John Peck

The great thing about Geauga Lakes rides, is that many of them have been very well taken care of, even with the Six Flags maintenance, most of those rides ran pretty well. I hate the fact Im speaking in past tense about Geauga Lake. This is going to hit me really hard one of these days.

I grew up with Geauga Lake Park. I know many of you have NO attachment to the place, but to me, it's like I've lost my best friend.

A few years ago Paula mentioned that they looked into a Carousel to be placed where the fountain in Christmas was and there just wasen't enough room with their crowds and everything.

Even though we know Steel Venom is headed for Dorney, I was Surprised last week to find most of the ride STILL sitting in Geauga Lake's Waterpark Parking lot.

Its too bad. There have been a few indicents lately with Spider arms failing. There is a way to correct them, but it costs about $90,000 to replace.

Screechin' Eagle (SBNO) Americana/LeSourdsville Lake

I've been to the park several times this year.... very healthy Saturday crowds... the waterpark has been nuts... but don't forget... thats the main attraction there, anyway. Same as Holiday World. The park is massive, there are walkways that look empty and only a few feet away it's gridlocked. Its hard to have a small traditional park and grow it up too fast, Six Flags OHIO was nuts with people and the park wasen't at all ready to deal with the 2.1 Million it got in 2000. Of course, most of those people had such a lousy time anyway that they never came back.

Wow! Thats a great looking park! Oh yeah... And those girls are super-cute, too!

I doubt we'll ever see any more Giant Top Spins. The one at Kings Island is tearing itself apart. I wouldn't be surprised if that gets removed soon.

^ Oh, I didn't realize Thunderbolt was 52". Eeeeekkk! I just lost some credibility, didn't I?

I was the one who mentioned removing 52"+ coasters. However, Texas Twister is about 52", so theres your Big Kid ride. Kennywood has almost all 48" major rides except for a few flats. Lake Compounce the same. Holiday World the same. Oh, and that Really nice development with all the shops.. well the houses went in about 4 years ago, and now all those wonderful stores... they get pounded by shoplifters and are in the paper's police beat every week.

In more recent years, I have missed a few rides. SFMM trip in 2002: X-Down Flashback-Down Goliath Jr-Height Ninja-Down SFFT 2005 Trip Poltergiest-couldn't fit SFOT 2005 Trip Freeze-couldn't fit in sfstl, so didnt bother Flashback-Down Batman-Line long La Vibora-line too long Runaway Mountain-line too long Canyon Blaster-height restriction SFStL 2005 Trip Freeze-couldn't fit

They "took out" Hanna Barbara Land. Even though it was a retheme with a few new rides, they did in fact pull out a couple older attractions and the Ghoster Coaster. Of course, they did the same thing when they announced they were "taking out" Waterworks, but they only removed 1 thing.

Wow.. who would have thought that in just 2 short years we'd get new owners, a new kids area, a new used coaster and a whole rebranding! As far as removing rides, I think the only ride Cedar Fair will take out now is Tomb Raider, and thats just due to the fact that the ride is tearing itself apart. Cedar Fair like Top Spins, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if our gets taken out but then replaced with a smaller one with water effects.

Okay... Top Gun's new computer system was installed after Arrow built it. It's not even done by Arrow. The same slow-lift safety system is used on the Beast. Double Loop does not have a rusted out lift, that is grease. And Six Flags put those rides on the waterpark side of Geauga Lake in 2001. The Sea Dragon belonged to SFNE before it was moved here.

^ The Rock-O-Plane, the Octopus and the Roll-O-Plane are all built by the Eyerly Aircraft Company. Looked like a carnival from the 60's!

Sounds like you had bad luck with the SLC and Boomerang. I find them to be very decent. But your right, Great Escapes Boomerang is better. I rode that in 2003. Sorry about your ride on Villian, that used to run so much better, but Six Flags didn't take care of it, it's been a lot to bear on Cedra Fair (hey, that rymes!)

Texas Twister was repainted THIS year. The public is eating it up, they think it's a brand new ride. It draws people to itself as well as the Peanuts show, the 3-Point Challange and the Cornhole game right in the heart of Frontier town. That area was gridlocked for a bit. Since getting repainted in 05, Thunderhawk is another ride that the public is flocking to. Saw lots of people running to get in line for it on Saturday. Im not too worried about the old waterpark, since the skyscraper isn't running, and Big Dipper moves too fast to see anything good enough anyway, I don't think the public see's it as that much as an eyesore, most don't even know it's there nowadays, and you cant see the pools from the road since there are privacy fences along Route 87. The park is looking and running better now than it has for years.

The Monorail did not have a dual loading station. It did, however always have a counter service and picnic area underneith. Also, it was not wheelchair accessable. Looks like you had a decent trip.

The Cobalt is a much better car than the Cavalier it replaces, and the Pontiac G5, which is essentially the same thing as a Cobalt (it uses the same dementions, engine, frame and wheelbase) is nice looking too. This has been "Car Review" with your host, John Peck

Depeche Mode totally rocks live, even with their Exciter Tour in 2001 when I saw them, they totally made "Dream On" hip and fast. Isn't the Cure working on a new record? I thought they were.

Wow! What a great time you must have had at that concert, Rob! I love Erasure as well, but to be honest, I haven't really kept up with their new stuff all that much. After "Cowboy" I kinda stopped buying their stuff. I guess I should look back into them. Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys and New Order are still bands I drool over and keep buying their records. Of course, Im totally a Morrissey fan, still.

Cudos on the Carpenters guess. Im very pleased you knew many of their wonderful song titles. (Even though most of them were covers)

I wish they had purchased Astroworld's Greased Lightning and called it "Plymouth Rocket" (I know thats close to the name of their new restaurant) Anywho, employee parking can go anywhere, I'd like to see more Thanksgiving stuff or even Easter.. as long as they pay a religous tribute.

^ From what I've heard, GCII is considering selling their trains to anyone who would like one. Not sure if anything has been wriiten in stone, but It's been discussed.