New Ride Location?

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By CarowindsThrills
-  November 19th, 2003, 6:53 am #758
The park should add another ride between Frenzoid and Dodgems (area of water). I could see a small coaster fitting there, but another flat ride would fit best there.

 

By Cephas
-  November 19th, 2003, 4:26 pm #761
I aggree, the lake is filled with algae and other gunk. It is only used as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

Nasty!

 

By CarowindsZone
-  November 19th, 2003, 5:29 pm #762
Carowinds has loss their taste for flat rides. It is more about rollercoasters, and thrill rides now. We already have a water coaster so that spot isn't going for a water coaster. The frenzoid has bad ridership, and is a very unconfortable ride. Boomerang Bay rumors are going around because of PKI expansing their WaterWorks, and Carowinds isn't a leader, it is a follower. They follow in the footsteps of PKI, PKD, and PGA.

 

By Trev32
-  November 19th, 2003, 7:46 pm #778
frenzoid is probably so uncofertable because the restraints are so tight,the only do that just in case if one restraint fails than you still have another


<off topic>on cyclone does anybody else besides me think for the restraints they should install seatbelts like on top gun? cause if the restraint lock fails,SEE YAH! but if they did the seatbelt thing you would still stay in,it's the only thing that gets me scared about that ride,but the odds of the restraint unlocking are about 1,000,000,000 to 1<off topic>

 

By Cephas
-  November 19th, 2003, 7:51 pm #782
Your right, I would be a good Idea to install seatbelts on the Cyclone, except the cost probably has kept carowinds from doing it (whole new harnesses).

 

By Dukeis#1
-  November 19th, 2003, 8:16 pm #784
Trev32 wrote: <off topic>on cyclone does anybody else besides me think for the restraints they should install seatbelts like on top gun? cause if the restraint lock fails,SEE YAH! but if they did the seatbelt thing you would still stay in,it's the only thing that gets me scared about that ride,but the odds of the restraint unlocking are about 1,000,000,000 to 1<off topic>


Actually that would probably just slow down loading and unloading evan worse than it already is for that coaster right now. Besides, evan if the restraints did fail (Which is yet to happen on any Arrow Coaster) more than likely the G forces one expierences would allow the rider to stay safely in there seat just by holding on to the handle bars, similar to how White Lightnin' worked, with only Lap Bars.

 

By CarowindsZone
-  November 19th, 2003, 8:23 pm #785
I agree seatbeats are needed. All they would need to do is install them.
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By montumax
-  November 19th, 2003, 10:10 pm #797
CarowindsZone wrote: I agree seatbeats are needed. All they would need to do is install them.

Let's see...the Cyclone has ran for how many years now without seatbelts and y'all think they need them all of a sudden?

I love the logic of some people.

 

By Dukeis#1
-  November 19th, 2003, 10:43 pm #801
Exactly.

Besides, if the OTSs did fail, I doubt that a ribbon is going to hold a 350 pound person in, or a 4 foot tall child in either. See my above post^
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By montumax
-  November 19th, 2003, 11:13 pm #802
CarowindsZone wrote: Carowinds has loss their taste for flat rides. It is more about rollercoasters, and thrill rides now. We already have a water coaster so that spot isn't going for a water coaster. The frenzoid has bad ridership, and is a very unconfortable ride. Boomerang Bay rumors are going around because of PKI expansing their WaterWorks, and Carowinds isn't a leader, it is a follower. They follow in the footsteps of PKI, PKD, and PGA.

Couldn't flat rides be considered thrill rides? A Delerium, Jump 2, Chaos...they're certainly thrilling :)

To me the only uncomfortable part of the Frenzoid is that little nudge you get from the lap restraint during the unloading and loading of the ride. I've never thought it was uncomfortable.

As far as being a follower, I don't see that as being true. Paramount hasn't really cloned rides at the parks. FOF and the Invertigos (and the jr. Vekomas) are the only major rides that I can think of that have been cloned. Each park, to me, has its own "identity." The waterpark renovation, if that is indeed in the cards, only seems to be the next logical step for the evolution of the park.
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By montumax
-  November 19th, 2003, 11:20 pm #803
Cephas wrote: I aggree, the lake is filled with algae and other gunk. It is only used as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

Nasty!

Yeah...like the water for WhiteWater Falls is any cleaner :)

 

By Cephas
-  November 20th, 2003, 7:45 am #805
Yeah! :)

 

By CarowindsThrills
-  November 20th, 2003, 10:31 am #807
CarowindsZone wrote: I agree seatbeats are needed. All they would need to do is install them.

I never wear seatbelts on any roller coaster (especially on Hurler). It's like riding in your convertible going over hills.
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By Jonathan
-  November 20th, 2003, 11:30 am #808
Oh no, not you again. I don't think I'm going to waste my breath (hypothetically speaking) this time, because it will probably just go in one ear and out the other. Maybe you'll be caught sometime and tossed out of the park.
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By montumax
-  November 20th, 2003, 2:25 pm #809
CarowindsThrills wrote:
CarowindsZone wrote: I agree seatbeats are needed. All they would need to do is install them.

I never wear seatbelts on any roller coaster (especially on Hurler). It's like riding in your convertible going over hills.

You're not Carowinds 73-03 are you?
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