I stood in the mad mouse line for two hours. A little girl puked right before we got on and they had no cleaning supplies for 30 minutes. Why don't they have it there already? I don't know. My children really wanted to go on this ride and now they are having a heat stroke and we have to buy an 8 dollar water. Update: A really nice girl named Nayasa(I think was her name), was extremely nice and helped find cleaning supplies, she also cleaned the puke up, get this girl a raise!! While the other workers on the ride sat there laughed and sipped their water. read more

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I went to the Starbucks at valley fair and i asked for a venti strawberry açaí lemonade with light ice and no berries. however, they did not give me light ice, there is a black particle floating in my drink, and they charged me nine dollars. I would not recommend buying Starbucks from valleyfair. read more

Valleyfair - this is my venti strawberry açai lemonade with light ice and no berries. there's a black particle floating in it. - Amusement Parks Near Me - Shakopee, Minnesota

I've never even left a review before, but this experience was so bad that I had to. I went to ValleySCARE expecting a fun night with my family, but one of the clowns said something really inappropriate to me. I said "I see you, bud," when he was trying to scare me, and he replied, "No really, I have eyes too -- you belong in the special class." That comment honestly hurt. Making fun of people with disabilities or saying stuff like that isn't part of the scare -- it's just cruel. I have a friend in my math class with Down syndrome, and hearing something like that made me feel sick. I really hope Valleyfair takes this seriously and makes sure their actors know how to scare guests without being mean or offensive read more

My six year olds review verbatim "I like the northern lights ride and I saw the yellow ride too but I was not tall enough to go on it."

I have so many memories from this park. Always clean, always consistent. A great collection of rides and a great group of associates from all over the world working to make it a great experience for guests. A MN must-do every summer! read more

Always a good time at Valley Fair! Opening weekend and it was busy with school field trips, but that will lessen over the next week or two. The Snoopy world is perfect for my 4 year old and timid 7 year old and my 9 year old goes on all the rides! Such an easy way to entertain your kids. Might as well buy the pass if you're local to get the free parking and I think it's only 2 visits to break even! read more

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Review for Valleyfair: I'm really disappointed with the food at Valleyfair -- it seems to get worse every time I visit. The food is actually old. For example, the potatoes I ordered were at least a day old, even though I specifically asked if the food was fresh and warm because I'm tired of eating cold meals every time I come here. I even brought a cooler to keep my water cold since I have asthma and anxiety, and it gets really hot at the park. Despite explaining this, they didn't allow me to bring the cooler in, which was very frustrating. I'm really disappointed with the food at Valleyfair -- it seems to get worse every time I visit. The food is actually old. For example, the potatoes I ordered were at least a day old, even though I specifically asked if the food was fresh and warm because I'm tired of eating cold meals every time I come here. I even brought a cooler to keep my water cold since I have asthma and anxiety, and it gets really hot at the park. Despite explaining this, they didn't allow me to bring the cooler in, which was very frustrating. The food is overpriced, and with those prices, at least the meals should be warm and fresh. It's shocking they serve this kind of food to visitors. The staff at the rides and service office were rude, acting like they didn't want to be there. The ride operators especially had bad attitudes and were very commanding, almost like disrespectful teenagers. The customer service here is really poor. Also, the water park's lazy river area is completely shut down for construction during the busy season. This should have been done before the park opened, not during peak times. I won't be buying season passes again. Honestly, I'd rather spend my money at places like the Mall of America. Very disappointed overall. read more

We went for Valleyscare and it was so fun! We do recommend getting the fast pass which really cut the line time for both the haunted houses, and the rides. Lots of activities that are not ride related as well. Plenty of food options are open. There is a game section where there are guaranteed prizes as well! The haunted houses are very clever and unique. Great costumes and make up. Plenty of parking options. We had a great time! read more

The food was absolutely wasted time. We waited in line for 20 minutes, ordered a hot dog basket and Icee. Waited another 10 minutes then was told it would be another 7 minutes for our food. How ridiculous. We requested our money back then had to wait another 5 minutes for the manager to arrive. Very disappointed. Will bring my own food to eat next time. read more

Terrible. They kicked us out for seeing some of my iphone on the camera on wild thing. They told us they saw my iPhone on the wild thing camera and they needed me to exit the park for safety reasons. Ridiculous. read more

This a place where dreams come true for the young Minnesotan. I think I went 5 times in a summer one year in high school. After 27, the rides just may make your neck hurt. read more

