that exhibit was probably where the penguins were at 17 min. I remember macaroni penguins there when I was small! there was also a pond of koi fish outside near it.
Yes , I remember that. That was one of my favorite spots.
As a kid we would go to Sea World for field trips. The theme park across from it was called Geauga Lake back in the 80’s, then later Six Flags. As a kid we would have preferred to be at Geauga Lake instead of Sea World and would feel jealous when we heard screams from the roller coasters lol. They were literally right across the lake from each other.
I went there when i was 5 years old with my grandparents. I find it sad they closed. I loved it when i went there.
I remember when the other side of that lake was Geauga lake. my first amusement park as a kid.
molon labe Big Dipper!!!
Mine too! First roller coaster, Double loop followed by Raging Wolf Bobs!
I remember going here on a field trip and getting to sit in the splash zone. The parks were impressive when connected back in the day.
Back in the old days of Seaworld Ohio, it always looked awesome In every way. I remember going to Seaworld in San Diego 4, 5 years ago with my cousin. It was for my 7th birthday and I had a lot of fun with my cousin and my family going there. Even I went to Seaworld Aquatica. The waterslides were my favorite, when it was gone, I felt shattered because of all the good memories that happened once. I only went there once and not even again because it was gone. Nowadays, it’s gone and probably not going to come back to San Diego. Good times
I stumbled across this video - a little late to the party. I loved sea world and geauga lake and went so many times with my parents. Favorite memory was being chosen as a junior trainer and being brought to the front platform where I was able to make the whale do tricks - very free Willy. At the end the trainers had them jump all of the way out of the water to pose and I had my picture taken. I’ll literally never forget standing maybe two feet away from this amazing animal. I was maybe in the second grade… that would never ever happen today post-blackfish. As an adult and orcas still being my absolute favorite animal, I don’t believe keeping them in captivity is acceptable. But I’m absolutely grateful and still in awe of that incredible experience I had once when I was 10. Im 35 now - and I’ll never ever forget. ❤️
I grew up not far from here and we went almosr every other summer. It was pretty expensive. I had fond memories until you showed the old footage. Tears came to my eyes for the animals in captivity.
The advert at the beginning, they just don’t make them liked that anymore, so cool to see. Loved this explore 🙌
Thanks for the Fantastic Video!! You Out Did Yourself, showing Sea World as it is now, and inserting views as it was then!! You are So Good at weaving the story!! I was never to that Sea World, but was to the one in California and Florida!! I am 63, and when I went was before PETA was into it, and all of the animal activists! Back then it was a Wonderful place to go and see fish and Mammals you would never see!!
I think that maybe the big water type tanks could have had some thing to do with the water salinazation. Almost all of there fish and Mammals were from the ocean and needed Salt Water to live in!! Keep Up with the Great Videos!!
Irony is in lives in San Diego. I never once say their protest during a holiday like 4th of July or memorial day. It felt that it was only important to them to protest when it was suitable for them. You think if it was that important they protest on the sea world biggest days.
This is so sad and awesome at the same time. I remember coming here as a child to see Shamu in the early 80's with my family. He was The Star!! I remember getting a pearl necklace that a guy would dive for them & u got to open them up! Awwww I'm glad the whales are no longer prisoners here and I love how nature is taking it back! #AnEraGoneBy
Thanks for sharing this. I performed there, seven days a week (mime at the sea lion show during the day & as pee-wee, hosting the laser show, twice nightly), from 1986-88. so many good memories.
I grew up about 2 1/2hrs away in southern OHIO. We visited Sea World Ohio several times as a child. It was always fun, but watching the ski show, we would always gaze across the lake and see all the roller coasters of Geauga Lake Amusement Park and wish we were over there. As an adult, I finally made it to Geauga Lake and had a great time. We also visited later when it became Six Flags. It's a shame they couldn't make a go of it, but greed from all the companies ruined it for the people of Aurora, Ohio.
