Valleyfair Family Amusement Park Reviews

Best place for family fun. Awesome rides. Great employees. Wonderful food and you get a good amount for the prices they have. Funnel cakes are bigger here than I've seen at any park!

I went during Valley Scare for the first time ever with my daughter. We had a blast!!! I was impressed with all the cool decorations they did around the place with some pumpkins and skeletons.

Employes are so friendly and it's so awesome and fun

I personally haven't gone to the fair. I applied for a job across hwy 101

We took our 6.5 year old for the first time and it was amazing, clean and food was great. She was just 48" tall and we got a wrist band at guest services so that she wouldn't need to be measured at each ride. However, her height was still often double checked before boarding any rides. Some may find that annoying, but it was reassuring how well the ride attendants were trained to put safety first. We had a blast and will definitely be back!

My son & I had an amazing time on the Fourth of July! We arrived early. We did buy the food all you can eat all day & the drinks. Next time we will split the food one since you can eat every three hours & it was too costly to buy for two. Not all the stands accept the food pass but they did have plenty that did. The drinks were cheap enough for us to buy two passes & they have a handle you can carry them with you. The lockers were a bit spendy @$15 all day. If you don't bring valuables inside, you are allowed to set them to the left by the rides where no one will touch them. The fire works were amazing again!!! the whole reason why we came. =)
It did rain & some of the rides shut down but it was only temporary.

THE ROLLER COASTERS GO SO HIGH WOW also the food is good

Great place to take the family. Brought our daughter for her 3rd birthday, she loved it!

Awesome big roller coasters but not many mid level thrills.

Great place. Short lines and lots of different types of ride s.

Only complain is how much the vending machines cost. Water is like $3 a bottle, but you should expect that. Nice employees. Huge potential for fun. They have a little bit of everything for everyone.

I have a lot of fun going there it's a blast! I really enjoy using my Gold season passes their definitely worth getting if you go at least 2 times a year saves a lot of money !

The park is nice and the rides are awesome. Pretty expensive, but fun and worth it once in a while.

The park is great, I enjoyed the addition of new rides. Ive been on almost every ride and exhibit here. However Highroller def needs replacing (its about ready to die. Like i ride all the extreme ones and i love them. However this one as well as excaliber felt dangerous and in need of retiring. High roller looks depleated, paint mostly gone, and boards weather worn and in some places rotted.) excaliber is horrible and causes severe pain to everyones neck in my group from the break neck (litterally, im not surprised if i got whip lash) turns. The Dino Alive exhibit was awesome but 1/4 of the sensors wouldnt work no matter how many times i moved infront of them. Including the adult trex which was a huge dissapointment as I had been dying to see animatronic dinos sincr i was a kid. Other then that its been fun!!! Pricey as all get out, but fun and worth the trip!

I love the food, i love the rides, it really turns a good day into an awesome day......,

We had as lot of fun! It was my son's birthday and he got to open the park!

This place is the bomb!! The rides are crazy insane!! You should totally go there for enjoyment.

It's always fun here no matter your age or thrill tolerance. I recommend the gold pass if you live even near the twin cities because you can come and go as you please, and you get at least a decent discount on all food and drink around the park.

It's fun and you can spend a good time with family but its expensive and some of the ride break down alot but it's an amazing place over all

Lots of rides and activities, but a bit pricey. However, you can easily make a full day trip out of Valleyfair for your family.

I Good experience the lines were quick and the staff was nice especially the ones from the other countries.

Wasnt too busy when we went, rides were fun. Entry is not too expensive.

Every ride was amazing, and light rain caused there to be no long waits. The employees were fun and entertaining yet also professional and kept everyone safe.

The prices on admission and food have gotten carried away. The lines are ridiculous too.

Pretty disappointed in their accessibility for the handicap. My Uncle has downs and loves all the rides but has a hard time standing for long periods. Their accommodations are to put your name on a waiting list and to come back in a time period frame. So he missed out on many rides.
Walt Disney, Disneyland and Sandusky park are by far more sensitive to those with needs

A great amusement park and water park especially if you get the gold pass and go frequently. It's worth the money if you go more than a couple times!

Perfect for 2+ year olds. Planet Snoopy is amazing. If you plan on visiting more than once, I suggest a season pass with the food abd drink plan. It pays for itself by the second time here. Outstanding experience.

While the rides and the park are pretty good, the cost of the place is stupid.

The discounts available at SA, CUB, Taco Bell, etc (for buying tickets online) are just as good, or maybe $1 less than, the normal discount for buying online. What's the point? You'll burn more than that in gas going to get your discount coupons.

There is a 'service fee' for buying your ticket online - for me it was $7.99 for two tickets. What's the f-ing point of having a discount for buying online when your discount is eaten up by the 'service fee' for buying online?

The all-day meal plan ($30) is only a value if you eat 3 meals, which means you have to be at the park for a minimum of 4.5 hours (90min between each meal) and it doesn't cover any snacks, icecream, etc. At 2 meals, it's a wash, and not worth buying.

Parking is $14 to walk through a 100-degree nightmare of cars $20 if you want to walk though the scorching heat a little less. But really, charging for parking is stupid. It's like the grocery store or walmart charging for parking, they don't do it because they want customers. Charging for parking is just greedily taking advantage of people.

