General Carowinds discussion
#35739
I can't speak for anyone but myself here, I would personally rather have a few trims than " No Hyper at All " . I am seriously woud everyone else like to have another relocated ride? I can't wait to ride this thing whether it's trimmed or not.

May I remind everyone we finally are getting a "NEW" coaster!
#35740
Jonathan wrote:What's funny is that I haven't really seen anyone on this board whine about the trim, but I have seen a number of people whine about people whining about the trim.

jon...the very first post on this page says how much a buzz kill the trim is...I mean it might not be the "OMG this coaster is gonna suck now because of the trim" but I guess I took it as a catalyst for whining. that poster seems to be the only person drawing attention to the trim though...so I guess it doesnt matter...

Anyway, since wormy has gotten us warmed up with the shots outside the park I figured I'll get it hot with inside exclusive shots!

The weather sucked and im using my camera on my phone...but they came out alright...

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I really like that shot...

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in case there were still doubts...

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I like this one too...

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yes swampie...that close...

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Looks like you will be able to climb to the trim...so you guys who want it gone can get the job done yourself...

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Ok wormy im passing the torch back to you...and the other guy!
#35741
Thanks for getting those coasterbruh. Had to leave something for you "other guys"... :lol:

I'll continue to do what I can in the off-season, but at this rate they'll have Intimidator done by sometime tomorrow. Relax Security, I'm not coming any closer than across the street.

If any of you are interested in some extra pixels, you do know what that little icon in the upper right hand corner of this page is don't you?

Ouch, I think I just burned myself on this torch.
#35745
I just came back home from an amazing day marathoning on Behemoth, concluding my season! 31 rides today, could probably have done more but I had friends new to the park who wanted to try all the different rides. Behemoth's trims got turned on later in the day, but the first half of the day we had trim-free rides. Even with trims on, I still got powerful airtime and forces, so I'm not worried at all about Intimidator.

I've ridden Behemoth many times before, but never had a marathon on it. Judging from my varied seating positions on Behemoth today, I conclude that B&M gives the best bang of the buck in giving a wide appeal of thrills. Front seats had the best ejector airtime, bar none. Middle seats had the best floater and the smoothest rides. Back seats had the "whip" over the first drop and the hammerhead and every seat had a feel of speed.

So can't wait for Intimidator!
#35751
Jarvis beat me to the punch, I'll just post a few and that'll do it for the year I guess.

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Entrance never looked so good.

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One last sky tower shot for the year.

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I spy a hill.

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Something just ain't right about that.

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Big Red Cafe

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Here a hill...

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There a hill...

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And one final note....they put a trim on Hurler. Yeah. It was barely on yesterday though, hope it stays that way.

Thanks Wormy and everyone else for the great updates over the season.
#35758
So far today it looks like they are continuing with their "build the return run so we don't block ourselves out" plan as they build out the 2nd half of the trimmed hill. Unfortunately it seems like we won't be able to see much of their efforts on the turnaround because it will be right behind where the cam is currently placed.
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Now that daylight savings time has ended, these drive-home shots after 5 are not that going to be that great. Seriously blew out the exposure here to show any detail:
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If someone can get there earlier in the afternoon....

Otherwise I'll try to swing by in the mornings when I'm not late for work. Which is most of the time.
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