RenegadeFan Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Sorry everyone. This a bit late, but I thought you'd still like to see how my day was at Valleyfair. RIDE COUNT: Renegade: 2 Wild Thing: 2 Steel Venom: 3 Corkscrew: 1 Excalibur: 1 Xtreme Swing: 1 Thunder Canyon: 1 Flying Trapeze: 1 (I forgot got to take a picture of this, but it's CRAZY!) BACKWARDS TR:[/i] Got there right after opening. There where A LOT of school groups. Let me rephrase that: WAY too many school groups! But the great thing was they all left about 2:00, so the park was almost empty the rest of the afternoon. HI! First up was Steel Venom. Twisty track... Lines. Crap. Wild Thing! At least the park still has trees! Down the midway there's... Power Tower... Riptide... A closed Xtreme Swing!?!? Explanation of closing it down... "We don't know." Up next was Power Tower (blue!) Corkscrew! No more on-ride photos... Then it was time for Wild Thing! I'll go with just the cold drink... Up next was the ever entertaining Renegade. See, the line stopped moving for about 20 minutes. About 1/2 way through the started to run rider-less test runs, so about 70 people left the ride because they thought it was broken. They were actually adding the second train on! It only took me about 10 more minutes once they got the second train going. See, it pays to stay in line! After lunch (corndog), a soaking ride on Thunder Canyon (VERY cold), and a shaking ride on Excalibur, it was time for Wild Thing again. Today's worst artsy shot, lol. Zoomage! Xtreme Swing did open later. This ride has the best photo ops (from the line that is). Corkscrew was up next, where there was... NO LINE! That's a first for me! It was because they were running two trains (another first for me to see!) Plus, everybody in my group got head banged except for me! It pays to be six feet tall, lol! Went back to Renegade one last time after Corkscrew. For my last ride, it was between Power Tower Red and Steel Venom, and I choose... Steel Venom! And front row too! Best shot of the day. And before you know it, the day is over. Bye! Then it was time for me to go off and camp near the MN Zoo and sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Nicky Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Corkscrews photos have been long gone. Other than your photos beeing in reverse order, great job on your first Photo-TR. You had some great shots in there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 You did the typical first time PTR mistake. You previewed, thought the pics were backwards, and re did it. Note to any who post PTR's. If you preview your post before submitting, it will show the pictures in reverse order. Not to worry, once you submit, they go up in the order you uploaded them. Nice pics. And at least you had sun! Two trips to VF, and I've yet to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenegadeFan Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 Oops! Sorry about reserve order. Guess I'm a n00b! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 You did the typical first time Photo TR mistake. You previewed, thought the pics were backwards, and re did it. Guilty! It takes a lot of work to try and do a photo TR with the pictures in reverse order as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jslim39 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Damn valleyfair looks AWESOME! i'm in Minneapolis a couple times each year, forgot Valleyfair was in MN, I gotta get here sometime, great TR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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