My family and I had an amazing time here. The rides were fun ,and Dinosaurs Alive was very fun and educational for myself and my children.

Short ride lines, clean restrooms. They really need to clean the bumper cars bad words written in the dirt.

Everything is too expensive. It started sprinkling and they shut down all of the rides (including the water ones) for an hour.

Hometown. Wild thing is my favorite coaster there. Cedar fair needs to give valleyfair more coasters tho. Otherwise great park!

Good rides, some are a bit jerky, but good. Also GET THERE EARLY, the lines are crazy long and also bring your own food since it's VERY expensive here.

This is the best place ever!The rides are awesome,the food is delicious,and everything else is awesome!

We had a great time.Our granddaughter and Lilly had a great time too.

The rides here are great, Halloween here is awesome!

It was fun to be there again it has been about 35 years will go back again next year

Valley Fair is the best place in world because u don't have to put your arm out like at Mall of America

Lots of thrills rides, good place if you like to wake up adrenaline

Love valley fair only thing they need to change is the price of admition . needs to be a little more affordable

Got the season pass for 2018. Excited to go there frequently

Expensive, but the rides and water park are very fun. It could use more water rides, but is a good place for a group or family.

This is a wonderful Minnesota amusement park. The roller coasters are great fun and the variety of things you can do is wonderful. The special events they can also be great fun. This park does appeal more for families and young children than it does for young adults and older, for those who are wondering. The water mixed with the drinks doesn't seem to be great and some of the food establishments can be rather lack luster. The music can be good, like when they play good house music or heavy EDM (dubstep) but most of the speakers seems to be totally blown and destroyed from either poor quality and/or weather. All-in-all I love comming here every once in while for a bit of summer fun with my friends.

The rides are great, had a great time! But sime if the ride operators who closed and opened the gate looked and spoke in a annoyance tone. Which I have never noticed there before. But all in all, would go back anyday.

Its a great place to go to any day of the week they are open. Ive never had a bad time here.

Valleyfair has a terrible policy about musicians and ride passes. If you are a band that has been invited to play you have to have a ride pass. This is not only a terrible decision but undermines the purpose of inviting a band to play. It s to perform music not make money. Very disappointed with Valleyfair in this respect.

Every ride was really fun the older ones are a little rocky. customer service was adequate employees don't really seem to care a smile makes all the difference.

Love Valley Fair. Only wish they had a few more rides for kids under 36 inches and that they would open earlier in the morning. Otherwise, great place to visit.

No sense in letting is through the door after they closed rides down

They were closed when there website said they were open. We drove over an hour to get there.

Very fun, I go there almost every summer with my friends and family. Almost every single ride is awesome. If I were you I wouldn't buy the food there because it's way overpriced and not that good. It costed me $20 to get a burger with fries and a soft drink! Unbelievable lol! If u wanna eat and r hungry I highly recommend that u should leave the park and find somewhere else to eat that's better and not as expensive as valley fair. They just stamp you and you can come right back in whenever if you didn't already know that (which is pretty nice for a dinner or lunch break). Anyways, I love Valley Fair and I highly recommend you visit it if you are in Minnesota or ever visit the state. The rides are so much fun and there is a lot of them, trust me you won't be disappointed. Make sure you go there on a weekday and not during the weekend because it will be way too crowded and not too fun because you'll have to wait awhile to get on rides there. Great place! Thx for the awesome experience and fun rides! Also Soak City is really fun so if it is a hot day it's really fun to visit that portion of the park as Well! They have tons of different waterslides and water rides and a wave pool.

Had to go and pay more because Valley Fair tried to redefine the word weekend. Just change your ticket price to say Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Don't try to deceive people by saying WEEKEND means something different at VF.

Parking fee, entrance fee plus two more entry checks, way overpriced food and drinks.....yeah its "fun"

Came here and attempted to go on Steel Venom but then it closed after waiting for 20 minutes. Then attempted to go on Wild Thing and it closed again. Would not recommend.

Valleyfair is totally worth it when you get season passes! Just two visits and you've paid for your pass. We go all summer long and spend time doing rides and/or water park. There are also fun different events throughout the season to attend as well. We get the All Season Dining added on to our passes since we are there a lot and that ends up saving a lot of money on food over the season. Their Halloween season is so much fun as well!

Line long but always a fun places to spent great time

We usually try to visit every summer and have had good experiences. This summer we bought our tickets and parking all online and appreciated the discount. It was super easy to get in for parking and the park with tickets on the phone. The locker fee is quite high (we did the ones in the water park since we knew we would be doing that as well). There is quite a variety of rides and things to do for all ages.

Season passes.are a must have if your planning on visiting more than once a year

A fun family tradition with my parents now my kids!
We all get gold passes every year, (They even offer monthly payments!)
Gold pass give us 10% off food purchases, free parking, and discount passes for next years fun season! (Food plan are also available)
Plenty of rides, activities and food choices for everyone.
Multiple restrooms throughout park all wheelchair accessible.
The huge waterpark is great fun for all, long slides, lazy river, wave pool, chill in private cabana, or just relax and enjoy the sunshine.
They even serve alcoholic beverages.

Took a really long time to load many of the rides and many were not loaded to capacity so it seemed like the line waits were longer than they needed to be. But the kids rides seemed to go faster and it was overall a really fun experience.

It's a great time at little spendy but overall really fun