We’re coming down to the end of the “regular” theme park season for 2018. While we still have another weekend of Halloween events and several dates of Winterfest to look forward to at multiple Cedar Fair parks, for many theme...
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Fear Is Waiting For You: SCarowinds 2018 Reviewed
For the 19th consecutive year, the midways at Carowinds have been transformed into SCarowinds, the park’s annual Halloween event. Featuring six mazes and six scare zones — including the new for 2019 “Dead Man’s Landing” and “The Hollow,” SCarowinds has...
Continue reading...SCarowinds Begins To Take Shape
With Labor Day serving as the unofficial/official ending of summer at theme parks around the country, it’s time to shift focus to the fall, and one of my favorite times at the parks, Halloween. While visiting Carowinds yesterday, I noticed...
Continue reading...Carowinds’ 2019 Teasers: What Do They All Mean?
If you’ve visited Carowinds at all this season, you’ll notice that there are construction walls up in the back of the park, between Crossroads, County Fair and Carolina Harbor. Earlier this week, Carowinds added some signage to these construction walls,...
Continue reading...Carowinds’ Coasters: From Tame to Thrilling
Edit: This article was originally written in 2015, and has been updated to include Carowinds’ “New for 2019” Coaster: Copperhead Strike I visited Carowinds this past Sunday for the first time as a “regular visitor” this season. After a relatively...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Carowinds’ Park Mania Victory Parade and Season Preview
Earlier this year, Carowinds was the Champion of our 5th Annual “Park Mania Bracket Contest.” When someone wins a title, they get a virtual victory parade! (Now that we’ve got a podcast, anyway.) We’re joined on this week’s podcast by...
Continue reading...19 for ’99: Afterburn at Carowinds
As we mentioned last week, 1999 was a big year for new roller coasters in the United States. We’ve selected 19 of our favorite roller coasters that are celebrating their 20th anniversaries this year, and will profile them every other...
Continue reading...Coasters-101: Vertical Loops – UPDATED 2022
Welcome to another edition of Coasters-101, the series where we teach you all about roller coaster design. There is something quite remarkable about being able to defy gravity and part of the charm of roller coasters is that they let...
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