Do You Like Seeing Hyper Coasters and Giga Coasters at the Same Park? Joel September 16, 2019 Coaster Questions, Editorials, Geek Speak 2 Cedar Fair's Recipe: A Hyper-Giga One Two Punch Hyper coasters and giga coasters represent two of the more popular steel roller coasters over the past few decades. Hyper coasters reach a height or have a drop ... Read More...
Ride Review: Copperhead Strike Bobbie June 25, 2019 Roller Coaster Reviews, Steel Roller Coaster Reviews 1 Overview Located at Carowinds on the border of North and South Carolina, Copperhead Strike is one of several noteworthy coasters to open in 2019. It’s a dual launch coaster from Germany’s Mack Rides with... Read More...
Copperhead Strike Almost Ready to Launch at Carowinds Joel January 18, 2019 Roller Coaster News 5 Earlier this week, I joined a construction tour of Carowinds new roller coaster Copperhead Strike. The track is complete, but the station, launch barn, and area around the ride are still far from complete. Stev... Read More...
New Roller Coaster Copperhead Strike Launching at Carowinds in 2019 Joel September 1, 2018 Roller Coaster News 5 This week Carowinds announced Copperhead Strike, a new steel roller coaster, that'll open in 2019. The new ride will be the anchor attraction in a new area called Blue Ridge Junction. As rumors suggested, Coppe... Read More...
What We Know About Carowinds’ 2019 Roller Coaster Joel July 7, 2018 Roller Coaster News 4 Good news for fans of Carowinds. All signs point to a new roller coaster for 2019 and the park has started to tease the new attraction with a series of tweets. A sign of things to come? 🚜👩... Read More...
Our Most Unusual Roller Coaster Experiences Joel April 1, 2018 Editorials 3 With hundreds of roller coaster rides under our collective belts, we thought it'd be fun to share our most unusual roller coaster experiences. We figured since we've visited as many parks and strapped in to rid... Read More...
Our Favorite Ride Experiences of 2017 Joel February 5, 2018 Editorials 3 Before we look forward to the upcoming theme park season, we thought it'd be fun to take one more look back at our favorite ride experiences of 2017. The Smiler at Alton Towers Surprisingly, my favorite rid... Read More...
Review: Vortex at Carowinds Joel January 4, 2018 Roller Coaster Reviews, Steel Roller Coaster Reviews 1 Vortex represents an era of roller coaster history. The Bolliger & Mabillard-designed ride opened in 1992 back when the novelty of riding a roller coaster while standing was still relatively new. Today, the... Read More...
Review: Carolina Goldrusher at Carowinds Joel December 31, 2017 Roller Coaster Reviews, Steel Roller Coaster Reviews 2 Located in the Carolina Boardwalk area, Carolina Goldrusher is a steel mine train roller coaster that debuted during the park's opening year in 1973. As you'd find on any mine train coaster, it features locomot... Read More...
Review: Hurler at Carowinds & Kings Dominion Joel December 29, 2017 Roller Coaster Reviews, Wooden Roller Coaster Reviews 8 In 1994, the Paramount-owned Kings Dominion and Carowinds opened two wooden roller coasters dubbed, Hurler. The ride's original theme was connected to the 1992 movie and Saturday Night Live skit, Wayne's World.... Read More...
