I read on another forum that someone overheard talk [at Media Day] that hinted at a conversion coming next year that will be announced in the fall. Interesting if true, maybe the park has more up their sleeve than we know...
On the topic of Thunder Road being repainted, I think that's wonderful.
When I close my eyes and think of Thunder Road being restored to it's former glory I picture it white with the track itself painted red, and the rails along the sides painted Carolina blue -just like in all those gorgeous old pictures I drool over from Carowinds Early Years. lol. I also picture it with the original Burma Shave signs going up the lift, in the style of the small 'loose article' signs around Fury.
Wouldn't it be amazing if they went all out and even replaced the trains with Millennium Flyers? The front car designed with the flag of each state on the front, really making it a "battle of the states". Just the thought of that gets me excited. A new sign for the lift (and when you enter the queue) would be fantastic too, preferably a throwback in some way to the original sign.
This topic makes me go a little overboard, but that's only because it's one that I'm very passionate about. Thunder Road is one of my favorite wooden coasters, can you blame me? :p
... now that all that's said, can we argue about which side is NC and which is SC? lol
(the answer: neither
really are either, but the left -ascending the lift- is commonly considered NC and the right is SC)
