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Paramount's Carowinds Theme Park
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3 reviews for Paramount's Carowinds Theme Park
I used to live in South Charlotte and Carowinds was a 15 minute drive. Getting a seasons pass was well worth it. Especially the summer I spent working from home. In afternoons I would get my daughter and her friend to head over the the park.
We could spend a couple of hours riding every roller coaster. In many cases we could get off the coaster and then get right back on for another ride. Of course their was always a line for newest rollercoaster.
The water and the amusement park are combined so bring you bathing suit and cool down on one of the slides.
I have not been back since the new company took over last year.
Carowinds is a theme park located on the SC/NC border, inside the Charlotte Metropolitan Area.
If you have been to a Disney theme park, you'll notice differences here, some good, some bad. For one thing, admission price is $40 at the park entrance, $35 for advance online tickets, and only $19.95 for kids. Inside the park, you'll notice that you're not being ripped off as much as Disney. Want to lock up your belongings while you ride? It's free. The park is clean, and employees friendly. There are several great rides; wooden coasters, inverted coasters, water rides, and even a water park inside. But, you'll notice that the atmosphere is not as spectacular as Disney, there are no special effects along the rides, just coasters riding along a track.
When arriving , you'll be tempted to jump into the large line for the Borg Assimilator roller coaster at the park entrance. However, this line seems to be 45 minutes to an hour wait, while many other coasters are 15 minutes or less. On my first trip, I rode all of the other coasters until I was nauseous.
During late October, Carowinds hosts "Scarowinds." In addition to riding the coasters at night, "Scarowinds" adds haunted houses, smoke effects, and hundreds of scary characters walking around the park at night, trying to scare you. This is pretty entertaining, but only lasts 5 hours in its entirety. I rode only 2 rides during my Scarowinds trip here because the lines were extremely long.
In all, it's a great park, and well worth the admission price.
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Fun for the kid and for the kid in you, you're just a big kid after all, right? You can eat a happy meal and regress and ride a kiddie ride and puke. It will be 100 degrees out, you will forget sunscreen, it will be torturous. You will wait in lines. It will be worth it only if you're on magic mushrooms. I fully endorse that.