- March 15th, 2010, 7:43 am
#38697
On Saturday, March 13 ACE members and their guests got into Carowinds 2 weeks early to preview the new B&M hyper Intimidator, the progress of converting Nick Central into Planet Snoopy and the makeover of Carolina Cyclone, which is turning 30 this year.
That's all I'll say, because most of you skip this part anyway.
For all 176 photos visit: http://travel.webshots.com/album/577006 ... ost=travel
For video footage of Intimidator testing visit: [youtube]fGJLQBprvXQ[/youtube]
The Geek Invasion begins
I don't know why, but the park actually received two test seats for Intimidator. There is one up at the ride that looks almost ready to go, then there is one over in the warehouse.
First on the tour was Carolina Cyclone and its extreme makeover. I personally like the new colors, but I'm sure many will feel different. It is a bit "RCT", but it brightens up that part of the park considerably from the old color scheme.
Trying to be artsy.
Apparently Dominator was supposed to have something similar, with each inversion being yellow or something like that. I guess we got that idea instead because KD ran out of time with Dominator's paint job.
Are you ready to rumble!?!
Cyclone looks all happy in its new colors.
What is that I see across the park?
Timmy looks almost purple in this shot. Guess he's trying to be like his brother Diamondback.
Insert your own ACE/Coaster Geek joke here.
And we're walking! (Sorry, someone came up with that Saturday and I had to steal it)
Bill was there when they brought the first coaster over on the Mayflower. j/k I love Bill, but couldn't resist. He's a walking history of coasters, because frankly he's been on many coasters that have long since bit the dust.
We continue backstage and get a few shots of IntRimidator.
What? I only have 2000 pics so far today? MUST TAKE PICTURES!!!
And we're walking...
Hope we don't get a strong wind from the south. It might blow over.
Sean was never heard from again.
Watch your heads coming out of the helix.
Bench: The Ride sees its latest installation.
I think you're doing it wrong.
Hyper from the bridge
Winner's Circle is coming along.
Ride photo is coming along as well. Notice the garage door.
Funny how much the station reminds me of Diamondback, but everything is in reverse. The stairs are on the left, instead of right, queue on left instead of right, etc. Someone also made a good point that the soon-to-be grassy area in front on Timmy will be a great spot for a flat ride.
This is torture being so close, but so far away. (No rides today)
We missed the crew before they went to lunch, so after hanging around Planet Snoopy (pics to come later) we finally got to see the ride run a few times to get pictures and video.
The trains look fantastic, but I'm a bit biased as red and black are two of my favorite colors. Oh and yeah Carowinds is my home park.
I'm glad we finally got a coaster tall enough that it would need one of those red beacons on the top.
From this angle the helix looks an awful lot like a B&M Flyer Pretzel Loop!
More to come: Planet Snoopy!
That's all I'll say, because most of you skip this part anyway.
For all 176 photos visit: http://travel.webshots.com/album/577006 ... ost=travel
For video footage of Intimidator testing visit: [youtube]fGJLQBprvXQ[/youtube]
The Geek Invasion begins
I don't know why, but the park actually received two test seats for Intimidator. There is one up at the ride that looks almost ready to go, then there is one over in the warehouse.
First on the tour was Carolina Cyclone and its extreme makeover. I personally like the new colors, but I'm sure many will feel different. It is a bit "RCT", but it brightens up that part of the park considerably from the old color scheme.
Trying to be artsy.
Apparently Dominator was supposed to have something similar, with each inversion being yellow or something like that. I guess we got that idea instead because KD ran out of time with Dominator's paint job.
Are you ready to rumble!?!
Cyclone looks all happy in its new colors.
What is that I see across the park?
Timmy looks almost purple in this shot. Guess he's trying to be like his brother Diamondback.
Insert your own ACE/Coaster Geek joke here.
And we're walking! (Sorry, someone came up with that Saturday and I had to steal it)
Bill was there when they brought the first coaster over on the Mayflower. j/k I love Bill, but couldn't resist. He's a walking history of coasters, because frankly he's been on many coasters that have long since bit the dust.
We continue backstage and get a few shots of IntRimidator.
What? I only have 2000 pics so far today? MUST TAKE PICTURES!!!
And we're walking...
Hope we don't get a strong wind from the south. It might blow over.
Sean was never heard from again.
Watch your heads coming out of the helix.
Bench: The Ride sees its latest installation.
I think you're doing it wrong.
Hyper from the bridge
Winner's Circle is coming along.
Ride photo is coming along as well. Notice the garage door.
Funny how much the station reminds me of Diamondback, but everything is in reverse. The stairs are on the left, instead of right, queue on left instead of right, etc. Someone also made a good point that the soon-to-be grassy area in front on Timmy will be a great spot for a flat ride.
This is torture being so close, but so far away. (No rides today)
We missed the crew before they went to lunch, so after hanging around Planet Snoopy (pics to come later) we finally got to see the ride run a few times to get pictures and video.
The trains look fantastic, but I'm a bit biased as red and black are two of my favorite colors. Oh and yeah Carowinds is my home park.
I'm glad we finally got a coaster tall enough that it would need one of those red beacons on the top.
From this angle the helix looks an awful lot like a B&M Flyer Pretzel Loop!
More to come: Planet Snoopy!
Coaster Count - 203
