Geauga Lake 2020 Update
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- After all this time, you'd think that the Geauga Lake amusement parks would have been cleaned up... Well not quite. Join me today as I take a look at what has happened to the legendary and now infamous, Geauga Lake as well as the formerly open water park across the lake. This is what has happened in 2020.
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Me: "oh cool, a Geauga Lake update. Maybe something positive has happened since the last video."
Jake: "The waterpark is now closed, leaving both amusement parks on the shores of Geauga Lake completely abandoned..."
:((((((
Same I though so too
So sad, I live right near it and remember all the great times when I pass by.
Same. :(
Keith Bruner there’s still a sign leading up to the location the park was at that’s rusty and tarnished, but it clearly says “Geagua Lake”. And to add to the misfortune, the parts from slides and such were repurposed and put into the Cedar Point Waterpark, which is small, has only maybe 3 mediocre slides: an awful lazy river and a wave pool that’s broken most of the time. It compares nothing to Wild Water Kingdom, which was a part of my childhood.
Back in the 80’s I visited both sea world and Geauga lake they were both amazing it’s so sad to see how they both ended up thank you for making these videos
girl, same
Yup only went to Gauge lake tho fun times
Went to sea world in the 80s
We always went to both places every year for like 5 years being from Pittsburgh. Late 70's to early 80's. Great memories. So sad it is what it is now.
You and I must be around the same Age, I also went to Both Parks with my Parents on a Family Vacation. I Loved it !
Everyone is sad when it’s gone but don’t support it when it exists
That’s a factor in why these cool local joints shut down or aren’t maintained correctly
That’s a very good point. At the end of the day, they didn’t get the attendance they needed
It was expanded too much for the area. They spent so much that even when attendance went up they were losing money, and raising prices just pushed away the local regulars.
My family had season tickets every year from 1994 until the parks closing. I grew up in that place.
MasterKilokk I grew up going to this park too. I miss it so much.
I'm sure many families went back every year or so but you can't really expect them to go back every month.
I miss this park so much. When I was a teen, they had "starlight admission" which was $16 between 5-10 pm. So me and my friends could go on all the rides with very little lines and the coasters were just fabulous. That was towards the end though, probably 05-07
And I think Senior Citizens got in free. My grandparents would take me. Grandma & I dropped grandpa off at the Beergarden and I went on all the rides. Grandma would wave as I went by. It was always fun.
I remember going on cloudy weekdays and having basically no lines for many of the coasters
At this point Chernobyl will be redeveloped before the Geauga Lake land.
Great comment
Hahahahahahahaa!
Which is never lol
Geauga Lake is not great, not terrible.
... so you're saying there's a chance?
i was just talking about this place with my dad, who grew up going there. it was cheaper than driving to sandusky and because both he and my mom grew up toeing the poverty line, they went there for vacations and field trips. ask anyone who grew up where they did and watch their eyes go dreamy as they talk about geauga lake, it’s such a soft spot for that generation
It was amazing because they had rides and attractions similar to Cedar Point, but the cost was cheaper and you rarely ever had to wait long for rides, it was a blast
I grew up in bainbridge and since I had a single working mom she would get me and my sister season passes for it. My one friend would have his parents drop him me and my sister off on their way to work and then my mom would pick us up on the way home. Probably went there more than half of the summer and would go to the wave pool all day. I really wish it was around for my kids to go to
Geauga Lake (then Six Flags Worlds Of Adventure) was my first amusement park, and the Big Dipper was my first coaster. Shame to see it all gone.
Mine too
It was my first coaster too, back in 1995
I grew up going to geauga lake before sixflags, my very first coaster ride was the raging wolfbobs went to it during and after 6 flags, last time it was geauga lake again, in 2002
same with the big dipper.
Same here. And Big Dipper was the ONLY roller coaster they had. Big Dipper was so terrifying to me, it wouldn't be until they opened the Double Loop that I would ride a coaster - and fall in love with them. Big Dipper never stopped being terrifying though. It really liked to try to throw me off of it. Last time I rode it, my bf had to grab me as I was starting to fly out. I miss that coaster. :(
As a kid who used to visit Geauga Lake and catching up to it now, this is so DEPRESSING!!!
right? for some reason I saw "update" and thought like LeBron bought it or something.
