Just gotta say, the touch of adding where each ride ended up is a great addition. Thanks so much for that

I grew up at this park - sometimes Geauga Lake content can be hard to watch for me, I really miss it a ton. Loved the rankings, and amazing work on the information in the video. It's a park that deserves to be remembered and you did a brilliant job at that!

@AirtimeThrills

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely a legendary park that was done so dirty in its final years

My original home park! Double Loop was my first coaster with inversions. I saw the entire transformation from Geauga Lake, to Six Flags, and back to Geauga lake, I miss it.

@CisForCoasters

2 ай бұрын

My home park as well. My father's company picnic was there every year. Double loop and corkscrew were my first two roller coasters in 1982. I loved the mascot Geagua Dog. I was pretty ticked off at cedar fair for a few years after they closed the park. Such great memories, though!

You honestly have no idea how happy we were at Michigans Adventure to get this lol.

I loved this park. In 2000, everything seemed so innovative. A floorless coaster, a flying coaster, a wood coaster with steel supports…I was blown away and loved every minute of it!

I grew up at Geauga Lake in the 70s.. The Big Dipper was my first “grownup” coaster. It’s a shame it closed. The Villain was my wife’s favorite wooden coaster that she ever rode. I took my wife and kids on what turned out to be the last day the park was ever open. The announcement of the closure came as a shock and we still miss it. My daughter was devastated. The next year, we made Kennywood our home park, which was actually the park my dad grew up with in the 30s and 40s. My favorite coaster was probably the Big Dipper, because of the memories I have, but I honestly think the Villain was the best the park ever had. We had a ride on it during Halloweekends, 11pm with heavy fog. The Beast and Steel Vengeance have surpassed it as Amazing Night Rides, but not by much.

For a second I thought this video was going to be “Ranking every coaster EVER”

@KcowX

2 ай бұрын

"At 978 we got Skyrush."

@KcowX

2 ай бұрын

"At 978 we got Skyrush."

@carysage

2 ай бұрын

I don't know if he'd rank it that high! 🤔

@CoasterHead

2 ай бұрын

@@KcowXWhy’d you say it twice

@CoasterHead

2 ай бұрын

⁠@@KcowXWhy’d you say it twice

Oh wow, I've ridden 4 of these. Firehawk, Flying Cobras, Dominator, and Posessed. Dominator was the only one I knew was from this park.

I was young when Geauga Lake was around. I blame Double Loop for me being so hesitant with riding roller coasters because I have vivid memories of riding it when I was maybe 10. The head banging against the over the shoulder restraints during the final helix left me absolutely crying.

I’m happy dominator got moved to KD. It looks like a great floorless

I also went to this park in 2002 (my one and only time) when I graduated high school my dad flew me to Ohio since I was dying to go to Cedar Point, Six Flags Ohio was a bonus being an hour or so away. Had a great time at this park, for the time it was an impressive coaster lineup. Has a special place in my memory bank.

I had season passes from 1995 until 2004. It was so interesting watching it transform from a small family park into Worlds of Adventure. So many memories. Still heartbroken to this day. I will never forget meeting the guys from the band EVE6 and riding with them on X-Flight.

Villain had a rather uncomfortable and scary trick-track at the bottom of the second valley. It seriously looked like that part of the track had been chewed up by some sort of wild animal, and it really felt like you were going to get thrown out of the train and into the nearby fence. If I remember correctly, it was eventually removed. Anyhow, Villain was a pretty intimidating ride back in the early 2000s. Good memories!

I remember visiting Six Flags Ohio in the summer of 2000. A friend and I went to Kings Island, Cedar Point and Six Flags Ohio to father that summer. I also went to Six Flags Great America in Illinois. I got a lot of credits that summer. Raging Wolf Bobs is the coaster I remember the best from Geauga Lake. I loved that summer trip and I’m glad I was able to get to the park before it closed forever.

Thank you for doing a video on the park I grew up in. Serial Thriller was my 1st steel coaster and is why I LOVE SLCs.

..Double Loop, my 1st coaster credit ever, was the world's 1st consecutive vertical looping coaster!! Miss you, man!!

I'm commenting before even watching. Grew up going to this park! Double Loop was my first coaster ever! I was terrified to go, but then demanded to go again. Villian was one of my favorite coasters, but Batman (Dominator) was my absolute favorite! My mom and I rode in the front once and it started raining, and well, rain hitting your face on a roller coaster kinda hurts. Lol. Amazing park that I'll never forget.

