Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom lives on

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

The old Geauga Lake Park lies vacant, its buildings and rides sold off and its once-jammed parking lot empty except for flourishing weeds. The screams of delight, the tinny music emanating from rides and the wafting aroma of cotton candy have given way to silence except for the birds that swoop occasionally over the desolate landscape.

Across the lake, however, Wildwater Kingdom springs to life for the summer season, its second since its neighboring amusement park closed abruptly in 2007.

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