Return of Valleyscare was a complete failure. I've been coming to this park since I was a kid. Never once have I even been in a line to enter either Valleyfair or Valleyscare until last weekend. Yes there are terrible lines within the park, which was true last weekend too. We left home early to get in the park right at opening, 7PM. The park clearly oversold the event and did not have staffing or preparations hammered out. We waited over an hour just to enter the lot and park our car. Traffic was terrible. Then once in the park, to our surprise the line to get in was hundreds of people deep. No separate lines for online ticket purchases or season pass holders. Just when we thought the line was ending, it wrapped further until the very back of the parking lot. No porta potties or scare actors to entertain you in line like other haunted houses offer. People were peeing in bushes and fighting in line. So many people budging and no staff to enforce the out of control line. We waited another hour in line. Once finally inside, we felt pressured to pay another $85 for fast passes because we only had 2.5 hours left in the park. Even with fast passes, we only made it on 2 rides and missed a few of the haunted houses. Employees were letting 20+ people enter haunted houses at once, so the actors could not reset positions and do their jobs. Many looked exhausted, just standing around. These houses used to be actually SCARY. I came out asking "that's it??" each time this year. Valleyscare has not issued any compensation or even an apology to people who paid money for a top notch experience like how Valleyscare was in the past. I have emailed multiple times and left a Google review. I checked again and they have deleted my review. Bots on Google are leaving 5 star nonsense reviews. Your patrons are not that stupid, Valleyfair. So I'm leaving one here for a better chance of it staying up. Take accountability and stop blaming this on people not arriving early enough. You oversold and gave patrons an underwhelming and frustrating experience to say the least. Do better. read more

Valleyfair - Line from the back of the parking lot. - Amusement Parks Near Me - Shakopee, Minnesota

Terrible. Kick us out for no reason. One of our friends had her phone out on a ride before it started and they hunted her down after the ride and kicked her out in front of everyone. It was over dramatic and unnecessary. read more

purchased 4 admission dining tickets and parking for $300!!!! When we tried to get drink bottles, which I paid $20 each, I was first told he didn't have any bottles and to look somewhere else. Then went somewhere else and was told there weren't any in the WHOLE PARK!!! I ended up with a wristband and 12oz cups with refills. What an incredible waste of cups!!! the help at the several venues we used was sub-par! I believe the training is the problem and the expectations of the employees is lacking. I have managed a shop in an amusement park in Vegas and would never allow the employees to continue working with that lack of integrity. One gal was yelling and cursing across the seating area at a customer. Unacceptable!! We will never be back and probably done with amusement parks from here on out! Thanks for nothing.... read more

With a couple of hockey games cancelled during my vacation thanks to the scariness that is the Omicron variant, I had to find some things to do that were safe. I went on my Groupon app and found Christmas in Color, a drive-thru festive lights show. Perfect! Tickets were originally $40. Groupon had tickets at $29 with an additional discount. I ended up paying $22. Yay! I redeemed my Groupon online on the Christmas in Color site. I got an online ticket with a QR code. I had a 6 pm entrance time. I had no problem taking my time driving over to Valleyfair, which is an amusement park. I had never been here, so it was nice to check out a different look and feel to the place. The park is usually open in the summertime. I pulled up to the window and got a helpful man. He scanned my QR code and gave me a red package. I thanked him and began my drive-thru tour. This lights show was amazing. Christmas music was synchronized with the light displays to create such a fun experience. It was impressive! It was recommended that you set your car's FM channel to 87.9. If your FM reception was shot, you could hear the music through the speakers scattered around Valleyfair. I went on a fairly warm evening for Shakopee. It was 5°C. I had no issues having the window down to take photos. The characters were cute and enjoyable. From sweet gingerbread folks, to penguins and polar bears, you saw the enormous effort and thought made strategically placing them around the drive-thru path. The tunnels were fun to drive through, too. If you're sensitive to blinking or flashing lights, you may want to avoid this event. Otherwise, this tour was a ton of fun while keeping you safe during a pandemic. This tour took me 45 minutes to get through everything. None of us were going at a crazy pace. I was happy paying what I did for this tour. I didn't open the red package while taking this tour. When I got back to my hotel room, I took a look at it. The man gave me the VIP package. I had ordered the regular one. Maybe the place needed to get rid of them. The package contained 3D glasses, reindeer noses, candy cane-like lights, Hershey Kisses and mints, a car air freshener, and string Christmas lights that you wear around your neck. I am glad that I didn't put on a pair of paper 3D glasses while driving because they were flimsy. I couldn't figure out how to get the reindeer noses to light up. There wasn't a button or a way to switch them on, which was puzzling. I did manage to bring the air freshener, and candy cane and string lights home. They work and are fun! Christmas in Color was highly enjoyable. I'd do it again if I'm in town during the Christmas holidays again. (20) read more

