I’m very excited that fall is officially here. I do love summer as well, but it can get a bit hot in summer. I love fall because the leaves are changing and the weather starts to cool down a bit. Of course Halloween is one of my favorite parts of fall as well. How many of you love Halloween as well? It’s such a great time of year to spend with my children. They enjoy Halloween as much as I do.
Right now at Valleyfair they have The Great Pumpkin Fest going on Saturdays and Sundays. This means they have a lot of great Halloween activities going on for the kids to enjoy. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to have some fun at Valleyfair with my daughters. These activities include: Charlie Brown’s Pirate Adventure, Story Telling Witch, Great Pumpkin Parade, Trick or Treat Street, Peppermint Patty’s Haybale Maze, Sally’s Craft Corner, PigPen’s People Washer, Sally’s Spooky Sing-A-Long and It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown movie.
I would have to say that PigPen’s People Washer was both of my daughters favorite part of The Great Pumpkin Fest. They had so much fun in there. There were so many bubbles coming out. They may have been a bit chilly afterwards, but they enjoyed it a lot.
They also enjoyed going through Peppermint Patty’s Haybale Maze. They were able to look for small pumpkins while in the maze as well. They were able to pick one out and bring it home with them. We have already put these outside our home for decoration.
This time a year around Valleyfair you’ll find a lot of spooky Halloween decorations. I had to snap a photo with my daughters and father of this one pictured above. It was probably one of my favorite Halloween displays there. They even had haunted houses around, but I couldn’t get my daughters to go in, so we had to skip out on those. Hopefully when they’re older they’ll want to do that with me.
I was very surprised that I got my daughters to go on the North Star. This was a swing that went up 230 feet and would spin riders up to 40mph. This is one of their newer rides, and it was the first time I had gone on it as well. This was certainly one of my newest favorite rides now. My youngest daughter and I went on this a few times, and I got to take my oldest on it once. She didn’t want to go at first, but I finally convinced her to go and she loved it. This is definitely a ride you will have to try when you’re at Valleyfair.
The Tilter has always been a favorite of my daughters. They always have to go on this ride whenever they see it. They had to have gone on this one at least five times if not way more. I’m sure many of you have ridden a ride like this at any of your local fairs. My daughters were so thrilled to be able to go on this ride as many times as they wanted.
My ultimate favorite ride is Steel Venom. This has been my favorite ride ever since they put it in. You can see part of the ride from the photo above. It goes forward and backward in the shape of a snake. Northern Lights is a great family ride for my daughters and I. We love this one too. This ride spins as it travels back and forth on the track.
They have an area dedicated to the kids as well. It’s always great to have some kids rides. Peanuts 500 is a car ride. Kids will whip around sharp turns on the NASCAR inspired mini track. I have actually been on this ride with my daughters before, and I have to say it’s very fun. This is always one of my favorite kid rides too.
The Kite Eating Tree is another fun ride for kids. It takes them up a ways, and then slowly drops them down. My daughters always have a lot of fun on this one. I know when they get older they’re going to love the Power Tower. The Power town is just like this ride, but way bigger. My daughters are not tall enough for that one, so I let them ride this one and they loved it.
Linus Launcher was another fun one for my daughters. This was their first time trying out this ride. They were very excited for this one because they got to lay down on their stomachs for it. This ride is like an experience of free flight. They really enjoyed this one as well.
Peanuts Playhouse is a fun place where kids can play. It’s a two-story interactive play area that features foam balls. They always enjoy going in this play area when they’re at Valleyfair. It’s filled with so much fun for all kids.
Overall we had an amazing time at Valleyfair. We can’t wait to go again. Hopefully next year we’ll be going again. We can’t wait for my daughters to become taller so they get to experience some more rides as well. I know they’re going to enjoy them as much as I do. If you’re ever in the area, make sure to check them out. If you love rides as much as my family does, than you’re not going to be disappointed.
Have you ever visited Valleyfair before? If so, what are your favorite rides? If you have never been, let me know which rides look fun to you!
Valleyfair looks like so much fun! My family loves to go to things like this. We go to the fair every year, so I know we’d love this.
It was a blast. We all had such a great time.
Oh how I love fall and fairs. The People Washer looks like a lot of fun!
My kids had a blast with the people washer!
Valleyfair sounds like so much fun! My family and I really enjoy spending a day (or two) at events like this. It’s a great way to make forever memories.
