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2024

Carowinds’ Intimidator Renamed to Thunder Striker

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...

Feb 28, 2024

2020

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...

Jul 30, 2020

2019

2017

2015

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”...

Jul 6, 2015

2014

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...

Apr 10, 2014

2010

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...

Jul 11, 2010

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...

May 7, 2010

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,...

Apr 1, 2010

2009

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...

Aug 26, 2009

Intimidator 305: 2010 Kings Dominion

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...

Aug 20, 2009