Ride At Valleyfair Closed After Fire

[LcHg5265]

(WCCO) A ride at Valleyfair Amusement Park in Shakopee, Minn. was closed Wednesday following a fire.

 

According to Rachel Onken, marketing manager at Valleyfair, maintenance crews noticed the fire in an electrical box of the Xtreme Swing ride around 9 a.m.

 

Workers attempted to control the fire themselves but called the Shakopee Fire Department around 10:22 a.m. for assistance.

 

Police and fire crews responded and the fire was extinguished around 10:30 a.m.

 

Onken said Valleyfair maintenance workers are assessing the damage to determine what caused the fire.

 

The ride is expected to be closed for rest of the season.

 

Valleyfair is open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 28. Their final days of the season are Oct. 29, 30 and 31.

 

Link: http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_248130900.html

[Moose]

Since the park does not open till 10am and this was "around 9 a.m." I am guessing this was during morning testing.

[snorkymn]

This sucks.. I was just on in Saturday and was going back in the next few weekends.. It was probably the 2nd or 3rd best ride in the park, and will be missed!

 

It was also one of the most frustrating rides in the park, with how dumb people are that ride it. (People try to take loose items on the ride, so they have to unlock seats to let people take items back to the bins, then they have to re-check all th seats, etc.) It really slows the lines down a LOT. I say anyone dumb enough to try to wear flip-flops on the ride, or gets in their seat and is holding a purse, camera, bag, etc.. should just be escorted from the park for being stupid. I actually saw a woman have to make 2 trips from her seat to the bin. Once to put her shoes there, after the ride ops told her. Then to put her ipod there when she sat back down and was holding that and the ops caught her holding that.

[lil jimmy norton]

Good thing no one was on the ride. The post and the news report says that the ride will be closed for the rest of the season, but the article says it's going to re-open. I'm confused.

[CTcoastin]

If this was Wednesday, the park wouldn't have been open in the first place. It's a good thing that workers were still around to see it!

[LcHg5265]

It seems that the link has since been updated. Good news that it wasn't ride components and that it will be open again soon.

 

(WCCO) A ride at Valleyfair Amusement Park in Shakopee, Minn. was closed Wednesday following a fire.

 

According to Rachel Onken, marketing manager at Valleyfair, maintenance crews noticed the fire near a telephone junction box by the Xtreme Swing ride around 9 a.m.

 

Workers attempted to control the fire themselves but called the Shakopee Fire Department around 10:22 a.m. for assistance.

 

Police and fire crews responded and the fire was extinguished around 10:30 a.m.

 

Onken said Valleyfair maintenance workers are assessing the damage to determine what caused the fire.

 

The ride is being tested and is expected to reopen to the public this weekend.

 

Valleyfair is open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 28. Their final days of the season are Oct. 29, 30 and 31.

[snorkymn]

That's good.. It's a great ride and would be really missed.