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montezooma "Can I get clamshells out of this ATM?"
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 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject: Geauga Lake in the 80's-90's |
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Geauga Lake
Back before Six Flags or Cedar Fair got their hands on this park it was owned by a company named Funtime. Along with Geauga Lake they also owned Wyandot Lake and Darien Lake.
Take a look back at how this park was when it was the way it was meant to be. Here are photos, facts and printed material from the park in the 80's and 90's.
Enjoy
Shane
PS. check back shortly to see all the printed material that I have scanned in.
If you love looking at old nostalgic amusement park stuff check out my thread that is dedicated to all the old parks, rides and fun stuff of the past. I will be updating it with old stuff every now and again so check back often.
Shane's Amusement Attic
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| The press release from the park in 1980. Notice how they advertise as "America's third largest collection of Amusement Rides" |
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| The Arrow Corkscrew operated from 1978-1995 |
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| In the early years the ride was painted white. Later on the ride was painted black. |
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| The Double Loop was the first coaster to feature back to back vertical loops. |
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| The Double Loop was an Arrow coaster that opened in 1977. I imagine they didn't have a very creative marketing department at the time. |
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| The Big Dipper opened in 1925 and was completely rebuilt in 1980. Who knows what will become of this classic coaster? |
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| an overview of the park showing the Big Dipper in the front and Double Loop in the background. |
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| a postcard pack from Geauga Lake circa early 1980's |
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| a merchandise shopping bag features the star attraction "Corkscrew" |
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| The Raging Wolf Bobs (another creative masterpiece) was introduced in 1988. |
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| When the ride originally opened it was left the natural wood color. It was later painted white. |
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| an early map from the park |
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| a map from the parks centennial year 1988 |
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| a sticker from the opening year of the Raging Wolf Bobs. |
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| Wood Dragon 1988 DelGrosso's Sauce + Enterprise = VOMIT!
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Total posts: 811 Location: Frostburg, Maryland Age: 20 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Great stuff!
I always thought "Raging Wolf Bobs" was a weird name. Now I know why it was called that. I guess it was painted white some time later.
This park did have lots of history. Too bad I will never experience it.
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| montezooma "Can I get clamshells out of this ATM?"
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Here are some of the brochures and park information guides from the 80's & 90's.
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| 1996 This seems to be the year that Premier Parks (later to become Six Flags) took over the park. |
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| Goliath513 Final Destination Guy!
Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Total posts: 1519 Location: Fort Collins, CO Age: 19 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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This looked like an amazing park before Six Flags and Cedar Fair killed it. It's really too bad to see such a nice park go down like it did. 
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| raptor6 Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Total posts: 170 Location: Cleveland, OH Age: 22 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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I LOVED Turtle Beach when I was younger! 
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| CdnbMatt I Love Donkeys!
Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Total posts: 88 Location: Toronto, Ontario Age: 27 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Thank You very much! I love this sudden onslaught of retro theme park stuff! Keep it coming...
I wish i had a chance to visit this park!
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| verticalzero Bonafide Donkey Expert
Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Total posts: 1973 Location: North Hampshire, England Age: 38 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: |
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Very interesting to learn how the park looked and grew in the 70's and 80's. Any update on the sale of the 3 woodies..?
Some up-to-date pictures of the woodies and BD with NAD trains on it would be nice to see. 
Cedar Fair should be able to run the 3 coasters as well as the Water Park, They are just being lazy.
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| pianojohn What I do and who I am
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Ah,.....that's the Geauga Lake I remember! Thanks for the memories!
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COASTER COUNT: 423 (314 Steel, 109 Wooden) PARK COUNT: 106
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| Team Thriller American stuck in Germany
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| lapseofreason CHOO CHOO Ride Op
Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Total posts: 759 Location: Tujunga, CA Age: 26 Gender: Female |
| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Aww.... thanks for the memories. It makes me sad to look at these, remember what a great time I had going there, then realise that I can't ever go again.
If you have any more stuff, keep it coming! I thought I had a map from the 90's lying around somewhere.... I'll look for it.
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COASTER COUNT: 53 (42 Steel, 11 Wooden)
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