Many of their coaster did not age well, but several still going strong. Interesting video. Crazy in 2000 that this park was becoming a mega park and my local six flags (New England) got multiple new rides including a world class coaster. A bygone era

Thank you for another awesome Geauga Lake video! I love ElToroRyan and CoasterStudios, but you are my favorite coaster KZreadr specifically because of your amazing content about Geauga Lake. So many of us became coaster enthusiasts simply because of this park. As sad as it always will be to have lost my home park, thank you thank you thank you for keeping Geauga Lake’s memory alive and for posting content for a new generation to know its history.

Very sad that Big Dipper couldn’t be saved.

This was my home park.started going there in the mid 70's my first coaster was big dipper.scared the real out of me the first ride as my older brother basically had to hold me down on the bunny hops. But it started my love of coasters which ended up being my favorite rides. I rode all the coasters there after that. Man I miss that place so much. I'd still go if it was there.

Great video! I enjoyed watching this! Firehawk definitely had a good run of being one of the top coasters at Kings Island for a long time.

I was 7-8 when Geauga Lake closed, but I always went there growing up probably at least 40-50 times. Also, when it was Six Flags and SeaWorld as well and then Wildwater Kingdom. I wasn’t 52 inches tall yet, so I couldn’t ride the Thunderhawk or any coaster that was higher than that. Double Loop was my first roller coaster and my friend and I kept going on it. I’m sad I’ll never get to ride X-Flight though, but at least I can still get on Dominator. That first loop always terrified me as a kid with how big and loud it was.

Double loop was my first ever coaster. I was so small when I rode it that the forces in the loops pressed my head down so my chin touched my chest. I loooooooved it.

My original home park! Thanks for remembering ole Geauga Lake 👍

Geauga Lake looked like a great amusement park

@ryanstrong1167

2 ай бұрын

It wasn't. It was lame af. Especially compared to mm

@willpickles

Ай бұрын

@@ryanstrong1167compared to magic mountain? no shit, it's a small park

I am so happy you made this video this was my first park! I'm sad it's gone but glad it existed

My fiancée grew up going there in the 90s-00s and has very fond memories of it, she’ll really appreciate this thanks

I’m glad that my home park has the best SLC with original trains.

@carysage

2 ай бұрын

Long live Thunderhawk!

@xavierhardy1857

2 ай бұрын

Is that sarcasm

@ryanstrong1167

2 ай бұрын

Lmfao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 keep thinking that lmfao.

@DoswarePictures

2 ай бұрын

@@xavierhardy1857 he literally said in the video that Thunderhawk is the best SLC with original trains. As someone with MA as their home park, it’s better than nothing, or ideal, better than the other SLCs.

@ryanstrong1167

2 ай бұрын

​@@DoswarePictures ohhhh we sad it well Jesus I guess this guy's opinion is the only one who matters 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 it's a shit ride bruh. Sorry not sorry

Family and friends from western PA always camped and went to the six flags here every summer. Xflight will be my number 1! Now im stuck in boise, idaho and my nearest parks are a long distance and pretty expensive ticket away

Worked at Cedar Point 99-01. Remember the name changes from over ohio to SFWOA. Sadly with industry changes and keeping stock holders happy, average American family is unable to afford going to parks. 25 years ago the rollercoaster crews that I worked with were the last of a breed, fast operations and taking care of guests.

Same here. I just went one time and it was also the summer of 2002. Nice park and the villian was great

Big Dipper is my Number 1 at Geauga Lake for sure! So many memories and nostalgia

Serial Thriller! Never made it to Geauga Lake but I ride Thunderhawk all the time.

GL was my home park and had season passes to there and SeaWorld from the time I was like 4 till graduating high school in 2005 when I worked at Cedar point. Villain still is my all time favorite woodie with Mean Streak still my number 1. Yes 6 flags made the park grow too big too fast for the local area and yes they had operations issues. However, no one will ever be able to convince me that Cedar Fair didn’t plan on closing the park when they bought it. Even though I was in college when the park closed, my heart was still broken. Thank you for doing this video. I really wish you could have gone before both buy outs.

I miss Geauga Lake soooo much! Was so sad to see it go :c

My friends and I were lucky enough to have visited this park in its last year of operation (June of 2007). Back then we knew that the park wouldn't last much longer when there were only a couple of hundred other people at the park during the weekend. But we ended up having a fun couple of hours before heading to Cedar Point for an extra half day there. Dominator clearly was the best ride, The Villain by far the worst. Raging Wolf Bobs was not rough at all and the same goes for Head Spin, which was the smoothest Boomerang coaster we ever did at that time.

