Geauga Lake (formerly Six Flags Ohio, Six Flags Worlds of Adventure and Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom) is a theme park in Bainbridge Township and Aurora, Ohio, United States that is owned by Carwardine Parks. Established in 1887 in what had been a local recreation area adjacent to a lake of the same name, the first amusement ride was added in 1889, and the park's first roller coaster – later known as the Big Dipper – was built in 1925.
History[]
Due to Cedar Fair thinking that three theme parks in one state is too much, they sold it to Carwardine Parks in September of 2006 for the 2007 season.
Lead-Up to Carwardine's Buyout (2006-2007)[]
During the last day of their Halloween event, the park has visible signs relating to the Carwardine Parks buyout, including three listing three of the coasters new names, Blast from the Past, Thunder Jet and Toad Patrol: Race Through Toad Hollow.
Over December of 2006, the website has announced three more coasters' new names - Blue Streak Express, Coast to Coaster and Raging Wolf. The park announced on December 21, 2006 that Blue Streak Express would be relocated within the park for the new 2007 season, as dismantling of the ride began the next day. Time Warp was removed to make room for the new coaster in the kids area and was placed in storage.
Dominator's new name (Komodo Dragon) was announced on January 11, 2007.
Carwardine Parks era (2007-present)[]
In 2007, Geauga Lake received some new flat rides and a revamped kiddie land with some new rides.
In 2008, Buckeye Booster was added. Also, it was announced that the carousel would be moving to a Cedar Fair park (albeit with it being restored first), with a new carousel taking it’s place. The aforementioned Cedar Fair park was later revealed to be Worlds of Fun, a park that Cedar Fair thought was deserving of it’s own large, vintage carousel. (It’s been said that Cedar Fair and Carwardine Parks have been in talks about this ever since Carwardine purchased Geauga Lake)
In 2010, Catapult was added to the waterpark section and a new carousel was added.
In 2018, SuperVillain and Redwall: Chase for Victory opened.
In 2019, Digimon DigiRyder opened.
In 2021, Race of the Yoshis opened.
In 2022, Maggie Simpson's Adventure opened. Black Squid and Starfish were also removed at the end of the year, the former due to old age and maintenance issues and the latter due to low popularity.
In 2023, Geauga Scooters and Stewie's Chamber of Punishment opened.
Areas[]
- Action Acres
- Classic Geauga
- Main Midway
- Kids Kountry
- Lakeside
Current rides[]
Roller coasters[]
- Big Dipper (1925; A John A. Miller wooden coaster, given an ACE Landmark in 2015 for it's 90th anniversary) [Classic Geauga]
- Blast from the Past (2001; an Intamin impulse roller coaster, formerly known as "Superman Ultimate Escape" [2001-2003] and "Steel Venom" [2004-2006]) [Action Acres]
- Blue Streak Express (2000; A Zierer large Tivoli roller coaster, formerly known as "Roadrunner Express" [2000-2003] and "Beaver Land Mine Ride" [2004-2006], has a 10 year licensing contract from Cedar Fair to use the "Blue Streak" name that was renewed in 2016, was previously located in the Lakeside section from 2000 to 2006 before being relocated in 2006-07 offseason) [Kids Kountry]
- Buckeye Booster (2008; An Intamin Accelerator roller coaster, the coaster is themed to the Ohio State Buckeyes college sports teams) [Action Acres]
- Coast to Coaster (1995; A Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster, formerly known as "Mind Eraser" [1995-2003] and "Head Spin" [2004-2006]) [Action Acres]
- Digimon DigiRyder (2019; A Schwarzkopf Looping Star, formerly known as "Texas Cowboy" on the German fair circuit [1980-1989] and "RC40" at FairCon [1990-2018]) [Action Acres]
- Komodo Dragon (2000; A B&M floorless roller coaster, formerly known as "Batman Knight Flight" [2000-2003] and "Dominator" [2004-2006]) [Lakeside]
- Maggie Simpson's Adventure (2022; A Zierer Force Zero) [Kids Kountry]
- Race of the Yoshis (2021; An S&S Sansei steeplechase coaster with four tracks themed after the four Yoshis from Super Mario World) [Action Acres]
