Wild Thing

Wild Thing is a hypercoaster located at Valleyfair. It is an out and back roller coaster with more than one mile of track. Its first hill is 207 feet with a 60 degree drop, and the roller coaster reaches speeds of up to 74 mph.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cosmic Coaster and Valleyfair.

Cosmic Coaster

Roller coaster

Cosmic Coaster is a steel junior roller coaster at Valleyfair. The ride was originally known as Dragon Coaster when it was located at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Cosmic Coaster is situated 420 feet northeast of Wild Thing.

Valleyfair

Theme park

Photo: clumpinglitter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Valleyfair is a 90-acre amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States. Operated by Enchanted Parks, the park opened in 1976 and features over 40 rides including eight roller coasters and an included water park named Superior Shores. Valleyfair is situated 620 feet northeast of Wild Thing.

Mad Mouse

Roller coaster

Photo: Lar, CC BY 2.5.

Mad Mouse is a steel wild mouse roller coaster located at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, U.S. It was manufactured by Arrow Dynamics and opened on May 8, 1999 as a replacement for the similar coaster Rails, which was eventually moved to Jolly Roger Amusement Park in Maryland in 1998. Mad Mouse is situated 490 feet north of Wild Thing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shakopee and Eden Prairie.

Shakopee

Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shakopee is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Minnesota, United States. It is southwest of Minneapolis. Sited on the south bank bend of the Minnesota River, Shakopee and nearby suburbs comprise the southwest portion of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the nation's 16th-largest metropolitan area, with 3.7 million people.

Eden Prairie

Photo: Appraiser, Public domain.

Eden Prairie is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It had a population of 64,198 at the 2020 census, making it the 16th-largest city in the state.

Chanhassen

Photo: Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chanhassen is a small city in Minnesota just southwest of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Chanhassen is close to the big city, but still has that small town charm, making it appealing for all types of visitors.

Wild Thing

Type: Roller coaster
Description: roller coaster
Categories: hypercoaster, steel roller coaster, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: City of Shakopee, Scott, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.79858° or 44° 47′ 55″ north

Longitude

-93.45874° or 93° 27′ 32″ west

Open location code

86P8QGXR+CG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 171989263

OpenStreetMap feature

attraction=roller_coaster

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q1714470

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Wild Thing” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Wild Thing”
French: “Wild Thing”
German: “Wild Thing”

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