Carowinds Discussion Thread

[madsecar]

No, lol I'm in a different time zone so I was just making sure. I don't want to miss it lol.

[GCI Wooden]

Probably. There will be many people asking when the announcement is and then many people will answer them, and then more people will ask when it is... By the way, only 1 hour and 27 minutes until announcement! Who is going to be watching the live video? About the time of the announcement, there is a countdown clock on Carowinds website.

[MagnumFreak25]

I'm definitely gonna be watching the announcement. Quick question though, On the website it says that the announcement is already live but I cant click on it. Is that just me or is everyone else having the same problem?

[madsecar]

Yeah its the same thing for me. I'm sure it will let us click on it when the announcement starts.

[alabardo84]

the webcam now, framing the yard

[loop-de-loop]

I wonder if this will have seatbelts? I'm guessing that won't be a detail announced.

[rcjp]

^Maybe it will. I suspect leviathan doesn't have them because of how little room there is between the seats (unlike behemoth or intimidator). So maybe they will design the trains with this in mind (not that they would have to change a lot as nitro originally had them).

[Diamondbacker27]

I wonder if this will have seatbelts? I'm guessing that won't be a detail announced.

I never really thought about that, I hope it doesn't. But who knows.

[MagnumFreak25]

I Don't really care if it has seat-belts but it probably will since it's Cedar Fair. Also does anyone know if the cost of the coaster is included in the $50 Million? If it isn't I bet we'll see a few flats being added and another new coaster in a year or two. Only 46 minutes left!

[Brassinthegrass]

FYI, the stream is now live!

[coasterchitchat]

I love how quirky Carowinds is being right now. It's a live stream (via UStream)with a bee hive.

[Diamondbacker27]

I Don't really care if it has seat-belts but it probably will since it's Cedar Fair. Also does anyone know if the cost of the coaster is included in the $50 Million? If it isn't I bet we'll see a few flats being added and another new coaster in a year or two. Only 46 minutes left!

Cedar Fair doesn't add seat belts to everything, they are better than most parks.

[coasterchitchat]

Also does anyone know if the cost of the coaster is included in the $50 Million?

Yes

[GCI Wooden]

The live stream has a band playing currently.

[MagnumFreak25]

I really hope they don't run adds That would be hilarious if and add was playing during the announcement.

[DJeXeL]

I have video but no audio. Anyone else having that issue?

[MagnumFreak25]

It's fine for me, do you have your stream muted? Also I just heard what sounded like an insect buzzing in the stream.

[DJeXeL]

Nope. Also tried Google Chrome and Firefox with same results. Refreshed the feed multiple times.

[MagnumFreak25]

Do you have your computer Muted or something?

[shivtim]

30 minutes!

[DavidW]

reboot 3 times?

[PCW_Nut]

^Maybe it will. I suspect leviathan doesn't have them because of how little room there is between the seats (unlike behemoth or intimidator). So maybe they will design the trains with this in mind (not that they would have to change a lot as nitro originally had them).

 

Leviathan will have belts in 2015

[MagnumFreak25]

I don't know much about computers but I found it interesting that if you type in "carowinds.com/fury325" you get redirected to the announcement Page but if you type in "Carowinds.com/centurion" you get a 404 error. That seems to confirm Fury 325 as the name.

[madsecar]

^^ I saw this too

[MagnumFreak25]

Where dd you see that Leviathan was getting seat belts?