Today, there about 70 year-round employees. When the park debuted in 1976, there were 900 seasonal employees and 63 full-time staff. Today, Valleyfair is the largest amusement park in the upper Midwest with eight thrilling roller coasters, Planet Snoopy, Soak City Waterpark and more than 75 rides and attractions on 90 acres of land.
The park continues to grow every year with new rides and attractions. The acquisition allowed Valleyfair to keep its accelerated expansion plan and also gave the park the expertise of one of the largest amusement parks in the world. In 1978, Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio acquired Valleyfair, under the management of Cedar Fair Limited Partnership. Wanting to capitalize on this success and continue with an accelerated expansion plan, Valleyfair’s management determined they needed additional investors. The first two years of operation were successful. High Roller-the sole roller coaster-was the main attraction.
When the park opened in 1976, it included extensive land development, rides, attractions, buildings, and landscaping. In August of 1974, the construction of Valleyfair began. The park was created and built by two local businessmen whose dream it was to build an amusement park that would provide entertainment for the entire family. The initial park investment was $7.5 million. Valleyfair Family Amusement Park opened its gates over 35 years ago with 20 rides and attractions on 26 acres in Shakopee, Minnesota. Riders are issued guns that they can aim at targets embedded along the route.Take a trip with us through Valleyfair's history! As a bonus, Adventure Canyon doubles as kind of a moving shooting gallery. They next enter the casino and pass Old West scenes as well as curious patrons. The adventure begins outdoors as passengers climb up and into a mountain and then splash down. Adventure Canyon Log Flume gives new meaning to the gambling expression “let it ride.” If riding a log flume inside a mall is odd, imagine one that cuts right through the middle of a casino. Primm Valley Casino Resorts, Primm, Nevada But in a a nod to Minnesota folklore, the attraction also includes a cameo from Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. The Knott’s folks originally built the park, and it was first known as Knott’s Camp Snoopy. If some of the old-timey, sawmill-themed scenes resemble the ones from Knott’s Log Ride, it’s no accident. Still, the Log Chute kindly keeps the splashing to a minimum. Otherwise, Nickelodeon Universe, located in chilly suburban Minneapolis, could only operate its water ride few months of the year without giving its customers pneumonia.
It might seem odd to have a log flume ride at an indoor, climate-controlled park, but it's also practical. It proved so popular that Six Flags added a second flume adjacent to the first one in 1968 to accommodate the crowds. Located in the Spain section, the historic ride is known as El Aserradero (The Sawmill). The first-ever log flume ride debuted in 1963 at what is considered the first regional theme park: Six Flags over Texas in Arlington. In addition to plummeting down a hill, riders get soaked – or at least a bit wet – when the vehicles hit the splash pool at the bottom. Typically, conveyer belt-style lifts bring the vehicles up a hill, and then gravity and the water's current keep them moving through the flume.īut unlike roller coasters, which usually unleash their biggest drops near the beginning of the ride, flume rides save the suspense for their finales. Mimicking timber floating downstream to a lumber mill, passengers sit in hollowed-out “logs” and meander along a winding flume. The concept of the amusement park staple is fairly straightforward. They have not been around as long as roller coasters and carousels, but log flume rides have been thrilling – and dousing – visitors for decades. View Gallery: America's best log-flume rides, from Splash Mountain to El Aserradero
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