We are just a few weeks away from Carowinds‘ opening day on Friday, March 25. With so much going on at the park this off season, Carowinds held a second hard hat tour for the media yesterday. (The first was in...
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Carowinds Adding Vintage Flat Rides in 2017
We’re just 36 days away from the opening day of Carowinds‘ 2016 season — a season that promises to build on park’s successful 2015 campaign with the rebranding and expansion of Carowinds’ existing Boomerang Bay water park into “Carolina Harbor,” and...
Continue reading...An Interview with New Carowinds General Manager Brad Marcy
This year, Carowinds will be welcoming several new attractions – among them, the Carolina Harbor water park rebranding and expansion and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 3Z Arena. Also “new for 2016” is General Manager Brad Marcy, who comes to Carowinds after...
Continue reading...Hard Hat Tour of Carowinds’ Carolina Harbor
Yesterday, Coaster101, along with several members of Charlotte-area media, had the opportunity to take a Hard Hat Tour of all of the construction that is going with Carowinds‘ new water park, Carolina Harbor. Carolina Harbor Fun Facts : To date:...
Continue reading...An Inside Look at Off Season Maintenance at Carowinds
Many theme parks around the country are closed for the season, but just because they are closed on the outside, doesn’t mean that anything isn’t going on inside. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. The off season is the one...
Continue reading...Carowinds Off-Season Construction Photo Update
After a successful 2015 season, Carowinds made two huge announcements this fall for the 2016 Season; a rebranding and expansion of their current “Boomerang Bay” Water Park into Carolina Harbor, as well as the transformation of the park’s former Action Theater into...
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...Carowinds Announces “Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare: 3Z Arena” for 2016
Back in August, Carowinds‘ Carolina Harbor announcement proved that Carowinds was not content with resting on their laurels after a successful 2015 season — a season that brought the tallest and fastest Giga Coaster in the world, Fury 325, to the North and...
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...2015 Golden Ticket Award Winners
On Saturday Night, Amusement Today announced the winners of its prestigious 2015 Golden Ticket Awards, which were presented annually to the “Best of the Best” in the amusement industry for the 18th consecutive year. The results came from an international poll presented...
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...First Visit to Kings Island Trip Report
As a resident of North Carolina, it’s not often I have the opportunity to travel to the Midwest for a theme park trip. So I knew that when the Coaster101 team planned their inaugural meetup at Holiday World for the last...
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