Monorail (Paramount's Carowinds)

Monorail

Paramount's Carowinds
Location	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Coordinates	35°06′14″N 80°56′32″W / 35.103822°N 80.942199°W / 35.103822; -80.942199
Status	Defunct
Operated	1973 to 1994

Statistics

Manufacturer

Universal Mobility

Product

Monorail

Type

Monorail

Monorail was a Monorail built by US manufacturer Universal Mobility previously located at Paramount's Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

History

The Monorail was intended to connect to a neighboring hotel. The hotel was never constructed.^[1]

Monorail closed in August 1994 and was planned to be sold to Preferred Vacations Inc., who planned to install it in Acapulco, Mexico.^[2] The ride was disassembled and readied for shipping by March 1995.^[3]

References

↑ Michelson, Harry (2017-02-28). "UMI in the mid-1970s". The Amusement Parkives. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
↑ "Carowinds' Monorail ends 21-year trek". The Herald. 1994-08-24. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
↑ "Getting on track". The Charlotte Observer. 1995-03-14. Retrieved 2024-12-28.

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 Thunder Road White Lightnin'

[1] Michelson, Harry (2017-02-28). "UMI in the mid-1970s". The Amusement Parkives. Retrieved 2024-12-21.

[2] "Carowinds' Monorail ends 21-year trek". The Herald. 1994-08-24. Retrieved 2024-12-28.

[3] "Getting on track". The Charlotte Observer. 1995-03-14. Retrieved 2024-12-28.

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