Thrillify Theme Park News » Cedar Point http://www.twistermc.com/thrillify Themepark News & Information from Minnesota Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:12:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 OMG Valleyfair is for Sale!!http://www.twistermc.com/thrillify/54/valleyfair-for-sale/ http://www.twistermc.com/thrillify/54/valleyfair-for-sale/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:50:18 +0000 Thomas http://www.thrillify.com/?p=54 Cedar Fair announced that Valleyfair is for sale!

Valleyfair 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 California’s Great America to the 49ers to use a a parking lot. A parking lot! Now that’s sad!

At this time Valleyfair will continue to operate as normal. If it does get sold, I wonder who’d it go to? Cedar Fair seems like such a good parent. To bad their purchase of Paramount Parks Inc. put them in so much debt.

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]]> http://www.twistermc.com/thrillify/54/valleyfair-for-sale/feed/ 0 Cedar Point’s New Coaster – Maverickhttp://www.twistermc.com/thrillify/22/cedar-points-new-coaster-maverick/ http://www.twistermc.com/thrillify/22/cedar-points-new-coaster-maverick/#comments Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:54:11 +0000 VF Ride Fan http://www.twistermc.com/valleyfair/themepark/cedar-points-new-coaster-maverick/ 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 of 70mph with amazing old west themed scenery, Maverick looks to be one amazing ride. Complete with tunnels, twists, upside down twirls and much more.

Maverick is Cedar Points 17th coaster and will open in 2007 in Frontiertown.

Checkout Maverick’s video & animations page to ride the ride.

Construction Photo

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]]> http://www.twistermc.com/thrillify/22/cedar-points-new-coaster-maverick/feed/ 0 Valleyfair income 4th in Cedar Fair Parks in 2005http://www.twistermc.com/thrillify/11/valleyfair-income-4th-in-cedar-fair-parks-in-2005/ http://www.twistermc.com/thrillify/11/valleyfair-income-4th-in-cedar-fair-parks-in-2005/#comments Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:08:19 +0000 VF Ride Fan http://www.twistermc.com/valleyfair/themepark/valleyfair-income-4th-in-cedar-fair-parks-in-2005/ Out of the Cedar Fair family of amusement parks, Valleyfair’s income came in 4th in 2005 at $36 million.

The 2005 Income List:

  1. Cedar Point $210 million
  2. Knott’s Berry Farm $186 million
  3. Dorney Park $56 million
  4. Valleyfair $36 million
  5. Worlds of Fun $35 million
  6. Geauga Lake $26 million
  7. Michigan’s Adventure $19 million

Knott’s and Cedar Point brought in about 70% of income which is huge. The other parks need to bring in more visitors somehow to help increase their totals. I know that Valleyfair has been adding an exciting new ride about every other year so their total should continue to increase.

Figures from an article in the Toledo Blade.

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