SeaWorld Ohio
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SeaWorld Ohio was a park in the SeaWorld chain of marine animal theme parks. The park opened in 1970 directly across from Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, USA.
Busch Entertainment Corporation parent company Anheuser Busch sold SeaWorld Ohio for $110 million in cash to Six Flags in January, 2001 as a part of combining their Six Flags Ohio (Geauga Lake) park with SeaWorld to form a megapark known as Six Flags Worlds of Adventure.[1] During this era, the park became known as the "Wild Life" side of the park. Six Flags then realized the park was not successful and sold the megapark to Cedar Fair in 2004 for $145 million, in which the parks returned to its original name, Geauga Lake. Geauga Lake closed its doors for the last time in September 2007.
Cedar Fair was unsure of what to do with the SeaWorld side of the park. It was not until 2007, when Cedar Fair announced the demolition of Geauga Lake, that the former Seaworld side would be transformed solely into a water park, Wildwater Kingdom. Many buildings and parts of themes are implemented and still used in Wildwater Kingdom. Although Geauga Lake closed its doors, Wildwater Kingdom remains open.
