General Carowinds discussion
By Edwardo
#87838
Because there was no competition at the time and they weren't as advanced. It's that simple.
By JWitter
#87885
My biggest wish for the park, is that it goes NON-smoking. Is it just me or does it seem like the smoking areas are in the worst places? By the bathrooms, the cut through by nighthawk, IN THE KIDS AREA? right by dinosaurs alive? Are you kidding me? I myself have horrible asthma, so does my son, and I hate having to pass through huge clouds of smoke to get anywhere in the park. On our last visit, I saw 4 people standing right by the kids planes leaning over the rail by the ride line smoking, with a security guard standing 10 feet away. I asked him what happened to smokers and he said they got asked to leave the park. I pointed the people out, and he chatted with them while they smoked and then patted one guy on the back and walked away doing nothing. Sorry rant over. Ban Smoking in Carowinds!!!! Keep the air quality clean for everybody!!! :twisted: :evil:
By JWitter
#87892
Now that my rant is over I have a wishlist for Carowinds:

1. condense parking into 2 nice parking decks, with a covered walkway and or shuttles to take people to entrance.

2.Build a resort style hotel on the edge of the park nearest I-77.

3. Use leftover parking lot to expand park into a new themed area, something to do with the mountains, including an indoor coaster that is the shape of a mountain(s).

4. Get rid of Nighthawk and Vortex and use the area to rebuild a lake, and have some amazing new awesome one of a kind coaster that flies over, around, and under the lake, also build a dock out into the middle of the lake with a 300+ft tall Ferris wheel with all glass cars.

5. Take out dinosaurs alive and expand the kids area to include more rides and attractions.

6. expand the country fair area, include more flat rides, a more realistic country fair atmosphere, with fair food, performers, petting zoo, etc. re-theme boo blasters to fit within the country fair theme, get rid of bumper cars and add additional rides there, as well as behind the plants vs zombie arena and the new water park expansion where there is still room.

7. Bring back a log flume ride, rebuild the whitewater falls to be themed and larger, Re-theme and rebuild the white water rapids into this area.this area could be themed as white water rapids since NC has lots of nice river rapids.

8. Expand the water park ( yes I know, but I think it would be bigger and better, more adult slides, more kids area, and a new lazy river that goes around the whole water park.

9. Water coaster added to the area right outside the water park along Carowinds Blvd.

10. Carolina Cobra taken out and replaced with a small footprint thrill ride.

11. Carolina Cyclone remove and replace with dueling wooden/steel hybrid coaster.

12. Drop Zone removed and replaced with something similar to Power Tower , but make it a worlds tallest.

13. Are around Fury redone totally, themed restaurants,stores, new games, rip out the hurler, and create a bootlegger themed coaster with a pass through to a new area with go-carts, bumper boats, mini golf, and various other rides/activities such as this.

14. Intimidator repainted, re-themed and turned into a VR coaster that you can choose what you see in your headset as well as your music.

15. Take area where white water rapids was, as well as the amphitheater and use it for more rides, maybe an inside dark theme ride.


That's about it, just a nice short little list :shock: :D
By SuperWeenieHutJr
#87893
My list:

1. Retheme Carolina RFD to Blue Ridge Junction (old theme for Boardwalk area). Move entry and exit for Goldrusher to the new land. This removes thematic break for Boardwalk. Extend and enhance the Boardwalk area to be a natural lead in to Carolina Harbor. Add flat ride as part of expansion. A grove/beer garden would be a nice touch in the area between Carolina Cobra and Carolina Harbor.

2. Log Flume. Anywhere. I miss it.

3. Expand Planet Snoopy. Remove Dinosaurs Alive for new land. Connect to County Fair. & Planet Snoopy. New land? Palmetto Plaza.
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By tarheel1231
#87894
I've got a new, terrible idea! According to the Investment Matrix from last year, a lucky Cedar Fair park is going to receive some new accommodations. Everyone's eyes have been on Carowinds due to the amount of investment Cedar Fair has recently put into the park. Personally, I don't think the park is big enough for a full-blown resort-hotel. However, what I would like to see deluxe cabins/cottages for guests visiting the park. So here's my idea:


Instead of expanding the water park where Thunder Road's turnarounds used to be, I would place a Lighthouse Point-type resort full of cottages. There would be a sizeable Lighthouse in the center of the resort, maybe 60-70 feet high. The idea would be to create the feeling of staying in a beach cottage The Outer Banks. The area would be surrounded by trees, and there would be an entrance into Carolina Harbor directly from the resort.

When they expand the water park, they could build a small suspension-bridge (modeled after the Ravenel Bridge in Charleston) over the exit road into a new section of the water park. It would be far less cramped than just expanding into the turnaround section.
By Deere839
#88257
Even though this is less of a wishlist post and more of what I think might happen in reality post I didn't know where else to post
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By RollerBee
#88279
^What makes you think that? I would be suprised if Kookaburra Bay was removed for a County Fair expansion especially given the small space left open by Thunder Road.
Which by the way Deere you Musik Express is too small, the Musik Express we are getting measures 75 feet diagonally.
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By coasterbruh
#88288
Yeah, its plenty room left vacant from thunder road to use and not have to remove anything.
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By tarheel1231
#88337
I crapped a few more ideas for the park. The first one:



Vortex goes bye-bye and in its place, a splash battle, a new shop, and entrance to Goldrusher open. This would all be part of the retheming of Carolina Showplace to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Goldrusher's exit would become its entrance, part of the queue for the current entrance would become the exit, and the pre-lift for the first half would be enclosed.

Slingshot would be moved to the Boardwalk where Goldrusher's current entrance is.

Idea #2:

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Replace Drop Tower with a 250' Moser tower. The ride would be called "Rock Tower." The sound system on the way up would play 70's and 80's rock. At the top of the tower, this part of "Welcome to the Jungle" would play:

And when you're high you never ever want to come down
So down, so down, so down, yeah


After that last 'down,' the tower would release.
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By coasterbruh
#88339
Moser towers suck and are not reliable . . .
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By tarheel1231
#88343
coasterbruh wrote:Moser towers suck and are not reliable . . .

But think of the capacity! That is my only argument.
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By coasterbruh
#88345
How much capacity can a broken ride really get . . .
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