carowindsman

I have looked at the ride again and it will be a fun ride. The discussion about hyper and or giga is whatever to me now. KI Fans you have a brand new thrill coaster that will be a lot of fun. To answer the point of Fury with the long brake run, I feel part of the reason in most cases is obviously slow it down but to allow it to keep moving so the trains will not stack. Obviously based off current operations it still stacks but thats another topic.

Boogie board racer announced and Grand Carnivale for 2020

Yeah CS is definitely #4 in the park because of the huge drop off. And when I go back I'll ride it as long as the line isn't longer than 15 min. I'm just really curious as to what the park was trying to accomplish with CS. Was it intended to be a high thrill coaster or a mild coaster? Seems to me it was the former. If true IMO it's not a good addition. Copperhead was never meant to be a thrill/intense ride it is has always been a family thrill coaster. It fills a void that Vortex, Cyclone, Hurler and Flying Cobra can not.

Looks like Dino’s alive is finally closing down

Carowinds has extended there open schedule August 19th-23rd 10am-8pm carolina harbor 12pm-5pm November 2,9,16 10AM-8pm 3,10,17 10AM-6pm 8,15 9AM-5pm

I recently visited both parks literally back to back. Went to Carowinds on Friday and Saturday, then SFOG on Sunday and Monday. You said you wanted honest thoughts... SFOG is nice and definitely better than other SF parks, but I still think Carowinds is a vastly better park. It's more than just rides: Cedar Fair parks are just more well-run. The food lines are actually manageable, food service is always good and efficient, the food itself is better (ya'll have Harmony Hall!). Operations are better at Carowinds. You can pretty much expect all coasters to be running at Carowinds any day throughout the summer. I greatly prefer Carowinds and honestly almost every other Cedar Fair park to SFOG, expect maybe Dorney or CGA. However, I do think SFOG's ride line-up is more well-rounded. At Carowinds, there is a pretty large drop off after the "big 4." There are several bad coasters at Carowinds: Hurler, Vortex, Nighthawk, Cyclone... they're all mediocre-to-bad coasters. At SFOG, I don't think there is a bad coaster in the park. I enjoyed all of them and they have some excellent "underdogs" like Mind Bender, DDD, and Blue Hawk (I'm sure you read my post above). There are some slight advantages to SFOG, but overall I would much rather visit Carowinds again. It's just a less frustrating experience. Six Flags does some things well, but a lot of their operations and services just make you roll your eyes and say "I wish I were at Carowinds" lol. Sorry if that seemed negative. You asked for honest. I really do like both parks, but Carowinds is just so much less stressful to visit. And, well, Fury. Yeah. Fury... Luckily the parks aren't *that* far from each other! (at least from the perspective of us west-coast people) No i appreciate it, It does help

So interesting enough I will probably be moving to Georgia in the next couple of months so my new park will be SFOG. I just want opinions how it feels to Carowinds. I went to SFOG long ago and just looking for some honest thoughts about the park. I appreciate it. I have been reading the post for this for a long time so I get the gist of it all. But just want some more feedback

You said it best. "That's just embarrassing"

New update Completed the look for the Kids restaurant area. ( I haven't really been good with designing buildings and such) I started more of Canyon Theming Overall view of the park

My Opinions Fury 325 Front RIght Seat Intimidator Front Left or Rear Back (Outer Seats not inner) Afterburn Right Rear back seat, (It Whips) Copperhead Strike (Front seats) These are my opinion of course but I feel you can feel the most out those seats when I ride.

a few of the other pictures I thought were added. Also agreed Copperhead Strike will put a smile on your face and is a great addition to the park Pictures also include hotel construction moving right along

Had a improptu night to go Carowinds got there at 7 left around 9, Was able to ride pretty much everything I wanted. 1. Fury is always amazing day or night 2. Intimidator with 2 trains rides ops were moving only stacked once because of person complaining they didnt want to ride 3.Copperhead is always fun. People talk about a rattle I have never felt it, I do hear a rattle and I think its the floor on the trains vibrating. 4. Afterburn after 20 years is still strong as ever 5. Dodgems - First i made a little kid cry because I bumped him. Whoops. Also Is it really difficult to put the straps on the bumpercars. Saw a kid almost choke himself because he couldnt figure out how to put it on.

