Abandoned Water Slide Park - I Thought I Was Alone! (Full Explore)
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- This is an abandoned water slide park and this was such an awesome explore! It was just one of those feel good explores. That is until I realized I wasn't alone in this park! Enjoy....Yes it is a lengthy explore but how else do you get to see everything?! So sit back, enjoy and maybe have a bowl of pop corn...
Thanks Hunter, after doing some research, I found the history behind that park 120+ year old park to be really interesting yet really sad. You only explored a small part of the 700 acre mega park (the old SeaWorld side) The small water park that occupied a small portion of the mega park just closed recently - you can still see cars in the parking lots on Google Maps. The original park started on the other side of the lake where there may still be only an abandoned roller coaster left, if it hasn't been developed. If anyone's interested - you can lookup "5 Tragic Reasons Why the World's Largest Theme Park Stands Abandoned in Ohio". for it's history. Just think if SeaWorld bought the park, like it wanted too, it could have been still operating as Busch Gardens Ohio today instead of being Abandoned.
+delaserdudeXD wow that's awesome and sad all in one ... Thank u for commenting and ur research 😎
The coaster was demolished a few months ago. It was still standing when I was at the water park in August.
Truly, Six Flags did not do a very good job.
Ive been researching the park in question for quite awhile... what ive come up with is that cedar fare purchased this park and its entities from six flags sometime in the early 2000s. Although ive been to the nearby park many times that is owned by the same said venue, what they did to this park was unethical and downright dirty. The ran the park for approximately 2 years until one day they just closed it for good. There was no warning, no monetary issues, it was just to much competition with its competitor across the lake. 100+ years of memories flushed down the toilet because of greed. I was never to this park, but while researching the parent park to this water park, I really wish I couldve experienced it. Probably better that I havent, I watched a very good video of it yesterday that probably would've made me cry if I were ever there. I will try and post a feed at the end of my comment.
This was a great video hunter! Ive had it in my watch it later since you posted it, but havent had the time to watch it until now. Ironically, when I saved it, i was actually researching the parent park while i was camping at the campground of the competitors park! Anyway bro, where the HELL have you been?!? I miss your videos!!
Sad to see the park that I worked at for 10 years of my life destroyed like that! Even though I don't condone the trespassing aspect, I still enjoyed your video very much. The portion of the park that you explored was known as Wildwater Kingdom previously SeaWorld Ohio. When you looked across the lake that was what was known as Geauga Lake later Six Flags Ohio and then Six Flags Worlds of Adventure. When Six Flags owned the property the park encompassed both sides of the lake as they bought out SeaWorld Ohio. Later when Cedar Fair purchased the property they shut down the animal side of the park and only operated as an amusement park. In 2005 Cedar Fair decided they would tear out or fence off all the old animal enclosures and make the park strictly a water park. The buildings you went into were the 4D theater where a pirate show was played through the SeaWorld days and then later a Lego 4D show was shown during Cedar Fair era. The other large building near that was the Shark Encounter building. It is very cool inside of there, but its pretty much an empty shell now as the owner of Schlitterban purchased all of the glass that held the water. The tall slide tower was called Thunder Falls(CedarFair era) and Hurricane Mountain(SixFlags era). The funnel slide was called Liquid Lightning. The area where the guy was skateboarding was where all those slides in the wave pool were located, it was known as Splash Landing. The octagon building was the old aquarium from SeaWorld. That rocky area was where you could touch the stingrays. Where Tidal Wave Bay (wave pool) was located that used to be a stadium where the sealion and otter show took place during SeaWorld days. The reason there were so many greenhouses was because of all the exotic flowers and plants that were spread out throughout the park from SeaWorld --> SixFlags --> Cear Fair. That building that had the animal cages at the end of the video was the pharmacy for the animals when it was SeaWorld/SixFlags. I was really sad watching the video because up until just last year the park was still operational. It's crazy to see how overgrown the park is from just a year of inactivity. Thanks for the video inside the park!!
its not trespassing its a free for all theses business want to just leave this stuff sit here its sad
ajd2489 Thanks for that. I went to both many times. Being from Ohio originally I went w/ my dad over the course of many summers when I went to stay w/ him. 😃😀😭😢😲☹
This is how I like water parks - with no people! If only the water had been running 😊 great video
One of my favorite explores from one of my all time favorite explorers , this kid was the best everywhere he went he found something unusual its funny to think of exploring abandoned places as a gift but hey if it is one he has it !