I don't know what you expected but Geauga Lake still empty
I know I actually prefer it over Cedar Point but that's just me but don't get me wrong I like Cedar Point but Geouga Lake was my favorite
I live in the area and even went to the park as a kid. My mom always tells me the many memories made when she was a kid when we pass the abandoned park.
Blitz Fury same, I still have the stuffed husky my dad won there when I was 3
Geauga Lake, for when your parents just don't want to drive all the way to Cedar Point.
Truth is Cedar Point close Geauga Lake because they're taking business away from Cedar Point
lol. so true.
nitehawk86 A true local. I remember!
Nah, Geauga Lake had way more charm than Cedar Point could ever hope to have. I remember going to CP for the first time the year that Dragster opened and it just felt so soulless in comparison.
William Hall Agreed. Geauga Lake was a far better park. All Cedar Point seams to care about is money.
The first video you did on this really hit me emotionally. As a kid, my father and I would visit Geuaga Lake in the summer. Sometimes it was a side trip from a larger Cedar Point trip, sometimes it was a long weekend just to do Geuaga and Sea World. Seeing that the land is still just sitting there is disappointing but, stupid as it may be, the little plaque they installed at least feels like acknowledging what was once an awesome place.
Jennifer Bureau it was a fun place miss it although the memories will stay with us
Clearly it wasn't awesome enough or else it would stay open, it's clear that the public lost interest. Parks don't just close for no reason, Cedar Fair had it's reasons. And cause they got out of the sinking ship, Cedar Fair survived the Financial Crisis and is still in a very strong economic position, especially compared to their Rival, Six Flags
The current state of the property is really depressing. I think they should make it into a state park with a little museum about the former amusement park
I agree. It's so sad to watch this. The company my mom worked for used to hold their annual picnic at Geauga Lake. I have some good memories of just walking across the floating bridge and feeding the fish in the lake.
@@coastaku1954 it didn’t stay open because their own greed ruined it. Clearly it was a great park because the original park was open and thriving for over 30 years. It went downhill immediately after buying sea world and trying to combine the two
living in cleveland, it is quite a local legend, especially when your parents always talk about how they used to go there. its crazy though how i used to go the the water park, and now its abandoned, but i can still recognize the areas of the water park based on the foundations and concrete
Geauga Lake 2024 Update:
_yep...still abandoned_
philis05 2028: “Cedar Fair is attempting to move the water in Geauga Lake to the Sandusky area.”
Geauga Lake 2032 Update:
Cedar Fair has announced that they have been accused of polluting Geauga Lake and it remains abandoned.
@@jasonbolden4767 geauga lake 2056: iTs sTiLl ruN dOwN aNd wIlL aLwAyS bE (lol)
geauga lake in 2100: cedar fair will die in 2101
Geauga Lake was never meant to be a massive theme park. Six Flags purchased the park in hopes of building it up to compete with Cedar Point in nearby Sandusky.
However, they built it up into a massive park that the city of Aurora simply could not support. Not to mention the sheer size of combining the pre-existing Geauga Lake with then-Sea World Ohio made the property into one that was simply too big to manage. This combined with an explosion of arguably superior investments that nearby Cedar Point received made Six Flags’ vision of using Geauga Lake as a competitor to Cedar Point virtually impossible. Cedar Fair was given a disaster waiting to happen when they purchased the park from Six Flags and the fact that it continued to operate for several years after the acquisition is a miracle in and of itself.
It’s hard to be angry at either company now, as the leadership of both Six Flags and Cedar Fair during the time of this train wreck have been long gone and replaced.
Exactly !! I couldn't have said it any better
I don't care Im still angry and for the record Cedar Fair's management is still bollocks.
Sea World heard that 6 Flags was looking to dump off Worlds of Adventure but Cedar Fair used their "persuasion" & waved dollars in their face.
And now both of these companies have merged into one monolith
Great video! As an Ohio resident who also visited Geauga Lake a couple times, the current state of the property is really depressing. I think it’d be cool if they made it into a state park or something. EDIT: In addition to the park, they could also have a Geauga Lake Museum with pictures and relics from the former amusement park
You know you’re early when it says “Geuaga Lake”
Hi Bob, new overlord of Disney
Gimme the GOOOGA lol
I can believe it, im really early.
goo goo gaa gaa 👶
@@JonsMovies104 Gee, I wonder WHY HE OF ALL PEOPLE is here--maybe just to laugh and watch a competitor go down in flames, maybe???!!!
