[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' post=\'164831\' date=\'Sep 26 2007, 08:50 AM\']
(I spent the last 2 hours in various blogs lamenting the closing of the "Old" rides-based Geauga Lake Amusement Park in favor of the "New" Geauga Lake Waterpark.)
Even if attendance has dipped for the last 10 years?
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While true that attendance had dropped (a lot of it due to Sea World's demise), from what I understand it's the way they handled the situation. When Six Flags owned the park, they grew it too big too fast and the Customer Service was way below standards. When Cedar Fair/Point bought it they didn't do much to turn that image of bad service and high costs for everything around.
Not to tell anyone in advance that you have one last time to ride the rides before they go away is not great PR -- even if it were only a month before the park closed for the season would have been somewhat respectful.
Being a member of the American Coaster Enthusiats for many years, most of the larger amusement parks that have fallen by the wayside in the last decade have given past and present visitors advance notice of their last hurrah. Even it was a business decision to cut overall costs, at least they were upfront about it and those who wanted to patronize could do so.
