General Carowinds discussion
By PoP Eye
#5334
I was at the park yesterday and I noticed that they are repainting Goldrusher a grayish green color! It looks awesome!!!+
By Dukeis#1
#5336
Maybe to make the wood look more new? Or help it fit in with Borg ***?

I really don't think Goldrusher needs to be painted because it is suppose to be a runaway mine train, and the wood fits in with the theme more if it looks old.

Maybe the color change will help it fit in with Carolina Boardwalk better.
By ghettopastries
#5338
Maybe they are just painting the track...
By PoP Eye
#5339
They only have it painted up to the top of the first lift hill! The transfer track is not yet painted . It is the track is getting painted!
By carowindsfreak13
#5346
Cool this might look good <_< but the redish paint they have on it now looks pretty good.
By Cephas
#5349
Its not red paint, it's brown paint and rust.
By Dukeis#1
#5351
I like the rusty color. The GP normally calls it unsafe because of it though.
By RollerBee
#5352
I like it, it is different.
By Carowinds44
#5354
Does anyone have any pics of it? I can't get to Carowinds for a couple of weeks and I'd really like to see.
By coasterbilly
#5365
sounds good that they are repainting it, from the sounds of the colors, it should look nice when completed.
By Top Gun
#5369
The problem with repainting the track is that it will be slow for about a month. That is what happened with The Borg Assimilator remember. Not to mention if the Goldrusher was any slower it may stop in the middle of the course.
By RollerBee
#5370
Not really, Carowinds tested the ride with only the lead car in 1973.
I dont have any photos of the new paint, but I do have a video.
here is the link, it is a rather large file.
<a href='http://www.houstonthrills.com/carowindszone/pictures/videos/goldrusher.mov' target='_blank'>http://www.houstonthrills.com/carowindszon.../goldrusher.mov</a>
(Will be gone tomarrow afternoon)
By Top Gun
#5379
RollerNut wrote: Not really, Carowinds tested the ride with only the lead car in 1973.
I dont have any photos of the new paint, but I do have a video.
here is the link, it is a rather large file.
<a href='http://www.houstonthrills.com/carowindszone/pictures/videos/goldrusher.mov' target='_blank'>http://www.houstonthrills.com/carowindszon.../goldrusher.mov</a>
(Will be gone tomarrow afternoon)

Wow, long download, and I have cable. Still, what an awesome video! ;) (Gone tommorow! :( ) The paint looks nice, it will be better when the whole ride is painted though, I wonder if they will get it done by week day operation? By the way, is it just a camera illusion. Or is the Goldrusher <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>alot faster</span> this year. Yes, the blue trains back too! :D
By Cephas
#5380
Yeah, it is....that slipped me by ;) ...
By RollerBee
#5400
It is a Camera Illusion, I am looking for someone to edit the video, once it is edited, and saved differently, it will be smaller. My camera saves bad.