I don't give a damn what he says is his reason for watching--and commenting on--these videos. We all know he's just another cutthroat executive out to screw the normal people out of their hard earned money--and laughing in their faces while he's doing it!!!
Last time I went here, a year or two before they closed, we kept getting stuck on the roller coasters. On one if them, it was right before the first drop. Their highest coaster at the time. We were so high up, they made us get out of the cars and walk down the planks next to the tracks. No way there were getting a fire truck with a ladder in there. What did we get for getting stuck? A free ice cream and a cut in line for the next roller coaster that we also got stuck on....what a day !!
You realize that is a pretty common thing to happen on roller coasters right? And they wouldn’t call a fire truck to get you, when stairs were installed along side the track for that very specific reason.
Believe me, you WANT to stop next to a place with stairs or a catwalk next to it.
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I swear to God 45 people were early every day just to hear any funny updates from each other.
Any time I hear a complaint about a malfunction, I think of him and laugh. Anyway, at least you weren't crapping in an ice bucket in the dark in 90° off the coast of Mexico for 5 days.
@@MM-oj2uq Yeah, I understand that but they were creaky as hell too. While we were up there it started to rain so the slick stairs didn't help.
@@MM-oj2uq also those stairs or steps besides the track is for maintenance to inspect all of the track
Jake: Geauga Lake
Me, an intellectual: Six Flags Worlds of Adventure
Superman!!!
Me, a god: Six Flags Ohio
MysteryMii Me, not someone from Ohio: Six Flags St. Louis.
You still everywhere
Me An Ohioian who went here as a kid: Geauga Lake
This place was a huge part of my child hood always brings a tear to my eye yes it makes sense why they got rid of it but everyone really did love that place around here I don’t live in aurora but I live a few towns over
JAKE !
because cedar fair was pissed that geuga lake made more then cedar point did.
@@popularculture2890you know me?
The Big Dipper was my first coaster in 1974 and it was fantastic in air time. I also spent part of my honeymoon there in 2004. So sad to see what has happened.
Great memories of that coaster. I think my neck still hurts though haha
heart goes out to you
I’m a local to Aurora and I’m really glad you made the video back in 2016 (long time fan btw haha) and it’s interesting to see an update because I was curious of what was gonna happen to it bc I drive aurora road pretty much all the time and I always look at the green fence as I go by, tragic honestly. I also had a pass for wild water kingdom every season and adored going and I even remember the last time I went, I was like 14 and went the last day it was open :((
Sweet, I love these update videos! Been watching since episode one and I love to see how these locations develop as you carry on with the series. Always very thorough and entertaining. Keep up the awesome work!
My Mom who just passed last year took my brother and I to both Geauga Lake and Sea World multiple times in the 80s. I rode all the coasters and remember the Wave pool clearly. So many good memories. Thanks for the video.
This was my childhood! I grew up in Aurora and worked at Geauga Lake in high school and college! Miss those days!
Man I have some very fond memories of Wild Water kingdom. Everyone who went there knew that that wave pool was wildin
Hell yeah it was. Spent some amazing summers there
if you didn't almost drown in the wave pool at least once, what are you even doing
Ari Factsss
I miss this place! I have memories of Geauga Lake, SeaWorld, and Wildwater Kingdom!
They to bring it back for Cleveland ohio family
Omg yay!!!! An update!! Ohio represent. RIP Geauga Lake
Indiana beach: are you sure about that
I'm so glad Indiana Beach still exists. Gotta got them credits.
Thanks for the update of Geauga Lake! Glad to see you in my neck of the woods! Sad to see what happened to my favorite place to visit with friends during the summer!
Jake, great video. I think was sealed geauga lakes' demise was that it was located too close to Cedar Point...and after it emerged with Sea World, it became too expensive relative to the far superior and always reinvested( bi-yearly) in Cedar Point
Well yeah. Cedar Point's parent company Cedar Fair is the one that bought and scrapped Gueaga Lake. It might not have been the most profitable park but Cedar Fair drove it into the gutter and refused to sell it to someone that would do something with it so Cedar Point wouldn't have any competition.
@@FullForce098 absolutely true indeed
Sound like buyout your competitors and shut them down
@@that1nerdyblackgirl736 it ended up that way.
@@FullForce098 -You saved me some typing.
The property sits in not only two municipalities, but also in two counties (Portage and Geauga). Were that not the case, perhaps one of the county's park districts would have made an offer to reclaim the land as public parkland. While it would be no amusement park, it would be a nice setting for paddle-boating and fishing.
