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Good times bad times  

storkjwr18 48M
409 posts
8/9/2018 9:01 am
Good times bad times
You know I've had my share...

I found this advertisement and I started thinking how much I miss Geauga Lake. Specials like this were the only time we went to amusement parks as .



Growing up in a larger family, I was the eldest of four until 1988 and then 1992. Yes if you are following my baby brother was born the I was entering my senior , which also means besides the booger I have all sisters.. Thanks for that mom and dad...

Anyway Geauga Lake was awesome. not a huge rollercoaster person, so Cedar Point really is not my thing. Geagua Lake however was an timey park, that kept growing. So yes they had coasters (at one time the largest wooden coaster) but they also had all the fun stuff. Bumper cars, antique cars, tilt-a-whirl, miniature trains, go carts, boats, you name it practically. As it looked growing up





Not to mention that Sea World was across the Lake from the early 70's on. How much I love going there. We never went there as ,<b> parents </font></b>did not see the benefit in the cost. We had the Zoo and Aquarium and that was enough for them lol



However when I moved back to the area after graduating High School in Kansas I would go at least once a to both Geauga Lake and Sea World. Penguins, Shamu, Clyde and Seamore plus the good memories of the amusement park, how could I not.





Unfortunately the parks were purchased by Six Flags and to compete with Cedar Point (Cedar Fairs flagship park) Six Flags put a lot of money into new coasters, turning Sea World into a different type of park, and for a short time has success. However the early 2000's had a little down turn around here, and they eventually could not keep up with the debt they had acquired. Ultimately selling the park to Cedar Fair in 2004. By 2007 Cedar Fair was sending the coasters to their other parks, and in September closed Geauga Lake for good.
Today what is left has been retaken by nature.







Besides the cost which is outrageous, this is the main reason I will forever boycott Cedar Point. They ruined childhood fun, I could have passed to my .

Just forgotten photographs
To remind me of the past
But I can still see everything just fine
And who needs pictures with a memory like mine...

storkjwr18 48M

8/9/2018 9:03 am

 Would love to hear any great memories you may have...


Brownie202 67F  
2680 posts
8/9/2018 9:18 am

 Was there animals there? If so great the place closed. To bad all those so called amusement parks don't go out of business. Think animals like being kept there? Taken from the wild or born to captive parnets. Beaten to do tricks. Kept in small areas unlke the wild. Noise to much for some kinds. How many humans want to live as prisioners?
Humans are the most dangerous animals on earth.

If only animals had the ability to know when to keep away from us humans they would be better off.


storkjwr18 48M

8/9/2018 9:49 am
    Quoting Brownie202:
    Was there animals there? If so great the place closed. To bad all those so called amusement parks don't go out of business. Think animals like being kept there? Taken from the wild or born to captive parnets. Beaten to do tricks. Kept in small areas unlke the wild. Noise to much for some kinds. How many humans want to live as prisioners?
Of course there was. You are entitled to your opinions, and I respect that. I will say that zoos, aquariums, and yes even Sea World help animals, conserve animals, keep them from becoming extinct, take care of ones that would otherwise die in the wild and so forth. As for "beaten to do tricks" I am sure that happens in some venues, but the ones I speak of do not.

Thank you for sharing your opinion with us though.


Tmptrzz 61F  
107039 posts
8/9/2018 10:04 am

 Some great memories you have and what awesome pictures thanks for sharing them with us and I hope you have a great Thursday..
Seduce the mind and see what a wonderful adventure the body will take you on..


storkjwr18 48M

8/9/2018 10:09 am
    Quoting Tmptrzz:
    Some great memories you have and what awesome pictures thanks for sharing them with us and I hope you have a great Thursday..
Thank you, I will do my best. Hope yours is great as well


s2ndegree 65M
9800 posts
8/9/2018 10:51 am

 Wow!Where's Amanda Blake when you need her.I suppose when you live in
Gary Larson's world you at least get some revenge on humans from the animal public
that live there!

We had a place called Legend City.A coaster.skyride,model T's and various rides
that are now operated by the traveling carnivals that set up overnight at various churches and shopping center parking lots these days.

Living in the southwest it was about train robberies and cowboys on horseback
who all supported a horses right to work.The lost Dutchman's mine excursion
and a boat ride through hostile territory with the calvary coming through at the last minute.It was a fun place to escape and have fun.Arizona isn't a very friendly
place to amusement parks.With temperatures similar to mercury they can only be open six months of the year.

I love the advertisement!
Using more than all the road!


storkjwr18 48M

8/9/2018 11:29 am
    Quoting s2ndegree:
    Wow!Where's Amanda Blake when you need her.I suppose when you live in
    Gary Larson's world you at least get some revenge on humans from the animal public
    that live there!

    We had a place called Legend City.A coaster.skyride,model T's and various rides
    that are now operated by the traveling carnivals that set up overnight at various churches and shopping center parking lots these days.

    Living in the southwest it was about train robberies and cowboys on horseback
    who all supported a horses right to work.The lost Dutchman's mine excursion
    and a boat ride through hostile territory with the calvary coming through at the last minute.It was a fun place to escape and have fun.Arizona isn't a very friendly
    place to amusement parks.With temperatures similar to mercury they can only be open six months of the year.

    I love the advertisement!
A FarSide world would be outstanding

Yeah I heard it is hot out there. That is the thing right. I dislike carnivals, just something about a ride that can be put up and taken down in a couple hours worries me lol.

That place sounds like a lot of fun...Who did not want to play cowboy growing up. Thank you for sharing the memories.


storkjwr18 48M

8/9/2018 11:20 pm
    Quoting  :
I am glad to be able to spark such fond memories. It is one of my main goals with the boys. Making sure when they grow up there will be fond things to look back upon. Thank you for sharing them.

Some of the best stories are urban legends aren they not? It goes along with my ghosts and monsters map of the state


storkjwr18 48M

8/9/2018 11:22 pm
    Quoting  :
I have not, but will definitely be looking it up. I think some of the coolest pictures around are ones of abandoned places. The Wizard of Oz theme park, or vacation spots where the lake dried up etc..


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