Renegade - a GCII (Great Coasters International, Inc.) wooden roller coaster located at Valleyfair Amusement Park in Shakopee, MN
Car 123 of 3 riders who named a row Lap bar only

Valleyfair, Shakopee, Minnesota

Renegade

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Back row
What riders love
  • The drop is the best in the park and the airtime hills that follow are out of this world.
  • The laterals on the drop were phenomenal, and there was great ejector on a few of the early hills, with great pops off of the big turns.
  • It has a certain aggression about it that other GCIs just don’t have, and airtime that caught me way off guard in its strength.
  • The first drop is excellent whipping you from one side to the other.
  • The twisting first drop is really fun, especially in the back.
  • That first drop is spectacular, and I love its unique layout, compared to other GCI's.
  • No moments of calm at any point on the ride.
  • The ride never goes in a straight line without banking and is always intense.
  • It feels way faster than the posted 52mph.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Valleyfair

The laterals on the drop were phenomenal, and there was great ejector on a few of the early hills, with great pops off of the big turns.

Blake Stoudt

Isn’t much airtime and it’s all floater, and the lats are also mild as well.

Carter Eckhart

It has a certain aggression about it that other GCIs just don’t have, and airtime that caught me way off guard in its strength.

Ethan S.

The layout and pacing is absolutely incredible and there’s good airtime moments but the rattle and roughness ruin it for me.

Gavin

Surprisingly, there wasn’t as much airtime as I was expecting.

Limitless Park

Never riding again, rode it once and it was horrible way, to shaky, bumpy, and overall bad though I have to say the first drop was actually pretty good

Maxen Wirkkula

Definitely not the roughest coaster I’ve ridden but the last few times I rode it I got off with a bad headache.

Gavin

I wouldn’t say it ruins the ride at all though, as it seemed to me that Renegade’s main purpose was to be a relentless in its speed and turns.

Limitless Park

Renegade is a really good GCI because of its high intensity and airtime with low pain/roughness and re-ride ability.

David

The amount of airtime and the intense turn made up for most of the discomfort though.

Scott V.

The ride never goes in a straight line without banking and is always intense.

Noxa Valleyfair goer

It has incredible airtime and is one punchy and intense ride.

James Jenkins

The ending is slightly weaker than the rest of the ride, but it still has some airtime and laterals, and maintains its sense of speed.

Blake Stoudt

The ride feels incredibly fast for a majority of its length, even though it only reaches a top speed of 51 mph.

Limitless Park

The one redeeming factor is that the pacing is solid especially later in the day but it’s still not anything crazy.

Carter Eckhart

After that the ride continues with an incredible pace and packs all of the best elements in consecutive.

James J.

After I got off of my 2nd ride on Renegade, and it was running really fast, I hurt my hip on one of the turns, because I didn’t brace myself for the lateral forces of that turn.

CHARLES H.

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Car 12, the back: 3 of 3 riders who named a row

Specifications

98 ftHeight
207 Wild Thing 185 SteelVenom 100 Excalibur 98 Renegade 85 Corkscrew 70 HighRoller
91 ftFirst drop
196 Wild Thing 175 SteelVenom 105 Excalibur 91 Renegade 56 HighRoller
51 mphTop speed
Wild Thing74 Steel Venom70 Excalibur54 Renegade51 High Roller50 Corkscrew50 074 mph
66°Drop angle
90°Steel Venom66°Renegade60°Excalibur60°Wild Thing52°High Rollerdashed line: straight down, 90°
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Rider favouriteStrong airtimeFeels fastHuge first dropGreat layout

Criticised for

Rough or rattly

I may have gotten lucky with the lap bar (it gave a lot of leeway), so I ended up out of my seat for about 1/2 the ride.

BT, Captain Coaster review

Never riding again, rode it once and it was horrible way, to shaky, bumpy, and overall bad though I have to say the first drop was actually pretty good

Maxen Wirkkula, Captain Coaster review

Each ride was very fun but I really enjoyed my ride towers the back because of the airtime and the twisted layout, I had no idea were I was going and I loved it

Finn, Captain Coaster review

When we made it to the top we received some serious pull going over the drop.

Limitless Park, published review

I would’ve liked a bit more airtime, but the first drop was quite unique and the pacing was fantastic.

Sean Reardon, Captain Coaster review

The ride feels incredibly fast for a majority of its length, even though it only reaches a top speed of 51 mph.

Limitless Park, published review

Photos

Renegade - a GCII (Great Coasters International, Inc.) wooden roller coaster located at Valleyfair Amusement Park in Shakopee, MN
Drbcoaster at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Renegade's entrance
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Renegade at Valleyfair
Wacky Windjammer, CC BY-SA 4.0
Renegade at Valleyfair
Wacky Windjammer, CC BY-SA 4.0
Renegade at Valleyfair
Wacky Windjammer, CC BY-SA 4.0

5 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. From the park and maker: Valleyfair guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, limitlesspark.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Drbcoaster at en.wikipedia (Public domain), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Wacky Windjammer (CC BY-SA 4.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): CHARLES H., rider review on Captain Coaster: “In the back row, that drop is crazy, and…”; James Jenkins, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The drop is the best in the park and…”; Blake Stoudt, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The laterals on the drop were phenomenal, and there…”; Ethan S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It has a certain aggression about it that other…”; David, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The really unique element is the S-bend first drop.…”; James J., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop is excellent whipping you from one…”; Coaster Nut, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The twisting first drop is really fun, especially in…”; Samantha, rider review on Captain Coaster: “That first drop is spectacular, and I love its…”; guiderex, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Very unique layout with an S shaped drop and…”; Sean Reardon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “No moments of calm at any point on the…”; Noxa Valleyfair goer, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ride never goes in a straight line without…”; Scott V., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It feels way faster than the posted 52mph.”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: East Coasters's back row POV, Renegade POV 5K Back Row OUT OF CONTROL Wooden Coaster Valleyfair, MN (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.