This weekend, I visited SCarowinds for the third consecutive year. Now in its 18th year, Carowinds‘ annual Halloween Haunt event has grown from a modest two haunted mazes and 60 monsters to a terrifying six mazes and six scare zones,...
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Review: A Trip To SCarowinds 2016
Since the announcement of a new maze and scare zone, and getting to experience both first hand, I have been excited to get back to Carowinds and experience the 2016 edition of their SCarowinds Halloween Haunt event. After my first visit to...
Continue reading...2016 SCarowinds Social Media Preview Recap
Last night, Coaster101, along with several other Charlotte-area bloggers, had the opportunity to preview SCarowinds, which opens to the public on Friday. If you were following us on Twitter, you were able to go “Behind The Screams” as we toured...
Continue reading...SCarowinds Adding New Scarezone & Maze for 2016
Last year was my first visit to SCarowinds, which is Carowinds’ annual “Halloween Haunt” event. After last year’s experience, I was curious how the event would change for this year’s event, now in its 17th season of operation. When the SCarowinds...
Continue reading...A Weekend Trip to SCarowinds
Despite living in North Carolina for 15 years, I had never attended SCarowinds before. But I knew that after seeing the preparations for this year’s SCarowinds first hand, I had to take a trip to Carowinds and see the real...
Continue reading...SCarowinds Social Media Preview Round Up
Last night, Coaster101, along with several other Charlotte-area bloggers, had the opportunity to preview SCarowinds, which opens to the public today. If you were following us on Twitter, you were able to go “Behind The Screams” as we saw the...
Continue reading...Behind The Screams: Carowinds prepares for SCarowinds
Recently, I had the opportunity to take a “Behind The Screams” tour at Carowinds as they prepare for their annual “SCarowinds Halloween Haunt” event. Now in its 15th year, SCarowinds features seven unique mazes and five scare zones located throughout the park. Construction...
Continue reading...Five(+1) Things We Learned At Carowinds 2024 Opening Weekend
It’s been less than 10 weeks between Carowinds closing the book on their 50th Anniversary season with the final day of WinterFest on January 1, 2024 and the park’s 2024’s opening weekend (March 9-10) at the “place where the Carolinas...
Continue reading...Stepping Into Christmas at Carowinds Winterfest 2023
One of my favorite holiday traditions is heading to Carowinds for the park’s annual holiday event – Winterfest. For six of the past seven years (we’ll let you take a guess which year was skipped), Carowinds transforms – not only...
Continue reading...One Thing I Hate About Winterfest at Kings Island
Last weekend I took my family to Winterfest at Kings Island for the first time in five years. We drove down from Columbus on a Saturday afternoon to make sure we were one of the first guests to enter when...
Continue reading...Carowinds and Kings Dominion Announce Year-Round Operations in 2023
Carowinds and Kings Dominion will not go into hibernation after the holidays. The parks will expand to year-round operations beginning January 1, 2023. The scheduling change introduces additional weekends to the calendar in January, February, and early March, with regular...
Continue reading...Lights On: Inside Boo Blasters on Boo Hill at Carowinds
During a recent trip to Carowinds for a SCarowinds media preview (you should read that too!), we had the opportunity to take a walking tour inside the park’s Boo Blasters on Boo Hill dark ride. For those who might be...
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