I went to Geauga Lake as a kid and remember walking across that bridge. And riding all the water slides. I wasn’t old enough to ride the roller coasters but I remember looking at the Big Dipper sign and being upset that I couldn’t ride. I’ve been to dozens of abandoned places yet just this video is more saddening than any other place because I have such good memories of it.
That’s so cool!
I miss Geauga Lake ;(
Jake this was a great video. It made my heart hurt to see this happen but at least you have it documented. Gone but not forgotten
Man, I remember going there as a kid. Still would go there if it was standing.
you’re such a great narrator. i always look forward to these videos. really excited for the documentary!
I remember being a kid, every Friday night my dad would take me to the rock and roll shamu shows and we would sit in the splash zone. They used to play sweet emotion with lots of fun flashing lights and we’d watch shamu jump out of the water. The after we’d run to the stadium by the lake and they’d have a fireworks show over the water with a spray in the lake, which would fan out like a screen and they’d show a movie of different things on it like horses running :). Wish I had something like that today to bring my kids to.
Cedar Fare ran that park into the ground. They saw it as a threat to Cedar Point and did everything they could to make the Geauga Lake experience awful. I think Geauga Lake was way more enjoyable than Cedar Point and most people in NE Ohio feel the same way.
Geauga lake was way too small to compete with cedar point
Here here
This is exactly the truth.
True. WAy better than cedar point. cedar point is over priced. you only get to ride 3rides in 9hrs because of the over crowed lines. SMh.
Cant stand Cedar Fair!
I loved Geauga Lake. It all went downhill when it merged with Sea World
It went downhill once Cedar Fair bought it and killed it so it didn't compete with Cedar Point
@@DJ_BROBOT cedar point didn't want one cent of investment into a competing patk
@@DJ_BROBOT It's Six Flags fault. They expanded the park like crazy, which is why it evem became competition to Cedar Point. If it had just remained a small family amusement park it would still be open today. I don't think Cedar Fair bought it to close it. I think they tried, but since Geauge lake was dead all the time in it's last year and they were only losing money keeping it open it's only natural that they closed it.
Geauga Lake was one of the first video of yours I watched, nice to see an update on it.
Thank you, Jake. My family went to the amusement park when I was a child, in the 50’s and 60’s. I remember the Big Dipper and the giant slide. You picked up a burlap bag at the bottom to sit on the wooden slide. Awesome slide. The World has changed.
I miss Geauga Lake.
I remember WildWater kingdom, it was so fun and I remember when it closed. There’s still a sign up for Geauga Lake somewhere in Aurora and I don’t think they’ll ever take it down. At least I hope not, there’s good memories there
I grew up going to this amusement park. Yes, the last video was depressing but you still did a great job with looking up history and researching the park. Lots of awesome memories of that place
I LOVED Geauga Lake when I was a kid. It seriously was the best place! Turtle beach was just.....amazing!!! The Double Loop, The Raging Wolf Bob, The Big Dipper, I loved them all!!! I have so many awesome memories going there with my family! ♥️🥰
Love the update Jake!
I think GL might have been my first video I watched of yours!
This makes me so sad, but thank you for the update!! I spent my childhood summers there and was absolutely devastated when it closed.
The Big Dipper was also my first big coaster AND my first time on the BAYERN KURVE (the GREATEST flat ride on earth!)...the monorail that when around the park...the ENTERPRISE... I can go on and on. HUGE part of my childhood summers. HEART BROKEN over all that has happened. Thank you BSF for all the vids keeping those memories alive.
To be fair to Cedar Fair, that place went down hill under Six Flags ownership. By the time Cedar Fair got ahold of it, it was already a sinking ship.
Ya, six flags sucks.
Yep. They blew it up into something unmanageably huge for no good reason. Six Flags doomed it.
Dan G. Nope. You need to do your homework. Six Flags was bustling like crazy. When Cedar Fair got ahold of it, they purposely closed the popular rides, then claimed business was dropping. They purposely shut it down so everyone would go to Cedar Point.
Sorry Ronin, but you need to get your history right. Six Flags was going under, hence why the Park was up for sale in the first place. Cedar Fair makes its share of mistakes, but dont blame them for that Park dying. The blame rests souly at the feet of Six Flags.
Dan G. Nope, you need to do your homework. Cedar Fair is to blame.
