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Carowinds is a 407-acre (165 ha) amusement park primarily located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation , the park first opened to the public on March 31, 1973.
The theoretical hourly capacity of the ride is 1,380 riders. [1] [2] Afterburn's Immelmann. To match the original Top Gun theme, the ride's area was designed to feel like a military base. The main queue was housed in a hangar with a two-thirds scale F14 Tomcat fighter. Guests enter the ride area by passing through the batwing element. [1]
Thunder Road was a wooden roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park on the border between Fort Mill, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina. [1] Opened in 1976 and built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, the racing roller coaster cost $1.6 million to construct and featured two identical tracks that paralleled each other.
As the largest theme park in NC, it's no surprise that Carowinds, located in Charlotte, made it onto several of 10Best's recent round of lists. The park is around 400 acres and lists 45 rides and ...
Carowinds, which straddles the border of North Carolina and South Carolina in Charlotte, was recently named among the best theme parks for adrenaline junkies in the United States, coming in at No ...
Camp Snoopy is the name of the children’s area of the 400-acre amusement park that straddles the border of North and South Carolina in Charlotte and Fort Mill, S.C. ... in family attractions in ...
Thunder Striker, formerly known as Intimidator, is a hypercoaster located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.Built by Bolliger & Mabillard and located in the Thunder Road section of the park, the ride opened to public on March 27, 2010.
The park opened an aviation-themed Aeronautica Landing portion of the park with five new rides and a rethemed one. Last summer, Carowinds drew international attention after a park guest spotted a ...