************NOTICE! THIS PRESS RELEASE IS FALSE MADE BY A PARK FAN! DO NOT BELIEVE ANY WORD OF IT (just in case :rolleyes: )
EDIT- Modified into Press Release Format!
CHARLOTTE, NC- There's a Hurricane brewing at Paramount's Carowinds! Today, park officials announced that "Hurricane Hugo", a new old fashioned wooden roller coaster, will be arriving on park grounds for the 2005 season.
The ride, designed by Great Coasters International, will feature a 115ft tall first Hill and will reach speeds up to 60 mile-per-hour during it's 5,000-foot long course.
Some unique features the coaster will boast include an enclosed "helex" section that will feature special effects such as wind and lightning. The ride will also feature a water curtain that will drench riders before plunging into the ride's underground tunnel finalee.
The Park's General Manager, known only as Dukeis#1, stated in the press release "
With this new and exciting bad *** coaster, we plan to target 14-30 year old Coaster/Computer nerds that spend most of their time on the internet spreading rumors about Carowinds adding a hypercoaster. --Oh, and we also think it will be a nice ride for families with kids 8-15." Hurricane Hugo will replace Rip Roarin Rapids, which opened in 1982. "
We are sorry whenever we have to close an attraction, particularly one that has had such a sucessful life-span as Rip Roarin Rapids, but we felt that since Dollywood, Six Flags Over Georgia, and Busch Gardens all have better rapids rides, ours was a humiliation to the ride type" said the General Manager.
Carowinds was very cautious about the announcement of a ride removal, particularly after the old general manager recieved death threats from a group of Carowinds fan radicals known as "The Coaster Preservation Club" when the park made the bad desision to burn the Riverboat down and stomp on it's ashes last season when Borg *** was built.
Hurricane Hugo will be located in the expanded Carolina Boardwalk Area. The renovated Carolina Showplace will now feature Hurricane ravaged Coastal Swamp-land like theming, including <a href='http://www.coastertown.com/Tennessee/Dollywood/Craftsman_Dream/2001/Tornado05.jpg' target='_blank'>Banged Up Buildings</a>, <a href='http://www.disneypix.com/Recreation/Typhoon/1990/SharkReef01.jpg' target='_blank'>Shored Submarines,</a> and <a href='http://www.disneypix.com/Recreation/Typhoon/1990/MayDay01.jpg' target='_blank'>Beached Boats</a>.
The ride is scheduled to open on March 25th, 2005, which is the tentative opening date for the Paramount's Carowinds 2005 Season. However, Park Management is also planning a Season Pass Preview event that will occur one weekend prior to that date.
Stats:
-Name: Hurricane Hugo (Talk about un-creative!)
-Type: Wooden Twister
-Designed by: Mike Boodley of Great Coasters International
-115ft tall
-Top Speed: 55-60 mph
-Around 5,000 ft long.
-Features 3 GCII Millennium Flyer trains, designed to navigate the tight turns on GCII roller coasters.
-Has several 70-degree banked sections
-Lots of Air Time (Though CCI was better known for that)
-Features water-curtain that trains will fly through.
-Features inclosed helix section with water, wind, and lightning effects.
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************NOTICE! THIS PRESS RELEASE IS FALSE MADE BY A PARK FAN! DO NOT BELIEVE ANY WORD OF IT (just in case :rolleyes: )
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