Love the vids man and I like how you do the longer videos it makes you feel like you are more involved than seeing all the jumps and cuts keep up the awesome work!!
+justmexx69 Thank u so much glad u love them I love that u love them haha
i loved that you did an hour explore. I bet that water park was so.much fun. I often wonder why these places become abandoned. Another great explore
An hour seems crazy, but I love it. lol No car at the moment, so it's good to see a long explore.
Sheri Ward I wonder if it I because loads of children sit in front of gaming machines and such for their entertainment so they just do not do the days out and trips and holidays 😢
@ Ruth It's more complicated the park changed hands a lot in recent years and some of the theories involve the CEO of the last company buying it and then ultimately closing it to make less competition for another park despite this portion of the park being built after that company bought it.
I was thinking of all the families that spent afternoons there , at those rest stations, the Moms changing diapers or putting band aids on the kids knees, everyone has a red face, lol cause its summer nice scene.
i live right by there and basically grew up in that park, cedar fair closed it so that cedar point would get more attention
I really like the way you did the video. It's just like we were there with you! Thank You
I agree totally - walking up the steps or or going the long way somewhere I don't mind it no editing is good, like Hunter says fast forward if need be.
Thanks Hunter! I really enjoyed the hour explore, so much better than chopping it up. Such a sad place, you can almost imagine the shouts from people enjoying the place, and wonder where they all go now for fun. Keep up with the great videos and I for one will keep watching!!
#Hunter, Awesome video, I wish all explorers would do their video's longer. Thanks for a great explore xx
+Sue Girling that k u so much!
Wow, really awesome! Doesn't look to have been closed for too long; the colors haven't completley faded by the sun, yet. Still looks to be in decent shape, for the most part. Brings back a lot of memories from when my family and my friend's family would go to....what was it called...Water Country? It looked just like this. Now, I'm a bit of a germaphobe, lol so, I wouldn't like sharing all that water with a ton of strangers...haha
This is Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora, OH
Beautiful calming music at the beginning really set the tone! Good stuff man
i went to this park the year the bucket fell. but spent many weekends at the Geauga Lake side before it was sold and destroyed. miss it so much.
I'm dizzy lol. I watched the entire capture. I loved everything you said in the vid. it felt like we was there with you exploring together. only a handful of CZcams's I watch that actual felt like I was there with them exploring compared to some where they show certain things and then start talking about something they have no clue. keep the captures coming you're great at them :D
The building that said it was for Six Flags Zoological staff was SeaWorld's Shark Encounter. The movie theater was a 4D movie experience called "Pirates" that starred Eric Idle, Leslie Nielsen and Adam Wylie. The building where you walked around the deck outside was SeaWorld 's Aquarium. The rocky area outside was a Tide Pool exhibit. Finally, the rocky area near the end of the video was part of a seal and sea lion exhibit. Worked there for 8 summers and used to take my kids to the water park. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
+Kelly Rayle the shark encounter would have been awesome to see wht did it look like in there?!?!
It was a 315,000 gallon aquarium, basically. It was 100 feet long, 17 feet deep. The front part of the exhibit was a partial "tube" that had a moving sidewalk underneath so you could see the animals above you (it did not come all the way down on the other side). It housed 4 species of sharks, small toothed sawfish, eels and over 300 species of fish. It was pretty awesome.
The second set of doors you went to led into an area where a short movie about sharks was shown. When the movie ended, the doors would open for you to walk down to the moving sidewalk. You would ride that down the length of the exhibit and at the end of the walkway, you could step off to the left into a viewing area at the end of the exhibit. When done there, it was a short walk to get out of the building and you would actually exit through the first set of doors that you went to. When I went there with friends, we used to sneak in those exit doors to skip the line and the movie!
Very nice video,sad for the park 😢
arghghgh tunnel 😨😨😨 I did watch it though. i have not had this many scare moments since watching the birds back in the 70s. love the video it is brilliant and fun and you are great 😆😆😆
I do wonder if a lot of outdoor pursuits are affected badly by the modern need for games and things so children do not do holidays/day trips they way they used to.
