Photo TR: Valleyfair Opening Weekend

[Vffreak07]

Hello!

 

Boyscout Weekend. My end to the offseason. It started out cold & ended up warm & sunny. I had an amazing time, got to meet a lot of nice & cool people, got to see all of the upgrades in the park, got to have a bunch of firsts, and I especially had fun hanging out with the Ripcord crew! Here's my PTR:

 

 

Well I got there around 8:15am, and saw that nobody was really in line, so I decided to go ahead & be the first in line. I stood there for about 15 minutes, and then a little kid showed up & started bugging the people in the park that were working to get everything ready. Sort of embarrassing. Then I proceeded to tell him I wasn't a boyscout, which I guess means that despite the fact that I payed $20 dollars, I shouldn't be allowed in. How that story ends, use your imagination.

 

Then at around 8:55 they opened the park, and I can honestly say I was the first person in for the 2009 season! As soon as I got in, I immediately walked towards High Roller to check it out after its offseason rehab. They opened the rest of the park, and I got to be the first person on High Roller for the 2009 season as well! I must say it is VERY improved! Very very very smooth.

 

After that, I went to check out the rest of the upgrades in the park. Blahh I can't think of what else to say other then that I heard a LOT of dumb comments/quotes today, made a lot of new friends, screwed up the hut season pass upgrade system, and rode Ripcord 6 times & had a blast with the staff!

 

Ride Count:

High Roller - 2

Flying Trapeze - 1

Renegade - 1

Antique Autos - 1

Excalibur - 1

Wild Thing - 1

Steel Venom - 1

Ripcord - 6

Go Karts - 3

 

Onto the pictures!

 

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On the road to VF. Woohoo!

 

No offense to anyone who did, but I'm REALLY glad I didn't camp out!

 

Awww Mr. Panda looks happy today. Must be because VF is finally open!

 

New Signage! Looks nice! +5 points.

 

Breaker's Bayyyy got sum swagga.

 

Nice nice. Games are always fun. Actually not true, they removed my favorite game this year

 

With the removal of the flume, there is now a HUGE area of concrete. I smell expansion.

 

Soon to be Beer Garden.

 

Shout! - The new show! Great show by the way.

 

New this year - Cinnabon! Great stuff.

 

Brotherly love!

 

Pathetic

 

Close upppp.

 

"Neighhhh, yeah go away I feel betrayed"

 

They were handing out beef jerky around the park. Free food is always nice!

 

New show was amazing!

 

Breaker's Bay was filled about half way during the day.

 

How they filled it up:

 

Thunda Canyon

 

Hi my name's useless. What's yours?

 

Go Karts were fun!

 

 

Well that's about it. I had a great time, and I'm going again the 19th! Can't wait!

[holyblakbelt]

Valleyfair looks sweet this year! I'm digging the signage of the wavepool and I'm overally excited to go there this year.

 

And yes, the amphitheatre needs to go. Hopefully for a new flat.

[Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess]

Ah, Panda Express, one of my favorite places for "theme park food".

 

I see you didn't ride Corkscrew. Not open? Or just didn't feel like it?

 

And 6 rides on Ripcord? Thats alot!

[Vffreak07]

^ To be honest, I'm not a big fan of Corkscrew, although I heard it's a lot smoother this year.

[Movieguy]

You know, I remember when I was a kid, and an Arrow Corkscrew was a cause for great excitement.

 

How the times change, huh?

[Vffreak07]

I figured I'd save another thread & just post the pics I took today.

 

 

Fountain of Disconess

 

Haha the girl in this photo seemed to like my camera. This crowd developed in about 4 minutes. It was nuts!

 

The fountains were on in Breaker's today!

 

Power Tower was fun today. Seemed extra boosting.

 

And then the Wave was all "SPLOOSH!"

 

And then that lady was all wet. I can't stand getting wet with clothes on. Makes me uncomfortable.

 

They removed the other swing of XS for maintenance today, so it was literally running one swing.

 

The Soak crew was busy putting in the Cabana roofs.

 

Those are the Regular Cabanas, the VIP or Better ones are on the left side of the wavepool.

 

Sort of an overview.

 

ICEE Mix-it-Up FTW!

 

Hi my name is Grassy Expansion what's yours?

 

Good Monkey. Please eat LS.

 

Hurricane Falls was um . . . Testing?

 

So was the Lazy River!

 

"NO! DON'T TAKE ME ON EXCALIBUR!!! PLEASE!!! I'LL EVEN GO ON RIPTIDE!"

 

"I'M NOT GOING! You'll have to yank me off to get me to go!"

 

The 1st & Last cars are about to have fun.

 

PT.

 

Rennie!

 

Chaos was fun!

 

Yep. They had this sign up today.

 

 

Peace,

 

~Vffreak07