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Quietest days coming up: Fri 23 Oct (NaN/10) · Sat 24 Oct (NaN/10) · Sun 25 Oct (NaN/10)
Busiest: Fri 23 Oct (NaN/10)
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
23NaN
24NaN
25NaN
26NaN
27NaN
28NaN
29NaN
30NaN
31NaN
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN
22NaN
23NaN
24NaN
25NaN✦
26NaN✦
27NaN✦
28NaN✦
29NaN✦
30NaN
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN✦
21NaN✦
22NaN✦
23NaN✦
24NaN✦
25NaN✦
26NaN✦
27NaN✦
28NaN✦
29NaN✦
30NaN✦
31NaN✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN✦
2NaN✦
3NaN✦
4NaN
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN✦
17NaN✦
18NaN✦
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN
22NaN
23NaN
24NaN
25NaN
26NaN
27NaN
28NaN
29NaN
30NaN
31NaN
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN✦
14NaN✦
15NaN✦
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN
22NaN
23NaN
24NaN
25NaN
26NaN
27NaN
28NaN
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN✦
22NaN✦
23NaN✦
24NaN✦
25NaN✦
26NaN✦
27NaN✦
28NaN✦
29NaN✦
30NaN
31NaN
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN
22NaN
23NaN
24NaN
25NaN
26NaN
27NaN
28NaN
29NaN
30NaN
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN
22NaN
23NaN
24NaN
25NaN
26NaN
27NaN
28NaN
29NaN✦
30NaN✦
31NaN✦
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN
22NaN
23NaN
24NaN
25NaN
26NaN
27NaN
28NaN
29NaN
30NaN
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN✦
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN
22NaN
23NaN
24NaN
25NaN
26NaN
27NaN
28NaN
29NaN
30NaN
31NaN
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN
22NaN
23NaN
24NaN
25NaN
26NaN
27NaN
28NaN
29NaN
30NaN
31NaN
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN✦
5NaN✦
6NaN✦
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN
10NaN
11NaN
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN
22NaN
23NaN
24NaN
25NaN
26NaN
27NaN
28NaN
29NaN
30NaN
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
1NaN
2NaN
3NaN
4NaN
5NaN
6NaN
7NaN
8NaN
9NaN✦
10NaN✦
11NaN✦
12NaN
13NaN
14NaN
15NaN
16NaN
17NaN
18NaN
19NaN
20NaN
21NaN
22NaN
The months that actually matter at Valleyfair
Busiest months
July and August — the short Minnesota summer, which concentrates almost all attendance into two months.
Quietest months
May, June and September — May, early June and September weekends at the edges of the season.
Local knowledge: The season is compressed into a few months, so the shoulder weekends in May and September are unusually good value for low waits.
When to avoid Valleyfair, and when to go
Quietest weeks
Mon Oct 26 – Sun Nov 1about NaN/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Nov 2 – Sun Nov 8about NaN/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Dec 7 – Sun Dec 13about NaN/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Jan 4 – Sun Jan 10about NaN/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Feb 1 – Sun Feb 7about NaN/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last.
How this is worked out
Each day starts from how that weekday normally runs at Valleyfair, learned from our own recorded wait snapshots as they accumulate, and is raised for public holidays and school-holiday periods. It is a forecast of relative busyness, not a promise: a 3 means a day that usually runs quiet for this park, not a guarantee of short lines. The further out a date sits, the more it leans on the weekday pattern alone.
Want the live picture instead? Valleyfair wait times has today's queues, the hour-by-hour curve and what counts as a normal wait here. Planning a specific day? Open the planner and it will build a route around these crowd levels.