conneaut lake park

This historic park offers several last of their kind rides and one of the most thrilling wooden roller coasters in the Blue Streak!

Conneuat Lake Park, is an excellent place to visit. The park has the sort of charm that you don't get at the other "Theme Parks" The staff was very friendly. The rides are awesome. The Blue Streak especially is a really cool old coaster. The prices were very reasonable. I go there quite a bit and have never had a bad experience. Sure the park needs a lot of TLC. But I would rather go to Conneuat Lake Park any day than wait in huge lines for rides at other parks. People really need to give the park a chance. The Board is doing the best they can, And I know the park will around for a long time. So if you a planning a trip there, please be respectful of the folks running the park, They are doing the best they can.

love the park. The blue streak and tumble bug are amazing. Hopefully the new board can turn the park around

We love riding the carousel and the water is a great respite from a hot late summer day. Fishing is excellent, as well.

I visited the park this summer to get my ride in on the Blue Streak. I arrived at the advertised time but the park had yet to be opened. I saw some workers (let's just say even finding the entrance was confusing so I was elated to see actual people) since the signs were very confusing. A park worker approached me and asked if she could "help" me. I told her sure, where could I get ride tickets? She told me that they would be opening the ticket booth momentarily, although you would think that this would have happened already since the advertised time of opening had come and gone already.In the meantime, there were children running around with wristbands on, indicating that the ticket booth had, at some time, been open. So I asked about that. The woman told me those were the workers' kids and they had obtained the bands prior to opening. Hmmm, for a financially strapped park, comping bands and not opening on time are really not good business practices. I sat and waited a full hour before the ticket booth opened. Yes, that's right. a full hour that the park opened late. I got my ride on Blue Streak, walked around a bit, then left. The place is dismal. The descriptions given by other reviewers is accurate. Cracked pavement, rides in disrepair, parts of rides strewn about, an old Toboggan ride just parked in the field...totally disgusting. The park either needs to be sold at the impending sheriff's sale so the financial obligations can be taken care of and then something done about the park, or the rides need relocation so they can be saved.

Given Conneaut Lake Park's current financial troubles, we made a special trip up there just to make sure that we would have the chance to ride the Blue Streak in case it disappears soon. We had never visited this park before so were unsure what to expect.The location is amazing, situated right next to the beautiful Conneaut Lake, but the beauty ends with the lake. It is obvious that at some point they attempted to fix up some of the booths and the benches with fresh coats of paint, but these were already starting to peel and chip. Some rides were not operating and some had pieces of them standing but were missing other pieces. The pavement on the midway is cracked so much that you have to watch your step as you walk. The layout is odd as there are signs at both ends of the midway that appear to be the beginning and end points of the park, but then there are also some rides on the opposite sides of the signs (it made me wonder whether these were independently-operated rides separate from the park itself).The Blue Streak itself is a great classic wooden coaster. A little rough at points, of course, but that is to be expected. It will be very sad if this coaster does not survive as it is worth a visit to the park on its own for any coaster fan. We also rode the Devil's Den, which seems to suffer from a lack of anything on the inside except some strobe lights. The gum wall is rather disgusting and the park has chosen to support the vandalism by selling individual pieces of gum at the ticket booth and advertising to "stick it to the devil." Park employees seemed friendly enough and some were using their down time (as it was almost a ghost town) to clean fences and benches with a rag and spray bottle. At least they cared enough to try to maintain what they could.The gift shop had very few Conneaut Lake Park items. There were actually more souvenirs from other parks (such as the now-closed Geauga Lake) than from Conneaut Lake Park itself. Overall the mood in the park seemed to be very somber. There were not many smiles on the few guests that were walking around the midway. This park has a lot of history and I am glad I was able to visit, but I am not sure that it is salvageable at this point without prohibitively huge capital expenditures and an outpouring of local community support.

Its so sad to see the park going down hill. The rides run but it feels like a ghost town. Plus side, no line.

I love this coaster... Just wish the park can get itself together... But the Blue Streak has great air time hills... A bit rough but its an old wooden roller coaster I visited during summer break 2013 they are in deep financial troubles... VISIT WHILE YOU CAN!

I've been patronizing this park since the early 1980's and am saddened to see where it is today. This place has so much great history and is seems as though the locals don't want to see it succeed. Let the experts along and bring it back!!!!!

They're trying with new paint everywhere. At least half of the park has burned down, and the other half is depressing. This one of our families favorite haunts through 2 generations. But if my children were small again, I'd refuse to let them on a ride because of safety. This park has seen it's better days. But the memories are worth a walk around the place. Then you can leave and have a good meal at one of Conneaut or Meadville's many good restaurants.

