General Carowinds discussion
By uscbandfan
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To those of you that have been onsite... Since the station is high off the ground and there are steps on entrance and exit, did any of you see a lift that would be used for handicapped individuals?
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By arby
#70000
I've been on site a few times and they've never let us (or at least me :lol:) close enough to the station to make out much. (Hey, let them have a few surprises for us on opening) Since the gift shop is under the station, I suspect you'll enter through the gift shop and catch an elevator up from there.
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By redrunner97
#70031
Edwardo wrote:I'm sure Centurion was trademarked for more than just to play with us. Maybe it was an early name for the ride. Perhaps they'll use it elsewhere at Carowinds or another CF park in the future. But they didn't register it just to fool around.


Centurion could be interpreted as meaning 100, and 325 is only a few feet off from being 100 meters. Maybe that was the original plan for the ride? And when it got suspended, they went with another concept/theme. And 325 sounded better than 328 (100 meters)?? Just explaining my train of thought on the topic.
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By Jonathan
#70033
redrunner97 wrote:
Edwardo wrote:I'm sure Centurion was trademarked for more than just to play with us. Maybe it was an early name for the ride. Perhaps they'll use it elsewhere at Carowinds or another CF park in the future. But they didn't register it just to fool around.


Centurion could be interpreted as meaning 100, and 325 is only a few feet off from being 100 meters. Maybe that was the original plan for the ride? And when it got suspended, they went with another concept/theme. And 325 sounded better than 328 (100 meters)?? Just explaining my train of thought on the topic.


Excellent thought, I never made that connection before.
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By RiDeWaRrIoR
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bradbeane88 wrote:Firetruck camera 1? :shock:



Anybody know what was going on? Do they do some kind of inspections or something... only thing I could think of since there was no fire visible.... Here is a snap i took...
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#70049
Today's Fury 325 Friday Via the carowinds Facebook page. That's gonna be longest, most anticipation filled minute of my life.
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#70050
LocalYokel wrote:In Charlotte the fire marshal usually drives a crown vic, not a fire engine.


Crown Vic was there next to a cmpd cruiser and post 1 security. I saw them as I was leaving back to the employee entrance after filming.
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By iBiscuit
#70055
RiDeWaRrIoR wrote:
bradbeane88 wrote:Firetruck camera 1? :shock:



Anybody know what was going on? Do they do some kind of inspections or something... only thing I could think of since there was no fire visible.... Here is a snap i took...


Looks like it might be the first-due company to the area. They are probably on site to do a pre-plan for the new ride. It is common practice to visit large structures and the like to develop a plan of action should there be an emergency so that things don't have to be made up on the fly.
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By FamousAmos
#70057
Bigcoasterguy wrote:Today's Fury 325 Friday Via the carowinds Facebook page. That's gonna be longest, most anticipation filled minute of my life.

Is that black smoke I see? Perhaps a welding fire?
#70092
Via mikes twitter... This element looks awesome! I can't wait to ride at night when the lighting effects are in full effect!
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