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A D.H. Morgan hyper coaster with a 207-foot drop and long floater hills above the Minnesota River valley.
Specifications
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Ride profile
Scaled against Valleyfair's operating coasters
Park intensity
Height
207 ft
Tallest at Valleyfair
Ride experience
- Hyper
- Steel
Specs from sixflags.com
Learn more
Airtime hills explained
Shaped hills that pull you out of the seat — the heart of hyper and many modern layouts.
Giga vs hyper — what changes at 300 feet?
Giga coasters push height even further. The feel is still about speed and airtime, not inversion tours.
Tubular steel track basics
Round rail stacked and welded — the default modern coaster structure.
What is a hypercoaster?
A coaster focused on speed and airtime — usually 200+ feet tall with a lift hill, not a looping marathon.
History
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Timeline
1996
Wild Thing opens
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Sources & official links
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- Valleyfair — official sitesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
- Valleyfair on Coaster AtlasPark page
- Ride specifications sourcesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
- Hero photo (Jeremy Thompson · CC BY 2.0)Image license & attribution(opens in a new tab)
- Official POV — Official park YouTubeWatch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)