[Cephas]

This week is going to be so long.... :rolleyes:

[carowindsfreak13]

Today it felt like 30 hours to get through day time. Can't wait for bed to past time by sleeping

[MarkD]

Well, for those of us who work like dogs and are remodeling thier home I hope my week goes by pretty fast. Of course Mondays are always the longest for me.

[KenB]

Normally this week would be pretty rough with the wait. However, I just got back from SFOG to get in some coaster rides so I have a head start on some of you guys

It was fun and I was glad they were open earlier than Carowinds. I'll say that I can't WAIT to get back to Carowinds since "our" park is run SO much better it's not even funny. For example, EVERY coaster today was running one train - even the B&M's. I've never seen Vortex with one train, and Top Gun just a handful of times when one train was broken. Season Pass processing was a disorganized mess, where Carowinds' is run extremely well, etc. It was fun due to several of their rides being very good - just wish they ran the park better.

I'm very anxious to compare BORG to Superman:Ultimate Flight. Carowinds doesn't have too far to go to beat SFOG on flyer operations - S:UF broke down about every 2 trains they sent out - and this is it's 3rd year there. I think it was more reliable in it's opening season. We should have them beat in the theming / landscaping - S:UF has a number of spots where you swoop low to the ground, and they either had grass or gravel under them, or a covering over the queue line. I can only imagine a few of those on BORG with the water - that should be a blast. Ok we won't have a pretzel loop - still the most insane inversion I've experienced - but you can't have everything.

One funny thing was the pre-recorded station announcement called Superman "the South's only flying roller coaster" - my friends and I had to laugh, and say "yeah, for another week...."

Great American Scream Machine was painted in the exact same color scheme as Thunder Road used to be, with a new-for-2004 paint job. It makes me want to scream at someone at Carowinds to bring back the white structure, blue handrails, and red track. It really does look beautiful on a big woodie.

I'm glad coaster season has started, and will be even more glad in a very few days when Carowinds' coaster season starts

[MarkD]

I wanted to go to SFOG but my past memories there were not too pleasant. As you mentioned it is the way they operate the park. I had alot to do around the house so I just stayed home.
The serious countdown has begun to what I feel is a brand new year in a brand new era for Carowinds and Paramount in general. Waahoo!!

[bgwfreak]

Has anyone seen the new Borg commercials? It's kind of funny, they've got part of Stealth in there with the white and red colors, then they've got a close up of the train going by, and it's grey like it is now. lol

I'm sure after they do the shoots the end of the month, it will look better later in the year. (mostly because I'll be there on the 30th) lol Look for my lovely mug later this year, maybe.

[Carowinds44]

What stations are borg commercials playing? I havn't seen any.

[carowindsfreak13]

5 more days and it is time to reliive ourselves by riding the first flying coaster evr built AGAIN AS THE 4th flying coaster.

[KenB]

Last night I caught some footage of BORG running on Fox 18 News, and they talked to Scott Anderson from Carowinds. It really was BORG doing test runs (not a redone Stealth shot) - I noticed they never showed much of the structure, mainly showing the train doing the flipover off the drop. I'd guess they asked them not to show too much else to leave some surprises for us next week.

Scott said he was looking forward to BORG and the Nick Parade, plus I think he said something about the Magic in the Movies show. He said what he really couldn't wait for though was for people in the park. You have to love that kind of attitude.

I've also seen some mentions of the park opening on News14, and 106.5 The End is running a contest for free tickets and other stuff that they're talking about quite a bit. I think they're going to get quite a bit of word out on BORG, and I'm sure it'll generate lots of word of mouth.

KenB

[Dukeis#1]

It was fun and I was glad they were open earlier than Carowinds. I'll say that I can't WAIT to get back to Carowinds since "our" park is run SO much better it's not even funny. For example, EVERY coaster today was running one train - even the B&M's. I've never seen Vortex with one train, and Top Gun just a handful of times when one train was broken. Season Pass processing was a disorganized mess, where Carowinds' is run extremely well, etc. It was fun due to several of their rides being very good - just wish they ran the park better.

Playing the devil's advocate, I think that SFOG & Carowinds are on the same level. Where one park has it's strengths, the other has it's weaknesses. If I had to rate them, they would be on a dead tie.

We all know Dollywood is the best park around here anyway.

[carowindsfreak13]

<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>4 MORE DAYS! WOO WOO!</span>