Corkscrew (Valleyfair)

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Corkscrew

Valleyfair Location Shakopee, Minnesota, USA Coordinates 44.799336°N 93.455389°W / 44.799336; -93.455389 Status Operating since May 23, 1980 Cost $2.8 million Rider height 48 inch minimum
Statistics
Manufacturer	Arrow Development
Product	Custom Looping Coaster
Type	Steel
Riders per train	24
Hourly capacity	1,300
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height	85 feet
Top speed	45 mph
Length	1950 feet
Inversions	3
Duration	1:30

Corkscrew is a steel roller coaster located at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, USA. Built by Arrow Development, Corkscrew opened in 1980 and is nearly identical to its sister roller coaster, Corkscrew, at Cedar Point. The only differences are the addition of a final helix and the omission of the camelback before the vertical loop. Corkscrew is currently the only roller coaster at Valleyfair with inversions.

History

Corkscrew opened on May 23, 1980.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Vertical loop Hill Over-banked curve Double corkscrew Helix

Color scheme

Orange track with yellow inversions and blue supports. The coaster used to feature blue track and white supports, but was repainted in 2011.

Trains

2 trains with 6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.

Images

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  The entrance sign for Corkscrew
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  The safety sign
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  Corkscrew's queue line
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  The chicken exit and Fast Lane entrance
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  The transfer track
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  Corkscrew in 2004
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  Corkscrew in 2021

External links

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  Corkscrew on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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  Corkscrew on Coaster-Count.

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  Corkscrew on valleyfair.com.

Valleyfair

Present

Coasters

CorkscrewCosmic CoasterExcaliburHigh RollerMad MouseRenegadeSteel VenomWild Thing

Attractions

Antique AutosCarouselCharlie Brown's Wind-UpDeliriousFerris WheelFlying Ace Balloon RaceFlying EaglesKite Eating TreeLinus LauncherLinus' Beetle BugsLucy's TugboatMonsterNorth StarNorthern LightsPeanuts 500Peanuts Road RallyPower TowerRipCordSally's Swing SetScramblerSnoopy vs Red BaronSnoopy's Deep Sea DiverSnoopy's Rocket ExpressSuperCatThunder CanyonTilterThe WaveWheel of FortuneWoodstock WhirlybirdsXtreme Swing

Former

Coasters

Mild ThingRails

Attractions

Antique AutosBayern KurveChaosEnterpriseFlumeGo-KartsLooping StarshipRipTideSkyScraper