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CAROWINDS
Charlotte, NC
Cedar Fair Entertainment
Park News - (2/13/12) Carowinds has posted some pictures of the latest Thunder Road rehab in progress, where about 200 feet of track is getting rebuilt once again. Looking good! You can find the pics on their Facebook page.
(11/2/11) It’s time for some more throwback pictures and history from Carowinds this week… take a look at the latest entry in Shane’s Amusement Attic.
(8/3/11) For the record, Carowinds has states that with the new 61-acre addition, the park’s total size is a comfortable 398 acres.
Meanwhile, according to Screamscape spies Carowinds is working on plans to develop their own resort hotel on some of the new property next to the freeway in about two years, along with an attached Famous Dave’s BBQ restaurant, which would be the first in North Carolina.
(8/2/11) In a surprise announcement Cedar Fair has announced the completion of a 61 acre land purchase for Carowinds. The new land purchased is actually pretty much all the available land between the park at the freeway starting next to the Plaza Fiesta mall building and going around to just behind the Season Passholder parking lot. (You can see it in the official map, highlighted in light blue.) Not exactly prime land for adding new rides for the most part… but a perfect site for a future hotel if they chose to build one. Or a perfect way to expand the main
parking lot to allow for an eventually future closure of the old South entrance to the park, where the could expand the park out to take over that whole rear section of the parking lot (alongside Thunder Road) that remains unused except on the most busy days.
(7/25/11) I’ve been told that Carowinds may be planning on repainting Afterburn for the 2012 season to look a bit more like Patriot at Worlds of Fun. So the supports would stay blue, but this would see the main track repainted red with a white stripe along the side if true. Interesting, but with Intimidator already rockin’ the red track color in the nearby skyline, I’m not sure if that idea will hold water in the long run. Stay tuned!
2012 - Windseeker - (3/19/12) Those checking out the Windseeker-Cam on Sunday were greeted with a special treat… shots of the Windseeker airborne and flying high atop the 301 foot tower.
(3/9/12) A new video showing off Carowinds testing the spinning carousel on Windseeker has been posted to YouTube this week. The ride stays grounded… but at least it can spin.
(3/6/12) A new Windseeker progress photo has been posted to the Carowinds Facebook page as the seats are all being put into place.
(8/24/11) Carowinds has confirmed that Windseeker is coming for the 2012 season, a 301 foot tall monster tower that will swing riders around at 30mph. Check out the animated video below.
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