Geauga Lake 2006

We took on Geauga Lake on the last day of the 2006 season with the Great Ohio Coaster Club and the 2nd day of their Fall Freak Out event. Geauga Lake is a nice family park thats been improving every year since its aquisition from Six Flags. Because the footage was taken in September, Wild Water Kingdom is vacant from this video. On a sad note, this was X-Flight's final flight at this park as the ride has been relocated to Kings Island, near Cincinnati, and is operating under the new name "Firehawk".

Music: Less Than Jake - All My Best Friends Are Metalheads

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Geauga
• Lake
• Dominator
• X-Flight
• Villain
• Thunderhawk
• Roller
• Coasters

[leeroy317]

the firehawk and the crypt used to be there

[mccormackxl200]

Firehawk, yes, was at Geauga Lake, under the name X-Flight, and is now at Kings Island. The Crypt has always been at Kings Island. It was called Tomb Raider under the Paramount ownership.

[Cinestrio]

3 people never went to Geauga Lake...

[mccormackxl200]

@JunkyardKid What's your basis for this statement? Because I can absolutely without a doubt tell you they did NOT make money that year.

[Olmec1995]

when I rode x flight at KI as firehawk, some of the red paint is peeling off and i saw green.

[cpbowler4]

I am well aware of the amount of money it costs to run those rides. Their budget attendance at the time was about 6,000 or so people, while the park couldn't pull in anything near that. The highest attendance at the waterpark this year was about 6,000 people, put it doesn't matter when the average attendance is about 1,000 people. Several days had a double digit attendance and two days had only three people (those days resulted in a noon closing).

[mccormackxl200]

Why would it help Cedar Point? If it brought money in, it would still be open.

[mccormackxl200]

Six Flags destroyed it. Cedar Fair tried to bring it back to what it was before Six Flags/ Premier took over. You are correct about the lack of attendance. Do you think those rides are cheap to run? Cedar Fair made NO profit from Geauga Lake's ride side. If they wanted to close it from the beginning, they would have. The infrastructure wasn't there for it to thrive as a large park. Six Flags' investments only were rides. None in the food or restroom department.

[Airplanekid95]

I'm not a competitor but i had lots of struff from that park shirts, magnets pictures of me on the rides and even some maps.

I even got some maps and stuff from when it was Six Flags that stuff is even more worth than the GL stuff but its the same park.

Of course my father took a video or film camera to get video of me at the park that i can watch all the time giving me memories on how fun that park was.

Its stupid for Cedar Fair to close such a great park probably to help Cedar point

[cpbowler4]

I just went to Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom the other day and they have it that you get a bag at the gift shop and fill it with as much of the old Geauga Lake Amusement park items as you want for only $15. I have Geauga Lake hats, shirts, ride magnets and a lot more. I'm glad that they let us buy these items that are now collectors items.

[Airplanekid95]

oh sorry i meant last guest to ride X-Flight ever not in cluding employees just us visitors ;)