[coasterbruh]

lol lol lol

Jarvis "always grateful for ANY invite he gets and appreciate it " Morant

[Edwardo]

Ohkay...

Anywho, Carowinds definitely has the biggest US potential of the newly acquired parks. Carowinds also draws from Southern WV. A LOT. The closest theme parks are Carowinds and Dollywood, both at about 3-4 hours from most of southern WV, and the schools here take field trips to Carowinds every year.

It really is centrally located. NC and SC? Check. Northern Georgia? Check. Southern VA and WV? Check. I'm tired of some of the rides, and really think they need a lot of flats and at least one signature wooden coaster, but the Future still looks bright.

I think with a new woody, a couple of big slides in the waterpark, the new coaster coming next year, and some flats, that Carowinds could easily be a force to be reckoned with.

They already have a top 10 inverted coaster, BorgHawk is popular with the GP, they have some family and kiddy coasters, and once they get the rest of their ride selection fleshed out more, the park could easily grow their attendance more and more every year.

P.S. As for the NASCAR theories, and I dont' claim to know anything here, but would it be possible? B&C in MB had the license for that as far as themeing and rides goes, and they sold that with the speedparks. I wonder if they'd be able to use that? Cause I'm sure if it's up to the new owners of the Speedparks (who had said quite a while ago, even after the story on Premier working with B&C on coasters themed to NASCAR, that they want to expand on it) would let that happen for what they're likely paying for the rights to the license.

And before anyone brings it up, Speed is NOT officially NASCAR themed. At all.

[Jonathan]

I highly highly doubt that B&C ever had any sort of exclusive license with NASCAR.

[MarkD]

Sorry for my ignorance but isn't this a thread for the Deconstruction of the Log Flume? I would like to see / hear updates about the actual topic as I am unable to visit any parks for a while.

Don't we already have tons of posts on "Opinions" ?

[Capler]

Ok, back on topic. The log flume site is a mound of dirt this week, though slightly smaller this week, it still is a mound. At this point in time there is no other construction taking place, no markings, no stakes, no unusual activity. Until something else takes place we have to expand the topic, otherwise there would be nothing to talk about. Right now it is like a cop saying; "Move on, there is nothing here to see." Do you feel we should change the name of the topic now that the flume is gone? How about, 2010 Speculations? Honestly, the flume is past, gone, done, toast. There is just nothing much left to say about it. I personally enjoy when a topic is expanded beyond a limited topic, it makes for a lively conversation.

[coasterbruh]

Hey since the flume is deconstructed beyon reconition what is there left to talk about??

[evaninmatthews]

I'm not sure you would find that that many people from the DC area go to Kings Dominion. It's probably either Six Flags America or Busch Gardens.

While Busch Gardens is my favorite park, it's about two times the distance from DC as opposed to Kings Dominion. I've been to Six Flags America once. It was not very nice at all. I had an extra ticket after the day one, and I threw it away. But, with the amount of land that carowinds can develop, I see them becoming a bigger and better park than Kings Dominion. KD seemed to have it's best time with Paramount, getting two new state of the art rides (Volcano, Hypersonic).

[Wormy]

I think someone else should grab a camera, ride up that tower and let me off the hook!

Last week's visit was my shortest ever. Parked, went in, went up, took pictures, rode down, took more pictures, left. I did this on my way home from work, in my work clothes I might add. I felt stupid.

I am curious to see if the site was leveled, though. THEN, you could officially abandon this thread and move on to ***Official Hyper Construction Thread***.

For what it's worth, here's what could be a final look back at the bare hill from a different angle, over by the pass processing center.

[Jay]

Trust me Wormy if I lived closer I would be there every weekend. I just want to say thanks for all the effort you've put into this thread. I wish I could give out a MVP award, you would win by unanimous vote.

[Capler]

Thanks for the hard work Wormy. I know it is a pain in the butt getting there, parking, and such. We appreciate what you're doing. I would help but I live too far away and I don't have a season pass, so that would be one expensive photo. On the pass thing, I use to keep one but when Paramount started acting crazy and mistreated the park I stopped buying them and visiting the park. Have not been in three seasons. I just got tired of the park being treated like a step child. I will start back in 2010 if everything comes together. I would have kept coming if the company would have added some cool flats like they did in Canada, but they didn't do that.

[Davidtmp]

LOL, Wormy, you are awesome man!! I'll add a thanks as well. I would take pics, but my cheap camera wouldn't take very good pics. None the less, I'll try when we start going out there. May be a couple weeks, but we will start going.

Watch out for the guys in suits when you come in to take pics and leave.....Hate for you to end up on the Homeland Security Watch list!

[charlotteguy02]

I did this on my way home from work, in my work clothes I might add. I felt stupid.

Well, I guess that all depends on what you do for work. If it's anything remotely related to Jarvis' occupational field, I can imagine many people running in the opposite direction of you

And speaking of Jarvis, you know the water park opens May 23rd...I hope we are hip on this years trendy speedos...

[Capler]

He could be a male stripper with the short shorts, bow tie and vest.

[Wormy]

This is highly embarrassing.

Yes, I'm a 38 year old male stripper, who, after finishing the Friday lunch shift at Chasers, decided it would be a good idea to indulge my passion for log-flume deconstruction by riding the Carolina Skytower in my shorts and bow tie. To rapidly change subject:

Davidtmp, snap away! I'm only taking these with a regular ol' camera phone. I doubt anyone wants to see ultra-high-resolution images of a pile of dirt. Which is probably a pile of mud now.

[bgwfreak]

I'll get the pics uploaded soon, but just wanted to let you know that the station is now a pile of match sticks.

Whatever is coming, is getting a whole new setup.