Themepark News & Information from Minnesota
Cedar Fair announced that Valleyfair is for sale! I guess Cedar Fair wants to pay down it’s debts and that means putting Valleyfair up for the highest bidder. Granted, I’d love to own it, but I don’t think $100 would cover it. However, even more disturbing news is that Cedar Fair is thinking of selling [...]
Cedar Point, the sister part of Valleyfair, is opening up their own old west themed coaster in 2007 called Maverick. Maverick is a steel coaster that has an amazing 95-degree angle drop and has linear synchronous motors to propel the train. Meaning it doesn’t climb slowly up a hill, it races up hills. Reaching speeds [...]
Out of the Cedar Fair family of amusement parks, Valleyfair’s income came in 4th in 2005 at $36 million. The 2005 Income List: Cedar Point $210 million Knott’s Berry Farm $186 million Dorney Park $56 million Valleyfair $36 million Worlds of Fun $35 million Geauga Lake $26 million Michigan’s Adventure $19 million Knott’s and Cedar [...]
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