Went to Carowinds yesterday and it was da' bomb as the kids say. I had one extra ticket so Jackie tagged along this post will cover the first half of the day which as the post title implicates, has no pictures.
So we had agreed to arrive at 10:30, a half hour after the park opens. We were to meet at a gas station and then go to a park and ride. Jackie was gonna jump in my car cause parking is $10 and I don't have to pay so you get the point. Needless to say as tradition goes Jackie was late only 10 minutes though, so I went and sat in the Park and ride and she called and eventually we were there. We get in the park and the first thing we ride is the "Vortex" we had considered riding "Nighthawk" but the line was already pretty long and no other rides had lines so we skipped that for the day, which is fine cause I've ridden it once and it wasn't that great. It's a laying down roller coaster so everyone thinks it's the shit but not really. Vortex was however no line and totally awesome. Very fun as always and a good way to start the day. After that we headed to the far end of the park that I kind of imagined we wouldn't spend a lot of time in, the side with the "Hurler", it's the other wooden roller coaster in the park and it was fun. Jackie commented on how much it beats you up and I said the silver side of thunder road is rougher which it is, not to say the Hurler was slow and a easy ride but Silver side of Thunder Road is quicker and rougher.
After that we strolled towards the center and I asked if she wanted to ride "Scream Weaver", which is like a ferris wheel on steroids. She declined so we went on "Carolina Cyclone", big blue if you will, two loops and two other inversions in a horizontal helix setup very fun a good time was had by all. Then we went to "Goldrusher" the oldest coaster in the park and Jackie was excited because the driver was semi-enthused and was saying "choo-choo" as the train was leaving the station for the train before us. He did it when they came back in and I thought it was pretty funny cause as someone who does that I could feel the resignation and sarcasm in his voice. He did it for us and again a good time was had by all.
Then we went to the new ride "Carolina Cobra", Jackie was bummed that Thunder Road doesn't go backwards anymore but I tried to convince it was just as good. As we watched it a walking up to it she was kind of impressed and it was actually funnier as we were on it at the top cause we rode at the back, you're probably up around 130ft before they drop you back through the station and she was kind of giddy. It was entertaining since I'm now immune to roller coasters and don't scream unless I want to. So to see the look in her face and eyes at the top and then again at the end was priceless. This was also the first coaster with a camera that was open so we got to see our pictures for the first time while somewhat panicked. Hee-Larious friend.
You know what this is a lot longer then I thought it was going to be so it's probably going to be 3 posts, two without pictures and the final with cause everything that has happened has happened before around Noon or 1pm and we were there for quite a few hours after that with a trip to uptown Charlotte mixed in.
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