In a surprise announcement from Carowinds, the park’s B&M Hypercoaster, formerly known as Intimidator, will receive a new name and backstory in the 2024 season. The coaster will now be known as Thunder Striker. According to Carowinds – Thunder Striker was...
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Celebrating 10 Years of Intimidator at Carowinds
While this year marks the 40th Anniversary of Dale Earnhardt’s first of seven NASCAR Cup Series wins and 20th anniversary of his 76th and final NASCAR win, for fans of Carowinds, 2020 also marks another Earnhardt-related milestone. 2020 marks the...
Continue reading...From Tame To Thrilling: The Roller Coasters of Kings Dominion
Update: This post was originally written in 2019, and has since been updated to include Tumbili, Kings Dominion’s “New-For-2022” S&S 4-D Free-Spin Despite living four-plus hours away, I consider Kings Dominion to be one of my “home away from home”...
Continue reading...Why Dinosaurs Alive is Carowinds’ Most Underrated Attraction
I have been visiting Carowinds several times a year since moving to North Carolina in 2000. Especially in recent years, I’ve chronicled a lot of those visits here on Coaster101, talking about attractions like Carowinds’ world-class lineup of roller coasters,...
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...Trip Report: Carowinds
The weather was going to be perfect on Saturday April 5, and I had a great deal on tickets from LivingSocial, so I decided I would make the two hour drive west to Carowinds. For those of you who don’t...
Continue reading...East Coast 2010: Kings Dominion Trip Report
Forum member CreditCrazy visited Kings Dominion during his East Coast trip. Here’s what he had to say: Kings Dominion was a really nice park. Lots of trees, good rides, easy to keep busy at. There’s a lot of Paramount niceness...
Continue reading...Kings Domion and Intimidator 305
Coaster101 member “DropZone99” took a trip to Kings Dominion to take a spin on the new Intimidator 305 and here is a look at his day at the park: Guests pass through this tunnel before conquering Intimidator 305. Anaconda doesn’t...
Continue reading...Intimidator 305 Opens
Officials at Kings Dominion are calling their newest ride, The Intimidator 305, the most exciting roller coaster in Kings Dominion’s 35 year history. Intimidator 305 takes its name from the legendary Nascar driver Dale Earnhardt, who was called the Intimidator....
Continue reading...Intimidator, Carowinds 2010 coaster
Carowinds announced today plans for their largest investment ever made to open in 2010 – Intimidator, a B&M hyper with a height of 232 feet and speeds of 75 mph. You can read the press release below. CHARLOTTE, N.C.,...
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Kings Dominion to Introduce $25 Million Steel Giga-Coaster In 2010 Discuss this announcement in our forums! Doswell, VA. (Aug. 20, 2009) – The most exciting ride in Kings Dominion’s 35-year history will debut in the spring of 2010, as the...
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