It sure is very memorable. It’s always a fun time there.
Oh my gosh- they are absolutely ADORABLE pictures! I love Peanuts and think I would turn into an instant kid again if I went there! Looks like a blast!
It sure was a blast! We love that they have the kids area dedicated to the peanuts!
I have not been to Valleyfair in so long. It would be so nice to go back and check it out. They have change so much since I have been there. It looks like they have done a lot of improvements.
Glad to hear you’ve been there before too. They sure have changed up the rides, and it’s great!
No way – this place looks like a blast! I’ve never even heard of it! My kids would go crazy over that Pig Pen area!! It looks so awesome!
It sure was! We all had a great time.
That looks like a great park and I love Charlie Brown and Peanuts. It is better to go to the park during fall because the summer heat is too much sometimes.
I loved going during the fall. The lines for rides were so short, it was awesome!
My family loves fairs!! This one looks like it would be fun for the whole family!!
It sure was! I hope to go again next year.
ValleyFair sounds amazing! My kids would love it here. It looks like you had a great time!
We sure did!
I am totally with you about loving Fall! I miss riding the kiddie rides lol – they are still my fav! Looks like a great place to spend a day with the family!
It was a great day with the family.
That looks like a fun fair to attend! I love the soap wash! My kids would go crazy for that!
My kids sure loved it!
Love the late summer/early fall festivals – It gives me an excuse to eat huge dog bowls of fries, and kids enjoy the rides
Me too. Always so much fun.
We have a lot of fairs and festivals going on here as well. The Great Pumpkin Fest looks like so much fun. I am sure my kids would love it.
It was a ton of fun. We all loved it.
I’ve never heard of ValleyFair before … that looks like so much fun for the kiddos!
Sure was! We all had a great time.
THis looks great for younger kids. Nice family place
It sure is. Great place for all ages though.
What a fun place to visit. Looks like there was no shortage of things to do! That ride where you lay on your stomach looks very interesting, I’ve never seen anything like that before!
Everything was a lot of fun. It was the perfect day to go too.
I’m excited for fall too! So many fun activities for us – just can’t wait for it to be a bit cooler out!
I agree. It was so much fun here too. I’m glad we waited til the fall to go.
This place looks like so much fun! My daughter would love it here. My son…maybe not! Great family place.
It is a wonderful family place. We love going here.
The rides looked like a blast. I was a huge fan of the Peanuts as a child! It looks like the Valleyfair visit was a good idea!
They sure were. Lots of fun!
I love fall as well. It’s one of my favorite seasons. Your girls are super cute. Looks like you had some much fun at the fair! Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed reading this 🙂
It was a lot of fun. We always have fun here.
Oh haha the wash looks so fun, but also chilly! heheh 🙂 everything looks so much fun.
It was chilly, but they had so much fun.
I love a good fair and it looks like you and your family had a blast at this one!! I think the human washing machine is my favorite part…LOL!!
The girls really loved that part. Lots of fun with bubbles.
Valley Fair sounds amazing! I love that there are plenty of rides for the kids to enjoy. I’m pretty sure my boys will have so much fun here. And you’re totally right about the Fall westher being so much better.
It was a lot better going during fall. There were not a lot of people there, which made it easy to get on rides quick.
Now this fair looks like such a great time! I love the photos you got, they really painted an exciting picture and reminded me of all the times I visited a fair as a child.
It was a lot of fun. I’m glad we waited til fall to go.
Ah the nostalgia of the fair! I remember the smells, the sounds and the fun and how they made me feel as a kid. I love taking my family to the fair.
It was so much fun. I think we made a good choice in going in the fall too.
My kids would love to go to ValleyFair! Looks like so much fun! Your pictures are awesome.
It was a lot of fun. We all enjoyed it.
This looks like so much fun! My kids would have a blast. We’ll definitely have to check it out.
It sure was so much fun. I love going to Valleyfair.
HOW FUN! This reminds me when my sister & I would go to the fair! I love good memories!
It was a lot of fun.
I really love that people washer – I’ve never seen one of those at a carnival (or anywhere) before. My grandsons would have a ball!
It was awesome. The kids loved it.
We rarely get a fair in our area! If we did, I would totally take the kids for a fun day of rides and fair food!
It was a ton of fun. It’s actually an amusement park, so it’s open all spring/summer/fall.
Awww I love fun places for kids. It makes you relive your younger days yet again.
Me too. They’re so much fun.