- Raging Wolf (1988; A Dinn wooden coaster, retracked by GCI in 2020, formerly known as "Raging Wolf Bobs" [1988-2006]) [Lakeside]
- Redwall: Chase for Victory (2018; A Vekoma Stingray, previously "Wild Style" at Wiener Prater in Austria from 2010-2012 and "Bat Flyer" at Yangju Amusements Land in South Korea from 2013-2015) [Lakeside]
- SuperVillain (2018; An RMC wood/steel hybrid coaster; rebuilt from Villain) [Lakeside]
- Toad Patrol: Race Through Toad Hollow (1977; An Arrow Dynamics looping roller coaster; formerly known as "Double Loop" [1977-2008]) [Classic Geauga]
- Thunder Jet (1998; A Vekoma suspended looping coaster, formerly known as "Serial Thriller" [1998-2003] and "Thunderhawk" [2004-2006]) [Lakeside]
Flat rides[]
- Boardwalk Typhoon (1977; An Eli Scrambler ride) [Lakeside]
- Bounty (2001; A Chance Pirate Ship ride) [Lakeside]
- Bowser's Airships (2002; A Zamperla Balloon Race with pirate ship-themed vehicles, formerly known as "Pirates' Flight" [2002-2006]) [Lakeside]
- Carwardine River Rapids (1996; Intamin River Rapids ride, formerly known as "Grizzly Run" [1996-2006]) [Lakeside]
- El Dorado (1991; A Weber 1001 Nachts ride) [Action Acres]
- Geauga Scooters (2023; A Larson Flying Skooters ride) [Action Acres]
- Merry Oldies (1972; An Arrow Dynamics antique cars ride) [Classic Geauga]
- Neue Carousel (2010; 50-Foot Grand Chance Morgan Americana-Themed Carousel, only 50-Foot Americana Carousel made by company, features multiple horses of different colors (black, gray, brown, white, etc.) and various different menagerie animals, mainly plays CDs from Dynamic Recording’s Carousel Breezes series, plus some new recordings by Ian Monteil) [Classic Geauga]
- Rapidash Stampede (1976; Mack Matterhorn, formerly known as "Hay Baler" [1976-2006], previously enclosed from 1976-2006, the faux-barn building facade that housed the ride was demolished in 2007 and replaced with a new building facade themed to a Pokemon center) [Lakeside]
- Sky Tower (1974; An Intamin Gyro Tower) [Action Acres]
- Space Shot (2007; An S&S Space Shot drop tower) [Action Acres]
- Stewie's Chamber of Punishment (2023; a Wisdom Rides Gravitron) [Lakeside]
- Texas Twister (1993; Huss Top Spin) [Lakeside]
Kiddie rides[]
All kiddie rides are located in Kids Kountry.
- Bluey's Road Trip (2007; Zamperla Convoy guided track ride, formerly known as “Convoy Trucks” [2007-2022])
- Care Bears Cloud Chaser (2007; Zamperla Samba Tower ride)
- Garfield's Clubhouse (2007; a small soft play area for younger children)
- Red Baron (2007; Zamperla Aero Top Jet)
- Pika Pikachu (2007; A Zamperla Jump Around ride themed to Pikachu)
- Star Shooter (2007; A Zamperla Jumpin Star ride)
Lake Busytown[]
A playground area in Kids Kountry themed to the works of Richard Scarry.
- Huckle's Fun House (contains a small funhouse, slides and monkey bars)
Up-charge rides[]
- Bratz Cool Carz (2010; a slot car ride) [Kids Kountry]
- The Mario Kart Experience Express (2009; a go-kart track located underneath Buckeye Booster) [Action Acres]
Restaurants and food stands[]
- Auntie Anne’s/Cinnabon (was originally just a Cinnabon until 2014)
- Burger King (formerly All-American Grill)
- Dairy Queen/Orange Julius (formerly Scara's Italian Ice from 2007-2010, then Pretzelhaus from 2011-2014)
- Dippin’ Dots
- Dunkin' (Originally Tim Hortons from 2007-2019, and before that, Carriage House)
- Funnel Cakes
- Kids Kountry Kafe
- Lakeside Treats
- Mario's Pizza & Pasta (formerly Plaza Pizza)
- Nestlé Toll House Café (formerly Festhaus)
- Subway
- Taco John's
Gift Shops and games[]
- Action Arcade
- Geauga Lake Emporium
- Hurricane Carwardine's Beach Boutique [Hurricane Carwardine's]
- Kids Kountry Arcade [Kids Kountry]]
- Kids Kountry General Store [Kids Kountry]
- Main Midway Games [Main Midway]
- Midway Caricatures [Main Midway]
- Super Mario Super Store (formerly Snoopy Boutique) [Kids Kountry]
Other[]
- The Rock-afire Explosion (2008; a 3-Stage RAE, relocated from Kennywood) [Main Midway]
Water Parks[]
Hurricane Carwardine's (included with theme park admission)[]
Formerly Hurricane Hannah's and Hurricane Harbor.
