Valleyfair! was originally themed as a Coney Island -styled Turn-of-the-century amusement park; this leads to some jarring contrasts with modern-style rides like the steel Roller Coaster s Corkscrew and Wild Thing .
The major attractions at Valleyfair! are its several roller coasters and possibly more famously its wide array of water rides, a powerful draw during Minnesota's hot, long summer days.
- : The park's oldest coaster, an all-wood Out-and-back type coaster. It is 70 feet at the highest peak and it has a top speed of 50 mph.
- : The oldest all-steel coaster in Minnesota. Its primary features are a Loop and the two-twist Corkscrew segment that gives the coaster its name. This ride is 85 feet tall and has a top speed of 50 mph.
- : A hybrid wood-steel coaster. Excalibur's dips and curves are generally considered the most stomach-churning of any roller coaster located at Valleyfair!. The ride is 105 feet tall with a top speed of 55 mph
- : As the name suggests, a Wild Mouse Roller Coaster . Mad Mouse is built in the space formerly occupied by '''Rails''' ('''Wild Rails''' until 1996, a name change necessitated by the similarly-named Wild Thing), a similar coaster. Mad Mouse is 50 feet tall with a top speed 30 mph
- ''', with a 200 foot drop and the longest low-gravity section of any coaster in the world. It reaches the height of 207 feet and 74 mph.
- : A shuttle-type impulse coaster which reaches a maximum height of 185 feet and a top speed of 64 mph. Similar to the Wicked Twister .
- : A full-service waterpark with swimsuits available for purchase. Admission is free with park entrance. Known as '''Liquid Lightning Waterpark''' until 1992, when the name was changed and the waterpark was opened to general attendance (it had been an additional-fee attraction until 1992).
- : Known as ''Ye Olde Log Flume'' until the early 1990s. The Flume is a Log Flume ride. The balcony over the Flume's splashdown pool is one of the park's most popular dining locations.
- : A six-person raft ride; like all amusement park raft rides, getting wet is the point of the excursion. A thrilling ride and one of the park's most popular attractions, but on very hot days, the wait for this ride can easily exceed a full hour.
- : A large splashdown pool ride. The Wave is almost as popular for spectators as it is for riders, as the huge wave generated by the nose of the boat can splash almost ten feet beyond the fence around the ride.
- : An enclosed waterslide (located near the Flume, not in Whitewater Country Waterpark).
- : Long-lived game located near Hydroblaster, Roll-a-Ball is a multi-player game involving the rolling of balls into designated holes, each worth a different value. The winner of the game is the player whose cow can cross the finish line first. The cow moves according to the value of the ball rolled.
- : Contestants ask the game operator to guess either their age, weight, or birthday. If the operator fails to guess correctly, the player is awarded a prize.
- : Players throw ping-pong balls into dishes floating in water.
- ---: A 275 foot tall tower with three pillars. Two that bring you up slowly and shoot you down. One that blasts you up. Opening in 2000, Power Tower was and still is the tallest ride in Minnesota. Originally was supposed to be 300 feet tall, but a near by airport had there way and a law was passed that Valleyfair can not build rides taller than 275 feet.
- ---: NEW FOR 2006 A "giant swing set ride" that stands 100 ft tall, but swings it's rider 125 ft into the air provideing the felling of beening on a giant swing set. On it's debut, it was the second tallest of it's ride type. Just 2 ft shorter than Valleyfair's sister park's, Cedar Point , version called Sky Hawk, which also opens in 2006
- ValleyFair's antique '''Carousel'' (built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company ) operated at the nearby Excelsior Amusement Park from 1925-1976, and was moved to the new park for its opening (ValleyFair opened shortly after the Excelsior park closed).
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