[CarowindsZone]

How in the world did Carowinds get the riverboat out of the park?
The Known Facts
1)There is no sign of it being cut into pieces.
2)It couldn't of been rolled out of the park. The paths are too narrow.
3)She had a hole in the hull, that looks like it is where it hit something.
4)The water has started to return, but the other side is dry.
5)The smokestacks were removed before she disappeared.
My theory is she was put into five parts, the two smokestacks, the paddlewheel, the hull, and the decks. The parts were airlifted out of the park.

[Dukeis#1]

Here's my theory:

Things that could be removed were removed, such as the stacks, the paddle wheel, the cab, the motor, were removed. Then the boat's structure was demolished, and then they had some company come in and cut the hull into pieces that could be fit on a truck. Then the pieces of the hull were sent to a steel mill, were they were melted down and turned into car doors and sky-scrapper pieces. That seems like the only feasable way to get the boat out, but if they can get Stealth's track pieces in, maybe they could get the boat out as well.

We actually don't evan know if the boat was scrapped yet. While we do know that is gone from Carowinds for good, they might have removed it so that it was not destroyed completely.

[CarowindsZone]

I read somewhere that it was going to the new Hong Kong Disneyland as the Mark Twain.

[carowindsfreak13]

This sucks i will miss that boat. This was a peice of carowinds history

[Carowindsman]

hey at least we have the skytower and Scooby Doo still

[LocoDriver]

Here's my theory.....We've had a really cold winter. The GM at PC was looking to save on his energy bill at home so.....He had the boat chopped up for firewood. Then in the cold darkness of one November night he had the firewood (Queen) shipped to his house.

In a cruel turn of events....The GM went to build a fire at his residence. Of course he used the Queen as his firewood. He had problems getting the wood to burn. Come to find out the wood was so water logged from years at the park that it would not burn. So now the wood sits in his back yard. It's now being used as Termite Food. Glory to the Queen

[twistytie]

Niiiice!!

My vote goes to Loco's theory.

God Save the Queen....or let her be eaten by termites!

[montumax]

Didn't nobody see the huge delivery of marshmellows being sent to the park? Talk about a bonfire!

[Dukeis#1]

Oh well, I suppose riding a Borg's *** will be just as fun. :rolleyes:

[Cephas]

I think the Queen got abducted by the BORGs.

[carowindsfreak13]

I have that same piture for my screensaver.

[Dukeis#1]

Somebody TN posted an interesting article from Amusement Business about the boat today. While I'm not allowed to copy it, you can view it at the <a href='http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/showthread.php?t=27924&page=14&pp=15' target='_blank'>very bottom of this page.</a>

[twistytie]

That was a very strong article. It made me kinda look at the removal of the queen again from another perspective. Ah well...

You know what would've been cool is if they would have kept the boat docked by RRR like in the drawing, but then make it look assimilated. They could've repainted it or added Borg things to make it look like it was taken over. That would have been something to see.