Personally, I found it to be an un-funny clunker of a comment--what do politics have to do with new roller coaster speculation?!
So, hey man, please quit messin' with my dorky fangirl warm-fuzzy roller-coaster-y bliss!
Now, to get back to fantasy land....since North Carolina is "First in Flight" (it's on every license plate, right?) could some sort of Wright Brothers-Kitty Hawk-flying theme work for this thing? It could be kind of a companion to the Top Gun/Afterburn concept, since that is supposed to be based on fighter pilot maneuvers. The name could have 'Flyer' in it...or maybe just "The Flyer". Not a wildly original name perhaps, but I don't think there are any coasters called 'Flyer' around these parts are there? And I understand the objections to another Carowinds "carolina" coaster...but "Carolina Flyer" has kind of a nice ring to it....
Here is a quote from some history site that sort of sets the tone:
The conditions on the morning of December 17 were perfect for flight - high, consistent winds blowing from the north. At about 10:30 that morning, Orville Wright lay down on the plane's wing surface and brought its engine to life in preparation of launching it and himself into history.The biggest problem, though, is that a literal interpretation based on the first flight would imply that the ride would be 120 feet long and last 12 seconds!
To me, the beauty of hypers is the lightning-fast, smooth, swoopy, joyful, graceful, exhilarating ride. Yeah, they are terrifying to some
but really, names like "Intimidator" don't exactly fit this type of coaster, IMO. I dunno--does it really need some kind of macho name to attract crowds?
Anyhow, bottom line, I'm with the others who said they will love this thing no matter what it's called, what color it is, and whether it has a theme or not.
