Six Flags Ohio Media Day - May 4th, 2000
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- This raw footage was recorded during the Six Flags Ohio media day that took place in Aurora, Ohio on May 4th, 2000. The park added three major coasters that year. The media day previewed three of them as the final coaster (Tivoli family coaster) wasn't ready for riders. Joining me to the journey to the park was the late and great Cheryl Snyder, my ACE assistant regional rep. R.I.P. Cheryl. We miss you.
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I’m sold. I’m going to have to visit this park.
Alright, who wants to tell them?
John McGuire What? Tell me directions to the park? I’ll use GPS.
The park doesn’t exist anymore right or is it just a water park
CoasterNick3157 Six Flags Ohio/Geauga Lake closed in 2007, and the water park closed in 2016. Barely any sign of the former parks there now.
The amusement park proper closed in 2007. Wild water Kingdom (aka Sea World Ohio) closed in 2016 both under Cedar Fair management.
This is some priceless footage. Brings back memories of my first and only visit to Geauga Lake in 2001 after it became Worlds of Adventure. Looking back, it's hard to believe they added three major coasters in a single year, you'd never see that nowadays. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Thanks, man! I appreciate that. Living in Ohio was a great time as a total of six new coasters opened in 2000.
What month was it when you visited Geauga Lake in 2001? Just curious.
Man, YOU really lived through it all, I'm jealous😄
Ha ha. It was definitely a cool time to be an enthusiast during those years.
@@SeanFlaharty I planned a trip to go to Geauga Lake during 2007, but it closed and I was not able to visit. I was bummed out. :(
@@SeanFlaharty do you have any more footage of the villain. My uncle used to run that and he telling me all the stories
@@JayGriefs Unfortunately, I doin't. I think RUclipsr David Elis has some though.
Ahhhh the beginning of the end 💀
I was thumbing thru an ACE magazine from 2003 and found a profile on you. I can email it to you if you wanna see it
I remember that. I think it was profiles for the coach captains on the ACE ECO tour. I still have my copy so I don't need you to e-mail me. Thanks though, Chris! I hope all is well.
Great to see more footage of my mom! Thanks, Sean!
You are welcome, Greg.
Is that Brian Ondrey at 9:09? Such a cool video!
wow just saw the end, that was so cool!
Yep, that is Brian. We both were frequent posters in the old rec.roller-coaster newsgroup of the late 90's until......actually, I think its still around somewhere. I thought it had been closed. It was always cool to hang out with him at parks and media days.
I know a lot of people miss this park, whether it was as a Six Flags Park or even a Cedar Fair park.
I liked it but when it became SFWoA, a lot changed and it didn't seem nearly as fun. It got so bad that I stopped visiting as I just didn't want to go through the hassle.
@@SeanFlaharty curious what were your complaints? Also what was the traffic like in the area at that time with all those narrow roads leading in?
@@jtwigg23 The park just couldn't handle the crowds. The staff were usually rude and certain policies didn't make an ounce of sense. For instance, you were not allowed to take any photos of any of the ride while you were in the park. I am not talking about taking pictures while in line. I am talking about taking pictures from the midways. Anytime I would go to guest relations about this policy, they would tell me there isn't such a policy. This was an ongoing cycle for most of my visits. Only one time did someone in guest relations tell me that cameras were't allowed to be used in the park, even though they sold disposable cameras in the gift shops. I was told that duplicating any imagery of the Six Flags Logo or any of the ride logos was strictly prohibited and was a chain wide rule, which we all know isn't true.
@@SeanFlaharty I see. That's interesting considering there's a whole walk thru of the park that someone got when it was WoA. Even rode the rides with his camera somehow. I was just curious cause this park was a huge part of my childhood and I live only about 20 min away and my memories are a bit fuzzy at this point. I think I may have only visted it once as WoA. Mostly when it was Geauga Lake the first time and had season passes the first year it was Six Flags Ohio. I think your comment cut off I was just curious how bad the traffic was when they made it a destination park for a few years.
@@jtwigg23 I seemed to be enforced randomly. I was never able to do a full walk-thru because of the policy. The staff was really, really bad also.. They seemed to hate their jobs.
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Little did we know that six flags would almost go under by expanding 😂
Growing so quickly before crashing and burning in bankruptcy
This was such an awesome video. Thanks for sharing this, so fortunate to have it captured. I can still remember that view driving up to Geauga Lake when my parents took me several times throughout 2005 and 2007. It is certainly strange looking back on this and hearing this talk about how this would be such a positive move for the industry.
