Carowinds Sully wrote:I rode CS last night on the 7th row and I was extremely impressed. Carowinds has an extremely unique ride on its hands. I am in total agreement with everything that has been commented in the last few posts so I am not going to repeat what has already been said.
On that note, the theming in the queue line has not really been mentioned yet and HOLY CRAP IF YOU LOOK AROUND THERE IS SO MUCH STUFF TO TAKE IN! There were a few things that I loved. First, I thought that it was very clever to use the symbol of flowers to show what was Granny's and what wasn't. The front porch displayed this very well as everything was themed to look beaten and broken down (which looked very convincing) but there were these vibrantly colored flowers that were riddled throughout the scene. As well, flowers were painted on the bath curtain and the front door to stress the idea that that house was GRANNY'S. The thing that blew me most away with the theming was the inclusion of the outhouses. At first sight, I was very confused on why there were three outhouses in a row. Is that really necessary? I saw what they stood for, though, and got super stoked. I saw the flowers on the middle outhouse and knew that that outhouse was Granny's. That left a tall and skinny outhouse on the left and a short and fat (the wood is bent outwards to give it a "rounded" look) outhouse on the right. The tall outhouse had car parts around it and the shorter one had a bag of fertilizer behind it. I remembered to the beginning of the queue where there was the silhouette of a short, fat guy and a tall, skinny guy and realized that the outhouses are symbols for Granny's sons. All in all, 3 outhouses were able to tell a story that there are 3 characters: Granny and her two sons. Granny has a fan behind her outhouse to get out fumes (ie Moonshine or just the aftermath of Taco Tuesday). One of her sons is a mechanic who mods his cars in order to smuggle the moonshine and the other son is the one who grows the corn for the moonshine. WHO KNEW OUTHOUSES COULD BE SO IMPORTANT TO TELLING A STORY? On top of this, Carowinds put whole cars and tractors in the queue line for crying out loud which is just uncalled for but I am so happy that they put them there. Round of applause to the person who came up with all of these small details that the large majority of people will look over. All of these details added to the overall experience and made Copperhead Strike more unique and memorable. I can't wait to go back to Carowinds and see what else I missed but I hope that this is the start of a new era for Carowinds.
On another note, did anyone else feel that the ride, mostly in the station, felt a little unfinished? I saw some hanging wires in the line that were not hooked up, there wasn't any music playing in the background in the queue, and the station did not have the announcer recording that all other Carowinds rides have.
PS to anybody at Carowinds, I would love it if you make a "Rise n' Shine" T-shirt. I would totally buy because that logo is really cool
tarheel1231 wrote:Not sure I would compare it to Maverick, since it’s not nearly as intense. It’s also not really “mini” Maverick since it’s only about 1200 feet shorter.
in my book!coasterbruh wrote:Carowinds Sully wrote:I rode CS last night on the 7th row and I was extremely impressed. Carowinds has an extremely unique ride on its hands. I am in total agreement with everything that has been commented in the last few posts so I am not going to repeat what has already been said.
On that note, the theming in the queue line has not really been mentioned yet and HOLY CRAP IF YOU LOOK AROUND THERE IS SO MUCH STUFF TO TAKE IN! There were a few things that I loved. First, I thought that it was very clever to use the symbol of flowers to show what was Granny's and what wasn't. The front porch displayed this very well as everything was themed to look beaten and broken down (which looked very convincing) but there were these vibrantly colored flowers that were riddled throughout the scene. As well, flowers were painted on the bath curtain and the front door to stress the idea that that house was GRANNY'S. The thing that blew me most away with the theming was the inclusion of the outhouses. At first sight, I was very confused on why there were three outhouses in a row. Is that really necessary? I saw what they stood for, though, and got super stoked. I saw the flowers on the middle outhouse and knew that that outhouse was Granny's. That left a tall and skinny outhouse on the left and a short and fat (the wood is bent outwards to give it a "rounded" look) outhouse on the right. The tall outhouse had car parts around it and the shorter one had a bag of fertilizer behind it. I remembered to the beginning of the queue where there was the silhouette of a short, fat guy and a tall, skinny guy and realized that the outhouses are symbols for Granny's sons. All in all, 3 outhouses were able to tell a story that there are 3 characters: Granny and her two sons. Granny has a fan behind her outhouse to get out fumes (ie Moonshine or just the aftermath of Taco Tuesday). One of her sons is a mechanic who mods his cars in order to smuggle the moonshine and the other son is the one who grows the corn for the moonshine. WHO KNEW OUTHOUSES COULD BE SO IMPORTANT TO TELLING A STORY? On top of this, Carowinds put whole cars and tractors in the queue line for crying out loud which is just uncalled for but I am so happy that they put them there. Round of applause to the person who came up with all of these small details that the large majority of people will look over. All of these details added to the overall experience and made Copperhead Strike more unique and memorable. I can't wait to go back to Carowinds and see what else I missed but I hope that this is the start of a new era for Carowinds.
On another note, did anyone else feel that the ride, mostly in the station, felt a little unfinished? I saw some hanging wires in the line that were not hooked up, there wasn't any music playing in the background in the queue, and the station did not have the announcer recording that all other Carowinds rides have.
PS to anybody at Carowinds, I would love it if you make a "Rise n' Shine" T-shirt. I would totally buy because that logo is really cool
Is your imagination running wild or was this verbalized somewhere?
coasterbruh wrote:*rode* . . .
coasterbruh wrote:So has anyone used the skytower to get some aerial footage?
CCookieMonster wrote:Thanks for the pictures! Those are really good quality photos. Is the ride in complete darkness with just the headlines on at night just like the Instagram video?
gabed wrote:After spending majority of the day at the park today, I’d like to say this. I cannot believe it, but I think Copperhead MIGHT be my favorite coaster in the park.
