The Interpreter Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Aurora -- Among the sawdust, tools and shelves of fishing tackle in former Ward 1 City Council candidate Fred Rote's workshop/shed are pieces of Geauga Lake, Sea World and Six Flags history. "It was last year at an auction when they liquidated everything. They sold everything down to the asphalt -- trees, rocks, fences," the 59-year-old self-employed cabinetmaker said. Cedar Fair auctioned off the contents of Geauga Lake during a two-day auction in June 2008. Rote bought Lot 129, which included about 1,000 items from the park's large sign shop. They included signs, banners, carnival game parts, uniforms, blueprints and hundreds of cans of paint and rollers.... http://www.auroraadvocate.com/news/article/4730397 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortney Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Wow! Isn't that where Sea World was in Ohio, the same location of Geauga Lake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I think it was where Wild Water Kingdom is now. I am not 100% on that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Yes. Geauga Lake occupied the southern side of the lake since 1888. In the 1970s, SeaWorld moved in on the north side, and they operated completely separately of each other for decades. However, both sides of the lake are in different counties, and it just so happens that SeaWorld's side had zoning height restrictions, which meant that the park couldn't expand to include roller coasters the way that every other SeaWorld was starting to do (Steel Eel, Kraken, Great White, etc). So, Busch Entertainment made an offer to buy Six Flags Ohio (the renamed Geauga Lake) from Six Flags, which would've given SeaWorld control of the southern side of the lake and it's Vekoma Boomerang, an SLC, the Double Loop, Big Dipper, and Raging Wolf Bobs. However, Six Flags refused and counteroffered, purchasing SeaWorld Ohio. They were essentially two completely different parks in architecture, style, landscaping, etc. combined by floating boardwalks. Of course, Cedar Fair bought the entire thing, transferred most of Six Flags Hurricane Harbor to where the Wild Life / SeaWorld side once stood, then closed the Wild Rides / Six Flags side. So what stands today bears very little resemblance to what once was, even just a few years ago. But in short, Wildwater Kingdom is the old SeaWorld property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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