Sky Glide Geauga Lake 1987

On ride video of old Sky Glide ski lift ride at Geauga Lake taken in August of 1987, note no Raging Wolf Bobs. Ride was removed after 93 season.

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Travel & Events

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• geauga
• lake
• sky
• glide

[giantballoon]

I remember they had tvs throughout the park and at the Sky Glide they constantly replayed the video for the Michael Sembello song "Maniac" from the movie Flashdance -- it was a bit much hearing tht song about a thousand times that summer. If I recall we gave breaks to the Rock-O-Planes and the Dodge Em cars.

Thanks for posting the video, it brings back some good memories.

[coasterdadGL]

If I recall the dodgems were very close to the Skyglide back then - I do not recall where. For more memories please check out my website at geaugalaketoday dot com. If you have any pictures we would love to use them on the site.

[robophreeq]

Only the Magic of Geauga Lake could manage to make a Ski Lift FUN. If I recall correctly there were usually long lines for this ride. I loved it. Great views of the lake and the Sea World shows next door.

At the far end, you could climb out and get off onto the huge concrete pillar. I saw loads of people getting kicked out of the park for doing just that.

People would lose shoes, purses, wallets, everything into the swamp below. The OPs must have made a MINT with all the found money... :)

[Turtle3000GT]

I remember running and having to jump up on this thing to get on it and it doing a massive circle over the pond and shity water below lol

[mdice42]

The simplicity and atmosphere is so relaxing, before it was sold and tried competing with Cedar Point. Watching this makes me wish I could travel back in time and visit the park. As a young child while at Sea World I would look accross the lake and wish I was at Geauga Lake.

[HyperKandie]

I was very upset when I saw it was gone! So funny how it was like over a swamp looking area :)

[HyperKandie]

I was very upset when I saw it was gone

[HyperKandie]

MEMORIES

[dejavunitro]

The beginning of the end of Geauga Lake was when they took out the Wave.

[TiffanyJuliet]

Thanks for posting the video, it does give me a lot of memories of the park from then.

[TiffanyJuliet]

This is how I remember the park, with the sky glide

[limenlimpidgreen]

I'm extremely happy to see a video of the back of the Wave, I remember it very clearly. I wonder if other kids' memories can be as bittersweet as mine. Not to sell anyone short, but my dad was a security guard, and not only did we go just about every day during the summer for ~three years, but he would also sneak us in at night and we would rollerskate and ride bikes around the park, and look for change under the Wolf Bobs. I get extremely melancholy thinking about dear old Geauga Lake :(