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ScrewCrew88 Splash Landing User is Offline Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 106	Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:16 pm    Post subject: · Quote I miss the "classic Geauga Lake" of the 70's and 80's.  Rides like: The Big Ditch Round-Up Paratrooper Fun House Bayren Curve Catepillar Fly-O-Planes Rocket Ships Giant Slide Flying Scooters and of course the 3 classic coasters of the park, Big Dipper, Double Loop and Corkscrew too!
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dsloban Thunderhawk User is Offline Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 1075	Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:56 am    Post subject: · Quote I miss the whole park! _________________ Life is like a rollercoaster. It is full of ups and downs!
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IBEW_Sparky Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 20	Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:17 am    Post subject: · Quote Villain without a doubt.  That ride would have fit VERY nicely in the spot where that turd Prowler is now at WOF.... I used to go to WOF on a VERY regular basis when I lived in Des Moines with it being less than three hours away and I saw the overflow lot next to where Prowler is now used exactly twice.  They could have used that along with the land Prowler is on and saved one helluva hybrid from death.
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coasterjohnh Splash Landing User is Offline Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 107	Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:50 am    Post subject: · Quote Dominator
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les Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 14	Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:32 pm    Post subject: · Quote Hands down: Villain. _________________ Some people merely follow their dreams.  Others hunt them down and mercilessly beat them into submission.
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cjc618 Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 96	Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:46 am    Post subject: · Quote I actually miss Geauga Lake PRE six flags. The bigger rides were great, but all that expansion really ruined the park. My favorite rides were the original wave which was great times when i was a pre-early teen and the big dipper. My favorite spot at GL was the old arcade, in which i spent many quarters son several nintendo era games.   When i went to six flags and the arcade was gone, i was devastated. _________________ Sea World Operations back in da day
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JR Villain Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 257 Location: Cortland, Ohio	Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:35 pm    Post subject: · Quote Villain, no doubt.  If every other ride at the park was closed and Villain was the only one open...it would just fine. _________________ "What we do in life, echoes in eternity."
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John Peck Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 279 Location: Columbus, Ohio USA	Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:25 pm    Post subject: · Quote I miss the Geauga Lake of my youth the most (I was born in 1973) and the rides to go with it... The Skyride, The Rocket Ships when they were by The Dipper (and would clip the trees), and the Eli Wheel... that was MY FAVORITE ride it was the Biggest and Purest White Wheel with Blue Supports and Blue and White Cars and red Cushion Seats. It was pure bliss for my little eyes. The kiddie rides I loved were the Turtles, The Hampton Cars, Bulgy The Whale, The Boats and The Swings. I never got to ride the Kiddie Wheel.. it was always closed when I was tiny. I also miss the cluster of rides in the mid to late 70's when you went Right after the front gate... Musik Express, Calypso, Paratrooper, Round-Up (which I was always too scared to ride) Tilt A Whirl, Caterpillar and Matterhorn. I'll always remember the White Canvas Top with the red stripes and it being full of holes on that caterpillar... it wasen't as cool as the SuperCat, though. I also miss the Slide and the Scooters when they were by the lake. The sounds: The Hiss of the Monorail, the crickets you heard near the lake at dusk, The Piano from the shooting Gallery, The country Music on the Texas Twister, the fake gun pops you heard from the Big Ditch while riding the skyride and splash of the Goldrush And The Smells.. The Fries from the counter service below the Monorail, the grease from the Mack Rides they had, the chlorine from the water park, and the motor-smells from the Merry oldies. That's what I miss.
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carioque41 Raging Wolf Bobs User is Offline Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 411	Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:32 pm    Post subject: · Quote The Merrie Oldies (my youngest son drove them on Octobervest 2007, the first and only time), the Log Ride (yeah by whatever name it was at whatever time), Big Dipper forever, Double Loop, Corkscrew, THE WAVE (I got so beat up in there).
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Mind Eraser Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 9 Location: Youngstown, OH	Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:55 am    Post subject: · Quote The Corkscrew, The Double Loop (my first coaster), and The Wave...
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hookyboysb Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 37	Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:47 am    Post subject: · Quote Well, I've never been to GL, but I miss Big Dipper. I would really like CF to reopen GL so I can ride it. As for KI, I miss the Antique Cars and the Flying Eagles. I have no idea why Paramount chose to build BLSC there. Even worse is the placement of KD's BLSC.
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coasterdad1971 Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 240	Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:06 am    Post subject: · Quote I miss them all actually.   I even miss a lot of the older rides.  Rotor, The Wave,  I Even miss the mini golf course.  Even Big Dipper. The most recent of the rides I miss is Dominator. _________________ Rob G. - Sea World Ohio and Geauga Lake Fan. The end of an era came Sept 21, 2007. And it didnt have to.
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dsloban Thunderhawk User is Offline Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 1075	Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:35 am    Post subject: · Quote I miss the park very much! Especially on a day like today when I would give almost anything to be able to go back in time to our park being open and heading toward it instead of cleaning and doing the catch up thing! _________________ Life is like a rollercoaster. It is full of ups and downs!
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