The part at 23:34 made me hold my breath.
Marlene Chavez Me too. You can hear the panic in the announcers voice even though she’s trying to disguise it. She knows those animals, no matter how beautiful they appear are unpredictable and could snatch one of those children in a heartbeat.
I currently work at a Sea Word, and the big tanks you saw are used to help clean and filter the water. That Sea World probably used the lake as a water source. They would it filter it and then filter it back into the lake.
Mireya Romero is there chlorine in the water?
If they texted the water sending it back into the lake, you would not want chlorine
Making stagnant lake water into salt water? Not good. Not good at all. Those animals needed fresh ocean water. And yes, they chlorinate it, also. So not good for the whales and other sea creatures. I mean, you DO realize SEA world would need salt water, right?
@@Room-xi6nb No worries; the people who designed the water systems knew exactly what they were doing-- you, do not.
Sea World is a joke. They hold their orcas in small tanks and use the animals for profit. What kind of sick person do you have to be to not only support but work for a company like that? Just saying
Made some great friendships while working there. Great memories!
I used to work there. So crazy seeing it all torn down. Worked there at the same time as the woman in the video, during the transition from AB to Six Flags.
I lived up the street in the Rivers Edge community. Thanks for posting this, very nostalgic.
Remember going here as a kid brought back some great memories Thanks!!!!
Actually an amazing feat considering northern Ohio's weather.
Thank you mom, dad, and grandma for the great memories.
I didn’t read through all of these comments, so forgive me if I am repeating info. I grew up going to Geauga Lake, Sea World...Six Flags when it merged...and for a while the Sea World portion was opened just as a water park. In later years it became unkempt. The giant tank may have been for the wave pool. The Japanese style portion was open, it was pearl diving. Very cool, relaxing music, a break from the sun. You payed to have them dive, then have the subsequent pearls set in various jewelry. The dock used to stretch across to the ride portion of the park. I spent summers here with my family. This video is both intriguing and terribly sad for one with so many positive memories.
Growing up we went to that Sea World once a year from about 1975 to 1981. We would also go to Cedar point. I hated that Sea world, we (my brother and sisters) would be watching the water shows while looking at the amusement park across the water. I would cry to my parents that I wanted to be on a coaster, not looking at dumb fish. They would come back and say "Well, I guess you don't want to go to Cedar point next month. After hitting my teens, we only did Cedar point or Kennywood. Thank you for posting this, tons of memories.
Sure does bring back memories. As you were walking through i could see myself as a child walking amongst hundreds of others in the same areas. Really hate that both sides shut down. It was a pretty special place.
Ive never even been to Ohio and I got feels from this video. Over here hurting like they were my memories 🤣
Me too but I live in Cleveland
My sister and brother-in-law met while working here back in the day. They have a Sea World Christmas ornament on their tree every year and I believe an old sign from the park!
I remember going here when i was a kid there was a camp ground about a mile or so from the front gates and me, my mom and dad would come down from michigan and camp and ride bikes from the camp ground to sea world and even go to the amusement park across the lake this was back in the late 90's.
People watch a documentary one time and think they're marine biologists LMAO
Don't have to be a marine biologist to know what's cruel and what isn't
kelsiline When it is just based on a one sided piece of propaganda that isn’t factually correct then you don’t know what you’re talking about
Cedar Fair from Sandusky, owner of Cedar Point purchased both properties , to close them. Eliminate the competition.
672mack that’s facts
I would like to believe that but honestly, once 6 flags came in, the parks went down hill in quality. rides were often not working or upkept properly, and not to mention the stupid looney toons theme. I noticed a huge decline in amount of people going to the park after it became 6 flags. I dont think it was salvageable by the time cedar point got it. But who knows. Id also like to think something could have been done to revive it and they just didn't want to bother since they already had a successful park near by. We were also in a recession during that time though so theres that as well..