That's one of the best tours of an abandoned place I've seen. Pretty good quality! Also, your comment really adds to the coolness of your work. Great job!
Glad she's back
Wow that's amazing ! So lucky! Great video hunter! Loved it :)
Fantastic explore not seen anything like this, one of my favourites nice to see the whole explore like you say not just the money shot parts.
+Tracy Explores wow that means a lot Tracey coming from another explorer! Thank u so much and I'm glad u see where I'm going from, with the money shit comment!!!
Tracy Explores exploring with josh
Great explore. It would not be that costly to get this functional again. That is a great park.
Nice one Brian.
Pretty brave of you! I wouldn't go down an old waterslide for anything!
I sure would like to see the animal habitats!
Man I am so mad right now, I hurt myself at the absolute worst time ever! I knew exactly where you were when I saw the title damnit LOL! Watching this from my recliner with ice wrapped around my leg lol :( man I can't believe how beat up the buildings are already, it only closed last year. OH HOLY CRAP! That kid skating, when he did the splits, thats exactly what happened to me but all my weight came down so fast my whole knee collapsed inwards!!
Fab need to go to sleep up in a few hours for work but had to watch every last minute :) I've only been watching abandoned places for the last few weeks mainly UK one's till today when I left CZcams on autoplay and this has got to be one of my favs, just subscribed to your chanel Hunter so I can see more of you videos :)
Looks like the old Wildwater Kingdom! Possible redevelopment as it only closed at the end of last year I believe. I hope they don't let it go to waste. Too funny you going through that tunnel!! 😂
Hunter, what a difference. I dd what you said and i just watched this video, your latest abandoned video, and what a difference. Youv'e come a long way and i just love this one. Your a great guy and iv'e been subscribed for a while so keep up the good work ok....😉
Another great video!! Can't believe it only closed last September & was actually even more fantastic than what is left. Looks like it is to be torn down in order to build 'lakefront' homes, which I doubt most of the smiling faces that enjoyed the Waterpark will be able to afford!!! :-(
Sorry am such a geek, that I have to do my own research on these abandoned places to see what they looked like before they were abandoned!! Or maybe I'm just a nosey Brit??? Lol :-)
+Corinne Byford loved ur comment!!!
Hi Corinne. In case you didn't see some of the previous comments, this waterpark is on property that actually used to be Sea World of Ohio. The area across the lake used to be an amusement park called Geauga Lake. Sadly, a lot of the area is probably going to become retail but they are hoping to have it be mixed use. Unfortunately, the company that owns the land are being difficult and parts of the land have sat abandoned for years already. Part of it is currently being cleared for a car dealership. :(
Hi Kelly thanks for your input, but being a nosey brit I had to Google, I realise that Sea World had gone & the amusement park went decades before, but what you have told me saddens me even more - I bet it is the Waterpark that is first flattened - even though up to its closing date it was well loved!!! From online photos x
Great video Hunter, it was fun this time!
Great video, another one to put on the best list.
Thanks, Hunter ! That was a great video, very interesting. Should of taking a self of yourself inside that first slide you were walking down. Would have been a cool shot. Thanks , again. You made a new friend, can't have too many of those ! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸 I wonder how many miles you walked at that park ... 🤔
Thank you for doing this video..my son and i went there but i was not brave enough to wander around...my daughter worked for Wild Water Kingdom (Cedar Point) when they closed last year..the employees were devastated and as in usual corporate style they never warned them of the closing! Apparently even the general manager did not know...there were several employees that have worked there since it was sea world nearly 40 years..and after the closing last year the one of those employees passed away...Cedar Point is a very uncaring corporation..this empty park is disgusting. if only a non sociopathic billionaire would come in and redo it all!!
Awesome explore! And your voice is excellent with or without the echo! And yes, the blue slide was my choice. Open and not as steep.
Really enjoy "your style"...as you put it. It shows the total abandonment, and the loneliness.
+TheJannaR did u get it t shirt yet?
YES! It came 3 days ago! As soon as we get some decent weather (no rain) I'll take a pic!!! Thank you again!
