General Carowinds discussion
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By coasterbruh
#107254
CCookieMonster wrote:My wish is for Kings Island not to get a giga in 2020. I feel like it'll just steal our thunder. We literally just got Fury 4 years ago. I'm not ready for another park to just take away that specialty of Fury from us. Maybe I'm just too biased of my home park lol.

I mean they have a hyper and carowinds has a hyper. As it was stated, the normies don't give a crap about what park has what. Half of them have never heard of carowinds to be honest.
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By tarheel1231
#107257
I think one of the holes in the park’s coaster lineup is an indoor coaster, and with the way Cedar Fair is going in terms of theming, I’d love to see what they could do with Carowinds. Maybe when it’s time for PvZ to leave or the license expires, they can expand the Action Theater building into the parking lot and make it a show building.
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By coasterbruh
#107258
If paramount had their way, you'd been able to ride an indoor coaster some years ago, or was it to be outside?
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By pproteinc
#107295
^ Yea Boo Blasters is horrible now. Nothing works in there. I say upgrade it to one of Sally’s newer attractions or returning to a theater for a second show like a stage play.
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By yawetag
#107297
pproteinc wrote:^ Yea Boo Blasters is horrible now. Nothing works in there. I say upgrade it to one of Sally’s newer attractions or returning to a theater for a second show like a stage play.

One of the arguments against removing PvZ that's been listed here is that the one half is used during the bad/chorus competitions. If they turned Boo Blasters back into a stage show theater, then that can become the early-season location for these competitions. That would allow the removal/renovation of the PvZ building.
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By tarheel1231
#107299
Another thing I'd like to see is a water park version of Coaster Campouts (Coastal Campouts? :wave: ) during the summer. I know they're doing a Yoga in the Park on some days during June/July, but I think camping outside of the wave pool would be even better. Going to sleep and waking up to the sound of waves would be an awesome opportunity, and they could do ERT with the water park attractions.

As far as where to do it, you could either host it on the lawn outside of Surf Club Harbor, or rent out the Cabanas at Tidal Wave Bay.
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By CarowindsFan
#107300
tarheel1231 wrote:Another thing I'd like to see is a water park version of Coaster Campouts (Coastal Campouts? :wave: ) during the summer. I know they're doing a Yoga in the Park on some days during June/July, but I think camping outside of the wave pool would be even better. Going to sleep and waking up to the sound of waves would be an awesome opportunity, and they could do ERT with the water park attractions.

As far as where to do it, you could either host it on the lawn outside of Surf Club Harbor, or rent out the Cabanas at Tidal Wave Bay.


A bunch of kids going to sleep next to a million gallon wave pool. What could go wrong.
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By tarheel1231
#107302
CarowindsFan wrote:
tarheel1231 wrote:Another thing I'd like to see is a water park version of Coaster Campouts (Coastal Campouts? :wave: ) during the summer. I know they're doing a Yoga in the Park on some days during June/July, but I think camping outside of the wave pool would be even better. Going to sleep and waking up to the sound of waves would be an awesome opportunity, and they could do ERT with the water park attractions.

As far as where to do it, you could either host it on the lawn outside of Surf Club Harbor, or rent out the Cabanas at Tidal Wave Bay.


A bunch of kids going to sleep next to a million gallon wave pool. What could go wrong.


Then that's why you host it on the lawn outside of Surf Club. Easy access to the changing rooms in case you need to use the bathroom.

[EDIT] Oh, you meant drowning. :oops:

Actually, now that I’m looking at the maps, you could probably just use the cabanas at Surf Club Harbor. The cabana areas are fenced off, so it’s not like the kids are just gonna roll into the pool and drown.
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By tarheel1231
#107350
So I determined a good path for a potential sky way:



And I know what you're thinking, "parks don't build transportation rides anymore", "Carowinds is too small", etc. shut up. It's a wishlist thread and I can wish for any outlandish and stupid things that I want.

Now as far as the ride itself goes, the towers for it would be located next to Dod'gems, inside the second hill of Goldrusher, and inside the helix of Vortex. The path crosses the state line, and the stations would be located in a portion of TR's old station land and in place of Scrambler. Scrambler could be moved to somewhere else in the park, such as County Fair.

For the ride vehicles, instead of having multiple cabins (which would be more maintenance intensive, the ride would use two high-capacity Aerial Trams. An example of these can be found at Ober Gatlinburg, but for this ride, I think something more similar to the trams in Portland would be better size-wise:



The path essentially connects the north gate to the south gate, which would make the trip back to your car a much easier one on crowded days.
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By yawetag
#107353
tarheel1231 wrote:Now as far as the ride itself goes, the towers for it would be located next to Dod'gems, inside the second hill of Goldrusher, and inside the helix of Vortex. The path crosses the state line, and the stations would be located in a portion of TR's old station land and in place of Scrambler. Scrambler could be moved to somewhere else in the park, such as County Fair.

I do love the idea of it, but also agree that it's not likely to happen.

With that, you are correct that Scrambler would fit better in the County Fair area. It's a bit out of place there and, the more I think about it, that area would be a great entrance spot to whatever gets put into the RRR area.
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By tarheel1231
#107421
I really hope we see the removal/relocation of three point challenge when the plaza gets around to being done with renovations. If you move that + Auntie Anne’s, you can build a new sit down restaurant in that location.
By Christopher Mallis
#107428
tarheel1231 wrote:I really hope we see the removal/relocation of three point challenge when the plaza gets around to being done with renovations. If you move that + Auntie Anne’s, you can build a new sit down restaurant in that location.

Plus that midway where premiers and auntie Anne’s is gets way too crowded on most days. It’s too narrow for that area.
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