10 Defunct Rides in Cedar Point - Attraction Graveyard (Part 1)

In this video we cover 10 defunct rides in Cedar Point. Since opening in 1870, this park has gone through many changes. Many rides have closed along the way, from White Water Landing and Earthquake way back when, to more recent closures like Mean Streak and Dinosaurs Alive. While there are plenty more than 10 extinct cedar point rides, these ones are our favourite, and ones we believe deserve a special mention. Do you know of any other defunct Cedar Point rides? Be sure to let us know! Sit back and enjoy '10 Defunct Rides in Cedar Point - Attraction Graveyard'.

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[ThemeSeekers]

Which of these Cedar Point rides do you miss most?

[steveblersch]

They also had a Pirate dark ride, the Riverboat ride and two log flume rides, Shoot the Rapids and the Mill Race!

[shepherdsvoice]

Went on the Earthquake ride! It was pretty cool and for a kid, was pretty scary because it looked the buildings were gonna fall down on you when they began leaning towards you, and you felt the shaking - then there was an explosion with a fire and a person who leaned out a window screaming and yelling for help! It was pretty intense - but enjoyed it! Was bummed out when we returned to the park in 1986 and it was gone.
Also rode the demon drop and the Wild Cat was an awesome roller coaster! Also rode the Gemini and Blue Streak, also remember the gas powered cars that were pretty cool that had a railing down the middle of the path/road to keep you from going off the track, and a bunch of other rides! Cedar Point was good times!!

[deborahpeterson]

It wasn't a ride, but I miss the upside down funhouse. It was so much fun to walk through!

[thealthousefamily]

Earthquake was the best! we actually rode it when I was 11 right before we moved to CA. It was so realistic that I was terrified when we experienced our first real earthquake. I still have vivid memories of it today. You could not only see the damage but they added smells to the sounds around you. Just awesome.

[shariphillips]

You missed the Pirate Ride- similar to Earthquake. Loved all the old rides!

[NelsonMontana]

I rode EARTHQUAKE as a child and though it was the most fascinating experience of my life. Of course, I was 7 years old. I've been trying to find video of it for years.

[philipgermani]

I found this video after searching for whatever happened to Earthquake. That was a wonderful ride! One of my childhood favorites.

[jupitermenace]

I probably rode Earthquake every year 1975-1984. It was jarring finding Berenstain Bears Country in it's place in 1985. Miss it badly, along with the Pirate Ride and Upside Down Funhouse.

[charlesdalton]

This brought back some great memories - thank you! I’ve ridden most of these. Small point - the turnpike cars weren’t electric, they were gasoline.

[robgrimm]

I rode Earthquake and enjoyed Cedar Point's other two dark ride features, Pirate Ride and The Funhouse. Earthquake featured fake skyscrapers that tumbled toward the riders with barely-miss moments. The animatronics were wonderfully cheesy, including a line of rubber rats fleeing a giant sewer pipe! Very fond memories. Wish CP would build a new dark ride, something fun and retro. Enough with the 500 ft coasters, already!!!

[scooter]

Does anyone remember Bernstein Bears and the Potato Sack Slide? They were both awesome when I was a kid.

[joefaller]

I rode Earthquake in 1979 and I don't remember too many specifics, it was a good ride. I do remember buildings falling down and maybe even a "fire" or explosion and a lot of being in the dark. I enjoyed it.

[davidmichael]

Avalanche Run was not bad. Later, they built a box around it to enclose it and renamed it Disaster Transport. It was dark inside and decorated to replicate outer space. It was quite an improvement from Avalanche Run, and while you waited in line (in the air conditioning!) you were entertained by robots and futuristic props. One of the robots is now stationed in a gift shop, as you exit one of the coasters, but I don't remember which one.

[cannedmusic]

When I was a kid Earthquake was my favorite, followed by the fun house across the walkway. Maybe with flat and dark rides becoming more popular, especially that they can make it more 3D like they did with Spiderman in Universal Orlando, they will bring it back.

[davidmichael]

MeanStreak was brutally uncomfortable to ride. Painful even. The redesign into Steel Vengeance is hands down one of the most intense coaster rides I've ever experienced and very smooth operating. I hope they find a way to redesign the Top Thrill Dragster and, of course, rename it (possibly to reflect the sensation of launching a fighter jet off of an aircraft carrier catapult). Because that ride is (was) the #1 most intense 20 seconds I've ever experienced! Most people concur!

[freshwaterdreamingAquariums]

I remember standing in line for an hour or more to ride Demon Drop, that and Geauga Lakes' Big Dipper will always stand as my favorite amusement rides.

[RedVynil]

I worked at Cedar Point summer of `78 and I never saw a Turnpike ride there! Seeing as how what you're showing here looks just the Kennywood ride, I would've not only remembered it being there, I would've ridden it a few times as it was always one of my fave Kennywood rides. I lived right outside the park so, I could've got in any time I wanted.
No, I never got to ride Earthquake when I worked there in `78 because it didn't exist. I love dark rides and would've gone on that dozens of times! I went into The Fun House quite often and, even after the park closed for the night, I'd go in and walk through The Fun House in the dark and even climbed up the slide silos all the way to the very top. They actually go up about another 7 or 8 feet so, I'd go up and ride them from the very top.
I don't think I ever rode Jumbo Jet. I might have but don't recall seeing that one there. Maybe they'd already replaced it before I got there in early July (the 5th).
I'm pretty sure I rode Wild Cat. I remember that being there.

[juliekadams]

The last year of its operation, I finally got up the nerve to go on Jumbo Jet. It was a cloudy day. As we got up to the station, it started to lightly sprinkle. The next train pulled in and we got loaded into it, but the ride operator said he would have to wait to get the go ahead phone call in order to release our train. We were safety belted in and waiting. The phone rang and he said he was told to close the ride. He said that after the rain stops, they then test the brakes, and this can take around 40 minutes to complete. We got out of the car and the weather did not cooperate the rest of the day. The next year the ride was gone. Can't believe I got that close, but no cigar!

[danusiaification]

I rode Earthquake many times as a child in the sixties until it closed. Have to see rides in the dark return to CO.