General Carowinds discussion
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By coasterbruh
#70122
I wish for a museum style walk thru, air condition building showcasing the history of the park.
By Edwardo
#70134
Jarvis, that would be nice. And since CP has one, not totally out of character.
By chargercrazy
#70390
arby wrote:Sorry, I couldn't resist posting yet another (crappy quality) video of Love Shack that my daughter's competition dance team danced to six years ago. My how they've grown up since then. I'd upload a better quality video but that doesn't make the song sound any better.

Anyway, I heard it over, and over, and over.... so much so that I almost bought an old Chrysler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yept1hTmlVQ



I actually own an old Chrysler. It is, indeed, as big as a whale.
By RollerBee
#70405
^Hey look, a modern roll-o-plane. Just needs an airplane on the other end of the shaft, interesting find there. Who makes it?
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By redrunner97
#70406
Here's something that has been on my wishlist for a while:

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^ A fountain is an absolute NECESSITY at an amusement park, right up there with that Ferris Wheel we don't have.
Since they have hinted at possibly widening that area and redoing some stuff beyond the bridge in the coming years, this is what I would like to see done. A nice grand fountain and a large event stage, possibly for Luminosity or another cool outdoor event, would be amazing. Since the bridge is wider than the path, I definitely see the park widening the initial area once you come off the bridge. Mike also briefly mentioned positioning the state sign further down, so I added that too. I'm awful at photoshop so I opted for Google Drawing... Hope you can get the mental image lol.

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(Tarheel had a similar fountain idea, and I really like it! ^)
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By pproteinc
#70408
RollerBee wrote:^Hey look, a modern roll-o-plane. Just needs an airplane on the other end of the shaft, interesting find there. Who makes it?


It have two planes already, but adding two more to the other ends would make for a good capacity eater. I rode it in 2011 while overseas. Tivoli Gardens is an awesome and beautiful park. It was manufactured by Technical Parks.

Now if Huss can manufacture and more reliable Jump 2, when I win the lotto next time I'll plop one and a giant frisbee at the park lol
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By RollerBee
#70414
My thought for Carowinds Plaza is to relocate the Antique Carousel(fully restored to original condition) and put it on the state line where the Paramount Pictures logo was infront of the stage. Infront of the Carousel where the Carowinds sign currently is built a new fountain and reflecting pool wrapping around in a larger fashion to the planter already there. Remove the Plaza stage and leave that area open for Carousel queue and view to Vortex from Carousel.

Move the pretzel stand to the old Funnel Cake building and expand the plaza between it and Plaza Gifts. Plaza Gifts and Upgrade services rebuilt in new location and Cinabon relocated also.
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By CarowindsCentral
#70429
Here's my wishlist for probably the next several years.
Huss giant frisbee.
Mack launched coaster.
Plaza completely redone.
Thunder Road gets some love, including new signs and new paint (like this would ever happen :lol: ).
Boomerang Bay expansion under Thunder Road.
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By redrunner97
#70444
On the topic of Thunder Road, I think they definitely should consider painting it, even if it is expensive.

Even the GP on Facebook have been requesting it lately. Seeing it with the paint job in older photos just makes me wish it still looked that way now.
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By pproteinc
#70447
I dont get any other reasoning to why tho won't paint Thunder Road I mean the station and brake run areas are still painted and it's bro/sis Rebel Yell at Kings Dominion is still fully painted.
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By Tosu97
#70463
I'd love for our next coaster to be a launched coaster.

What I'd love to see: a Cheetah Hunt type Intamin multi-launch that runs from around Cyclone, out through the woods by the
campgrounds and back.

What I expect to see: I'd almost be willing to put money on something like Thunderbird up at Holiday World to replace
Cyclone. Cedar Fair loves them some B&M these days and it would give Carowinds a
Winged coaster.

A Launched B&M Wing would be great, but I would prefer to switch it up a little bit. Everything around the chain is all B&M.
It sounds so spoiled, but hey we are 8) We're Carowinds and we got a big bad giga!
By dabrian
#70468
I wish my wife could make shrimp and grits as great as the chef at Carowinds. And maybe a launch coaster at some point.
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