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Recent attendance trends at Paramount's Carowinds theme park more closely resemble a merry-go-round than a roller coaster ride. Six of the past eight years have set attendance records for the park. And the ups and downs have been relatively mild. This reflects a nationwide pattern, where regional theme parks have been less affected by the lingering economic malaise than national destinations such as Disney and Universal Studios parks.
Read more from The Charlotte Business Journal.
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/\ Jonathan Hawkins
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Howard Dean for President!
*** This post was edited by StarCoasters 5/27/2003 12:01:14 PM ***
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Yeah, if coasters WEREN'T men we'd have Raging Cow instead!
Now where is the hypercoaster?! ;)
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The Jet Coaster ROARS!
Will Johansson
That said, it wasn't a thrill seekers paradise. Top Gun was outstanding, but the time has come for a new coaster to pacify the enthusiasts.
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This park continues to be awesome. It is by far my 2nd favorite place to visit, and seeing as it's only 4 hours away and relatively closer then most parks to my rural arse, it makes for an easy ONE DAY trip.
Im tired of everyone going off about how Carowinds needs a Hyper... I don't think they do but if they do I'm sure it'll be B&M because of two reasons.
One reason, they have a good relationship with them and have 2 of their rides.
Two, Intamin isn't as FAMILY related in hyper coasters as B&M's are. Raging Bull is a family hyper, while S:ROS is a sick twisted outcast of the family (so to speak) ride.
Would rather have a hyper then the *rumored* flyer over on Smurf Island!
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"I'm starting to doubt your comitment to Sparkle Motion"
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YOUNGSTOWN 2010
http://foreseerscastle.com/Park%20Pictures/Carowinds/Paramount.htm
I got the priviledge to sit down and speak to some of the upper brass at the park. Seems they were intrigued by my T-shirt that I got from PKI (Son of Beast) We chatted for about 25 minutes.
http://foreseerscastle.com/Park%20Pictures/Carowinds/Carowinds.htm
The park needs to work on its capacity-getting more people on rides faster. There is a huge lack of smaller rides. By crowded I meen they have built stands in the walkways and with the amount of people, it makes it hard to walk around. I had thought about getting a season pass since we are only 1 1/2 hours away, but I see no reason to after my trip. I guess if this is the parl I grew up with, I may look at it differently. I just can't see where the park is worth the admission price they are asking.
They definetly need to work on their getting people into the park, It took us a half hour to get into the park and we already had our tickets. To many people trying to go through a very small six lane entrance.*** This post was edited by John Carle 5/15/2004 11:07:38 PM ***
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