Geauga Lake workers to relocate coaster

AURORA, Ohio (AP) -- An amusement park is dismantling one of its newest and most popular roller coasters to move it to another park.
Workers at Geauga Lake recently started taking down X-Flight, a steel coaster near the park's front gate, said Bryan Edwards, a park spokesman.
The coaster will relocate in another park owned by Cedar Fair LP, the parent company of Geauga Lake. Cedar Fair operates a dozen amusement parks across the country, including Cedar Point in Sandusky. Edwards said he did not know where X-Flight would land.
There are no immediate plans to replace the coaster with another ride, Edwards said.
The removal of X-Flight follows another lackluster year at Geauga Lake. Attendance remained stagnant this year at around 700,000 visitors, similar to the 2005 and 2004 seasons, Edwards said.
Cedar Fair bought the park in 2004 from Six Flags, which sold it after watching attendance plunge for several years. The loss of X-Flight and another ride -- a monorail -- doesn't mean Cedar Fair is losing faith in the park, Edwards said. Geauga Lake opened in 1888 and is one of the nation's oldest parks.