General Carowinds discussion
By Carowindsman
#106262
I hope the admins don’t mind this thread.

I figure let’s talk about your opening day experience.

Highs
1. Employees actually seemed to be happy
2. Rides were moving (not counting copperhead it’s new)
3. Park just had a great vibe
4. Food was great I love the new options


Lows
1. Why did they not open the gates till 945
2. Security was slow
3. Tickets was slow
4. Some employees need to go back to training
5. Use south gate or get rid of it

2019 Updates
Great addition to the park, themeing amazing , food options awesome
By Coasterphreak
#106269
Yeah, they're definitely having some opening weekend teething problems. I went today, and the park looks great! However:

Parking didn't open till after 9:30, which meant huge backups in the toll plaza and at security, which only had about half of the lines open.

Pretty much every major coaster besides CS and Afterburn wasn't tested out and boarding riders till after 10:30.

Both Hurler and Fury were broken down by 11:30.

I left about noon, because at that point the line for CS was pushing three hours and everything else was an hour or more due to two major coasters being out of commission.