Boblo Island – 2007 – Part II

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• Douglasm, the building of the McMansions has slowed to a cralw due to low interest and the economy.
  As for reviving Bob-lo, the boats alone were expensive to run (insurance, pain in the neck for people to get to the park) and put the park behind the 8-ball compared to other parks where you just drive up and enter.

• AB> What was your excuse for being on the island? Or did you just sneak off? Were you harassed or left to wander alone?

• I actually made a couple trips to the island this year ... towards the back of the island is a marina and restaurant where you can park your boat, which is how I got on. Generally the island is off limits to non-residents, but they allow visitors to the restaurant (and I'm sure prosepctive home buyers are welcome too). That was my excuse at least if I ever got asked why I was there ... as for walking around, there wasn't really much staff/security presence, just the boblo island patrol car that makes the rounds. Despite the few hundred or so people that live there (just an estimate), it resembles more of a ghost town than a gated community in my opinion

• Thanks.

  Most Gate Communities resemble ghost town's anyway. Everybody living inside, behind closed garages, paranoid and scared of each other and the outside world -- coming and going in their cars.

• I'm just so sad that my grandchildren won't be able to experience all the fun that BOB-LO supplied to all of us growing up. W e used to look forward to going there on Sundays. It was our weekly treat. I tell my grandchildren about it all the time.

• lots of memories there, so sad it closed up, always crowded when I went there, how did they go broke indeed!! quick ride from papoose to another world, sad sad sad

• I used to go there all the time from Amersburg. It was a very big fun part of my childhood. I remember missing the last boat and camping out on the beach on the back side of the island. After that we made it a plan to camp and party there. I remember the rotor! sickest I,ve ever been from a ride. My brother laughed at me all day. I guess for those of us that made it there while it was it still hooping keeps it special.

• When I was there the sky tower was not there. We used to stop in on our own boat and stay overnight in the marina. I used to get up early in the morning before the park opened and walk around. We used to go quite often so I got to know some of the workers. I remember one year the operator of the carousel let me inside and work the lever. I have old broshures on the park but none show a big slide. I seem to remember a slide. And yes, I got sick on the rotor too.

• I have fond memories of my teenage years spent working on the island. Getting on the papoose to take the trip over. Dodging coolers and strollers on a Saturday so we could get through the tunnel and on the boat to punch in. On very busy days they would put the paddle boat in service and we would all panic at the thought of being late.

  Great times. Would love to take my son over and see what is left, we talk about it but even seeing the sites would make it more real. Think I still have my ID card in a little box, we were supposed to turn them in at the end of the season but think I kept one.

• The probable reason for Boblos end was the operaters did not want to or could not put the money into it. The location was good surrounded by a large population, easy acses from Amherstbug and Gibralter, and the big boats from Detroit, the trip from Detroit was a greatouting by its selfh. The last operater had great ideas, but not enough money.
  Ceder Point succeds because of constant upgrades and big prommotions, the key to succes.