Please do a video on Indiana Beach 💛
I grew up in Ohio and both geauga lake and cedar point were always highlights of my summers. It was heartbreaking to watch the geauga lake video of it being abandoned
I was born and raised in Youngstown Ohio and grew up going to Geauga Lake. Reading through these comments, I'm today years old when I learned this wasn't considered a large amusement park. As a youngster I always thought Geauga Lake and Cedar Point were around the same size lol. I just knew I had a blast whenever I went to either!
Man this was my home park as a kid. Makes me so sad to see it this way. If i win the lottery, we're building it back up. lol.
I love when I see these notifications
Excellent update Jake! What a depressing state of affairs :/ hope your vacation is going great! ☺️
We went to Geauga Lake, Sea World, and Cedar Point every summer when my sisters and I were kids. That was mainly in the 60's. All 3 parks were our favorite summer things to do, and we had so much fun
Everybody talking about six flags New Orleans but I’m the only one who still acknowledges this park
I've never clicked so fast for a video
Hah! Me too! lol .. couldn't resist the urge to reply.. I saw Geauga Lake pop up and thought really?! could it be "the" Geauga Lake i went to every summer as a kid from eastlake? It is truly sad but will never forget the good memories and the first time ever riding a roller coaster (screaming like a little girl!!) ..I've loved them ever since though and have this place to thank. Peace~
I saw 2020 update and thought that I may have missed some news that there was an effort to rebuild it. Sadly, no. Just some more disappointment about some bullshit chain stores and potential residential developments. Sure, that's what depressed regions need. More housing and dispassionate, soulless retail.
I appreciate this update. I grew up in the area and GL was my childhood summer spot. I've long since moved across the country and never hear a thing about the aftermath.
Loved Geauga Lake. I grew up with the park from way back to the early 70's. Big Dipper was always one of my fave rollercoasters. Sad it became defunct. So many memories. 😥
In the future could you talk about restaurants like Lonestar Steakhouse or Chi-Chi’s
dude whatever happened to chi chis?? they had the best enchiladas....
@@gladitsnotme I think there was some big food-related illness scare, that drove them to just make salsas in-store and close their restaurants.
@@gladitsnotme oh man, seafood enchiladas, and the seafood nachos. To die for.
He already did one on Lone Star steakhouse: th-cam.com/video/t_zuFQRStTQ/w-d-xo.html
@@michiganmotorsports all of those franchises still exist tho.
Patreon was here first :)
growing up close enough to geauga lake that my friends and I would ride our bikes and lock them up out front and use our season passes nearly every day during the summer geauga lake holds a special place in my heart. I live far away now but when I go back driving past what it has become and is is always depressing. I ❤️ Geauga Lake and miss it so much.
it’s so weird to see it abandoned, when i was young i used to go to sea world, then to wild water kingdom. my family could go every year and we have a picture in our family room. i went to the park on the last day of was open
You should do the Newseum! One of the most interesting, and slightly dated museums I've ever been to. Real shame that it's closed.
Damn, the Newseum closed? When? I visited back in 2018, it was cool af.
4:05 I swear it looked like someone or some thing had fallen off the coaster here...but it's just the tower ride in the backround.
Well done video. The difference between your early ones and this is like night and day, I can actually watch the whole thing at once now :)
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Nice video in my opinion 👍
Sad miss the old days when it was flourishing.. owners need to be held accountable smh... I saw 2020 update andcwas hoping to hear somethin was going to be brought back to life
@Jimo smh is to lol u must be a old head.. ain't nobody ask you bud so go practice falling down I'll be there in a few
Mark G why would you talk like that to someone making a valid point? Seems like if it doesn’t conform to what you believe then you just resort to name calling.
I have so many memories at geauga lake, so sad that its just a relic now. Reminds me of going to Euclid Beach park when i was a kid and my parents would talk about what it used to be.. I got to go to geauga lake on the last sunday it was ever open with my company, back when they would rent the whole place out.. was always fun, but I would have done alot more that year if i knew that was the end.
I live about 5 minutes from Geauga Lake. I drive by there all the time and I always look and remember better times.
2 years have gone by, still nothing
4:06 Did anyone else see something fly off that coaster 😳
Haha, it's a ride in the background. You can see it launch right before the coaster passes it.
