[chknwing]

My guestimation is when these 2 pieces are put in, Fury will be about ~260ft tall

just saying

[Axel]

She's pretty already... reaching for the sky!

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[DavidW]

Two pieces of track installed. Link to gallery

(best if you open the pic in a new tab)

[pproteinc]

Driving down 77 it looks like Fury is standing all alone away from the rest of the park.

[Jarsh]

It looks like they are carving a big bird in the dirt...

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It's a turkey for Thanksgiving, lol.

[tarheel1231]

I feel bad for Intimidator as it will be overshadowed by another giga coaster (I305 in 2010, F325 in 2015).

[gabed]

Yeah, having a giga coaster at your home park taller than Intimidator really sucks.

...

Come on, Intimidator was overshadowed by other HYPERS before it debuted. Intimidator was never the tallest of its kind when it opened, so why should it matter if another coaster tops it? I'm not saying that Intimidator is a bad ride, I love it! Also, I don't understand why you feel bad, if Carowinds is getting a coaster better than Intimidator then what difference does it make?

[FamousAmos]

^^Exactly. I couldn't be more happier that we are receiving Fury. Hey, it could have been King's Dominion... we should be happy, and I know that you guys are very happy about this.

[goldsteh]

All that remains is one more straight section, then the two curved pieces at the top.

Thank you for the explanation. I guess my statement of 100 feet was a little off. Either way....it's really TALL.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!

[pproteinc]

I'm just at work chuckling at the fact that just a few years back they were saying nothing could go over 300ft in the park and then Windseeker came along and now were going 325ft with F-325.

[Sean978]

They just uploaded the footage from that camera on the track! Really cool to watch and can I just say that the guy at the top has balls of steel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1pGD6K ... ldQN0KR55g

[FamousAmos]

I got a little excited watching that. Knowing that is a near vertical drop and all...

[PatrickMcPherson]

If you look at a map of the Charlotte area, the runways at the airport point directly to carowinds. However, Carowindsis so far away from the airport, the height limit for the park is all but unattainable. For example, Lez Zepplin the ride was 155 feet tall, but absolutely right beside the airport there. There's nothing to worry about when it comes to limits on what Carowinds can facilitate, the only factor is cash.

[TheCoasterMan1]

There is a major height difference between 155 ft and 325 ft. I'm pretty sure that if FMP was still open and they tried to build a coaster at 325 ft the FAA would disapprove. Same goes if Carowinds was directly next to the airport. Fortunately, its not!

[DarK Ei8ht]

Excuse the cell phone quality.