Carowinds

Carowinds
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Amusement park
Location	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Status	Operating
Operated
Operated	1973 to
Opened	1973
Opening
Owner	Cedar Fair
Operator
General Manager	Mike Fehnel
Area	122 acres
Previous names	Paramount's Carowinds
Operating season
Slogan	'
Website	http://www.carowinds.com/
Park map [[File:|border|x100px|link=|center|Click to expand]]

Carowinds is a theme park located on the state line between North and South Carolina, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Fort Mill, South Carolina. The park opened on March 31, 1973, at a cost of $70 million, after a four-year planning period spearheaded by Charlotte businessman Earl Patterson Hall, who was inspired to build the park by a 1956 trip to Disneyland and a dream of bringing the two states closer together. It is owned by the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company.

Roller coasters

Present (13)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Afterburn	Bolliger & Mabillard	Inverted	1999	Operating
Carolina Cyclone	Arrow Dynamics	Sit-Down	1980	Operating
Carolina Goldrusher	Arrow Dynamics	Mine train	1973	Operating
Flying Ace Aerial Chase	Vekoma	Inverted	2003	Operating
Flying Cobras	Vekoma	Shuttle	2009	Operating
Fury 325	Bolliger & Mabillard	Giga	March 28, 2015	Operating
Hurler	International Coasters	Wooden	1994	Operating
Intimidator	Bolliger & Mabillard	Hyper	2010	Operating
Lucy's Crabbie Cabbie	E&F Miler Industries	Kiddie	1998	Operating
Nighthawk	Vekoma	Flying	2004	Operating
Ricochet	Mack Rides	Wild Mouse	2002	Operating
Vortex	Bolliger & Mabillard	Stand-Up	1992	Operating
Woodstock Express	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Wooden	1975	Operating

Past (3)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Flying Super Saturator	Setpoint	Suspended	2000	2008	-
Thunder Road	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Wooden	1976	26 July 2015	-
White Lightnin'	Schwarzkopf	Shuttle	1977	1988	Gold Reef City

External links

• 
  Carowinds on the Roller Coaster DataBase.