Part of Wyandot Lake may be relocated
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Just heard on the news here in Columbus that "up to 30 percent" of Wyandot Lake Amusement Park may be relocated to a different part of the property. The move would make way for a 5-lane realignment of Powell Road/SR 750 to intersect with Riverside Drive at Glick Rd near the parking entrance.
Based on the layout of the park, I am guessing that this would probably involve moving the entire picnic grove, kiddyland, Christopher's Island (a water attraction like CP's 2004 addition), and the food service and catering warehouses - in other words, the entire southern third of the park.
This is being strongly pushed by the adjacent Columbus Zoo in order to allow them to connect and expand to property that they own on the other side of the existing Powell Road. ODOT is pushing the plan to improve safety along that portion of RIverside Drive. Local residents from the affluent village of Powell expressed concerns about increased traffic and the nearby Wedgewood golf/country club.
Wyandot Lake is a Six Flags Property.
At the moment, Glick Rd. connects at an angle with Powell Rd. at a point directly opposite the picnic grove. The really bad part is that there is no way to straighten that connection because Glick Rd. runs across the top of a dam. If Powell is re-routed to meet Glick, it would be OK so long as they leave a jog in there. But if they re-route Powell so that it aligns with Glick, the road will have to run right through the midway!
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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You can almost see my house in that pic.
EDIT: Crap. Someone please tell me how to do links neatly and I'll fix that. [hopefully this corrected it.]chitown
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*** This post was edited by Den 9/10/2003 11:42:15 AM ***
*** This post was edited by Den 9/10/2003 2:13:27 PM ***
*** This post was edited by Chitown 9/10/2003 10:39:08 PM ***
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RideMan said:But if they re-route Powell so that it aligns with Glick, the road will have to run right through the midway!
Yes, and that means GOOD bumper cars will return to the park! :)
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.
I must say I am getting to the point where I am sorry I am...one of these days I am going to try Opera...
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Hmmm...I think I can find my Grandmother's house in Den's map. My house is three clicks to the South.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
Northland Mall would be an excellent location and would probably make some Zoo employees happy. Some of them have expressed utter disgust about the very existence of Wyandot Lake.
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I will hae to say tha on my first visit last week I was impressed with the park. Very tiny, but a very neat atmoshhere. I would hate to see that ruined.
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RideMan said:
At the moment, Glick Rd. connects at an angle with Powell Rd. at a point directly opposite the picnic grove. The really bad part is that there is no way to straighten that connection because Glick Rd. runs across the top of a dam. If Powell is re-routed to meet Glick, it would be OK so long as they leave a jog in there. But if they re-route Powell so that it aligns with Glick, the road will have to run right through the midway!
Glick Rd actually meets Riverside (I think that's what you meant) at nearly a 90-degree angle, thanks to some work done some time ago. To align with the intersection though, the new Powell Rd. would have to make a northwestward turn to align with the intersection (see the aerial photo posted earlier). This would spare the midway but destroy the picnic area, which IMO is a very nice thing about the park (lots of trees, elevation changes, etc.). I'll see if I can patch together a map based on the brief glimpses I saw on the news.
And I think you're right about Safari being the golf course in question (there are so many around there :))... but it is owned by the Zoo and has been rumoured for years to be, shall we say, "expendable" (not to be confused with expandable).
For those who don't know, the land that WL sits on is also owned by the Zoo...
Oh yeah, hey Den - fix your link so I don't have to scroll horizontally!!!!1111!!11 See how easy it is! ;)
EDIT: See a crude map of the area with overlays here
SECOND EDIT: Thanks Den, er, I mean Chitown! ;)
*** This post was edited by jimmybob 9/10/2003 11:21:05 PM ***
It would be a shame to lose that picnic grove. Wyandot Lake, as small as it is, has a lot of charm and the big old shade trees contribute a lot to the atmosphere.
I have yet to try out the new bumper cars. I've never been a fan of those "skid-steer" cars but they can't be much worse then the ones they replaced!
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I was looking at the aerial photos today. They put that nice bend in Glick Road which, as you point out, would allow New Powell Rd. to cut through either the golf course or the picnic grove and go around the back side of the parking lot. If it weren't for that bend they added to Glick Rd., the straight shot from there would just barely miss the coaster.
Wyandot is a nice park, or at least it can be. But it desperately needs *additional* rides. I still don't understand why gaining the Tilt-A-Whirl required the removal of the Rock-O-Plane.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
1) It's a little fish in a big sea of parks owned by a struggling corporation.
2) It suffers from a lack of "freshness" - rarely does it receive anything new (they only received something "new" this year due to a fire). Even though they are known primarily as a water park, when is the last time a major water attraction was built? It has been a long time...
3) As mentioned above, they are basically surrounded by (and located on) Zoo property. The Zoo has its own quite extensive expansion plans, while Wyandot Lake has been quietly squeezed in its little niche since the mid 80's. They can expand on their existing footprint (old mini-golf course, perhaps a part of the Grove), but refer back to problem #1.
The picnic grove is a major attraction for WL in that it is a selling point for corporate events, and even smaller private parties. It is also a focal point during the September buyouts. I fear that removing this beautiful area of the park would practically seal the doomed fate of the park - given their parent's track record, I just don't see that section being replaced at all :(
Criminy, enough doom and gloom... who's up for a spin on the "new" bumper cars?! :)
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