TheJannaR Yes! hurry up with the pic! 😀
cool video hunter
its pretty clean and not too trashed. those slides are in great condition. cant have been closed too long! nice video!
The park closed after Labor Day weekend last year we just visited in August.
im from michigan, but my parents took me there as a kid. they had a killer whale "shamu" and it splashed salt water on me. closest thing ive been to an ocean. i remember this place like it was yesterday. shit im old now lol. love the vids man, thanks
Groovy baby what a trip =)
that was neet, I have never been to a water park.
I have just realised that I was an Urbexer before it was known!! We had a pretty run down Army barracks (now housing for the elite) & hospital & houses for the Army & 40 years ago myself & french exchange pal explored them all!!! When MOD police confronted us I spoke fluent French & they left us alone!!! lol if only mobilephones didn't live in suitcases back then!! :-( x
We have a water park in our city the biggest one in B.C. and is very busy and keeps expanding every year.
I've never been in a water park growing up, thanks for the cool walk thru Hunter
+christine gallardo No problem! I think I'm going back with the drone 😎
Hmm..if this is the place I think it is, I worked there while in HS from '90 to '92, until a major film company bought it from the original company. I don't want to disclose any detailed names or info...but you might know where I mean. I remember floating along the lazy river, and getting a sunburn I'd never forget lol!
That was so cool!
What a place to boondock with an RV.
This was a really awesome explore dude, one of my favourites 👍 Glad you covered it all, there's so much to see. I would have loved to catch those carp, we don't eat them in the UK either but they give a tremendous fight on the rod 😁
+upalevel productions I know so fun to catch but so creepy with their big ole eyes ha!!! I wanna get to the UK bro u can we do some exploring together!!
Exploring with Hunter dude that would be awesome 😀 if you can come here I'm sure I could find some great places 🖒 just let me know 😆
verry interesting loved the shots in the beginning
Wildlife as well @14:01 you can see across the street on the corner near the bottom of that tree above that white lifeguard stand?? -what I believe is a blue crested round robin, very large one to !
Real nice!
Well you know you can technically eat Carp, they have a lot of bones though. If you pressure Cook them they are okay because the bones will soften. Hey this was a really nice long video and a great explore. As Always Hunter. Love the channel and great work. Take care I will see you around!!
+85 Studios Thank u loved the comment!
Coach - Ah shit it's whispering oaks, I played there when i was a kid. Nick - great now we can die there as adults... Left 4 dead 2 :)
U are nuts to go crawling through that tube lol
Love the videos Hunter :)
It is so sad that I was there last August and it looks kind of trashed already.😢. They (Cedar Fair) decided to close Wildwater Kingdom last Labor Day. I follow many groups that want to save that area because we also used to go to Geauga Lake Amusement park, across the way. Where you were exploring used to be SeaWorld of Ohio, believe it or not. That weird coral area in the back was where they had divers getting pearls. And closer to your way out on the front was a locker storage area and I see they already ripped them all out. ..heartbreaking. That area was forgotten by corporate greed. And, furthermore continues to be a political debate between two cities, rather than a preserved, important landmark, as it should be. The history is absolutely extraordinary.
Actually, the coral area was the Tide Pool at the aquarium. Unfortunately, he did not venture as far back as where the pearl diving used to be. It would have been interesting to see that part of the park as well.
49:20 used to be the stingray experience where you were able to reach in the water and actually touch live swimming stingrays. I think that building also housed some penguin if I remember correctly.
Dang I used to go there all the time. It's sad to see this :( I had so many memories here :(
dont be afraid oh heights.. remember the farther you fall the less it hurts o impact
Awesome explore bro !
I miss that place :(
oh second Hi Hunter love your videos
gaming systems and the internet taking away memories we once took for granted
i grew UP IN THIS PARK im so emotional
I like your video, I felt like I was exploring the water park with u. only missing your Spanish 😉 greetings from Germany
+Jessica Grötzschel Wow thank very much! That's awesome to hear! Lol I can't believe u remembered that ha I would have been able to say much!!!
hi I'm the Magic Man. your channel is so awesome I cannot stop watching your videos they are so awesome🎩🎈
+the magic man 104 Thanks man really appreciate it!
great video thank
Where was this place
I was there when it was open it was fun
Going down that slide without water?? What fun! Want to do it again? Hahaha!
