-Get to the park 10-15 minutes before park opening (usually 10 a.m.), That way you will avoid most of the lines for buying tickets, or you can buy tickets online and eliminate the waiting process totally.
- If you typically go 3 or more times to the park a year, consider buying a Season Pass. It pays for itself within 2-3 visits, and offers exclusive benefits that Non-Season Pass holders cannot benefit from.
- If you're looking for thrills right away, take a left once inside the park, and head towards the Steel Venom/Challenge Park walkway. You'll have the options of riding Enterprise, Chaos, Steel Venom, or one of the many Challenge Park attractions.
- Ride Steel Venom early. It is a shuttle coaster so capacity isn't very high, so if it's a busy day, lines can get especially long later in the day.
- You can find various coupons and discounts in local grocery stores, pop cans, or at restaurants as well. You can find where these discounts are located on Valleyfair's website.
- Valleyfair is busiest during the months of July, August, and later October. One of the busiest days of the year is July 4th, so if you're going then, expect very long wait times, and for it to be very crowded.
- The best days to go to Valleyfair are weekdays, typically Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. During the summer, Saturdays can get extremely busy, so try to avoid weekends as much as possible.
- During the Halloween Haunt at Valleyscare, lines can get very lengthy for the haunted houses as well as the rides later in the Haunt Season mostly on the Weekends.
- The bigger rides such as Steel Venom, Renegade, Xtreme Swing, Wild Thing, and Power Tower will have the longest lines, so ride those early and get them out of the way so you don't have to spend the whole day waiting in line.
- Valleyfair is a large park, so get ready to do a lot of walking. Limit the number of things you bring with you, as that will make it easier and more convenient with boarding and exiting rides, amongst other things.
- If you get hungry, there are food vendors and stands located through-out the park, but if you are hungry for a full meal, you can visit Coasters Dine-In, Stadium Pizza & Grill, or the Lunch Basket.
- Don't forget to go past Renegade, most people don't notice that part of the park, so Thunder Canyon and Excalibur usually have short lines.
- During the hottest days of the summer, the Water Rides as well as Soak City Waterpark tend to have very long lines, so try to ride those rides early, and get a spot at Soak City Waterpark before everyone else as well.
- If you intend on seeing a park show, we recommend getting to the location of the show 15-20 minutes before the show starts so you can get a good seat, and avoid the rush.
- If you are having trouble keeping track of or carrying some of the items you have brought with, there are lockers located at the park that are available for daily rent.
- There are security guards all over the park, so if there's a problem, just talk to one.
- ATM's are located through-out the park, but can be found at, or by these locations:
- In the Stadium Pizza & Grill
- In Soak City Waterpark
- By the Hydroblaster Games area
- In the Hi-Test Arcade
- Near the Lunch Basket area
- In the Riptide Midway Games area
- In Challenge Park near Steel Venom
- At the Park Entrance
- Ride Recommendations:
- Back Seat on Renegade
- Front Seat on Wild Thing, or 2nd Car First Seat
- Red Tower on Power Tower
- Outside Seat on Xtreme Swing
- Front Seat on Steel Venom
- Front Seat or Back Seat on High Roller
- Front or Back Car on Excalibur
- Front Car on Corkscrew