Valleyfair (VF) Discussion Thread

[Toaster Bot 0]

I found some recent satellite images of Valleyfair and figured I would share some of the additions and changes I noticed:

New corn cart building

New drink stand in the front of the park

The dinosaurs and pathing has been removed from the former location of Dinosaurs Alive

(part of) Looping starship has been moved in front of Berserkers

The former location of Looping Starship

Some trees have been removed from behind bumper cars. I doubt this means anything, but figured I might as well include it

A small new building was added to the backstage area of the park

[Donomike05 0]

Is Valleyfair having a Christmas Celebration? 

[RCjunkie 0]

It looks that way, good find.  If you go to the site www.christmasincolor.net you can already sign up to buy tickets for Valleyfair. They have 5 other places listed in the United States also.   It starts the day after Thanksgiving and runs through Christmas Eve.  Below is information from their website. 

*** Remember it is 1 Ticket Per Vehicle *** $30.00 per vehicle Sunday – Thursday from 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day Time slots are sold for 30-minute increments. You can arrive anytime within the purchased 30 minute time period. 

Looks like I may actually make it into the park in 2020. 

[PKI Jizzman 34]

I miss Renegade! 

[garyman6 1]

This would be a good trial run for a future "Christmas in Minnesota" Lights, food festival and maybe a couple of shows.  I'm sure Cedar Fair will be watching it closely.  It looks like they have just rented the park out to a third party for this so maybe they will just go that route in the future as well.  Anyway you look at it, it's exciting!

[VF15 3]

They’re back at it again. 

[garyman6 1]

Just got this in an e-mail 5 min ago.  Yee Haw, they are planning to open!  Can't wait!!

[grsupercity 26]

25 minutes ago, garyman6 said:

Just got this in an e-mail 5 min ago.  Yee Haw, they are planning to open!  Can't wait!!

Seems like all Cedar Fair parks received a similar email with most opening a little later then usual 

[Coaster Bro 0]

Wow these hours are sad. https://www.valleyfair.com/explore/calendar-and-hours No Mondays-Wednesdays or night rides outside of Grand Carnival. My guess is they’ve had a hard time hiring people so far or they possibly expect low attendance.

[RCjunkie 0]

When you look at those operating hours they are mighty sparse. Not open Mon-Wed and closing at 7 pm Thursdays, 8 pm for Friday's until the last week in July and then only 3 straight weeks of open time and back to the 'normal' schedule for the rest of the year after that.  But it is better than last year, at least they will be open.  

[jimmiemac02 0]

Those hours certainly make me think about my season pass and add ons purchase. I realize for an amusement park, it’s pretty cheap, but paying the 2019 price to renew for 2020 (now 2021) thinking I would get the same (or better) value as the prior year and only getting around 60% of the value certainly makes me think about my purchase.

 

On the bright side, I’m very happy Valleyfair will finally open! On Facebook, they stated the hours were subject to change if restrictions looses, but I agree with the other posters that it’s probably due to lack of staffing since they do not have any international staff.