Carowinds

Carowinds

Location	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Status	Operating
Opened	1973
Owner	Cedar Fair
General manager	Pat Jones
Previous names	Paramount's Carowinds
Area	122 acres
Website	http://www.carowinds.com/

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.

History

Aerial view of the park in 2017

On August 4, 2020 the park announced that it would not operate at all in 2020 due to challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

Roller coasters

Present (14)

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
Copperhead Strike	Mack Rides	Launched	2019	Operating
Kiddy Hawk	Vekoma	Inverted	2003	Operating
Flying Cobras	Vekoma	Shuttle	2009	Operating
Fury 325	Bolliger & Mabillard	Giga	2015	Operating
Hurler	International Coasters	Wooden	1994	Operating
Intimidator	Bolliger & Mabillard	Hyper	2010	Operating
Nighthawk	Vekoma	Flying	2004	Operating
Ricochet	Mack Rides	Wild Mouse	2002	Operating
Vortex	Bolliger & Mabillard	Stand-Up	1992	Operating
Wilderness Run	E&F Miler Industries	Kiddie	1998	Operating
Woodstock Express	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Wooden	1975	Operating

Past (3)

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

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill	Sally Corporation	Tracked Dark Ride	2001
Carolina Skytower	Intamin	Observation Tower	1973
Carousel	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	Carousel	1979
Camp Bus	Zamperla	Junior Flying Carpet	2018
Charlie Brown's Wind Up	Zamperla	Junior Chair-O-Plane	1973
Dodgem	Barbieri	Dodgems	1979
Do-Si-Do	HUSS	Troika	2017
Drop Tower: Scream Zone	Intamin	Drop Tower	1996
Electro Spin	Mondial	Top Scan	2017
Flying Ace Balloon Race	Zamperla	Balloon Race	1987
Kite Eating Tree	Zamperla	Junior Drop Tower	2018
Mountain Gliders	Bisch-Rocco	Flying Scooters	2005
Peanuts Pirates	Mack Rides	Sea Storm	2005
RipCord	Sky Fun 1 Inc.	Skycoaster	1995
Rock 'n' Roller	Mack Rides	Superbob/Musik Express	2017
Scrambler	Eli Bridge Company	Scrambler	1973
Scream Weaver	Schwarzkopf	Enterprise	1979
SlingShot	Funtime	Slingshot	2015
Southern Star	Intamin	Ranger	1986
WindSeeker	Mondial	WindSeeker	2012
Yo Yo	Chance Rides	Chair-O-Plane	2008
Zephyr	Zierer	Waveswinger	2017

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Flying Dutchman	Intamin	Flying Dutchman	1973	1984	Scrapped
Rip Roarin' Rapids	Intamin	River Rapids	1982	2018	Scrapped
Whirling Dervish	Zierer	Waveswinger	1979	2000	Relocated to Paramount's Great America
Whitewater Falls	Arrow Dynamics	Shoot The Chute	1988	2016	Scrapped
Wild Bull	Schwarzkopf	Bayern Kurve	1979	1998	Scrapped
Wild Thornberry's River Adventure	Arrow Dynamics	Log Flume	1973	2008	Scrapped

External links

• 
  Carowinds on the Roller Coaster DataBase.