Carolina Goldrusher

Watch the on-ride POV
Load video YouTube YouTube might collect personal data. Privacy Policy

Carolina Goldrusher

Carowinds
Location	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Coordinates	35°06′12″N 80°56′34″W / 35.103226°N 80.942813°W / 35.103226; -80.942813
Section	Carolina Boardwalk
Status	Operating since March 31, 1973
Rider height	48 inch minimum

Statistics

Manufacturer

Arrow Development

Product

Runaway Train

Type

Steel - Hybrid

Riders per train

28

Propulsion

2 chain lift hills

Height

43 feet

Top speed

30 mph

Length

2397 feet

Inversions

0

Duration

2:17

Carolina Goldrusher is a steel hybrid roller coaster located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The ride opened with the park on March 31, 1973.^[1]

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Pre-Drop Helix Chain lift hill Pre-Drop Helix Hill Tunnel

Color scheme

Olive green track and unpainted supports.

Trains

5 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 30 riders per train.

References

↑ "Carowinds Promises Its Visitors A Lot". The Charlotte Observer.

External links

Carolina Goldrusher on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Carolina Goldrusher on Coaster-Count.
Carolina Goldrusher on the parks website

Present

Coasters

Afterburn Carolina Cyclone Carolina Goldrusher Copperhead Strike Flying Cobras Fury 325 Hurler Kiddy Hawk Ricochet Snoopy's Racing Railway Thunder Striker Vortex Wilderness Run Woodstock Express

Former

Coasters

Flying Super Saturator Nighthawk White Lightnin'

[1] "Carowinds Promises Its Visitors A Lot". The Charlotte Observer.

[1]