8:45 Superman Ultimate Escape (and all other Impulse coasters except Legendary Twin Dragon) used LIM and not LSM

Villian was one of the best CCIs ever, IMO. And I agree with the ranking of Dominator except that I would add that it was even better when it was along the lake! #ripgl

Awesome video that gave me a great video idea. Awesome Idea - An Expansion Draft Video - Take a group of 2-3 other people or more and have a Fantasy Draft where you take a park like Cedar Point or Kings Island, pretend they are closing like Geauga Lake, and pick a ride until zero remain and then have a vote to see who had the best one. You could do an expansion draft with two parks, or take 2 or 3 existing parks and use a draft to enhance them.

@ScottyMania313

2 ай бұрын

The real fun happens if you make it a snake draft like in Fantasy MLB or NFL

Man….even though I never went there, I sorely miss this place

Good memories of this place. It’s a shame that Cedar Fair bought just to close it and get free rides for a few years. Too bad that Morgan Hyper never happened. I wonder if that would have saved it or if not where it would have been moved to.

I cherish my memories at geauga lake. And I'm glad I got to ride all of these great coasters. Six flags will make it so no small parks can ever open again. They will petition to raise insurance rates to a level only they can afford and make it impossible for other parks to take root.

I am so glad that Six Flags built some of the amazing machines that I got to experience as a kid. I am so mad they put this park in so much debt and killed it. I miss this park SO much

The last coaster is being used as parts for carowinds flying coaster.

I miss going there back in late 90s and early 00s when I was kid. As soon as I got old enough to get my license, and wanted to go with friends, it was closed!!!😭😭😭😭

I've ridden two of those coasters at their new homes; Dominator at Kings Dominion and Firehawk (R.I.P.) at Kings Island.

My wife and I took our boys, then 6 and 8, the last year it was opened. There may not have been more than 50 cars in the lot. Upside that we got to go on to whatever they wanted to without a line. The downside was that the older one got violently ill and we had to leave. Oh, and when we were growing up we'd spend one day at Sea World and then one at Geauga Lake-- a few times a season.

I watch your videos at work 😎 Villain looked great!! I always thought that it looked like boss and screamin Eagle had a baby.

This was my home park until CF closed it down so unceremoniously.

You should do a video ranking the new six flags parks (both cedar fair and six flags parks) combined

3:17 I see a cloud shaped like a head next to the Corkscrew. Look at the sky at the right.

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!

Idk if you got a bad run on Big Dipper, but that back row is still in my top 5. It may not be Phoenix, but flying into those buzz bars repeatedly was a great experience. When leaving we had a choice of 1 ride on X-Flight or marathon Dipper and we had 4 great rides on Dipper.

Been on Dominator, Posessed, and Flying Cobras. Been on crazy train. Been on little dipper at Camden Park. basically I've been to Geauga Lake without ever going lol

Great video! My family visited Geauga Lake Park in 1996 or 97. Ironically the only coaster I remember riding there is Mind Eraser. I may have a vague memory of riding another coaster close to the road/parking lot?

@AirtimeThrills

2 ай бұрын

I also have a spotty memory of the park, but luckily I found my trip report I wrote up right after I got back home from that trip

As for X-Flight, it may have originally been intended for Kings Island. The first Flying Dutchman was built at California's Great America (then Paramount's Great America) in 2000 (relocated to Carowinds in 2004). Paramount had orders for two more, to be built in 2001, intended for Kings Island and Kings Dominion. The rumor is that Paramount was very disappointed with the poor reliability of the first one, so they cancelled the other two projects. As the cancellation happened when track was already being manufactured, both projects were picked up by Six Flags, and the coasters were installed in their parks that were closest to the original Paramount parks. The Kings Dominion coaster went to Six Flags America, and the Kings Island coaster went to Geauga Lake. If this is true, then it went full circle, since it was relocated to the park it was originally intended for.

I live like 10 minutes from where it was, I never got to experience it but I can only wish

There is a little dipper at six flags great america from the 50's. Looks very similar to that one. If not identical

I can't believe I've ridden four of these, despite never going to Geauga Lake. Probably shoulda been five, but I missed out on Firehawk.

As you were going though the video I realized I remember riding these rides based on the six flags names, then I noticed the years of the six flags names and feel super old…

Man, one would think KI would’ve scooped up all the upper tier rides

I love the love for X Flight, I love those Vekoma flyers. Shame they dont make them like that anymore

I also visited Geaugea Lake in 2002 and I quite liked Raging Wolf Bobs. My home parks are SFOT and SFFT standard for roughness is rather high after a lifetime of riding the original Giant and Rattler which were savage by the time they got RMCed I thought Villain was pretty fantastic. Dominator didn’t really do much for me TBH. It was fine, but definitely not my favorite floorless.

