mutedarkness Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Everyone from pkic should take a trip up to Geauga Lake. If you guys havent been there, its an amazing park! The new Wildwater Kingdom is amazing, it is so nice up there. The rides are pretty sweet. Dominator is amazing. The villian is so intense! Steel venom is a good thrill! AHH its so swee there. Just pick a day. The park opens memorial day weekend. Quote
The Interpreter Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 I can think of many words for Villan. Intense would be about the most polite I can think of. The Big Dipper is perhaps the best wooden coaster in Ohio. Steel Venom is a fantastic ride, when it is open... And X-Flight...oh, wait! Geauga Lake also has excellent pizza! Quote
flightoffear1996 Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 I might make a trip up there I am not sure yet. If I do I want to make sure to ride all the rides there and take tons of pictures and videos. Quote
mutedarkness Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 I can think of many words for Villan. Intense would be about the most polite I can think of. The Big Dipper is perhaps the best wooden coaster in Ohio. Steel Venom is a fantastic ride, when it is open... And X-Flight...oh, wait! Geauga Lake also has excellent pizza! The villian will be fixed next year, venom will be open, and x-flight was far from the greatest coaster there. And yes, the pizza is sweet. Everyone should go opening weekend or the weekend after Quote
Gordon Bombay Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Went last year with fellow staff from PKIC, X flight was the best thing we rode, villain was horribe, the girl who was running double loop was very cute, everything else hurt. Except for that wonderful Big Dipper. Quote
Reon Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Well, we'll be hitting GL on our little roadtrip this summer, so how about we all go then xD I'm just hoping that X Flight ends up at KI so we can still ride it... Quote
mutedarkness Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 haha when did you guys go to gl? do you remember what the girl from DL was? Quote
Gordon Bombay Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 We went up on a friday in July I think. The night before we stayed in Aurora ohio....one of the most depressing towns I've ever been in. It was a nice city, but everyone looked so so so so so so sad. I think she was just a regualr ride op, she was driving while the other girl checked. GL wasnt a bad park, it has some issues to work out, but not a bad park at all. And whats with that rule where you cant take photographs in line? I kept getting yelled at for that. Quote
mutedarkness Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 You cant take it on the platform because of safety reasons. No Geauga Lake is not a bad park. I think removing x-flight was a good idea to fix up some problems, anyways they have dominator. i cant wait till it opens! Quote
Gordon Bombay Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 You cant take it on the platform because of safety reasons. No Geauga Lake is not a bad park. I think removing x-flight was a good idea to fix up some problems, anyways they have dominator. i cant wait till it opens! What safety reasons are those? I can understand from the platform so as not to distract ride operators or get in the way of operations or the train moving but I was in the queue line when an operator at x flight shouted at me from the platform. Granted, I have no problem complying with the rule and I oput my camera away, but as a former ride operator myself I just dont see the need for such a rule. Quote
mutedarkness Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 The trip should be june 9th. You guys may wanna be down at KI for memorial day Quote
beastbreakdown Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 GL is a nice park and a good way to spend a day up in that region. I know when I went up there about 4 years ago there was a pretty cool little aquarium and some aquatic animals (across the lake from the theme park); is that still there? Also I think Cedar Fair made a great decision on making the park a bit smaller, it seemed to big and awkward when six flags owned it. I have a feeling I will be making a trip up there sometime soon, possibly stop there and then hit up Cedar Point. Also to add onto CombatStupendous's comment about Aurora, I stayed up in Canton back in 2002 when Elder was in the state championship game for football. That city was also pretty nice in the downtown area, but it seemed dead. That night after the game the only people that could be found driving in the city were those who were at the game. Hmm maybe there is something going on up in that region that is kept secret. -Chris Quote
mutedarkness Posted January 4, 2007 Author Posted January 4, 2007 the aquarium is still there.... but its not used. But all the park does not have anymore animals but now it has an amazing water park. Quote
PKIVortex Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 It's still too bad that Sea World Ohio sold to Six Flags. Sea World has some great parks. Quote
mutedarkness Posted January 4, 2007 Author Posted January 4, 2007 agreed... or when six flags bought the animal side they could have kept it 2 seprate parks and made a lot more money. But i dont mind not having hte animals, the animals six flags were not even that good. Wildwater Kingdom is very nice and they should redo the ride side of geauga lake just like it. Quote
The Interpreter Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 ...be careful what you wish for.... Quote
The Interpreter Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 You said they should redo the ride side JUST LIKE Wildwater Kingdom. If one were to do that, how would one start? By removing coasters. 1. X-Flight etc. Be careful what you wish for. Quote
mutedarkness Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 1. hydes 2. bel-air express 3. x-flight all very expensive to maintain. The ride side needs to fix a lot up including new food places, new midways, midway music, lighting ect... WWK is very sucessful and always packed and wishing that for the ride side means nothing. There is no reaso why Cedar Fair would remove anything that isnt expensive to run and maintain. The ride side isnt going to be turned into a waterpark eaither. Quote
The Interpreter Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 I'm glad you know that. I doubt even Cedar Fair knows that for sure yet. It's a business, and decisions made today may not apply tomorrow. Quote
mutedarkness Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 Cedar Fair knows more than you know. Dont underestamate them. Quote
The Interpreter Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 It's hard not to underestimate them given what they paid for Six Flags Worlds of Adventure and the astounding success they have had there so far... One can only hope the Paramount Parks acquisition goes better for them, and the unitholders. Quote
mutedarkness Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 Cedar Fair bought the park for 145 million dollars... that was a really good price seeing that six flags paid 110 million just for seaworld. In 2006 they predicted GL not even to break 700,000... yet it hit over 750,000 with a shorter season... MiA dosnt even hit close to that. When it was 1st bought it was barely even 420 000. Dorney also had troubles in its 1st years and then sooner or later it hit 1 million Quote
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