1981
    The Round Up and Zyclon are removed while a Chance Yo-Yo, Rotor, and Trabant are new this season. The Dodgems and Ferris Wheel are replaced with newer models. Oktoberfest, which would become Geauga Lake's signature event, debuts this year.

    1982
     The miniature train is removed and a new show added this year. The carousel is moved to Western Village. Funtime takes an interest in Darien Lake, which is under development near Buffalo, New York.

    1983
     The biggest expansion ever, Boardwalk Shores, is added. The new water park attractions were Neptune's Falls, a four flume body slide; Undertow, a double water coaster; and a kiddie pool. A beach was constructed to allow swimming in the lake for the first time in years, and paddle boats were also added. The ballroom is converted to a bathhouse. The Giant Slide and Caterpillar are removed. Funtime adds video monitors to the park, mainly in the queue lines. Funtime also turns the Zoo Amusement Park in Columbus into Wyandot Lake and adds a wave pool and slide complex there.

    1984
    The Bayern Kurve and Rock-O-Planes are removed to make way for The Wave, the largest wave pool east of the Rockies. The $2 million, 57,000 square foot pool held 1.78 million gallons of water and generated six foot waves. The Rock-O-Planes are sent to Wyandot Lake while the Rocket Ships and Flying Scooter are relocated to a new midway next to the Corkscrew.

     1985
     The Big Ditch boat ride, Fly-O-Planes, and Super Cat are removed. The Big Ditch boats are reused to give rides around the lake. The Funtime Sail Co., a new 240-person restaurant, replaces the Spaghetti House. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, then owners of Sea World, announced a deal to purchase Funtime with the intent to combine both parks into a single facility. The deal fell through.

     1986
     Kiddieland is renovated and renamed Rainbow Island this year with two new additions, the Critter Express train and Venture River boat ride. The carousel gets a facelift.

     1987
      The Calypso is removed and the Flying Scooters are relocated to Western Village to replace the Fly-O-Planes. The Euroracers Grand Prix, a 1,500-foot long go cart track is added while Boardwalk Shores sees the addition of the Stingray speed slides, which replaced the beach.

     1988
     The park celebrates its 100th anniversary with the addition of Raging Wolf Bobs, a slightly higher and longer recreation of the legendary Bobs from Chicago's Riverview Park. It would be the first roller coaster added in ten years and would be located in a new area just past Western Village. Geauga Lake breaks the one million attendance mark for the very first time.

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