I remember going to Geagua Lake when I was a child. I was intrigued by X-Flight and its green track. However, I was far too small to ride. Luckily I rode it at Kings Island. God I miss that vertical loop.

@AirtimeThrills

2 ай бұрын

That was an elite element

Went there a few times as a kid, it felt like such an awesome park at the time. The flying coaster scared the crap out of my aunts that were brave enough to ride with me

I worked at Geauga Lake in 1989. Fun entertainment

I was just thinking someone should do this video earlier today.

@AirtimeThrills

2 ай бұрын

that's a coincidence

Please do this for Astroworld!

I find it slightly wild that while I never got here, I have been on 4 rides that previously was at the park.

Overall, I’d agree, but I’d flip Dominator and X-Flight. Great video!

i was just watching your video on where cga coasters might go after the closure of the park and i was thinking that with the merger, coasters can go to SF parks too. i think it’d be cool of you made a updated video including SF parks as options for relocations

Awesome video! It would be really cool if you could do a by the numbers video on it too Love the channel!

@AirtimeThrills

2 ай бұрын

by the numbers is very possible, but may have to take some liberties with the older defunct ones

I can't believe Cedar Fair closes this park cause they didn't want it to compete with Cedar Point

I kinda wanna see you do this again but with SFNO and SFAW

@295g295

Ай бұрын

What was SFAW?

@vanapotamus6348

Ай бұрын

@@295g295 Six Flags Astroworld

I didn’t realize they started removing coasters the year before the final year (maybe cedar fair was planning on closing it before the final announcement, after the 2007 session) 😱😞

Thunderhawk is #1 for me ngl.

Geauga Lake was my home park back in the day. Raging Wolf Bobs remains one of my least favorite coasters ever. Rode it twice in the mid 90s and refused to ride it again. So bad lol Villain was great, at least those first few years. It got pretty rough later on. I'd put Dominator above X-Flight. Still my top floorless.

I still can’t believe how unceremoniously Cedar Fair killed this park off.

Had one chance to go here in 2006 and missed out, thinking there would be another time...⏳️

I live in Cleveland but I’m too late to experience this park

I lost my first tooth after riding the Big Dipper. Came out when I took a bite of nachos. Good memories 😅

The ones I've ridden (Plus a rating 1-10) Beaver Land (Roadrunner) 2 Corkscrew 3 Cyclone (at the fair) 2 Double Loop 4 Wolf Bobs 5 Headspin 3 Serial Thriller 4 Superman 5 Big Bipper (My first full size coaster) 6 Villain 7 Batman 8 X Flight 6

Catwoman's Whip at Six Flags New England is also a clone of Beaver Land Mine Ride

Considering the opinions on the woodies and no hyper or full circuit launch coaster would've left a bit to be desired at the end of its life, but X-Flight was still pretty unique for its time, then Firehawk was within a days drive of its clone and 2 superman clones. Then you have the OG Superman at Over Georgia, Vekoma's prototype (Borg Assimilator/Nighthawk) got moved to Carowinds in 2004, then Tatsu all alone on the west coast-poor Tatsu

I wish I couldve gone here :(

I wish this was still open, it would be awesome having 3 major amusement parks in ohio

Geauga Lake: Is existing Six Flags: Prepare for trouble!! Cedar Fair: And make it double!!

My first park 😢

Under the right management this could have been quite the resort with two parks, a water park and god knows what could have been built up around it to make it a resort.

I LOVED the Villain growing up!!!! It's the coaster that made me a coaster enthusiast!! Is there any coaster out there today that gives a similar ride? Ive heard ghostrider at knotts, but I've never been to knotts so I'm not sure. Thanks!

Does anyone remember what was in that yellow/orange tent looking thing that you can see in the footage of Corkscrew? Geauga Lake was my home park, I am shocked that I cannot remember what that was.

Well this hit close to home. Agonizingly.

Would’ve been funny if they added the double corkscrew to double loop like a reverse Turn of the Century to Demon

Goats 🐐

Too bad Geauga Lake looked like a really fun park..❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Wait wait wait that cyclon was the exact ohio state fair coaster? Where did you find that out, i have wanted for years to confirm what the older non-wild-mouse coaster at the fair was. It's very interesting to me how many geagua lake rides I've been on elsewhere.

I lived in cleveland for 10 years and choose geauga lake as my go to park

The disastrous last decade destroyed not only one perfectly good park, but two, since it took out Sea World Ohio, which, while the smallest of the four original Sea Worlds, was still a perfectly nice little animal park

I live in Aurora and a am so sad it had to close