General Carowinds discussion
#79733
Edwardo wrote:Yes yes. We know you were right. In fact you were shown right out the door the one time you stumbled on something and were banned right from the park.

So I guess you chose to be right both of those times.

Stumbling across that information has nothing to do with why I was shown the door or banned Edwardo. I do believe I have told that story many times. So I will summarize it for you.
Three of the four members of that day's Hurler crew was let go because we all make mistakes that resulted in a train being dispatched without every member clearing the dispatch. I was not in control of the ride outside of hand signals

My being banned from the park is a different that I am tiring of telling but again it has nothing to do with stumbling accross information. If you are going to personally attack at least have your facts right, they have been previously posted on here and other coaster forums. Use the darn search features cause I prefer that stupid story didn't happen.

I did the 5 year ban that I agreed to, and I am welcome at Carowinds again. It was between me and Carowinds so please stop tossing it back up, it has been expired for nearly 4 years.
#79738
The only member of the Hurler crew on that day that survived the firing was the girl at back unloaded. She was not fired because she had no way of stopping the train, hand signals was the only control she had. Front unload had a dispatch button, Drive had the main control panel. I was deemed out of position because I went to check a little girl's height at the parents request and had gotten pushed off the platform when the drive operator close the que gates. The only control I had was hand signals and the other two operators were paying no attention to the fact that I was displaying the the "Stop" signal instead of "Clear". My signal was because I was locked in the front row que line and my lap bars weren't checked. I was forced to scream at my coworkers and had half the guests in the station screaming "stop" with me. Half the train was out of the station before I got the attention of the front unload operator to stop the train.

My banning incident had nothing to do with the mass firing and took place 5 plus weeks later. Rarly were employees fired and banned, but under the right circumstances it does happen.
#79767
Barbwire wrote:
coasterbruh wrote:Barbwire...barbwire...BARBWIRE!!! **crosses fingers**

I've been in hiding....now back to my secret location before the secret's out!!.... :silent: :shh:

WAIT!!! Come back...I have some questions...
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#79781
BelowThePeak wrote:
cwgator wrote:

So how would those two compare to the others in the park for you (since I see you have both Afterburn and Nighthawk in your current top 10)?

I need to update that. Nighthawk will disappear from that list as it had definitely gotten horrible since my last ride in '08. Fury will be #1, Afterburn will move down a notch and Intimidator between AC & Goliath. So Fury>Afterburn>Intimidator.Thunder Road as far as top 4 at Carowinds.
#79945
Sorry no pics I didn't have a camera on me...
We may have our first sign of construction inside the park! Wings Cafe is boarded up and fenced off. Work being done on the roof...

Really though I hope Wings stays and is just getting roof repairs or something. It's nice to have an AC place to eat in that area.
#79947
They usually don't board and fence off an area when it's just a minor repair. This sounds more like construction/demolition type stuff to me.

Maybe it's getting a facelift?
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