I present Rage a Giga Coaster ( I can say I am officially done with it) In other news Kids Restaurant Area has started The view the kids get to see Started finishing up Vertrex scenery and Landscape Lockers near Rage

You may want to check the park app and make sure Fury is open. There was a power outage that shut down Fury, Hurler and Drop Zone. I think it is reopened but cant confirm it

Whats up peeps. I know a brand new park already well this will be my most realistic that I can do. Riviera Downs was a test park for how I could design a realist park. Riviera Winds is the final production of this. My most realistic park includes town and hotels and just a complete fine detail that I can do. Enjoy the beginning of the newest park. Gas station Parking Entrance Parking with Season Pass Special Parking Dog Sitting Center Main Entrance with Ticket Booth Wow look at that fence so awesome Cyclone a custom arrow from the 1980s and Kaleidoscope beginning construction The Arrow coaster has been named ARROW Kaliedoscope getting themed Eagle (Flying Eagles) Ride Height Requirement Station New update Still working on the county fair area. Finishing up the rides I want there and will add the food and drinks buildings next. Also added a new log flume to that area. Small updates to the entrance New Log Flume New bus parking area Dont you just love trees New update Kids area is beginning to start work I think i want to go Nickelodeon theme we will see Old south area has begin also Vertex a floorless B&M Outside of the park shopping area What is RAGE https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/964242094207261784/17056F3037D780458673F789E0FA707CB0C32D91/ I made Golf top (based off of Top Golf) Thoughts on what I could put in this area Venom Full Layout a Dual Launch Coaster Overview of the whole park I have started to add tables and chairs and lights into the main entrance area and I am going to work my way around that area. I moved the kids area around and removed the dinosaur Here is a nice photo-op area for Rage Rage entrance has added the photo op area and a little sit down spot Vertrex is starting to get filled in with theming and scenery Tidal Wave is pretty much done in the beach themed area

I read a lot of KIC alos of people seem really upset. I mean for the most part somebody leaked all that information I would be upset at the front but no matter what you are getting a roller coaster. There are a few cedar fair parks that dont even get any roller coasters or other park chains that dont either. Whether it be a winged coaster or a giga coaster or a dive coaster your still getting a nice shiny new coaster.

Went to the park on Sunday. Park was busy when we were there but ride lines were not to bad. They removed the extra queues from the walk area around Copperhead strike. I definitely feel like it gives you a more up close look at the ride. Running great as it could. Fury is still a beast, and Afterburn was running strong, Intimidator was good. Flyers were snapping and was fun.

Came to the park opening day. Waited about 45 mins for the gates to open. I'm not great on trip reports -Got right to Copperhead only waited about 25 mins - I give it a 8-10 Great addition to the park. The launch isn't forceful as I would of thought but the layout more than makes up for it. The theming is amazing. -Afterburn - Still one of the best Inverted coasters -FURY - Still running strong didn't notice any rattle but we were front row -Intimidator was running good (It did stack a lot) -Ricochet and Cyclone were running good for what they were. -Hotel is coming along nicely -SAD Rip Roarin Rapids is done

POST REMOVED!!! Once again, why do we have to keep reminding people to PLEASE WAIT UNTIL TPR CAN POST OFFICIAL NEWS Seriously, it doesn't make you look "cool" that you were the first to post something, it doesn't help in any way, it just make the admins have to do MORE WORK and hate you just a little bit more each time we have to write something like this.

You can now bid for first rides https://one.bidpal.net/copperheadstrike/welcome

Its done. Welcome to my first full park recreation. This park took a lot of time and I learned a lot from the game with this park. I am not going to lie there is some rough areas of the park and some areas look incomplete. You are correct I pretty much was over the park as far as what I have done. I would like to thank the multiple workshop items that I used such as Fury Tunnel, Carowinds logo, Carowinds Building, Diner, Camp Snoopy areas. and all. Some of Camp Snoopy looks off due to the flat rides not available and the space needed. Dinos Alive has nothing just a few trees no dinos. A lot of the restaurants just have random food buildings just to fill that in. I kept the coasters as accurate as possible, I did not do custom scenery. I had a fun time and I plan to make a Carowinds 2019 but as a whole new park. Thank you again to all who assisted me in this first big Planet Coaster Journey. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1611279227

Just some new updates redid the front entrance ticket and guest services and starting on Chickies Restaurant Tickets area Guest Services Chickies Restaurant I hope before the new year I will have the park pretty much done.

Coaster should be done Next week

New update just doing some touch ups around areas Flying Cobras Entrance Camp Snoopy Boo Blasters Goldrusher Tunnel

So a new update Camp Snoopy is in full swing. Some rides will not be there they will just be represented due to either not available or size As always enjoy and please comment and let me know how you feel.