Omg 😂 it totally looks like someone's jacket or something just flew away
Mickey Baby it was another ride in the background lol
Damn, that’s a really good illusion for a second there, dat timing
Probably a hat or something but it rather large
Jake, can you go international and talk about a former theme park in the UK called Loudoun Castle
I feel like Defunctland has an episode on that
Thanks Jake, Many memories of growing up and going to Geauga Lake on church picnics.
Thanks for the update. I used to go here all the time as a child.
Yes been there
C'mon happy conclusion to the story! C'mon happy conclusion to the story! Damnit!
That's not our world, dude. Open your eyes, put your big boy pants on and see the world as it is.
No amount of complaining or whining will change anything.
Thanks for doing an update. I always wonder what happens down the road to places. Excited to see more
As a 27 year old Cleveland native, this hit me right in the feels
It's a real damn shame.
I hope they open up the land to hobo fights.
Cedar Point already has that too. It's us drunk Canadians on vacation trying to get find our hotel rooms.
My grandparents lived in Kent, Ohio (and at one point) my Grandma worked at SeaWorld. We were a military family so we didn’t get to see my Grandparents very often. Consequently, it was a big celebration when we visited. A few times my grandparents treated us to days at Geuaga Lake, both as kids and as teenagers! Those days are part of great memories for my family. My grandparents have passed away and we have no relatives left in Kent, Ohio, but this area holds such a special place in my heart!!!
I grew up in Aurora and Geauga Lake and Seaworld were life in the summers. It makes me so sad that this local icon isn't there anymore. So many memories.
I was hoping for good news, but that was depressing. 😭
Jessica Bonivich me too
Cedar Fair is pretty much a death sentence for any theme park with certain exceptions
Six Flags killed this park, not Cedar Fair.
I don't know about all that. They've done pretty well with their other amusement parks. Having 3 large parks in a state the size of Ohio didn't really make much sense anyways. Ya I miss the parks and all but I don't blame Cedar Fair. They salvaged what they could from the park. You can still ride some of the rides that were bought by other parks.
Ride Fury 325 then we will talk.
@@ofclshn exactly
Another great video! Excellent job Jake.
Man this shit makes me cry, I used to go to Geauga Lake, Six Flags Worlds Of Adventure, Sea World, and Wildwater Kingdom when they were belonged to those names. My mom got a season pass for her and I up until I was 7 or 8 when the park closed and that's when they came out with platinum passes for cedar fair so she started getting those and we still got to go to Wildwater Kingdom up until it closed, but it could not replace what Geauga Lake brought to me. I honestly loved it so much more than Cedar Point because it was half the distance from me and we'd go probably at least once or twice a week. I never got to ride the Dominator or Thunderbird, but I remember The Double Loop being my first ever roller coaster and it was probably the most fun I've had on a ride because my friend at the time would go on it with me over and over again. Same with Head Spin and The Villain and then there was a white wooden coaster I forgot the name of that one but there was a huge accident on it so they closed that one down before closing the park. I just miss all the memories it brought me. I miss Sea World even though I don't like the way they treat animals, I was a little toddler so I wasn't thinking of the inhumane practices at that age, they had tigers, seals, fish, and my favorite was Shamu or however the hell you spell it, that made a little 3 year old boy so happy. They also had a Batman show that was based of Batman Forever and it was actually really cool. The bat suit was very nice for it just being from a show. Man do I miss that shit. When I found out they closed down I was still too young to realize the impact it was gonna have on me so I kind of was in a state of shock. I remember going to the front gates after they were closed and there was about 15 people there and some guy stole one of the signs on the front gate. I don't know what he did with it, he probably put it in his basement hung up somewhere or sold it for hundreds. But seeing it now by driving past it, it is just so depressing. The grass overtook the parking lot in such a short period of time and it just felt super weird. The Big Dipper was up for the longest time, that was making me happy every time I drove past it. Going to the water park knowing that Geauga Lake was closed on the other side made me sad because before you could just walk around the path to get to the other side and go on rides and then go back around on the boardwalk, but when it was just the water park everything was blocked off. I still loved going up to the water park up until I turned 17. I didn't think much that the attendance was down, we got on slides and other things super fast and that was what was happening with Geauga Lake when it was closing. How I said I went on the Double Loop over and over again I was not joking about the over and over part of it. We did not wait at all, we got off and went back into the line and rode front seat and repeated the process probably around 10 times in a row and I somehow wanted to go on it more. I'm all over the place on this story, I'm sorry, but that's how my emotions are with this. My point is that it's super sad to see what it has come to. When they closed they said there would be houses built there and I kept on waiting and waiting for them to appear, but they never did. Like, if they at least put something there I would feel so much better about it, but since grass and depression are the last things standing, that makes the Geauga Lake closing much more sad.
