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Technically it did but it re-opens in a week or so

Has it been said if the park will open with the mall?

I have did both in one day, however I did Aquatica in the morning and finished off the afternoon at seaworld. A lot of things don't open with the park at Seaworld so you would be waiting while, on the other hand, every slide opens at park opening at Aquatica.

If you arrive at opening you won't have any real issues as far as crowds. I would recommend doing the dolphin plunge first, then the ray rush first. I would then move on to the drop box slides due to capacity. Every other attraction should be manageable in the first few hours.

My thing is most of these folks on the internet will never pony up the time or money to even go to the park to actually experience the ride. Just a bunch of arm chair coaster designers in my opinion . . .

In my experiences, if there really isn't a huge line (the beginning and end of the night) they do have breaks in flow and wait until the group has cleared the door and send more in. I have experience this at both hollywood and orlando.

As other have stated you can get just admission. If you're gonna be there for more than one day and depending on when you are coming, I would recommend one of the multi-visit pass. For instance, the rush of fear pass generally cost the price of one night and it is for every night the first few weeks. I haven't brought express in a while, however, I am always in the park and tend to get in at least 2 mazes before they even open the gate for those waiting outside of it. If you have the option of multiple visits, I wouldn't bother with express. They try to "pulse" you through but it never works because half way in the house you will meet up with a slow moving to stand still conga line. I would say when the houses are announced, kinda pick out the top ones you wanna see for sure and hit them up first.

If they gave more than what they did, what would we have to look forward to? It's not opening for at least another year and a half.

Wait, people were expecting full stats and a POV?

While I will miss the former Beverly Hills Boulangerie (as it is basically the driving force behind me starting a cheesecake business) the new offerings at this place seems to be top notch and I welcome it! Can't wait to try it.

It wasn't publicly stated.

So it seems the park will be getting 2 of 3 coaster types in the future. The three are a water coaster (presumingly proslides), a small gerstlauer like Adrenaline Peak OR a small Gravity Group like either switchback or Kentucky Flyer. We should know one of these, for sure, is coming so if it balled down between two, which would you prefer? The gravity group or the gerstlauer???

It is getting repainted this year but the color isn't known. What is known is splash waterfalls will not be opening again.

Hey guys! Yesterday I was fortunate to get a close up view of the progress of Copperhead Strike via Winter Warm Up, an ACE event. Before I get to the pictures, I would like to say that (with great confidence) the rapids ride will not be returning to the park in any fashion. The park has their reasoning and I understand. What will happen with it, no one knows right now but right now the park is focused on gearing up for 2019 and what they are doing for 2020. With the dinos having its final year this year, that frees up a two substantial plots of land. First up, the food. Wings will be renovated and become Blue Ridge Country Kitchen and will feature rotisserie whole chickens! The park provided some tasting of the offerings and i have to say, everything was good. Now on to the new area, blue ridge junction . . . The Flyers/Gliders are coming along quite well. There it is! The entrance to the coaster is coming along well. As well as the barn. . . The park opened up the area by the bumper cars to have a better flow. There will be a fire place adjacent to the barn and across from the country kitchen. I guess the workers are ready to get back to work lol. With people to give prospective . . . The train is still parked in the barn awaiting preliminary launch #1 testing. Some more angles . . . Well that's all for now. One more thing before I go, it seems Cedar Far has great confidence within the folks running the park as it was THEM who came up with the name and other elements of the area. Out of 5 manes, Copperhead Strike won but I would have loved Ridge Runner myself as it would have run even more true to the theme of moonshining!

So some form of dueling dragons lives on lol ! #ChooseYourFate

Did anyone ask or did the park mentino if they were gonna plant any tree on the buffer between dragon flyer and thunderhead?

It's not gone . . . at least in its current form. It's just sitting and waiting on "confirmation".

^ always looked that way to me . . .

I am not seeing anything that would make anyone come to that conclusion . . .

I wouldn't hold my breath . . .

So an over the shoulder lap bar couldn't work?

The park has released a new BLOG post and it really gets you excited for the coaster and the new area and shows off some theme elements!

It's far too early to announce that. But if history is anything to go by, they have done one for the last two major coasters so I don't see why this would be an exception.

Today Carowinds invited the media out to get a look at the progress of their newest addition, Copperhead Strike, and the development of their (new again) themed area "Blue Ridge Junction" and I went on behalf of TPR. A few years back Cedar Fair decided to start pumping investments into Carowinds, as the park is in a viable market that they can take advantage of. Over the past few years the park has grown. From installing the award winning Fury 325, vastly expanding the water park to adding 8 flat rides over the course of 2 years, Cedar fair is proving how committed they are to making Carowinds a flagship park. Another sign of that commitment is Copperhead Strike! Let's get to some tidbits shall we . . . - As far as thematic elements, the entire area will be playing up on the farm theme. - We will be seeing veggies (especially corn ) growing throughout the area as well as. . . Copperheads! - Granny's jam factory will have a presence in the area but the team haven't made the decision on everything as far as speciality items (food, souvenirs). - There will be a small show scene inside the barn. For those of you who are familiar with the area, the park installed a much improved version of their ladder climb game in 2017. Well, they purposely placed it in it's location (directly in front of the barn) so you couldn't see directly into it (the barn). - There will be a HUGE gas fireplace built directly to the left (if you're looking at it) of said ladder climb. This will be perfect for those winterfest nights. - It's interesting how the launch system works. On COpperhead Strike (and i'm sure on other launch coasters) the coal is to have it operate at the highest efficiency point. The actual speed of the launch will depend on the weight of the train at that time. They will test and tweak the launch system with water dummies at different weights. The initial test will be with the dummies weighing 170lbs each as that is the standard weight of adults. Then they will raise the weight to 220lbs each to see how that will effect the launch. From there, will be able to provide a near perfect ride, each time, regardless of the train is full or not. - The expansion of Country Kitchen will allow for dual serving lines and one of the main featured dishes will be rotisserie chicken made right there in the restaurant! - There are a lot of foundations on this coaster. Coming in at 230, it surpasses Fury and Intimidators 170 and 180. - The onride photo section location is yet to be determine. It has been narrowed down to two spots (don't quote me lol) which are after the first vertical look and before the top hat element. - As far as a light package, I wouldn't expect anything like hangtime. While no decision has been made, I would bet my money on some spotlights, if anything. Now, before we get to the pictures . . . some people have noticed Rip Roaring Rapids (the park's raft water ride) has been omitted from the ride list on the website. Well, that was no oversight and very intentional! Needless to say, the future is looking brighter (and wetter ) For the park. Thanks for reading and on to the pictures! The park is building on-site dorms which should help out with housing students from across the region and around the world, allowing the park to develop programs such as a full internship for travel and tourism students. The extension of the former wings and now Country Kitchen I can assume some bette retaining wall is on the way, possibly with seats. This area is pretty open now. There were two game booths here which are now gone. I think this will be my favorite section of the coaster! You can kinda see where the area for the coaster will end (at the tree line) I can imagine how much fun this launch is gonna be! The electricians were busy installing the wiring for the LSM launch. The model MACK had at IAPPA was given to the park.

you know the park is closed for the season . . .