Pennsylvania
Banned
Geauga Lake was once one of three major amusement parks in the State of Ohio- the other two being Cedar Point and Kings Island. After former owner Six Flags annexed an adjacent SeaWorld park into Geauga Lake (then known first as Six Flags Ohio), the park (as Six Flags Worlds of Adventure) became the largest amusement park by acreage in history (larger than even Disney's Animal Kingdom). And then it was purchased by Cedar Fair and became Geauga Lake and Wildwater Kingdom.
For a brief moment in time, Cedar Fair owned all three major amusement parks in Ohio. And then they axed Geauga Lake in 2007, axed Wildwater Kingdom some years later, and let numerous priceless historical roller coasters be destroyed (though many other roller coasters, such as Dominator, were saved), a tragedy in amusement park history as heinous as Six Flags Magic Mountain bringing Arrow Dynamics to bankruptcy.
What if, instead of closing Geauga Lake and letting invaluable relics of amusement park history to be destroyed, Cedar Fair sold the park to SeaWorld Entertainment (owners of Busch Gardens) to turn it into a new Busch Gardens park in Ohio?
For a brief moment in time, Cedar Fair owned all three major amusement parks in Ohio. And then they axed Geauga Lake in 2007, axed Wildwater Kingdom some years later, and let numerous priceless historical roller coasters be destroyed (though many other roller coasters, such as Dominator, were saved), a tragedy in amusement park history as heinous as Six Flags Magic Mountain bringing Arrow Dynamics to bankruptcy.
What if, instead of closing Geauga Lake and letting invaluable relics of amusement park history to be destroyed, Cedar Fair sold the park to SeaWorld Entertainment (owners of Busch Gardens) to turn it into a new Busch Gardens park in Ohio?