Thank you, Dale! It was a cool time but the park went south quickly. I thought it was fairly clear that it wouldn't survive very long. I really wanted the park to succeed but I guess it wasn't meant to be.
@@SeanFlaharty I think a lot of people held the same thoughts in terms of the parks future. I even recall my parents talking about how they thought it may close at some point in the future, though I don't think they realized how soon it would be. I had no idea being only 12 at the time. The last time we visited was a month or so, possibly less, before it closed forever.
I grew up going to SFGAm so loved seeing the footage of the employees rolling the batmobile into place.
I turned to my wife during the footage of you being backstage at “Dominator” as she knows it, and said this was back when behind the scenes tours were literally just you and a guy looking at the cool siht that makes the coasters run.
Ha ha, I guess so. It's strange because I guess I never thought anyone would be interested in seeing a backstage tour on video, back then.
@@SeanFlaharty exactly, and now thousands upon thousands will enjoy it. Strange, but very cool.
Great footage. Any chance you have more of Six Flags Ohio?
I believe the only other footage I have was recorded during a video shoot for X-Flight. It's elsewhere on my channel but I didn't record a lot of footage in the park when it was around. I may have a few minutes of Geauga Lake in 1998 but I haven't found that in my archives just yet.
Thank you for this video! It was great to take this trip down memory lane. I was a kid back then and I remember being so excited for Geauga Lake turning into Six Flags Ohio, Batman was my first B&M, Superman was my first Intamin, Double Loop a few years before this had been my first coaster with inversions!
I have tons of awesome memories going here! Awesome video!
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
Amazing footage Sean, really good stuff. The story of Geauga Lake’s sudden rise into mega-park status and subsequent fall never fails to intrigue me.
Thank you @zachman15. It was a very exciting time to be involved in the hobby and living in Ohio. So much stuff to do.
Man!! Thats so cool. I really enjoy your older videos man! Keep up the great work and have fun in Tx!!
Thanks, Josh. Just got back to the hotel from a jam packed day at SFFT. Great park and great staff, oh, and great rides. :)
I made it to SF WOA only to the parking lot though. This was right before I joined the Air Force and my brother had to go back to his base so we had gone to ride Dragster 2003 when it opened and had planned to stop at SFWOA the final day but we were driving back to NY and my mom/bro overrulled me and wanted to get driving instead of doing another park. I'm still regretful to this day, it looked like such a unique time in history to be there. Never made it back unfortunately
Thank you for your service and thank you for sharing your story! It definitely was a unique time, especially in Ohio. Six new coasters all opening in 2000 then X-Flight in 2001 and TTD in 2003. I stopped visiting the park near the end of its Six Flags days as the operations and employees were terrible in my opinion. Once Cedar Fair purchased it, things were better but unfortunately the damage was done.
Superman ultimate escape is now possessed at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown Pennsylvania
Man you just do super cool things!
Thank you Derek!
Thank you Derek!
Six Flags really messed up with Geauga Lake, and there sadly really was nothing Cedar Fair could’ve done to save it. Perhaps Six Flags should’ve refrained from combining the park with SeaWorld Ohio, not to mention just not add in more than one major coaster in a single year.
If anything, the fast expansion is what killed this park. Six Flags did their damage and Cedar Fair ended up inheriting a mess. Nothing Cedar Fair could’ve done would’ve saved this park from its inevitable demise thanks to Six Flags’ big f#ck up with this park, and it probably didn’t make sense for Cedar Fair to have *two* parks near the city of Cleveland, as they already had Cedar Point. Thus, CF put the park out of its misery by announcing its closure in September of 2007. The waterpark that replaced the former SeaWorld portion of the park would suffer the same fate barely a decade later.
RIP Geauga Lake. 1887-2007. You had a good 120-year run while you lasted. Shame I never got to visit you during my childhood years.
I agree. The damage had already been done. I had stopped going to Six Flags World Of Adventure after too many instances of being treated like dirt. The park just couldn't handle the crowds they got and most the employees acted like they didn't care. They also had the most ridiculous photo "policy" of any park I have visited. You were allowed to take a camera inside the park but would be yelled at if you took a picture of any of the coasters or rides, from the midway. It was aggressive and the park never once gave myself, or anyone else that was effected by this, a valid explanation. We were just told that is how it is and to deal with it. I mean, they even sold disposable cameras in there gift shops so it was very confusing.
Cedar Fair didn't purchase it to fix it, the purchased it for the assets and then to ship them out around the country for theother parks and remove a major competitor from cedar point. It's really sad the amount of Ohio theme parks that have come and gone, it's such a rich history and utterly crazy how many of them have eventually closed down.
This footage is incredible. Thank you for sharing this piece of theme park history!
