Valleyfair
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Aerial view of Valleyfair
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| Slogan | Thrills Connect |
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| Location | Shakopee, Minnesota, United States |
| Coordinates | 44°47′55.47″N 93°27′12.13″W / 44.7987417°N 93.4533694°WCoordinates: 44°47′55.47″N 93°27′12.13″W / 44.7987417°N 93.4533694°W |
| Owner | Cedar Fair Entertainment Company |
| General Manager | Brad Marcy |
| Opened | May 25, 1976 |
| Operating season | May through Late October/Early November |
| Area | 125 acres (0.51 km2) (0.5 km²) |
| Rides | |
| Total | 48 |
| Roller coasters | 8 |
| Water rides | 3 |
| Website | http://www.valleyfair.com/ |
Valleyfair is a 125-acre (51 ha) amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States. Owned by Cedar Fair, the park opened in 1976 and now features over 75 rides and attractions including eight roller coasters. Valleyfair also has a water park called Soak City which is included with the price of admission. Cedar Point and Valleyfair were the first two parks in the Cedar Fair chain (although Cedar Point Amusement Park originally opened in 1870) and a combination of the park names – "cedar" and "fair" – were used to name the company.
Valleyfair opened in 1976 featuring 20 rides and attractions on 26 acres (110,000 m2), with the roller coaster High Roller being the main attraction. The carousel in the park came from Excelsior Amusement Park which was closed in 1973. It is the oldest ride in the park. In 1978 in an effort to increase investment capital for continued park expansion, Valleyfair was acquired by Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio and placed under the management of Cedar Fair Limited Partnership. The park continues to grow every year with new rides and attractions. Since 1976, Valleyfair has invested over $96 million into the park, and today the park has over 75 attractions on 125 acres (51 ha) of land. A height restriction was imposed in the year 2000 with the building of Power Tower. After negotiations with the FAA and the nearby Flying Cloud Airport, the FAA restricted the building height of Power Tower at 275 feet (84 m) due to its proximity to the airport. Power Tower's original plan was to be a height of 300 feet (91 m) and to take riders to 275 feet (84 m).
As the park is located on the banks of the Minnesota River, flooding can become an issue during the springtime months before the park usually opens (or when the park is open for the season), notably in 1988, 1993, 1997 and 2014. Excalibur and Thunder Canyon are built outside of a pre-existing river dike, and were built with this flooding potential in mind.
These are the water rides besides those in the Soak City.
Planet Snoopy is a kids area within the park created for the 2011 season as part of a $9 million expansion.
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