Carowinds Discussion Thread

[astroworldfan1]

Screamscape says they will bring the name white lightning back.

 

Then why is the coaster track yellow???

 

-Tatum

[lilj4425]

Screamscape says they will bring the name white lightning back.

 

Then why is the coaster track yellow???

 

-Tatum

 

There's no proof that the yellow coaster is going to Carowinds. Just speculation at this point.

[supertrooper]

In that audio interview, the public relations woman said that Nighthawk was being repainted yellow, with navy supports. It seems odd that they would repaint it yellow, if the mystery coaster (which is also yellow) is actually going to Carowinds.

[John Peck]

^ You beat me to it!

 

Yep, bright Yellow Track and Navy Blue Supports

 

Maybe they should rename it "Brighthawk"

[jarmor]

Nighthawk to get new colors. Yellow track with navy blue supports. Check out the news video here: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-203800

I said it before and im saying it again...

 

OMG was that his first interview! And what is the CAROLINE Cobra? I mean did he do any research because he still calls top gun "top gun". Then he goes to ask what the name is for BORG now...Man this is tragic...OMG they are now showing videos of saturator...WHOOPS to the kid who drags their parents there just to ride it...LMAO now we are being shown the thornberrys river adventure...another ride im eager to ride after watching the video!

 

All im saying is if you are gonna interview someone about something atleast get as much up to date info as you can...and dont show past attractions, but then again he may have thought they were still current...

[lilj4425]

Could you imagine having two bright yellow roller coasters at Carowinds by 2011?

[MillenniumChild]

I'm very excited to go to Carowinds this year to see the new Nighthawk colors, ride Cobra with the new trains and watch the flume area. Alot is going on.

[MillenniumChild]

The Plaza area will be very bright with 2 yellow coasters if that yellow B&M is ours.

[dj snow]

News video on possible new coaster for 2010 and other things: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-203800

Oh my. I didn't know he was still at it.

[coolhandluke]

It's not that uncommon for parks to have coasters be the same color. CP has 3 coasters and part of Mantis' track all red, and Heide park seems to have all their coasters in green and white uniforms except Colossos and Desert Race.

 

Though it is a bit strange to make back to back colors the same like CW may be doing. Oh, the mystery...

[coasterguy99]

That was one of the best worst interviews ever.

[MillenniumChild]

That was a horrible interview. I fell sorry for Dani (PR manager) for having to sit through that for 9 min but thats what she's paid for.

[MillenniumChild]

How could i forget the red & yellow row that is Iron Dragon, TTD & Mantis.

[MillenniumChild]

It looks much darker in person and with not alot of color or height in that area of the park it sticks out very well.

[dpxtreme]

A lot of parks have multiple coasters with same colors. The primary two seem to be yellow and red. At SFMM they Viper, X2, and Ninja that are all red.

 

Anyways, the name "Nighthawk" doesn't signal yellow to me.

[Guest]

This ride totally ruined one of my days in Ohio. Stupid POS.

[tuxedomask5432]

Wow, this is good news. Some much needed love to a great childhood park of mine. So a "new" coaster this year, a REALLY new one next year. And they're still completing re-construction on Thunder Road.

 

Maybe they'll tear down or re-construct the Hurler (wishful thinking).

[Noxegon]

A lot of parks have multiple coasters with same colors. The primary two seem to be yellow and red. At SFMM they Viper, X2, and Ninja that are all red.

 

Try the late Expoland in Japan. Six white coasters...

[DarkStitch626]

Wow, this is good news. Some much needed love to a great childhood park of mine. So a "new" coaster this year, a REALLY new one next year. And they're still completing re-construction on Thunder Road.

 

Maybe they'll tear down or re-construct the Hurler (wishful thinking).

 

 

Lol if they ever did that would we maybe be able to think about either a new Thunderhead rival here or maybe a Balder Intamin?

[coolhandluke]

How could i forget the red & yellow row that is Iron Dragon, TTD & Mantis.

Whoops, I even forgot about Draggin'. So they have ID, TTD, Magnum, Maverick, and part of Mantis.

 

Anyway, the yellow is a bit questionable in my mind until I see it on Nighthawk, though the navy blue seems to fit the...uh..."theme?"...of the ride.

 

EDIT: Isn't yellow the primary color on the new sign? Yellow letters with a dark (blue?) bird head in the back?

[MillenniumChild]

Yes it is.

 

I think the yellow will look good if its that dark and not a bright yellow.

 

[tuxedomask5432]

So I know that this is all pure speculation at this point, but I had a random thought before I was going to bed. Someone mentioned the possibility of a B&M sitdown coaster, someone also mentioned the re-use of the name "White Lightning."

 

What if Cedar Fair bought the Led Zeppelin coaster from Hard Rock Park. It doesn't seem too far fetched, as the Coaster a very short distance away and all of the park's rides had to be liquidated. Also, they would not even have to paint the ride if they were calling it "White Lightning."

 

Just silly speculation, I know. But maybe someone can shed more light on the progress Hard Rock Park has made on liquidating their rides.

[MillenniumChild]

I don't think HRP has sold any rides as of yet but i can't be to sure of that but LZ is not coming to Carowinds. The 2010 coaster was most likely planned way before HRP even opened to the public.

[BuschSchoe]

Wow... Cedar Fair is doing quite a bit to fix up Carowinds.

I applaud Cedar Fair for fixing up the ex-Paramount parks.

[MillenniumChild]

Now if they would only bring back Winterfest and the Nickelodeon Parade i would love CF.

 

Carowinds could use about 3-4 shows as well.