CoasterGallery.com -- Geauga Lake (formerly Six Flags Worlds of Adventure and Six Flags Ohio)

Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom
Aurora, Ohio

Geauga Lake started in 1888 as a picnic area at the end of a trolley line. In 1995, Premier Parks purchased Funtime Parks which gave them control of Geauga as well as Darien Lake and Wyandot Lake. The Six Flags brand name came to Aurora in 2000, but the title of Six Flags Ohio only lasted one season. In January 2001, Six Flags purchased the adjacent SeaWorld park for $110 million in cash. The 232-acre marine park was combined with the 520-acre Six Flags park, and Six Flags Worlds of Adventure was born. On March 10, 2004, Six Flags announced the sale of the park to Cedar Fair, Ltd. for $145 million. Besides changing the name back to Geauga Lake, Cedar Fair also renamed many rides since they don't have rights to the DC Comics characters used by Six Flags. Beginning with the 2008 season, Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom became exclusively a water park with many of its rides and coasters relocated to other Cedar Fair parks.

Among the coasters that have been removed from the park during its history are:

Beaver Land Mine Ride (2000-2007) headed to France in 2009 and will run at Papea City. (See pictures below)
Big Dipper (1925-2007) was sold for $5,000 and may be moved to another park. (See pictures below)
Corkscrew (1978-1995) An Arrow Corkscrew, it is now Roller Coaster at MGM Dizzee World in Muthukadu, India.
Cyclone (? to 1980) A Zyklon model from Pinfari, it went to Holiday World in Indiana where it was known as Firecracker. It left there in 1998.
Dominator (2000-2007) The world's longest floorless coaster now runs at Kings Dominion. (See pictures below)
Double Loop (1977-2007) was sold for $23,000 to a local scrap dealer. (See pictures below)
Head Spin (1996-2007) is now Carolina Cobra at Carowinds. (See pictures below)
Raging Wolf Bobs (1988-2007) was sold for $2,500 and may be moved to another park. (See pictures below)
Steel Venom (2000-2006) This ran Dorney Park as Voodoo in 2008, was renamed Possessed in 2009. (See pictures below)
Thunderhawk (1998-2007) This was moved to Michigan's Adventure in 2008. (See pictures below)
Villain (2000-2007) was sold for $30,000 to a scrap dealer.
Wild Mouse (1960s and 1970s) This was built by Schiff.
X-Flight (2001-2006) The flying coaster is now at Kings Island running as Firehawk. (See pictures below)

Dominator (Formerly Batman Knight Flight)

Double Loop
Raging Wolf Bobs

Multiple Coasters:
Big Dipper (Formerly Clipper)

Head Spin
(Formerly Mind Eraser)
Beaver Land Mine Ride
(Formerly Road Runner Express)

Thunderhawk (Formerly Serial Thriller)

Steel Venom (Formerly Superman: Ultimate Escape)

Villain

X-Flight

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