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GM Dave Frazier just tweeted this pic. Looks like construction is starting on the new slide complex.

Only been on Goliath, so that's my favorite. It's also my favorite coaster of all-time, because it does everything to the max: the intensity, airtime, hangtime, and smoothness are all amazing on Goliath. If it really is everyone else's least favorite RMC, then I cannot wait to ride the other ones!

No wish to backfire. I wish I had a time machine.

Valleyfair can get relatively crowded on Saturdays and some Sundays during Summer, but on weekdays, there really aren't any lines longer than 15, maybe 20 minutes. It's nice to be able to marathon almost anything in the park when you go on a weekday.

Garyman6, when you interview Mr. Frazier on the 27th, could you ask him how much the waterpark expansion cost? If you can get an answer, it will give us a better idea of whether this was a quality investment or an "on-the-cheap" addition. I'm reserving judgement until I know the facts because I currently know nothing about waterslide costs.

Granted, but Millenium Force becomes so intense that it causes G-LOC. I wish I lived closer to my local park.

^ The reason I think the Space Shot tower is more intense is because you go straight into the action faster, and I find it to be more forceful. But I do like the Turbo Drop towers too because you get a great view of the park and the Minnesota River Valley when you're waiting at the top.

They both have GCI woodies. SF Great America and SF Discovery Kingdom?

Valleyfair Photo Trip Report - September 14, 2014 Went to Valleyfair today, and I felt like making a Photo TR out of it, so that's what this is. Days at Valleyfair don't get much better than this. Crowds were pretty light, never waited very long for anything, the weather was perfect, and I got a bunch of laps in. Ride Count Renegade - 10 Wild Thing - 5 Steel Venom - 3 Excalibur - 3 Corkscrew - 2 High Roller - 1 Mad Mouse - 1 Power Tower (Blue) - 1 Xtreme Swing - 1 Shakopee is a pretty boring town... Hydroblaster Hill, soon to be home to the new slide complex, which I'm really looking forward to. Finally took a ride on Mad Mouse for this season. Unfortunately, it wasn't very mad today. High Roller from afar. The trims were really strong today Hello, Renegade. FunTV in the Renegade queue. It can sometimes be annoying, but overall, I like it. A relatively empty Renegade station. Excalibur was, dare I say, running pretty good for it's last day before hibernation. The spot where the new splash pad will be going next year. Sounds like the old dining patio is probably getting demolished. A new SC entrance is probably going here. Corkscrew's loop, my favorite part of the ride. Lots of Haunt theming has been set up. It's always a good day to be at Valleyfair when the parking lot looks like this. Steel Venom twistiness. Wild Thing entering the boring part of the figure-8. Rides of Valleyfair's past. Hellside Farm. Ghost boat on the Wave. Finally took a ride on Power Tower. I chose the Space Shot side because it's more intense, and has a hint of airtime at the top. Took a ride on Extreme Swing. Why is it that this is the only ride at the park that shows the wait time? Two new shows are coming to Galaxy Theater for Haunt, but it never said what they were. Mr. Cleaver's Bloodshed. Is it just me, or do you guys find Excalibur's ride ops bent on stapling you? Last day for Street Beat. It's always nice listening to these guys. Another relatively empty station. This is why today was a great day. A little fall foliage has started to show up on some trees. It should look great here in a few weeks. Wild Thing cresting the lift. Airtime! My Renegade lap count so far this season is 42. Looks like I'll make my goal of 50. Ended the day with Steel Venom. The train was flying through here. Thanks for a great day, Valleyfair! That's it for my TR. If there's anything in here that's not that great, I'm open to constructive criticism. ...except for this part of it.

Wild Thing at Valleyfair - 5 minutes ago.

Really, CP? You were serious? This will be interesting...

They're both one of the smallest parks in their respective chains. Valleyfair and Kings Dominion?

^ Well, Wild Thing cost $10 million, and Raptor cost $12 million, so something Raptor-esque here isn't totally unrealistic, but I agree that something like Talon is probably more likely. The reason I don't say it will be Patriot-esque is because Patriot is 149 ft tall, and GM Dave Frazier said that VF won't be getting a huge invert like Banshee. Even though 149 ft isn't huge, that's still relatively tall, whereas Talon's height is 135 ft. Also, I don't think VF's next coaster will be a clone of something else because according to garyman6, VF is pushing CF to give us something unique, which is great.

Granted, but it's on the other side of the country and in the middle of nowhere. I wish I wasn't tired all the time.

I originally said that I thought Twisted Colossus was going to be better, but now I've changed my mind. After seeing Wicked Cyclone's animated POV, I think that it will really be a mind-blowing ride with extreme intensity and tons of airtime. Don't get me wrong, TC will still be amazing, but my gosh, Wicked Cyclone is looking like a bucket list ride for me.

Dragon Challenge: Chinese Fireball at Islands of Adventure.

They both have B&M inverts. What's a similarity between Cedar Point and Michigan's Adventure?

This is more of a common thing that the GP says, but sometimes when a random stranger sits next to me on a ride, they'll occasionally say "Good luck" to me. I've never really understood why they say it. They're probably saying "Good luck on not getting killed on this ride." When is the GP going to learn that roller coasters are safe?

Tornado IAD woodie

A little under a month ago - Demon - Six Flags Great America. When was the last time you rode a hypercoaster?

Obviously putting it near the front would give it the best curb appeal, but if they can't, hopefully they can get something tall that can be seen from afar. When you approach the park on Highway 101 or 169, Wild Thing, Steel Venom, and Power Tower are the first rides you can see, and if another coaster was tall enough to be seen with those three, that could help to draw people in.

Granted, they start putting advertising everywhere else in the park that's humanly possible, including on the midway concrete and the queue line switchback rails. I wish that Six Flags' queue line TVs played less annoying content.

Another one I should add is that if the temperatures are going to be hovering within a few degrees of 40, I'll just not go to the park because 40 degrees is when the parks usually shut down the rides, and I don't want to waste my time or money going to the park if I can't ride the coasters.