Valleyfair

I really liked my first visit to Valleyfair. The park layout is a little odd, but my brother and I figured it out pretty quick. The place has great scenery, lots of plants, trees and there's a few coasters that really fit in their respective areas. Corkscrew over the water looks great. Wild Thing in the back, towering over everything. Valleyfair has a great energy. And their number one coaster, Renegade is awesome. One of the better GCIs for sure. Needs some smoothing in a couple spots, but other than that 10/10. High Roller, the park's other wooden roller coaster was also great. Nice force and air, while still being very smooth. Steel Venom was good, Wild Thing was bland, Corkscrew was also kinda bland. But I really enjoyed my visit, which was in the fall so it was pretty cold.

Fun for all ages, there's even rides for little kids. For some reason tickets online are way cheaper than paying at the gate. If you are going on busy days, fast pass would be good if you don't want to wait in line for an hour. Food & drinks are expensive! You can always re-enter so if you wanna save some money you can bring your own food from home and leave it in a cooler in the car. Kids are going to be super tired so strollers and trolleys would be really handy.

This was the highlight of my kid's summer vacation! Highly recommend going during the week and during the State Fair so lines are shorter. Bought 2 premium meal plans for 6 people and ate every 90 minutes. Drink refills every 15 minutes. Water park was a hit and the wave pool. Be sure kids are 48" or options for rides are more limited. Stayed until it closed at 10pm.