General Carowinds discussion
By Cephas
#2607
your body would be parallel to the track and far enough away from it for the ride to be safe.
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By bgwfreak
#2858
I would love to see White Lightning back at PC again! But as it's in South Africa, seems unlikely. ;)

It was a fun ride, but broke down a lot.
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By swampfox43
#3542
mattam102 wrote: Does anyone know of any shuttle launch incidents (white lightning or other) where the coaster failed to gain enough speed, thus stalling the train between the loop and the hill?

Yes, it happened to White Lightnin' more than once. I was there one day when the train did not make it through the loop on the backwards run. The people were stranded for about an hour but thankfully they were right-side up.

There was also a case when the ride had too much speed and the front car crashed through the stopper on the high end. The car was left dangling for a couple days. Thankfully, this happened while they were testing it so no one was in the train.