You are welcome. Many thanks for watching it.
Such great memories. Loved this park!
I loved it until 2001. I only went a few times in 2001 as the customer service was terrible in my opinion. Previous years were a lot better. Cedar Fair did a good job trying to get the park back into something more manageable but it was too late. :(
@@SeanFlaharty We visited 2003, 2004 and 2007. Can't say we had any issues with the staff, they were always friendly enough when we spoke to them. The park was always clean and tidy when we visited as well, maybe we just got lucky.
Another great video, thank you. Keep the nostalgia coming
Thanks for watching,, Brad. I am not sure how much more of the archives that I have left but I am continually going through my archives to look for stuff I may have missed.
If SeaWorld had bought the park when they first offered, how different do you think things would be now?
I wish I had an answer for that. I would hope it would have been better.
Six Flags media day. The Death of Geagua Lake. Cedar Fair did everything they could for 3yrs to give Geagua Lake a pulse again by using Heart Defibrillators to give the park new life. Unfortunately their efforts failed.
I agree. The damage was already done, well before Cedar Fair took over. I stopped visiting the park when it was Six Flags World of Adventure. It truly was a chore to enjoy a day there so I stopped going. I did visit the 'new' Geauga Lake but only during Coaster Con.
@@SeanFlaharty What some Coaster Enthusiasts don't realize is that when the PTC Trains were replaced by the Gerstlauer Trains on The Raging Wolf Bobs, Cedar Fair bought used Gerstlauer Trains from Holiday World because The Legend was getting new PTC Trains. This was an effort to save money to keep Geagua Lake afloat. Cedar Fair didn't go the route by adding corporate Cartoon Charters, just return Geagua Lake to the simple charm as an Amusement Park once again. As for the 3 Wooden Rollercoasters, we will never know the real reason why Cedar Fair chose not to relocate then. Everyone gets upset about The Big Dipper not being saved, Well what about the other 2 Wooden Rollercoasters. As we know Cedar Fair did remove and saved other rides because they still have plenty of life left in them. The 2 Arrow Rollercoasters for example. Double Loop wasn't saved and sold for scrap metal, yet The Corkscrew was dismantled and relocated. It has the same profile as The Corkscrew at Michigan's Adventure. Another mystery of why the Double Loop was scraped. I'm just glad that I had the opportunity to go to Geagua Lake. Yes it is a shame it wasn't saved. But I definitely don't blame Cedar Fair for what happened to that Beautiful Amusement Park..
I'm sorry I can't disagree more. They purchased the park for assets and knew exactly what they were doing removing rides left and right then putting the final nail in coffin by making it a water park only with very few water slides.
I never went here but this is still very sad
It's always an argument to say that Cedar Fair or Six Flags ruined it personally i think it was Six Flags as they invested too quickly!
I fully agree. I really didn't have much a problem with the park (other than their incredibly ridiculous off-ride photo policy) but when the park became Worlds of Adventure, it became bad quickly. I stopped going to the park because it was such a hassle.
3:31 I think that's the guy who did Superman Ultimate Escape for the Discovery Channel's Extreme Rides Special
You are correct That is Jon Blakemore who was the president of G.O.C.C. at the time.
@@SeanFlaharty I did a rough outline timeline about how Six Flags should've done expansions, Would you like me to email it to you?
Oof, you cropped in a 4:3 image.
Where's the top and bottom of this video?
I want to see ALL of the picture. Especially when it pertains to tall subjects (rollercoasters).
This is shown in the exact way it was recorded. My camera had a 16:9 mode in it and recorded that way. It wasn't cropped in post.
Incredible video!
Thanks, Ryan! I hope all is well with you.
The villain looked amazing
I thought it was great for a couple of years and then it became too rough for me to enjoy, unfortunately.
10:25 .. Nice
Was this park short lived?
The original Geauga Lake was opened for many, many decades. After Six Flags purchased it, it stayed open for a few more years with Cedar Fair eventually closing it for good after Six Flags sold it.
But I also live near kings dominion where Batman knight flight was reloacated!!!! I will ride it next time I go
While it doesn't look nearly as good at Kings Dominion, in my opinion, from what I remember it does run better at KD. The operations at Six Flags Ohio/WorldsOfAdventure were terrible.
@@SeanFlaharty yea that’s true
@@SeanFlaharty in KD it keeps on breaking down and keeps on testing since it’s a old ride
@@jo.frmva1 That's no fun. I don't visit the park more than once every few years. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if there are a couple rides removed by the time I visit the park again.
@@SeanFlaharty yea
LUCCKKYYYYY
My 25th birthday. Lol