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KJHburg
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Flying in from H-town today aerials of Carowinds.  

CLTProductions
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Rode it today, it was super fun. You go really slow through most of the inversions which actually makes it scarier. Really gives you a falling out of your seat feeling. Solid addition to the park

TheOneRJ
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Carowinds has purchased an additional 7.5 acres near the campground. 

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soumith050118 Unincorporated Area

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1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

will Six Flags buy out Carowinds owner Cedar Fair and what impact would it have on Carowinds?

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2019/10/02/word-of-potential-buyout-offer-puts-stock-in.html

I would be sad about this. Cedar Fair has been investing a lot into Carowinds. Fury 325 and Copperhead Strike each cost 30 million. Ever since recovering from bankruptcy, most of Six Flags' coasters cost at most 10 million, and are not the same quality as Cedar Fair's.

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2 minutes ago, Nick2 said:

They better not change the name to six flags Charlotte if they do buy cedar fair out.

It would probably be Six Flags Carolina. I’m pretty sure Cedar Fair is only interested in selling some of the smaller parks, there’s 0% chance any of the big 5 get sold, including Carowinds. 

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This is slightly off-topic and complainy, but does Carowinds always suck?  We go once a year, in October during the day because crowds are LIGHT......and the operational aspects are worse and worse every year.  Yesterday they had only 2 x-ray lines (4 total machines) open, so there was a huge line snaking out the front.  Park opened at 10am.  Daughter 1 went to Nighthawk, she was set to be on car 3 of the day, but it broke after 2 cars and she gave up after waiting 20 minutes.  Meanwhile, Daughter 2 and I went to Intimidator, and it didn't start running until 10:20am.  Then when we all got to CopperheadStrike at 10:50, it wasn't running yet.....finally opening about 2 minutes later.  All 3 of Intimidator, Copperhead, and Fury had 3 cars running, but the changeouts were so slow that each car finished the entire trip before the next car started.  Can they really be that inefficient all the time?  

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44 minutes ago, grodney said:

This is slightly off-topic and complainy, but does Carowinds always suck?  We go once a year, in October during the day because crowds are LIGHT......and the operational aspects are worse and worse every year.  Yesterday they had only 2 x-ray lines (4 total machines) open, so there was a huge line snaking out the front.  Park opened at 10am.  Daughter 1 went to Nighthawk, she was set to be on car 3 of the day, but it broke after 2 cars and she gave up after waiting 20 minutes.  Meanwhile, Daughter 2 and I went to Intimidator, and it didn't start running until 10:20am.  Then when we all got to CopperheadStrike at 10:50, it wasn't running yet.....finally opening about 2 minutes later.  All 3 of Intimidator, Copperhead, and Fury had 3 cars running, but the changeouts were so slow that each car finished the entire trip before the next car started.  Can they really be that inefficient all the time?  

There was a sign yesterday at the front entrance letting guests know of limited operations. 

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17 minutes ago, TheOneRJ said:

There was a sign yesterday at the front entrance letting guests know of limited operations. 

Ah really?!  Well there you go.  So probably the answer is "no" they aren't that inefficient all the time.  Thanks!

 

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I wonder if it's just difficult to have enough staff this time of year to operate everything at full staff.  We don't have season passes this year but have been regulars over the last 6 years and it wasn't usually like this.  The only part that was normally inefficient was food service.  Some of the rides do load and unload slowly - not sure why they can't match the model of Disney or Universal (though Fury and a couple of others are pretty efficient).  

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KJHburg Ecumenopolis

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44 minutes ago, mpretori said:

Yea, look what Six Flags did to New Orleans when Katrina hit....Current company wouldn't leave Charlotte hanging like that. 

 

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Of course the entire amusement park in east New Orleans was underwater for weeks after the levees broke and the park was not as successful as others and they knew it would be  long road back from the New Orleans metro.  

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15 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

Of course the entire amusement park in east New Orleans was underwater for weeks after the levees broke and the park was not as successful as others and they knew it would be  long road back from the New Orleans metro.  

they took the rides that still worked and got the insurance money and booked it. I'm glad Carowinds turned them down. 

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Carowinds is most definitely highly dependent on high schoolers. i worked there though my years in high school. This time of year Carowinds is stretched for staff members because they not only need staff for during the day for Carowinds, but also at night for Scarowinds. They rely on temps to help during this time of year, but of course the temps aren't as good or as efficient. This time of year isn't necessarily the best time to go. I think the best time to go is in the Spring.

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Back to the Six Flags offer, I was always under the impression that Six Flags was always the worst theme park brand in the US. I have always found their parks to be dirty and the rides to be okay, but nowhere near as exciting and thrilling as the rides at Cedar Fair parks or Busch Entertainment Parks. 

I'd be quite sad if Six Flags acquired Cedar Fair.

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