What Makes You Happy at Valleyfair Employee Video
8Valleyfair is a 125-acre (51-ha) amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States. Owned by Cedar Fair, the park opened in 1976 and now features over 75 rides and attractions, including eight roller coasters. Valleyfair also has a water park called Soak City, which is included with the price of admission. Cedar Point and Valleyfair were the first two parks in the Cedar Fair chain (although Cedar Point Amusement Park originally opened in 1870), and a combination of the park names – "cedar" and "fair" – were used to name the company.
Valleyfair opened in 1976, featuring 20 rides and attractions [on 26 acres (110,000 m2), with the roller coaster High Roller being the main attraction. The carousel in the park came from Excelsior Amusement Park, which closed in 1973. It is the oldest ride in the park. In 1978, Valleyfair was acquired by Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, to increase investment capital for continued park expansion. Five years later, Cedar Fair Limited Partnership was formed as the parent company for Cedar Point and Valleyfair (the name derived from both flagship properties' names). The park continues to grow every year with new rides and attractions. Since 1976, Valleyfair has invested over $96 million into the park, and today the park has over 75 attractions on 125 acres (51 ha) of land.
A height restriction was imposed in 2000 with the building of the Power Tower. After negotiations with the FAA and the nearby Flying Cloud Airport, the FAA restricted the building height of the Power Tower to 275 feet (84 m) due to its proximity to the airport. Power Tower's original plan was to reach 300 feet (91 m) and take riders to 275 feet (84 m).
Valleyfair did not open for the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, although it reopened for the 2021 season.
As the park is located on the banks of the Minnesota River, flooding can become an issue during the springtime months before the park usually opens (or when the park is open for the season), notably in 1988, 1993, 1997, 2014, 2018, and 2019. Excalibur and Thunder Canyon are built outside a pre-existing river dike with this flooding potential in mind.
Roller coasters
Corkscrew
Cosmic Coaster
Excalibur
High Roller
Mad Mouse
Renegade
Steel Venom
Wild Thing
Thrill rides
Delirious
Northern Lights
North Star
Power Tower 2000
RipCord
Xtreme Swing
Family rides
Antique Autos
Bumper Cars
Carousel
Charlie Brown's Wind Up
Ferris Wheel
Flying Ace Balloon Ride
Flying Eagles
Minnesota River Valley Railroad
Monster
Scrambler
SuperCat
Tilter
Wheel of Fortune
Water rides
The Wave
Thunder Canyon
Kids Rides
Kite Eating Tree
Linus' Beetle Bugs
Linus Launcher
Lucy's Tugboat
PEANUTS 500
PEANUTS Playhouse
PEANUTS Road Rally
Sally's Swing Set
Snoopy vs. Red Baron
Snoopy's Deep Sea Divers
Snoopy's Junction
Snoopy's Rocket Express
Woodstock Whirlybirds
The Route 76 area takes guests back into amusement park Americana" with the reopening of three classic rides that made their debut in the opening of Valleyfair in 1976. These rides include the Antique Autos, formerly deconstructed to make room for the construction of Dinosaurs Alive!, the Tilt-a-Whirl, and the Scrambler. A new ride titled 'Northern Lights' will be the area's main attraction, featuring a ride track over 300 feet in length and 42 feet in height. This family-oriented ride reaches upwards of 43 miles per hour and resembles the Aurora Borealis at night with colored lights in shades of greens, blues, and purples. The Route 76 area features a full-service catering and picnic area titled Picnic Point. Route 76 is located in the front of the park near Steel Venom and opened on May 16, 2014.
Soak City is a water park included with the price of admission to Valleyfair. Rides include a lazy river, a wave pool, and water slides. Newly added slides such as "Breakers Plunge" were added as part of the 2015 Waterpark expansion.
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