- Celery Slide (WhiteWater West Body Slide)
- Mineshaft (WhiteWater West Enclosed Tube Slide)
- Red Tube (WhiteWater West Dry Tube Slide)
- Slideboard Central (WhiteWater West Slideboarding complex)
- Twister (WhiteWater West Open Tube Slide)
- Yellow Tube (WhiteWater West Dry Tube Slide)
WhiteWater Adventure (Extra charge)[]
Formerly WildWater Kingdom.
- Adventure Mountain (2003; WhiteWater West Tube Slides, formerly known as "Hurricane Mountain" [2003-2004] and "Thunder Falls" [2005-2006])
- Calamity Creek (2005; Lazy River, formerly known as "Riptide Run" [2005-2006])
- Catapult (2010; ProSlide Rocket "Carwardine Parks Model-002", first Carwardine ProSlide Rocket to have a lift hill instead of starting at the top of a structure)
- Frenzy Flyer (2000s; WhiteWater West Raft Slide)
- Kids Adventure (2005; WhiteWater West RainFortress, formerly known as "Splash Landing" [2005-2006])
- Tornado (2005; ProSlide Tornado, formerly known as "Liquid Lightning" [2005-2006])
- Turbo Twisters (2003; WhiteWater West Body Slides, formerly known as "Hurricane Mountain" [2003-2004] and "Thunder Falls" [2005-2006])
- Wild Wave (2008; Wave Pool, added in Phase II)
- Wipeout (2008; ProSlide CannonBowl 30, added in Phase II)
Former rides[]
- Black Squid (1970-2022; An Eyerly Spider ride, scrapped due to old age and maintenance issues, replaced with Stewie's Chamber of Punishment)
- Carousel (1937-2009; A Carousel Manufactured by Illions, was given to The Carousel Works to restore for Cedar Fair’s Worlds of Fun, Carousel here was replaced with the Neue Carousel)
- Mr. Hyde's Nasty Fall (1997-2005; An Intamin 1st Gen Freefall, scrapped and replaced with Space Shot, vehicles moved to New Roseland Park and Tijuana's Adventure Acres for parts)
- Silver Bullet (1979-2003; A Huss Enterprise, relocated to Oregon Adventures)
- Starfish (2003-2022; A Chance Trabant, scrapped and replaced with Geauga Scooters)
- Thunder Alley Speedway (1998-2007; A J&J Amusements go-karts ride, rebuilt and retrofitted as The Mario Kart Experience Express)
- Time Warp (1999-2006; A Chance Double Inverter, placed in storage and replaced with Blue Streak Express, as part of an expansion of Kids Kountry)
- Villain (2000-2017; A CCI wooden roller coaster, rebuilt into SuperVillain)
- X-Flight (2001-2007; A Vekoma Flying Dutchman roller coaster, relocated to Henlopen Playland, replaced with Buckeye Booster)
Calendar[]
Average schedule, except COVID-19, 9/11, special events, maintenance and/or bad weather. Also, in the off-season, weekends are closed.
Theme Park[]
- Second Weekend of April-May 1 - 10:00 am-8:00 pm
- May 2-May 22 - 9:30 am-8:30 pm
- May 23-June 21 - 9:00 am-9:00 pm
- June 22-July 3 - 9:00 am-9:30 pm
- July 4 - 9:00 am-10:00 pm
- July 5-August 31 - 9:00 am-9:30 pm
Haunt on the Lake[]
- September 1-September 22 - 9:30 am-9:30 pm
- September 23-November 4 - 10:00 am-9:30 pm
Water Park[]
- Memorial Day-June 21 - 12:00 pm-7:30 pm
- June 22-July 3 - 12:00 pm-8:00 pm
- July 4 - 12:00 pm-8:30 pm
- July 5-Labor Day - 12:00 pm-8:00 pm
Map[]
https://www.scribblemaps.com/create/#/id=Gp3nLbLh_Y&lat=41.35023088&lng=-81.37470012&z=15&t=hybrid
Trivia[]
- This is one of the few Carwardine Parks not to use the "Serpentine" font.
- "SuperVillain" was codenamed "Steel Hero" in early concepts.
- The "Carwardine River Rapids" ride is different than the "Carwardine River Rapids" rides at most of the other Carwardine parks, due to being an acquired park.
- Several of the parks decor, mascot costumes, trash cans, arcade machines, and rental electric scooters were moved from the then recently sold off Coney Island and Kennywood to save on costs.