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I always coming to Valleyfair every summer! I am a rollercoaster fanatic. I recommend buying your tickets ahead of time since it is cheaper online and recommend buying the parking pass online too. I recommend carpooling if possible too. There's plenty of parking and you honestly don't need the preferred parking. As far as rides here is what I recommend to go to right away: 1. Wild Thing 2. Renegade - this is very fast and loud so do not recommend for little kids. 3. Steelvenom 4. Corkscrew Rides that can visited throughout the day 1. Excalibur - its in the back of the park so it does get miss 2. High roller - line is always long but it's not worth the wait if the line is very long but it is family friendly. 3. Xtreme swing When it comes to the waterpark, there are lockers there if you want a place to secure your wallet, phones, keys, etc. The locker room is spacious but not the cleanest so recommend wearing your swimsuit before you get there. 1. For rides at the waterpark I highly recommend hurricane falls and it can fit up to 4 people so great for groups. It's really fun but can only have one group go at a time so the line moves slow! Otherwise there's a variety of waterslides, the wave pool, raging rapids. For food there's a variety of foods, there's more variety at the front by the entrance! It's very fun and love visiting every time! read more

I bought tickets online for 2 days (you have to buy them for specific dates) somehow 2 of my tickets for the second day were used on the first day and I ended up having to buy 2 extra tickets. Costumer service could use an upgrade as the girl kept repeating that fact that she couldn't give me a refund when all I wanted was to use the tickets I had already bought. Very frustrating experience. The food is ridiculously expensive in order to "force" you into buying the dining plan. Parking is $25. Unless you are a theme park enthusiast I would go somewhere else read more

It was AMAZING loved this place best place to take your friends only con was no dip and dots at the end of the day but that's fine read more

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Panda Express at vallyfair has small portions and 20$ for a small plate, eat before you go to any amusement park cuz the food is expensive as hell. read more

Good rides but the the cash traps and exploitation for money is insane I was there and my friend bought an all day refill drink a worker dropped it and it broke they refused to give us a new cup which costs 20 dollars btw. We also bought admition with parking and they wouldn't take it at the park we had to pay again read more

Amazing workers and atmosphere. Lots of the rides were fun and a worker who worked at the Xtreme swing called Jaiden was just the best! Great personality and aura. Overall, Amazing place if you wanna go out and go on some rides. I recommend The renegade if you want a fast ride! read more

I love ValleyFair. My kids always have a great time. They have all the attractions and the water park. 2x1. I went for the corn fest last weekend and they have delicious food. Me encanta Valleyfair. Mis hijos siempre la pasan bien y tienen un parque de diversiones y parque de agua. Yo fui al festival del maíz y la comida es deliciosa. read more

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I've always loved valleyfair due to the short queues, fun rides, and relatively low prices. It's a great way to get out of the house and hang out with friends. read more

I always have such a wonderful time at Valleyfair, especially Valley Scare. The park is always clean and tidy. Eventually, there will be a new roller coaster, but for now, I'm loving my home park read more

We've always enjoyed our time at Valleyfair but this year feels different. First, we went on Friday during the day and I understand it was the 1st full day most schools were out but staffing literally was horrible. The ticket window was manned by 1 person and the line was long since everyone with new passes needs a photo taken. Secondly, I found a lot of quick treat locations closed and the only dipping dots location open was out of most items, dirty, and the one employee was extremely rude. A customer asked for spoons since the dispenser was out and he just handed them the bundle to get their own. Pretty unsanitary . We did experience a lot of ride issues but the ones we did ride were fun. Would I go back? Yes. But management definitely needs to look at what could have been done better for a better park experience. They are currently hiring as was posted when we drove out of the park. read more

This is a theme park we our lucky to have in our state! We went for the final evening of valleyscare and to be honest the prices were absolutely ridiculous. We ended up buying a season pass because otherwise a day pass for just that evening after fees was almost $72. Compared to the season pass it was a no brainer to upgrade. The food and drink options aren't phenomenal and are incredibly overpriced for how basic they are. We saw a cheese curd bucket for $25 and a appetizer of normal fries for $13. We had a Coors light and one of their blood bag themed drinks and both were over $15 after tip. Definitely expect arena pricing. The rides are plentiful and well maintained and most of the lines weren't horrible but a lot of the lines were obstructed views so you really didn't know how long you were gonna have to wait in line. They had good staff in terms of ride operators and scare actors but I wouldn't say it was the most professional staffing I've ever seen. A lot of the haunted houses had less scare actors than I would've expected. Valley scare was a fun experience and we will be back to ride some rides next summer for sure but it fell a little short of a 5 star experience for us. read more

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The security guard Tyler super disrespectful and we got kicked out for a phone on a ride which is disgraceful.