Conneaut Lake Park is over 100 years old.Free admission and free parking. There are not many rides left. What they do have are a tilt a whirl,paratrooper,flying scooter,tumble bug,carousel and The blue Streak coaster. Not much else. Nothing like it was 30 years ago when I first went there.Some of the rides were sold to Waldameer Park in Erie,Pa.About 45 miles north off of I-79.The park was plagued with quite a few fires. Many were arson. It doesn't look good for the park. This year could be the it's last.If you don't have far to travel far. It's worth the trip for The Blue Streak,tumblebug and carousel.The Blue Streak is good a bit rough in spots. Don't sit over the rear wheels of the cars. It's more rough there.The Tumblebug is a fun ride. There are only two left in the world. The other one is at Kennywood in W Mifflin,PA south of Pittsburg,PA.If you are in the area stop in.

It's not like you remember but it is still worth the trip if you are in the area or a short drive from it. More so for smaller kids and kids that haven't had the adrenaline of the coasters at larger parks. Kiddy land is probably the best kept area in the park. All the rides are usually working, though at times they rotate the workers so one might be shut while another one runs. The live ponies are still there and that makes it nice for the kids. The carousel was still operational and always a ride you just have to have a turn on! Of the adult rides the blue streak was up and running. Though it was a beautiful Saturday afternoon in the middle of August there was no line. But that was a plus for the kids to be able to jump off and get on again without the long wait. The other operational rides were very few! They were the tilt a whirl, paratrooper, scooters, devils den and witches stew. Yes that was it! The bumper cars were operational but hurting. Only 3 cars were working! But since we could bump into each other as a family it was in its own way fun. While some of the non working rides were still sitting there, the ferris wheel was totally gone from the park. The only remnants were the picket fence that went around it and the cement block it used to sit on. Mini Golf was open. The train was being fixed, but the 3 or 4 workers that were just standing there could have been put to better use. Such as picking up the area, painting some of the benches, etc. The midway was almost bare. The gift shop didnt have postcards of Conneaut Lake, just other PA areas. Other than some cheap looking t-shirts not much to buy for souvenirs, just other parks from Ohio! The games had one person running all the booths! We walked down to the beach. No rides down there anymore. The corkscrew was there but not running. The others were gone totally. Since the boat house and the ballroom both burnt there isn't much there. The hotel is still operational and looked like it was hosting an event. The kids checked out the beach area. It seemed clean enough and the sign said they were still offering boat rides. Though the park closed at 9pm the ride manager seemed more concerned about closing the tilt a whirl, paratrooper and scooters at dark (8pm) and when a few rain drops came through she was all about shutting down the rides. Most of the ride operators seemed to be having fun with the riders and I have to give a shout out to the girl who was making the pizzas in the food booth by the blue streak. Best $10 large pizza I've had for a long time. Fresh dough and lots of cheese. We devoured it!

It truly pains me to give Conneaut Lake Park a poor review, but I just can't justify anything higher. My family used to spend a week at CLP every summer in a rental cottage, and I can't tell you how many happy memories I have of those times. Easily the highlight of my summer for many, many years in the 1980s and (early) 90s.For "old times sake" I took my wife and 3 little girls to the Park this July for a visit. My parents had warned me that I would be shocked by what I saw, and sadly they were correct. Probably 75-80% of the Park from the "old days" was either gone or boarded up. Most of the rides are gone, the water park is closed, the Beach House burned down, the midway was boarded up. No arcade or Fascination. The only carnival games were popping a balloon with a dart, and there was only 1 food stand open. Kiddie Land was open, and the VERY friendly staff was more than happy to run whichever rides my kids wanted to ride. The Carousal was open and is still a gem. My wife and I rode the Blue Streak, which is still a legit roller coaster. The beach and the Hotel both looked in good shape. But that doesn't change the fact that it's just a depressing place these days. Most of the cottages/houses are in shambles. Too much of the park itself looks neglected. And while the staff is friendly, it's in their faces that the place is barely holding on. Unfortunately, the only people who I can see it being worth a trip to CLP are families with young kids who used to go their years ago and want to take a trip back for nostalgia purposes. You can find multiple county fairs that will have more rides, more games and more to do than CLP on a given weekend. I truly hope someone with deep pockets can find a way to save the park, but after spending a day there I can't say that I'm optimistic.

We stopped for lunch and had cheeseburgers, fries and fried cauliflower. We paid $10 each for an hour long ride on the Kaylee Belle. Love it.

You guys had 5dollar wrist bands which included the blue streak. We took our young boys there on 7-19-14 it was a Saturday it was raining so slow but busier than other times I've been at the park. Anyhow they had a blast which is good and so did I. I wanted to say thank you for a affordable trip for my family were rooting for you. I know this is a review site but say positive things about this place no need to be negative they trying to keep a great place that needs a lot work alive.