Please keep your arms & hands inside this ride down memory lane!
Geauga Lake: 1888-2007
Sea World: 1970-2006
Wildwater Kingdom: 2005-2016
Aurora
Happy Spring! I’ve been preparing with excitement for this year’s open house with the Amusement Preservation Museum, which is just over three months away! In anticipation of the occasion, it feels like a great time for me to share some of the items that I’ve added to my collection in recent months. This is only a small selection of the items I’ll have on display for the first time this year, so please watch for more previews Bto come!
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This past fall, I spent a day exploring the former sites of four historic amusement parks in Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, and Kent, including some of the earliest parks in the region. As you can see from my photos and descriptions below, some of these places presently have more remaining historical elements than others, but I thoroughly enjoyed visiting each of them and learning about their pasts!
Read moreI spent my teenage years with my friends at Six Flags World’s of Adventure/ Geauga Lake. We all had season passes, and our moms took turns dropping us off between 2003-2006, when we could finally drive. We used to absolutely lap the coasters there and had no idea how incredible of a coaster lineup we had in our own backyard.
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When I was young, my family would go to Cedar Point and Geauga Lake a few times each year. I remember being fascinated by the way rides like Mr. Hyde’s Nasty Fall, Top Thrill Dragster, and many others functioned.
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