We went to Valleyfair's seasonal haunted house attraction, Valley Scare, this past Saturday and were blown away at how poorly organized it was. We pulled up right at 7 PM (when the event opens) and had about a 10 minute wait to get to the parking lot, then about another 45 minutes of waiting in line from the parking lot to the park gates. It sounds like we lucked out, though, because hundreds (if not thousands) of others were stuck for over an hour on the freeway waiting for parking, then stuck in a mile-long line (with no bathroom facilities) to actually enter the park. Security must have been understaffed, because tons of people were cutting in line. Many people were advised by police to just go home since it would be nearly closing time by the time they reached the gate. The folks who did get in were lucky if they made it through more than one haunted house, because the lines were unsurprisingly crazy long. Two members of my group paid an additional 10 bucks for "preferred parking," but when they actually got into the parking lot, the few staff members they encountered couldn't tell them where preferred parking was, so they paid extra for nothing. There are no lines designating parking spaces, and no employees directing people where to park, so many cars were triple parked and boxing other cars in. I can only imagine the mess this caused when people were trying to leave. All of this is made even more infuriating by Valleyfair's response, or lack thereof. They haven't acknowledged any of the many valid complaints being made over the past few days on social media, and they even appear to be deleting Google reviews. I have noticed a handful of suspiciously brief, poorly written, bot-type 5-star Google reviews, though. I know Valley Scare has been a popular event in the past, and with it returning after being gone a couple years, it's not surprising that it was busier than normal. But even at peak spooky season, we never had to wait this long in the past, and we were always able to make it through all of the attractions before closing. They should have limited capacity, or set up a timed entry system, or ran the event Thursday through Sunday instead of just Friday and Saturday. There were so many ways this mess could have been avoided. The only reason I'm giving this more than 1 star is that A. The staff members we encountered inside the park were kind, patient, and helpful, and B. The Halloween decorations throughout the park were beautiful. They really know how to create a spooky, seasonal atmosphere; it's just a shame so many people who paid for tickets weren't able to enjoy it. read more

I love Valleyfair and it will always be my home park but I will not be renewing my season pass next year. The prices keep increasing and they are not adding new rides. Bringing valleyscare back is not worth it and not an incentive to renew your pass. Despite their "chaperone rule", they do not enforce it and have unruly teenagers running around harassing people. My dad and I were walking to my car and were harassed by a group of teenagers who proceeded to call us names and call us racist and threaten to assault us. This is not the park's fault but they need to control the age group of kids coming in because it is not fun anymore for people to come and enjoy a day at the park. read more

I have 3 kids under 6, so we mostly stick to the toddler / small kids area and the wave pool. We have season passes. I've always been super impressed with everything. The halloween special was very nice ... amazing how many decorations went into it. A couple months ago, they had a monster truck event, which was super cool as well. I'm pretty shocked at the low rating Yelp has for Valley Fair, but think it's due to a couple things that don't impact us: 1.) must be long lines outside of the little kid area (little kid areas does not have long lines). 2.) expensive if you're not a season ticket holder and just wNt to go for 1 day. The bad: the food is horrible and stupidly overpriced. read more

Valleyfair - Halloween - Amusement Parks Near Me - Shakopee, Minnesota

Underwhelming amusement park with despicable staff. Would not recommend, there are much better options nearby.

Valley fair is a great place to spend your hot summer days. They have a nice selection of food, drinks, rides and waterslides to choose from. Security is quick and understanding. My party was being harassed by this group of teenage boys. I didn't even report them to security or an employee but when I got off the ride security was there and asked me questions about them. Some of the employees are really observant and understanding. I never caught his name but this past summer there was a black male who had to be 17-25. He was super hype and fun. He got everyone on the rollercoaster cheering and chanting and had so much energy! Everytime I saw him he was working at the renegade. I loved him so much he deserves a raise for his hard work! On the other hand some of the employees aren't. My friends and I left to eat our late lunch/dinner in my car and we went back in after. There is a new age policy that I like to keep the pre-teens out without parent supervision after a certain point. But because my friends and look young and we forgot about this rule we got asked for our ID. But this man was extremely rude. Raising his voice at us and when one of my friends didn't have his ID on him he got very aggressive with us. I understand the need for our ID but the aggressive nature of this employee was absolutely unnecessary. There are some other employees that have gotten passive aggressive comments and eye rolls. read more

