Corkscrew (Valleyfair!)
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| Corkscrew | |
| Location | Valleyfair! |
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| Type | Steel |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 1980 |
| Manufacturer | Arrow Dynamics |
| Model | Looping corkscrew roller coaster |
| Height | 85 feet (25.9 m) |
| Length | 1,950 feet (594.4 m) |
| Max speed | 50 mile per hour (80.5 km/h) |
| Inversions | 3 |
| Capacity | 1300 riders per hour |
| Corkscrew at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Corkscrew at RCDB | |
Corkscrew is the name of a roller coaster at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota featuring one vertical loop and two corkscrews. Built in 1980, Corkscrew was planned to reflrct the design of its sister roller coaster Corkscrew) at Cedar Point. The only differences are the addition of a finale helix and the ommission of the camelback before the loop. Until the hypercoaster Wild Thing (the fifth highest and fastest roller coaster in the world at the time it opened in 1996), Corkscrew was the only outdoor all-steel roller coaster in Minnesota. The Corkscrew is currently the only roller coaster at Valleyfair with an inverted or corkscrew section, making it notably one of the first roller coasters to feature a double corkscrew, as well as a vertical loop.
| Roller coasters at Valleyfair! |
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Corkscrew - Excalibur - High Roller - Mad Mouse - Mild Thing - Renegade - Steel Venom - Wild Thing |
