I'm impressed with the style of the toll booths, which I agree, look like the plantation house.
I'm also impressed with how the gentlemen who's at the head of Cedar Fair talks about things like this. He's mentioned in interviews that they're concerned about the history of the individual parks, and that each park has it's own identity. He used Knotts Berry Farm as an example, but you could assume that hopefully they feel the same about Carowinds.
Another thing to note, if you go to Carowinds.com , the plantation house is featured prominently on some pages.
https://www.carowinds.com/hours-directions/carowinds for instance.
I agree that the whole area needs a refresh, but I don't think they should tear the house down, and don't believe that they will.
On their facebook page, too, whoever runs that... I don't know what kind of position they have or what they know or don't know, but when talking about the wooden coasters they mentioned that the park loves all their wooden coasters and won't be getting rid of them. They talked fondly of the Carousel and how important it was for them to get it up and running, and even called the Skytower the park's "Beloved" skytower.
So I believe, and hope, that the higher ups @ Carowinds get and understand the importance of the history of the park, and growing smartly without destroying the very few things (like the plantation house) that remain from the original park.