The rides here are amazing, most of the food is really good, the water park is amazing. It is my favorite places here in Minnesota too visit

Valley fair is really fun! I've only been twice but I'm definitely coming again. I came in 2022 it was super fun! We stayed till closing but I was sad to find out the ride I wanted to go on was closed thunder canyon but I came again in 2023 and got to ride it. It was a blast I was sad to find out that the park flooded in 2024 though, so I couldn't go, but 2025 is the new year see you soon valley fair! read more

There are some great rides here. Overall, we had fun. Some rides run really fast with engaged crew that fill open spots and hustle to check safety measures. Some rides were really slow (two were training new people and aren't considered in this review). The food is still expensive and terrible. Almost all food and beverage locations were closed. I had heard they were going to focus on the culinary experience this year, I didn't see that. I saw the same Really bad pizza. read more

I hadn't been to Valleyfair since the early auts, but my son loves rides and is is fearless. Now that I am older, I am a little more apprehensive to do the big ones, but it's still fun. Even though it's a hike from where we live, I purchased the 2022 season pass which pretty much pays for itself in two visits. The season pass was a steal in price and it was good until the end of October and all of next year with free parking and bring a friend tickets at a reduced price and discounts and then add- ons if you choose. It includes the waterpark, ValleyScare, Peanuts Halloween. The park is really decorated and done up for Halloween. Great photo opportunities. Bonus at the end of the season is that it's really not packed. Rarely have we had to wait very long for a ride. Rides have changed a bit since I was there, but most of the familiar ones are still running. Wild Thing, High Roller, Antique Cars, etc. The entire park is cashless, so bring a debit card or be prepared to turn your cash into a card to pay. The concession prices are ridiculous, but I expected them to be. $17.00 for 3 medium pops. Really? Glad you can bring in a water bottle. Staff has always been helpful at the front gate and online. Can bring in a backpack which is nice and they search it which is fine. read more

Week days are the best to go to avoid lines and parking delays. However, my son and I bought the refillable cups and could not use them at any restaurant because of all the bees inside and out of every drinking fountain or buisness we went to. We are very allergic and they are everywhere. So we only got about five rides in and had to leave because of having nothing to drink. I saw plenty of people brave the bees to get their soda or water, but it can not be sanitary to have them flying in and out of the soda lines. read more

Valleyfair - Bees in every drinking facility - Amusement Parks Near Me - Shakopee, Minnesota

The damn price. 2 tickets and parking was 120$ WHAT A FUCKING JOKE. It used to be way under that for 2 people. For something that hasn't gotten a new ride in the last 5 years no way in hell would I pay that amount. Disappointed. And last time I was there for an all paid company trip.i paid 11 dollars for a refillable slushy cup, fully expecting free refills. NOPE. I was appalled when I had to pay 4 dollars for one. What a fuckin scam read more

126 dollars for 2 tickets, and 4 hours of waiting to go on 2 total rides- the big swing and the smallest rollercoaster. I have never been so disgusted by a business' delivery on its promise. They vastly oversold tickets for Valley Scare and the park was far past capacity. The lines were atrocious, we didn't encounter a single scary character, and we were only able to go on 2 relatively unpopular rides and 0 other activities through 4 HOURS OF WAITING. An absolutely miserable experience. I have never regretted a purchase more. Total waste of my time, money, and Saturday evening. Very clearly mismanaged. Took over 2 hours in one of the smallest lines for the smallest roller coaster in the park. read more

We love Valleyfair! Season passes are a must - it pays itself off in less than two visits! Free parking (normally $25) for pass holders and a ton of discounts offered all season long on merch and food/drinks. We purchased the season long refillable drink cup and were hydrated all day at the parks with free refills every 15 minutes. The water park is so refreshing on those hot summer days, plenty of seating can be found throughout the water park as well as a ton of food and drink options (including adult beverages!) many days were spent this summer enjoying live music and cooling off on the wave pool. I cannot say enough good things about the park, new security measures and curfew/chaperone policies were put into place this year and our family felt safe and had a great time all summer long. We also went to their Halloween tricks and treats event with the passes, highly recommend that if you have little ones. Trick or treat trail, crafting stations, live shows, and a costume contest- It was a great time! read more