Share thoughts, photos, and reviews from visits to Carowinds or any other amusement park
By indiangangsta
#13843
Is it just me, or has thunder road gotten faster?? Anyways, not a bad day. Every loop coaster but BORG (stupid line). it only had one cart running. rode the usual: flyers, TG, tunder road, vortex, cyclone, hurler (3 times in a row; bad idea after eating), and because my brother wanted to, richochet.

funny thing happened on Thunder Road. My bro caught the hat of the guy in front of him. :lol:
By dukefanswimmer89
#13844
hey! ricochet is awesome.. esp. when you PP double ride it on tuesdays...

TR hasn't gotten faster, but depending on where you sit, it's much smoother, giving you that 'going faster' feel...

TR Bckwards is much worse then forwards in roughness.. but if you sit in the middle of a car, or in the very front, its generally pleasant enough...

as for borg, i don't know whats wrong w/ it...

i went once a week from last friday, and again on tuesday....

Borg was running one train both days..... its' been doing so well in 2005 too!
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By bgwfreak
#13972
I don't think Thunder Road is any faster or slower, it's just that they've retracked it over the past year and it's running a lot smoother.

It makes this weird buzzing noise now when the wheels are making contact with the steel rails (which is all the time I know). lol :rolleyes: