Previous Names and Management
It is not uncommon for amusement parks to be sold and this property has changed hands a number of times, although there were only four ownership changes in the 124 year span from 1872 to 1996.
The park was originally two parks- Geauga Lake and SeaWorld Ohio. Geauga Lake became Six Flags Ohio in 2000; before the 2001 season SeaWorld was purchased by Six Flags and the entire complex was combined and renamed Six Flags Worlds of Adventure.
| Amusement Park | Marine Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Owner | Manager | Name | Owner | Manager |
| 1872 | Giles Pond / Picnic Lake | Sullivan Giles | -Same- | |||
| 1888 | Geauga Lake | Alexander G. Kent | -Same- | |||
| 1925 | Geauga Lake | William J. Kuhlman | -Same- | |||
| 1945 | Geauga Lake | Carl Adrion, Harvey Schryer, & Charles Schryer | -Same- | |||
| 1968 | Geauga Lake | Funtime Inc. | Gaspar Lococo, Earl Gascoigne, Dale Van Voorhis, & Milford Jacobson | |||
| 1970 | SeaWorld Ohio | SeaWorld | Milton C. Shedd, Ken Norris, David Dement, and George Millay | |||
| 1976 | SeaWorld Ohio | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. | ||||
| Fall 1989 | SeaWorld Ohio | Anheuser-Busch | Daniel Trausch | |||
| 1996 | Geauga Lake | Premier Parks | Gaspar Lococo | |||
| 1998 | Geauga Lake | Six Flags | ||||
| 2000 | Six Flags Ohio | Six Flags | Jack Bateman, Daniel Trausch, Joe Costa | |||
| Combined Amusement/Marine Park | ||||||
| Name | Owner | Manager | ||||
| 2001-2003 | Six Flags Worlds Of Adventure | Six Flags | Rick McCurly | |||
| Combined Amusement/Water Park | ||||||
| Name | Owner | Manager | ||||
| 2004 | Geauga Lake | Cedar Fair | Bill Spehn | |||
| 2005–2007 | Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom | Cedar Fair | Bill Spehn | |||
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