Vffreak07's Ongoing Valleyfair Thread!

[Vffreak07]

Well, yesterday was the Marketing Photo Shoot, and it was basically awesome! I got there around 9:45, and right away went to the season pass office. If you guys had read my East Coast(er) Trip Reports, you guys would know that I lost my VF season pass at Michigan's Adventure. Well, I went in to get it replaced because I had the Challenge Park upgrades. I went in, and asked the lady at the desk if I could replace it and gave her my name, and it turns out that they had it! What a great way to start out the day! After that I headed to Renegade, but got stopped along the way because the park hadn't opened yet. On the way I saw the haunt setup that was over by Chateau last year. It was pretty cool & I loved the music!

 

 

After they opened up that side of the park, I went back to Renegade and got first row/seat of the day. It was awesome! Although Renegade to me seems a bit slower than usual but I dunno it might just be the weather. After that I went on Mad Mouse to see haunt stuff. The new ramp looks great! Also, there were about 3-4 huge packages of wooden singles (walls) laying next High Roller. Later those will be going up inside. After Mad Mouse, I headed over to the Hellside area and there were a couple green markings on the ground.

 

 

After that, I headed back to the car so we could drive around back to get to Administrative Offices for the Photo Shoot. Entering the service road, right when you enter, there's another flag in the Flume area.

 

 

I then went into Admin Offices which was kinda cool, and then the whole group walked out to the Birthday Patio (Above the Flume Splashdown area). We had Pizza Hut & some pop, and then headed out to Renegade. We got 13 rides on that, and then headed over to Xtreme Swing. We got 4-5 rides on that and then left. There was a Midway shoot I was gonna try to get in, but they had a family there they wanted so I decided later to skip out on it. I headed towards the front to say hi to the Ripcord Crew (They rule!) and on the way, I noticed that Valleyfair has added another ICEE stand right next to Grandma's Bake & Sweet Shoppe.

 

 

Then I went to Ripcord, and got 6 rides on that to make my count up to 30 this year. I signed up for the last ride of the day to make the final count (unless Ripcord is going to be open during the haunt) 31. Shoutout to the Ripcord Crew. You guys are awesome! (And quite historical as well )

 

Overall it was an amazing day, and also sad because the next time I'll see Valleyfair (or Scare in this case) will be 39 days from now on September 27th for the 3rd annual Valleyscare Halloween Haunt. Can't wait!

[Vffreak07]

Sorry for the double post, but I figured I wouldn't let this thread die! I went to the park to get my processing done for this year. I got a platinum pass, and let me just say, they look great! For all of you who have no idea about what's new to Valleyfair this year, let me sum it up for you all!

 

-Food: There will be all new food choices this year! Cinnabon, Subway, and the retheming of Atomic Subs will make the food lineup fairly grand for once!

 

-Shows: A couple new shows will be brought into the park this year. Solid Brass on the Gazebo Stage won't be returning, but something similar will. In the Galaxy Theater, Chipper Lowell is out (Thank God), and a new magic/comedy show will be put in as well. The Benchwarmerz (roaming midway band) will return this year, as well as the Squiggles in Kidworks.

 

-Rides/Attractions: Breaker's Bay, a 350,000 gallon wavepool is replacing the Flume which was located towards the back of the park. With the expansion of Breaker's Bay, Soak City is nearly doubling its size. With the Wavepool, new Cabanas, a new merch shop, new locker rooms, as well as a new eatery entitled Beach Bites.

 

Lots more things are happening this season, and I'm very optimistic that this season will be a great one with the expansion of Breaker's Bay & Soak City!

 

Enough blabbing, onto the photos!

*Photo above caption, caption below photo*

 

 

Off in the distance . . .

 

 

Wild Thing's lookin nice!

 

Steelie. The actual train was on the track, just not the seats. Kinda naked ya know...

 

There's the new bathhouse/changing room area!

 

I'm going to the Pre-Opening Day Saturday event (the park opens on May 19th, a Tuesday this year), so I'll post some photos for that when that comes along! Hope you all enjoyed the update!

 

~Vffreak