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Plus, it's Minnesota. WE HAVE ENOUGH ICE AS IT IS!

The 2016 entertainment lineup has been released. https://www.valleyfair.com/things-to-do/entertainment The Galaxy Theater is conspicuously absent from it while the next-door Gazebo Stage has two scheduled offerings.

Once again, Valleyfair would gladly take Valravn, dive after extremely tall MCBR and all, and you can go back to waiting for your boat. Okay?

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How's the ice cream in BDB?

Subway is replacing Ben and Jerry's.

If/when KI does get a Giga, I'm hoping it would be an Intamin along the lines of I305. Wishful thinking, I know. But I think that what they need more is an RMC Hyper woodie.

Could this possibly be the station for a new coaster? I could see a launch into the corner and then heading towards the log chute. This could be another coaster that goes all the way around the park. Yeah, I know. It's a stupid pipe dream and I should find some better meds.

My contributions to this thread, all from Valleyfair. Renegade Steel Venom's Holding Break. Wild Thing Ascending.

Anyone for the Juggler?

Well whatever in Intamin's name replaces Corkscrew, it should have a corkscrew over the midway--if only for sentiment's sake.

May or may not be planning a trip to the Branson area in mid-late May (Between 20th-30th) how heavy should I expect the crowds to be? Especially for my favorite wooden (and maybe of all time) coaster, Outlaw Run? I remember when I visited in mid-June 2013, all rides except Powder Keg were walk-ons or 1-2 train waits.

Agreed, or maybe a small coaster that could interact with Magnum. Another possibility would be to use some/all of that space to enlarge Soak City. But I'm hoping for a coaster.

Doing some trip planning here. The week of August 25, I'm moving to the Tampa area for college and am going to spend at day at the park. So a few questions: -Area schools are back in session, correct? -Average price of a Bacon Pretzel Fury and related food items -How fast do the Cheetah Hunt/Falcon's Fury lines move? -Keeping in mind that the 25th is on a Thursday, what day of the week would be most optimal to visit? Lodging, admission and food (except the BPF) are already accounted for in the planning.

*Minnesotan laughing at the 17 degree weather being called super cold while lounging in -17 degree weather.

It makes sense that some/all/most of Gatekeeper has sandy track. It goes over the entrance to the park twice over where the tickets are sold. I would imagine that it's important for those associates to hear the annoying ACErs as they buy their tickets.

When that boat comes back, I'll bet it'll come with an announcement for a 5-mile in length, Strata-Aquatrax with at least 20 inversions that'll replace Chik-Fil-A.

I've heard B&M classify coasters over 200 feet as "Mega-Coasters" most likely due to the fact that they are a Swiss company-who uses the Metric System of measuring. 200 feet (Hyper)= 61 meters 300 feet (Giga)= 91.4 meters The meaning isn't the same. The impact is different. Just my .02

With how other Cedar Fair parks are getting "Gate Coasters," and many are expecting ours to take the place of Dinos. Here's a thought (though I'm not entirely sure how much of this land the park can build on): the entrance/queue could take the place of Ripcord with the lift rising over the parking lot entrance towards the dorms. Alternatively, the Ripcord could be replaced by a tunnel/skyway over said entrance to create a whole new section of the parking lot between the park entrance and the dorms. This could also create some great curb appeal for the park/help expand it. See attached picture.

At this point, I'm more optimistic about that Premier Launcher at WOF in 2018. Or maybe that Morey's Piers GCI. Possibly Speed returns in Vegas?

I say replace Vortex with a B&M wing coaster, Dinos Alive with an RMC wooden Hypercoaster, and use the old SoB station for an Intamin Giga.

Excited to be leaving SuperBumperTide?

Everyone did.

Can anyone compare KK's Thunder Run pre/post reopening as a comparison to Hurler? I've heard some good press about Thunder Run since its reopening and the two have similar layouts (if not identical). Or would this be an apples-->oranges situation?

Why couldn't it have been Humane Habitat? The night I worked there, we barely got anyone through. Those that I talked to said that the maze absolutely sucked from the scare potential to the storyline.