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Valleyfair Project 2026

Lori Marie Loud said:
Grain of salt, of course, but...

A user on ParkFans who has inside sources has stated that Valleyfair is gearing up for its first major coaster investment in god knows how many years for 2026. The park GM wants a Raptor very badly but CF corporate wants a B&M Invert. This coaster would take over the long vacant Dinosaurs Alive plot.

How interesting...
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So 2026 will be the 50th anniversary for Valleyfair and will be nineteen years since a new coaster. Due to that amount of time AND it being such a big anniversary I think at least two new coasters are much needed. I would love to see a raptor, maybe that teased T-Rex that has been talked about forever. I think a great wing coaster would be a nice compliment or for the sake of handling big crowds quickly how about a long dive coaster with some unseen innovation or of course a great long launch coaster...ok so maybe three coasters are needed. Plug an RMC hybrid in for any of those if desired. Ok I know three coasters is way too carried away, but it sure would be nice. This park is nice and clean and easy to get to from the airport and a quick ride too! Two amazing coasters to go along with what is already there would bring crowds from all over the world (at least the crowds that love rollercoasters!) It would also be bringing crowds from mid-Wisconsin here for a summer getaway where currently they would have to be insane not to go to Six Flags Great America, which is far superior to our clean, little, beloved Valleyfair. Yes Cedar Fair/Six Flags can afford it, having enough room would be a bigger problem, but I am sure buying land is possible too.
 
As a Minnesotan I’ve been watching this for a while can anyone let me know how the merger affect the possible date of this coaster as in the merger was just completed
 
Fiender said:
Gonna copy my post from that thread lol. So, grain of salt consumed and all, but I still have to wonder why would the GM would want a raptor over an invert. If he's a total enthusiast, maybe? But I can't imagine why he'd turn down a $25M investment in favor of an $8-15M one.

-Could he possibly think that a raptor would be that much better for VF than an invert?
-Does he just want something more unique than other CF Parks?
-Could he be hoping to get a second, cheaper addition later-on with all the money the home office would be saving?
-Is he envisioning using the total hypothetical invert budget, perhaps on a double raptor like the Walibi Holland addition, or perhaps dueling thrill raptors?
-Or was he unimpressed by Banshee (I, for one, hated its rattle) and realizes that a modern B&M invert would probably be very similar?
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They could do a raptor and that Zamperla coaster for 25ish milly.
 
There was a bunch of gravel placed in the lay-down lot several weeks ago. Not a huge deal usually but definitely noteworthy activity at a park notorious for not doing ANYTHING new over the last handful of years. Literally the biggest project recently was removing franchise branding from a coffee shop this past offseason.

I feel like Valleyfair will break the ice on something sooner or later. The big opportunity would be the Harley Quinn Discovery from Six Flags America, which only has a couple years on it and is something the chain will try to keep. Every other park in the chain either has a perfect serviceable/similar pendulum ride or physically can't take it, if Michigan's Adventure and Darien Lake can't work then Valleyfair might have it forced on them. They have a few options on where they could put it at that park, not saying it will happen but if Siren's Curse is any indication, the Six Flags committee can move swiftly when they need to.
 
TPoseOnTantrum said:
I feel like Valleyfair will break the ice on something sooner or later. The big opportunity would be the Harley Quinn Discovery from Six Flags America, which only has a couple years on it and is something the chain will try to keep. Every other park in the chain either has a perfect serviceable/similar pendulum ride or physically can't take it, if Michigan's Adventure and Darien Lake can't work then Valleyfair might have it forced on them. They have a few options on where they could put it at that park, not saying it will happen but if Siren's Curse is any indication, the Six Flags committee can move swiftly when they need to.
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Harley Quinn probably won't be the play, as the park already has The Artist Formerly Known As Prince: The Ride.

Agreed, anything going in would be great for the park, especially in a climate of more Six Flags mouths to feed.
 
TPoseOnTantrum said:
There was a bunch of gravel placed in the lay-down lot several weeks ago. Not a huge deal usually but definitely noteworthy activity at a park notorious for not doing ANYTHING new over the last handful of years. Literally the biggest project recently was removing franchise branding from a coffee shop this past offseason.

I feel like Valleyfair will break the ice on something sooner or later. The big opportunity would be the Harley Quinn Discovery from Six Flags America, which only has a couple years on it and is something the chain will try to keep. Every other park in the chain either has a perfect serviceable/similar pendulum ride or physically can't take it, if Michigan's Adventure and Darien Lake can't work then Valleyfair might have it forced on them. They have a few options on where they could put it at that park, not saying it will happen but if Siren's Curse is any indication, the Six Flags committee can move swiftly when they need to.
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Ah, that video of the variance hearing is very encouraging. I was thinking about looking at PC minutes to see if anything has been applied for
 
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