Yo Yo (Carowinds)

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Yo Yo

Carowinds
Location	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Coordinates	35°06′01″N 80°56′30″W / 35.100171°N 80.941599°W / 35.100171; -80.941599
Status	Defunct
Operated	2008 to August 1, 2022
Replaced by	Air Walker

Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom
Name	Yo Yo
Location	Aurora, Ohio, USA
Operated	1981 to September 16, 2007

Statistics

Manufacturer

Chance Rides

Product

Yo-Yo

Type

Waveswinger

Yo Yo was a Waveswinger ride previosuly located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The ride originally operated at Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora, Ohio, USA.

History

The ride was purchased from Chance Rides along with the Rotor and opened in 1981 at Geauga Lake.^[1] The park closed on September 16, 2007 and its owner Cedar Fair subsequently distributed its rides to their other properties.^[2] Yo Yo reopened in 2008 at Carowinds.^[3]

Yo Yo closed on August 1, 2022 in preparation for an overhaul to the park's Crossroads area.^[4] The ride was subsequently taken down and stored at the park.^[5]

References

↑ "Geauga Lake Rides Will Thrill 700,000 This Year". The Tribune.
↑ "Geauga Lake silences rides; water park remains".
↑ "North Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution.
↑ "Four rides close at Carowinds, major announcement coming soon".
↑ "Old Drop Tower location and a look at Southern Star and Yo-Yo still located in the back of the park". Facebook. Carowinds Fans Only.

Present

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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'

Former

Coasters

Beaver Land Mine Ride Big Dipper Corkscrew Cyclone Dominator Double Loop Head Spin Raging Wolf Bobs Steel Venom Thunderhawk Villain Wild Mouse X-Flight

[1] "Geauga Lake Rides Will Thrill 700,000 This Year". The Tribune.

[2] "Geauga Lake silences rides; water park remains".

[3] "North Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution.

[4] "Four rides close at Carowinds, major announcement coming soon".

[5] "Old Drop Tower location and a look at Southern Star and Yo-Yo still located in the back of the park". Facebook. Carowinds Fans Only.

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