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Do You Like Seeing Hyper Coasters and Giga Coasters at the Same Park?

Joel
September 16, 2019
Coaster Questions, Editorials, Geek Speak
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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
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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 Roller Coaster - Steve Jackson - Carowinds

Copperhead Strike Almost Ready to Launch at Carowinds

Joel
January 18, 2019
Roller Coaster News
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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...
Copperhead Strike - Carowinds - 2019 Roller Coaster - Corkscrew - 1100

New Roller Coaster Copperhead Strike Launching at Carowinds in 2019

Joel
September 1, 2018
Roller Coaster News
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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...
Bluefire Megacoaster - Europa Park

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...
Insane Coaster Wars - G-Force Giants

Our Most Unusual Roller Coaster Experiences

Joel
April 1, 2018
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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...
Batwing - Afterburn - Carowinds - Roller Coaster

Our Favorite Ride Experiences of 2017

Joel
February 5, 2018
Editorials
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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...
Vortex - Carowinds Roller Coaster

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...
Carolina Goldrusher - Green Train - Carowinds

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...
Hurler - Carowinds - Roller Coaster

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...
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