Pictures of GL Dismantle?

I have chosen to veer away from any postings showing the dismantling of GL and, when I had the choice to drive by a month ago I decided against it. I grew up in the park as a kid who visited frequently and had season passes. Then, I got a job and worked there for five years. I learned a lot about customer service, leadership, management, etc from that place. Without GL I would not have ended up at Disney or Cedar Point for that matter. My experience there has left a lasting and positive impression on my career.

More importanly, I met so many great people at GL. Friends, girlfriends, etc. Losing the park is an emotional situation for me. Imagine if your high school were torn down. Maybe it needed to be torn down but there is a certain longing for once was and a finality that stings to those of us who were more than patrons.

And then I think about the great people who worked there, some of them for DECADES, that had their lives turned upside down by the closure. I really do hurt for those people. In the amusement park business it is all about heart. Yes, you get a paycheck but most people in the business would do better financially if they did something else for a living. People work in parks for much more than a paycheck.

I'm not shy to admit that when I heard the park was closing I cried a bit. I have lost loved ones and of course it isn't the same. But, to completely disregard the feelings some might have is short sighted I think.

Exactly my thoughts.

The people that posted in this topic about how its "a stupid park and how can you be that upset about" need to get off their high horses.

This is Pointbuzz. These are opinions. Many of you need to get off the I'm at a computer so I'm tough attitude and stop degrading others simply because you think their opinion is stupid. If you disagree, do it respectfully, and professionally. What I saw was a bunch of 12 year olds acting immaturely.

GL affected a lot of people, and many believe it should have been saved. There is nothing wrong in having that view, many, like the person above me had personal ties to the park, and many of us have emotional ties to CP as well.

Theres a lot more to amusement parks than just rides and concrete for a lot more people than what some of you think.

Chief Wahoo said:

Imagine if your high school were torn down. Maybe it needed to be torn down but there is a certain longing for once was and a finality that stings to those of us who were more than patrons.

OK now thats a good comparison. All I was saying is that you would feel as bad if you lost your mom as you would if you lost an amusement park? Now thats the part that was immature.

Everyone misses something when it is gone. It's just those who complain about it and made up fake stories that got me not to care at all.

I wouldn't care if my high school was torn down. I live two miles from it now, and I haven't been back to it since the summer I did community theater there before my senior year of college.

Geauga Lake will still be a place that I chased around 13-year-old girls as a horny 13-year-old boy. It'll still be the place I did my first water slides, wave pool and looping coaster (none of which, by the way, have existed at the park anyway in many years). It's all about how you process loss. I mean, I'm divorced, but it doesn't mean all value from my marriage disappeared.

Cedar Fair didn't ruin your memories. Last I checked, those didn't belong to them.

^Well said.