[Jonathan]

I've seen photos of Cedar Point's as a walk on even during busy times, so I don't think waits will be an issue.

[RRRAPIDS]

The Southern Star usually has a 1 cycle wait before you board. That ride alone holds 50 people.
Windseeker(64 riders), more than likely will be the same. Maybe a 2 cycle wait? Who knows.I'm just excited to see how that whole area will be transformed.

[coasterbruh]

I've seen photos of Cedar Point's as a walk on even during busy times, so I don't think waits will be an issue.

Thats because no one wants to ride that pos...lol

Ok, I kid I kid...

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

hahaha! Thats probaly true.... I think it will still be interesting spinning around 30mph 300ft in the air.... I just wish the would start construction so we can at least get some pictures Oh well, I am sure they will put a cam around there somewhere...

[carowindsman6654]

Construction bids for Windseeker go out on Oct. 14th: http://www.ldiline.com/home.cfm?id=23487

[Picklesthedrummer]

From the tour I took, I think construction is going to begin in either November or December.

[Jay]

^^That site was pretty cool thanks for the link. Now I have all the plans to build my own Windseeker!

Here is the basic layout of the area - http://www.ldiline.com/showpdf.cfm?proj=23487&file=001DTC_CVR.pdf&dir=DTC Doesn't look like they are filling in *too* much of the lake...

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

Haha, that site is fantastic. So from the looks of the plans, at the top of the swings is 279' so riders will actually be swinging at like 265ft high or so (give or take with the 45* swing and all that, not good at doing the math for that. I was curious to know what the actual height would be of the swings (where we will be sitting) so this is cool to see.

[arby]

I rode Windseeker at KI this past weekend and it is a great family ride. This ride is certainly something that Carowinds needs and it looks super great at night.

[arby]

By the way, here is a picture that I took of it at night. It will bring some new color to the skyline at night.

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[chknwing]

Since we live in the Redneck capital of the world, I wonder how many UFO calls the windseeker will cause.

[Jay]

I rode the one at Cedar Point last month and can pretty much attest all the same stuff. It wasn't "thrilling" but it was "fun." Kind of mixed on the lighting scheme though, it kind of looked like a tacky Las Vegas marquee. Would have looked better a bit 'toned' down in my opinion.

Windseeker?



As for my pics.. if I show one before Thanksgiving consider yourselves lucky.

[iball]

Since we live in the Redneck capital of the world, I wonder how many UFO calls the windseeker will cause.

the redneck capital is pretty much directly outside mecklinberg so probably a lot knowing windseeker will be in york

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

Nice picture arby. I think it will be nice to see in the carowinds skyline at night.

[hdmech]

I think that as long as carowinds decides to keep windseeker's lights only on when it get to be after dusk, then they will be great with the skyline......(the other option being, only turn windseeker's lights on during snoopy starlight spectacular )


I also wonder how the rivalry with windseeker and carolina skytower will begin hahaha!