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Carowinds is a 407-acre (165 ha) amusement park primarily located in Charlotte, ... as well as being one of four shuttle loopers with a weight drop launch.
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.
Shuttle Loop is a type of steel launched shuttle roller coaster designed by Reinhold Spieldiener of Intamin and manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf. [1] A total of 12 installations were produced between 1977 and 1982.
First shuttle roller coaster: although six opened the same year, White Lightnin' - Carowinds (Charlotte, North Carolina, United States) White Lightnin', at Carowinds, is likely to have opened first, given the park's southern location and longer operating season.
Carowinds has temporarily shut down the Fury 325, a spokeswoman said Saturday. “The park’s maintenance team is conducting a thorough inspection, and the ride will remain closed until repairs ...
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.
North Carolina’s Department of Labor found the crack in Carowinds' Fury 325 roller coaster had been visible for at least a week before its closure.
The first Schwarzkopf shuttle loops with a flywheel launch also first appeared in 1978. [1] Arrow's Revolution, Europe's first looping coaster, was built in 1979 at Blackpool Pleasure Beach of England. [1] In 1980, Carolina Cyclone opened at Carowinds as the first roller coaster with four inversions. [4]