Rebecca James It could’ve been save and if they didn’t want to do it they should’ve bought it. It was a great park for young children and cedar point was more of adult park there was room for both and it work for how long they just bought it to close it like they did. They knew what they were doing.
They purchased that and Kings Island about the same time
672mack yep
Our family was there for the final day of operation in 2000. The water ski show trashed the boats - the one boat ended up on top of a dock as it launched off the wake of another boat. They knew they were finished with their jobs and seemed to not care about damaging the equipment. It was a pretty surreal experience. Sad that it is gone along with Geuaga Lake Park etc.
Worked there as a teenager in 1977. have some fond memories try to get dates with myfemale coworkers even suceedding on occasion. Aurora Ohio was really a better place when SW was thriving there,
My favorite part of the park was the Japanese diving pavillion. I ever remember any food but there was the main diving pool where the divers got the oysters. There were other smaller pools that you could pick up starfish and sea urchins and other creatures. There was also a gift shop.
This became a water park and Sea World before it closed. More people were at the water park than Sea World, the year I took my daughter there. I used to go to Geauga Lake State Park multiple times during the year when young. I lived in the area.
I worked at the Japanese pavilion after six flags took it over opening up the oysters the divers got
Watching this has inundated me with happy childhood memories. 🐬😊
Yay!!! Kick ass video!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Love the old clips!!✌️✌
Lindsay Kowand thanks!!! I was hoping it added to the video ✌🏻❤️
Wow. How cool. Thanks for doing this little Adventure. Wish we could travel back in time.
I grew up going to Geauga Lake (the amusement park with rollercoasters), and Sea World. Six Flags when they bought Geauga Lake the bought Sea World too and combined the park with the animal attractions. They kept the animals during that time (except Shamu and Mamu the killer whales they got rid of them). Eventually Cedar Fair (Cedar Point’s owners) bought out both and got rid of the animals completely and ran it as an extension of the water park (as you mentioned Wildwater Kingdom). Them being separate parks ended with Six Flags era around 2000/2001.
Hey guys im from cleveland ohio born and raised and ive been to this place when it was booming when i was younger it was definitely an amazing awesome place and with geauga lake or six flags later right down the road it was a great experience its sad to see it gone but time marches on and the world takes back what is rightfully its property
I wish I was American....being British genuinely sucks :( you have all this cool mind blowing stuff all we have a couple small and phew large theme parks and beaches it's depressing
@@trashpanda-sg2xh its only because we are much much bigger.
HI RnK! I was born and raised in Cleveland. I use to go to Sea World and Geauge Lake with the family almost every year for 15 years along with Cedar Point. Thanks for doing the video. It brought back many memories.
Diana Roth thanks to people like you, hellholes for animals were kept in business 😡
I remember this sea world. I went there in 98 there was a Six flags just across the lake. I always wondered what happened to the property.
This is SeaWorld at Aurora, Ohio. I remember going to this place as a kid and seeing one of the shamus live. I can remember this place and I can't believe it still is around even abandoned!
Yeah it didn’t seem like much research was done prior. The Japanese theme place, I remember it having pearl diving like shown, the diver got me a pearl one year. I don’t remember much else as to what was in there. Was it a string ray pool at one time or am I thinking of a different building? I had been there many many times when it was sea world and once as wild water kingdom.
My family used to go to this SeaWorld alot when I was a kid, ah, fond memories 😊
I used to go there all the time when I was a kid. Seeing the orcas were literally my favorite thing of all time. I was so devastated when they closed the park but seeing this video as an adult and how abandon it is I am so funking happy they close that shutdown.
I went there with my family in the 70's, we had a great time!
Wow, you guys brought back so many childhood memories. Being at Sea World as a kid and looking across the lake at Geauga Lake was the worst! Anyone from the area knows what I'm talking about. I think it's pretty cool you are exploring a place I've actually been to!
