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The name Carowinds was conceived from the park's original theme of the history and culture of the Carolinas, and is a portmanteau of Carolina and winds, in reference to the winds that blow across the two states. Ground was broken on May 1, 1970, with a planned opening date in April 1972.
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.
Nighthawk is a retired steel flying roller coaster located at Carowinds. Constructed by Vekoma, it was located in the Thunder Road section of the park. The roller coaster originally opened as Stealth at California's Great America on April 1, 2000. In 2003, Paramount Parks decided to relocate the roller
The Flying Cobras was the first roller coaster addition to Carowinds following the park's purchase by Cedar Fair in 2006. It originally debuted in 1996 at Geauga Lake in Ohio as The Mind Eraser , and was later known as Head Spin from 2004 to 2007 after Geauga Lake was purchased by Cedar Fair.
Fury 325 is a steel roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.The giga coaster, manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, opened to the public on March 28, 2015.
Hurler is a wooden roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina.A second identical installation of the ride was also built at Kings Dominion, and both locations opened to the public in 1994.
Afterburn is an inverted roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina.After more than two years of planning and construction, the roller coaster opened on March 20, 1999.
On August 15, 1991, Carowinds announced that a new stand-up roller coaster would be added to the park in 1992 called Vortex. [3] It was the first coaster built at Carowinds since Carolina Cyclone in 1980, and also became the park's most expensive ride to date at $5.5 million. [3]