[Jonathan]

Media day is going on now. Updates on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. https://twitter.com/carowindsfans

[coasterbruh]

Well . . . I had a chance to experience this attraction today and I really enjoyed it. It seems like a "chill spot" and a place I can see groups visiting quite often.

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[arby]

Carowinds Connection was at the official opening of Plants vs. Zombies Garden Arena yesterday at Carowinds.

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Plants vs Zombies officially opens!

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There are fun things to read while in line

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Great details in the 'station'

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The pre show introduces you to the ride

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Shout out to the 'sponsor'

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Lots of color and details in the arena

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C'mon, get off your phone

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Are you a plant or a zombie?

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At the exit there is a gift shop

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including a couple games

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and some photo ops

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[pproteinc]

I'm glad the sign actually works. lol

[Littlegiles]

Today they are just running one line and not sorting out preference of zombie or plant. Line is moving faster.

Last night the line was really slow because they were having to assign different lines to different parts of the rows. Poor girl at the front was really in the weeds. ( no plant pun intended)

[pproteinc]

Experienced it today there wasn't really a line for it tonight. Pretty cool attraction definitely for the little ones and gamers. Our side (zombies) won lol. I came out with 10390 pts.

[Koallinbear]

At least 2-3 guns on the plant side not working correctly

[arby]

I forgot to mention that this attraction has four locations (2 on each side) for anybody who doesn't want to or is unable to ride on the moving seats.

[coasterbruh]

Are you sure? I swore I saw them moving yesterday.

[Littlegiles]

Perhaps he meant the handicap accessible areas where they just have the guns mounted and room for a wheelchair. I saw a mother use one of those on Friday because they miscounted the number of people they let in.

[arby]

Yes, that's what I was referring to. They are empty spots where a wheelchair can be put. The two seats in between them on both sides are regular seats. I'm assuming those are for a companion if someone is there in a wheelchair.

[gabed]

So I finally got my first ride on this today. Overall I thought it was alright, certainly an improvement over the out of place dinosaur movie and the "wait-why-are-we-still-showing-nickelodeon-content" movie that was previously there. It's definitely targeted towards a younger audience, but I still had fun. The theming is great and the idea of fighting actual people instead of a computer was a great one on the designer's part.

My only complaint with PvZ is that the animation in the beginning and end looks VERY out of place. Almost unfinished.

[pproteinc]

I think I'm slightly getting addicted to this attraction. I find myself in line every time I visit the park. I'm not a huge gamer as I was in my younger years, however I think it's opening that gamer inside me again.

[phareous]

I found it hard to know where I was actually hitting and if I hit a specific target.

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

After riding PvsZ today with my kids, its greatly improved since it first open and was considered "Beta". More items now have textures and its seems like there are more sound effects etc. There was not a lot of people in the theater so it was much easier to tell where you were shooting, I scored about 15,000 with no issue. Still not a big fan of the ride, but I am glad that its better than it was when it opened! I wish there was some sort of sound when you pull the trigger though...I guess it would get annoying if the theater was full..