Yeah i couldnt agree w/ u more mycrimsondemise.
its sad to know now as an adult what those poor animals went thru. I was at Sea World, Geauga Lake n Cedar Point
I remember what that view used to be like with the tower and everything. I also remember looking at seaworld from across the lake at geauga lake!
Well since I’m Not from the area I don’t know what you mean about the view. But I’m dying to know to what you were referring. Please share!
@@alison2649 I was referring to how jealous I was of the people at Geauga Lake (which was an amusement park) because they were riding the roller coasters. Sea world and Geauga Lake was just across the lake from each other so you could see and hear all the fun they were having.
@@mycrimsondemise I remember feeling the same. Thought I was being put through some sort of torture looking at all the rides knowing I was stuck watching a water ski show with my parents.😂
I went there when I was in 2nd grade, field trip, around 1975 or so.
I have fond memories from the 70's going here too.
I was born in 1981 cool real 70's chicks yeah! Keep on keeping on or wait hold on I know keep on trucking girls.
Linda, it's a shame you didn't get separated and abandoned
@@Al_Dente-d1p, wth does that even mean? Are you some kind of nut or something?
@@thomaswfx it was funny
Another awesome find,Rob!!!This is comparable to SeaWorld in Florida!!; Thanks for the flashbacks and excellent photo shots before and after!! You're Rockin with new uploads!!!!😎👍👍💕💕
I never thought that your video would bring me to tears. When I was 16, I had my first trip to California with my Mam and my brother. We went to Sea World in San Deago. Those memories of happy times are all flooding back. After 20 I am going back to California. But sadly I lost my Mam almost 3 years ago. And this will be my first holiday without her. As we have been a few times always with my parents. Don’t take your parents for granted. You just never know when it will happen. It happened so suddenly for me without warning. Thank you for those memories. I have Sea World on old video tapes.
Thank you so much for sharing this video. My family and I went here on a family vacation back in 1982. So many good memories. Again, thank you. So nice to see it again. Too bad they had to close down.
Mate, I've only just seen this. I've been reduced to tears watching that so called 'killer' whale bounce outta the pool to benevolently say Hi to its audience else place a quiet plea to same: "please, let me be free"
@13:04 When I was a kid I used to love watching this woman dive for Oysters right there. It was so amazing watching that as a kid.
I lived in Cleveland 1971-1979. My parents took us to this Sea World every year. I have fond memories of the Shamu show, ski show and the play area for the kids. Sad it's closed its doors...it would of been great to take my kids there too one day. The theme park on the other side was Gueaga Lake. We went there many times too. They had the Gemini and Corkscrew roller coasters. Now we go to Sea World in San Antonio. My parents moved our family to Texas in 1980. Thanks for the video...takes me back to my childhood.
25:26 that used to be a big fish tank. those rocks used to be for the corals.
I can't think of anything worse than wildlife locked in these prisons. I'm glad it's shut. Great vid, thanks.
And u know nothing about all the animals and "wildlife" that sea world saves and rehabilitates right idiot
I was there for a weekend in about '86. Sea World and the amusement park. Have some pics!
So cool you found a lady who knew the history.
Crazy seeing it like this. I live in Ohio ,I went to sea world when I was little & six flags.I remember them closing six flags it was sad but I did work there when it was only wild water kingdom.They always close the good stuff in NE Ohio smh
I used to work at the sea world when I was a teen. the other park that was across the lake was call Geauga lake, then it turned into six flags. every summer we went to Geauga lake the old wooden roller coaster was called the big dipper and the other wooden coaster was called the raging wolf bob.
This is actually my hometown. I live right down the street from this place and some of my best memories at a young kid and young adult was at Geauga Lake (the former amusement park) and Wild Water Kingdom. My family had season passes and since we lived only three minutes away, we would go almost every weekend. I was shocked when it went out of business. Very sad to see what it is now. Aurora used to thrive off this park, still curious about why it went out of business.
Empty all the tanks globally. These animals should free roam across our seas.