This property is pretty much northeast Ohio politics in a nutshell.
I hate Ohio. I was stuck in Ohio for 12 hours because the schools bus broke, we missed the entire first day of our DC trip because of it
@@MickeyBaby42 ive been stuck here 12 years, it sucks lol
WELCOME to good old Ohio! We're home to the Rolling Acres Mall, Randall Park Mall, Chippewa Lake Park and Geuaga Lake! GeE, aReN't ALL THOSE PLACES ABANDONED?
@@mikemancini313 dont forget dying towns like cleveland and youngstown
Inter5tella Cleveland: At least it's not detroit!
Youngstowns been dead since the 80s.
just let it be, let nature take it back
Make it a public park with nature trails and open spaces for playgrounds. Let the community use it.
I went to Geauga Lake in the early 90s, as it was part of a group of 3 amusement parks, Wynndotte Lake, Darien Lake, and Geauga lake, where you could use your Season Pass at all 3 parks...love that small old wooden coaster....sucks they tore it down, the big dipper
Had nice memories of this place. Thank for the update. Hopefully something will prosper here in this beautiful land and lake.
I live near Columbus honestly it was sad to see Geauga close, but honestly the last decade or so most of the money has moved to columbus. not to mention the geographical proximity to cedar point wouldnt make sense to have both there
If I make my amusement park chain I would buy this land and restore its original form form.
My dude, I believe in you.
Some ex-Geauga lake employee bought a few rides from there and has his own mini amusement park with a go kart track
Thanks for the update, I grew up not too far from Geagua Lake and Sea World and always remember having season passes to Geagua Lake. The sad part is cedar enterprise is Cedar Point amusement park One of the largest if not the largest amusement park in the world. Which is only about an hour and a 1/2 2 hours away from this park and they make a lot of money. Back in the eighties my neighbor used to be a big shot on the board at Geagua Lake. I have so many great memories of both of those places there but now I live in Las Vegas where we don't have anything close to anything like that. So sad
Miss your videos! I'm excited for the documentary!!
This is just sad. My mom worked her was through grad school as a ride op here. When she married my dad, she had her bachelorette party at Sea World.
I live about an hour away from here. So sad. I have vivid memories of both parks and then the merger to create 6 flags and then back to the water park only. It’s depressing. Cedar fair just wanted it destroyed to feed cedar point. I have had a cp pass for 10 years and this will be my first year without it. They’ve taken away the personalization of the customer experience and turned it into a ridiculously large money grab. I get it’s a business but I’m not a fan of what they have done to GL or CP
Exactly. That's exactly why they did it. And that will probably backfire on them now bc of the $99 gold passes. People are getting frustrated and every year the attendance will hopefully go down. But they dug their own grave with greed. Will catch up to them eventually, sooner rather than later. 😁
@@RebeccaK95 Nah, keep dreaming.
@@melsmith8671 They're in it to make money, sure, but they don't have to charge $99 for a gold (or ANY kind) pass. All that does is keep families and others away--and these are the backbone of ANY amusement park.
@@melsmith8671 Since you're obviously doing so well financially, why don't you put your money (literally) where your mouth is, and sponsor a family that CAN'T afford the $99!
Your response will prove where you're REALLY coming from!!!
@@melsmith8671 Well, aren't YOU the epitome of someone who CAN'T and WON'T see past the end of your nose!!!
Maybe your self righteousness tells you that YOU are the judge, jury and final say on matters--but I've learned NOT to judge people, and to LISTEN to what they're saying--which obviously YOU haven't!!!
People don't have to (as YOU put it) "stomp my feet and demand the company make it cheap or give it to me" just because they can't afford something. But obviously YOU think they do!!!
Don't give me the typical SJW whine that these companies HAVE to charge outrageous prices--they're doing VERY well, thank you, and besides, the REAL reason they charge $99 are salaries for the CEO and upper echelon management, while the workers struggle to make it on minimum wage!!!
There is NO way for you for YOU to prove me wrong in this.
So goodbye troll.
seeing all the abandoned buildings and slides and rides and rivers just have me so much memories of when i used to go to the park and riding the slides and all that
Love your videos, keep up your great work 👍