 Wood reversed his predecessor's plans emphasizing natural attractions and activities (but not cancelling the construction of the almost-completed swimming pool) as he added the "human roulette wheel", a haunted house ("The London Ghost Show"), a new motion picture theater, and an alligator show which Wood claimed he "dug up in a Cincinnati vaudeville show".Interest in the park was piqued with the June 21, 1908, announcement of the impending grand opening of the swimming pool.Dug out of of land, the concrete pool was surrounded with bath houses for 1000 men and 500 women.