[arby]

...from a few pages back, I often saw Bart in the park like I often see Mike in the park. The only difference between them is that Mike always says a friendly 'hi' to me and shakes my hand. Bart never acknowledged me the few times I tried to say hi. The other difference I see is that Carowinds is getting the 'Dorney Park treatment' under Mike, in which the landscaping always looks fresh, lots of fresh painting has been done, making many areas of the park look cleaner and more upkept. I didn't see as much of that under Bart.

'Rome wasn't built in a day' I'm sure refers to all the future expansions of Carowinds including Fury 325. It goes along with a lot of the other news and rumors we are hearing about continued large investments in Carowinds, making it the new 'Rome' of Cedar Fair. I think it will be more evident 5 - 10 years from now.

[tarheel1231]

Going back to the Intimidator merch thing, do you think it costs more to theme both coasters and it would be cheaper to use the name for one coaster? I think we should keep the theme down here where NASCAR is pretty much the soul of Charlotte. I feel like the name just works better at Carowinds and I305 could get a new theme to match the safari village.

[RollerBee]

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[Capler]

...from a few pages back, I often saw Bart in the park like I often see Mike in the park. The only difference between them is that Mike always says a friendly 'hi' to me and shakes my hand. Bart never acknowledged me the few times I tried to say hi. The other difference I see is that Carowinds is getting the 'Dorney Park treatment' under Mike, in which the landscaping always looks fresh, lots of fresh painting has been done, making many areas of the park look cleaner and more upkept. I didn't see as much of that under Bart.

'Rome wasn't built in a day' I'm sure refers to all the future expansions of Carowinds including Fury 325. It goes along with a lot of the other news and rumors we are hearing about continued large investments in Carowinds, making it the new 'Rome' of Cedar Fair. I think it will be more evident 5 - 10 years from now.

Speaking of upkeep, I wish young people would keep gum in their mouths or at least put it in the trash cans. I work at a college and it is a very bad situation. What gives people the right to think they can stick gum anywhere? It really pisses me off when I put my hand on a big wad stuck behind a hand rail. Is it a game for some folk, like the girl licking doughnuts in a shop?

[Jonathan]

Not to mention that gum basically hardens on walkways permanently.



Ever wondered what those black spots on sidewalks are? It's gum!

[redrunner97]

I always figured that they intended for Centurion to be the new "Millennium Force" for Cedar Fair (get it Millennium/Century), in that it would have been 100 meters tall (328 ft.) and that would account for the theme/name, not Rome. As for the teasers, my guess is that the word Centurion is often equated with ancient Rome and perhaps would have had that loose theme, if the name actually got used... Then they found out they couldn't use the name, and decided of Fury 325 and cut about 3 feet from the height.

Could be wrong though.

[RollerBee]

Not to mention that gum basically hardens on walkways permanently.



Ever wondered what those black spots on sidewalks are? It's gum!

I ways wonder but i never would have guessed it.

[Pulse95]

Do they still have the rights to the "Centurion" name or no? Maybe one intimidator will be "Centurion" and the other "Centurion 305"

[Sean978]

Do they still have the rights to the "Centurion" name or no? Maybe one intimidator will be "Centurion" and the other "Centurion 305"

I believe that trademark is still suspended.

[arby]

I'm right there with you all on the gum. That's a big pet peeve of mine.

Wow, I didn't know the black spots were gum either. We should start sending off samples to a DNA lab...

[tarheel1231]

I don't think you can get DNA from saliva... can you?

[EDIT] Never mind. I think I was thinking about AIDS.

[pproteinc]

Shout out to the long line all due to security checks smh. I still don't understand the purpose when cedar point doesn't do it but whatever maybe I'm ranting because it's hot out

[intaminboy]

I love that they're down to 1/4 capacity on security checks during a seemingly busy time.

[Chris]

I don't think you can get DNA from saliva... can you?

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[Dharma_Guy]

Because of the crazy lines for the security check, I no longer go right when the park opens. If I want to wait in long lines, I would just ride Rip Roarin' Rapids all day.

So, I feel like the security check cuts in on my park time.

I plan on going tomorrow, but I'm not sure what the weather is going to be like. It is currently thundering really bad down here in Spartanburg.