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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.
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.
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.
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. It features a 232-foot (71 m) lift hill, a top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h), and a track ...
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.
The coaster is located in the Carolina Boardwalk area of Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the park's first roller coaster and one of only four original rides that still operate in the park today. In 2023, a gold train debuted on the roller coaster to commemorate its 50-year anniversary. [4]
On August 27, 2015, Carowinds announced that Boomerang Bay would undergo a major expansion in 2016 and would be renamed Carolina Harbor. The expansion includes a new wave pool named Surf Club Harbor , 2 children splash areas named Myrtle Turtle Beach and Kitty Hawk Cove , a six-story, six-slide complex named Blackbeard's Revenge , [ 3 ] and a ...