You sure you want to go down the really tall one? Have to slide, wow! Ya typing this before it happens!
Actually carp is pretty good! You have to gut it carefully to not hit an oil gland, so the meat isn't oily .but it's not bad! Better than tilapia!
say to yourself ok. The water slides totally empty and you,re alone. Than suddenly there,s a eerie feeling that you,re being watched. Than again. Who,s to say what really happened?
Did that clock worked
I prefer getting a filmmaker's original vision, not a cut-down version. So I think you should continue to do your videos the way you are because they flow quite naturally.
Not sure what everyone's complaining about, anyway. The video is only an hour long; that's the same length as a television show and people watch THOSE... 😜
+PedalingPrince Love to hear that! Thank u my friend!
i would be taking the stairs down lol
A new owner needs to buy this Park and reopen it
The last building you went and was not part of the park that was one sea world was there I am pretty sure
the place sweet look to be a place fall off something man that wound sad be careful Hunter out there doing this
Nice job Bro
+thomas craig Thank you!
I think you would of got stuck if you took that shoot slide. ether that or friction burned .
That is not abandon it is off season probably
oh wait a minute.....FIRST!!!!
used to be Sea World Ohio. Six flags on the other side of lake.
You need to go back! There is a lot more still back past where you stopped to go back to the gates. There are also trails that go up the hill behind the wave pool and back down the other side and there are bldgs there too, or at least there were. If you look closely you can see small bldg at the top of the wave pool behind the painted one, it was a bathroom. There was a whole stadium up in those woods and a trout fishing pond. And beyond the aquarium you went thru, a whole section of bldgs I'd LOVE to see from when it was Sea World. If I didn't live 1100 miles away I'd go with you ha!
+Jennifer Nagy wow really?!? U u were there when is was open?!?
Exploring with Hunter I worked in the park when it was Sea World for over 10 yrs. and have friends who were there the last day the water park was there last summer who helped clear it out so I know what's still standing beyond the tree line by the wave pool and aquarium.
Exploring with Hunter if you had kept walking down past the wave pool and aquarium you ended with there is a set of bldgs, a large bathroom and the seaport village area the pearl divers were in. I believe the penguin encounter was torn down when they destroyed shamu stadium however.
I want to see back there, too!!
You can find old Sea World Ohio park maps online. The wave pool was where the sea lion stadium was. If you had gone past there, you would have found the site of the old Shamu stadium.
Hi from Algéria
+ahmed cinq Hi thank u for watching! My friend!
Why is it abandoned
It's part of a larger parcel of land owned by Cedar Fair. The amusement portion of the park that used to be across the lake has been closed since 2007. One popular theory is that the former CEO of Cedar Fair wanted the park closed to have less competition for Cedar Point which is also owned by Cedar Fair. Others believe that when Six Flags owned the park they over developed it for the market and it was no longer profitable. The water park itself only closed last September when cedar Fair started splitting off parcels of land to sell to developers.
There are people here that eat carp. Not many though.
You could have walked down the steps. I was so scared you would get stuck in a slide and melt to death.
probably just closed
September 2016
Who was in the park with you? I didnt see anyone.
never mind. i came across it.
+Tammy Smith 😁
Exploring with Hunter sorry I watch while asking questions.
Tammy Smith no problem I would have it no other way!!
*Man/Demon on the ceiling* I was re-watching this explore so id figure id edit what I captured. at 14:13-15 Hunters walking up the stairs look up (pause at 14:14) at the ceiling then over to the ceiling on the right in the far corner theres a head maybe two heads looking on what they are who knows ??? Other than creepy that is. thanks!
Also at 15:24 Hunter still navigating the stairs-look above in the corner on the right-side of that Speaker, I think its a Owl ? Big ass Owl ? Named Olly , Not sure but at 17:37-39 Hunter (still on stairs) has another friend Freddy Frog 4th step down to the right ! Well lets keep going with Olly Owl and Freddy Frog and see who else Hunter brings along , lol that's it unless you can find "Far Away" Joe @19:02 .