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[reverbandwhiskey]

" Obviously most people like it because the line for the ride is usually filled up,"


Actually the line is long because the ride is slow and has a longer loading process. The ride has a very low turnover rate per hour. For example, Top Gun (which was originally designed as a godzilla ride) can process up to 1400 riders per hour.   Borg can only process 1000 per hour.

Edited by reverbandwhiskey, 11 May 2005 - 06:14 PM.

[QC704]

I've been to 5 out of the 10 with cedar point being my favorite. I guess the SC boardwalk would come in second.

[ncguy06]

reverbandwhiskey, your totally right, no one likes borg, it is the worst ride of all time, the line is only long because of the loading times, its not popular at all......please

[moonshield]

I like BORG and everyone I know does. Its a pretty good ride, not the greatest but not crap.

[skysdalimit]

It smells pretty bad tho.

[UrbanCharlotte]

Carowinds Expands Carowinds will add a new section to their waterpark to make it 25% larger.

[DigitalSky]

How much more room does Carowinds have to expand their park for the future?

[SanteeHeel]

The Borg is a good ride.  Maybe it doesn't take much to satisfy me...

Top Gun is my favorite ride at the park.

[norm21499]

The Gaunlet, which is the ship that goes upside down, is being torn down and will be replaced with the new water park stuff.

[Unifour]

I feel like most of these big corporate sponsored theme parks are taking the soul away from the old park experience. The best park on the list is Kennywood. It's the only one that seems to try to remain old fashioned type park where the thrill and ride is the big draw, not the name of the coasters or seing cartoon characters or everything being named for a movie or a something. It's just an old fashioned park that still lets customers bring in thier own food! Imagine that! Cedar Point is pretty cool too. I was at Carowinds in 1990. I had never been to North Carolina or Charlotte before. It was a fun trip. It was a large park and I remember we had lots to do. Everything is so commercialized anymore. It used to be going to a park meant shade trees, the smell of being outdoors, the smell of funnel cakes and hot dogs and onion rings and the sound of kids running and giggling. Now when you go you are bombarded with corporate advertising, the name brands, the T shirts, souvenier gimmicks, etc. I had more fun at a small park in Huntington W Va called Camden Park than anywhere I remember. Truly old fashioned fun.

[Miesian Corners]

Cedar Point is the best thrill-ride park in the world.  These people take roller coasters SERIOUSLY.  The current biggest  (they're always trying to out-do in the roller coaster arena) coaster's lift hill is as tall as Three Wachovia.  Sheesh!  

All in all, Carowinds is a good park.  I think it helps that Paramount Park's corporate headquarters is here.  I do wish they wouldn't have gotten away from the NC/SC theme, though.  As a kid I thought it was the coolest to stand with one leg in NC and one in SC.  Made it unique.

[appatone]

I have heard Carowinds is currently overhauling thier entertainment as well which is the reason for the new Winter Wonderland thing.  So hopefully we will see stronger entertainment in the park in the future.  After watching the Travel Channel's special on Universal Studios' Halloween themed event I suddenly feel as if Scarowinds is a bit of a let down.  Of course I felt that way before the special as well.  After all is said and done you are shelling out 38 or so dollars for a ticket, 8 bucks to park and all you get are a few overcrowded slapped together mazes of boredom and 1 hour waits for a coaster ride.  All in all I think the event lacks in the creativity department.

[rockhilljames]

The Frenzoid is the ride that is being torn down. The Gauntlet doesn't go upside down, it's just the big sled that moves in a circle.

[DigitalSky]

Scarowinds is a rip off.. it's sooo expensive

[Mobuchu]

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Cedar Point is the best thrill-ride park in the world. These people take roller coasters SERIOUSLY. The current biggest (they're always trying to out-do in the roller coaster arena) coaster's lift hill is as tall as Three Wachovia. Sheesh!

They were just outdone this summer by Six flags great adventure in Jersey.

http://www.sixflags....s/KingdaKa.html

I'll be on that puppy in 2 weeks

[poplife88]

A few suggestions for Carowinds.  Hire people who at least look like they're half-interested in what they are doing.  When I went to Busch Gardens one of the things I was impressed about was all the employees seemed to be smiling and glad you were there.  2) update your music playlist (is Kenny Loggins even getting any royalties when you play highway through the danger zone? he could support his kids through college on this alone if you did.) 3) stop giving out basketballs as a prize (those kids who bounce them right next to you is very annoying.)  4)  improve your landscaping and scenery;  i.e. more trees, shade, etc.  The heat in the dogdays of summer is oppressive and somewhere to cool down would be nice.  Otherwise, jolly good show, big fan.

[cinco]

^ and instead of closing down the monorail, you should have extended it to uptown. in all this time it probably would be halfway there.

[DigitalSky]

cinco, on Sep 29 2005, 02:22 PM, said:

^ and instead of closing down the monorail, you should have extended it to uptown. in all this time it probably would be halfway there.

I really miss the monorail!

[RiverwoodCLT]

Six Flags Astroworld - Houston, Texas is closing down.

[monsoon]

cinco, on Sep 29 2005, 02:22 PM, said:

^ and instead of closing down the monorail, you should have extended it to uptown. in all this time it probably would be halfway there.

It was a nice ride, but it wasn't something that could be used as mass transportation.   I think its design speed was something like 20 mph if that fast.   It certainly wasn't handicapped accessable, and it locked people into fairly small cars.