Mild Thing

Valleyfair
Location	Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
Coordinates	44°47′59″N 93°27′27″W / 44.799648°N 93.457461°W / 44.799648; -93.457461
Status	Defunct
Operated	1976 to 2010

Excelsior Amusement Park
Name	Scrambler
Location	Excelsior, Minnesota, USA
Operated	unknown to September 1973

Statistics

Manufacturer

Allan Herschell Company

Product

Little Dipper (small)

Type

Steel - Kiddie

Riders per train

12

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Inversions

0

Mild Thing was a steel kiddie roller coaster located at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, USA.

History

Mild Thing first opened at Valleyfair in 1976. It was relocated from Excelsior Amusement Park, where it was known as Scrambler. It originally operated as the Mine Train but this name was changed some time later to Kiddie Coaster. With the opening of the park's new hyper roller coaster, Wild Thing in 1996, the name was changed to Mild Thing, as play on words.

The ride closed in 2010. The following year a new Snoopy-themed kiddie coaster, Cosmic Coaster relocated from Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, opened in a spot adjacent to where Mild Thing stood previously.

Design

The Mild Thing is an example of the common Little Dipper model manufactured by the Allan Herschell Company, which follows a standard layout with a single chain lift hill and several bunny hills making the oval layout.