General Carowinds discussion
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By dianals
#70876
Legoguy1395 wrote:Well would you look at that.

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Fury is quite coming alive tonight.



For those of us not in the know, could you explain what, exactly, they are doing right now?
By kirkgun
#70880
I don't know if this explanation is "exactly" enough for you...

They are manually pulling a car through the track (or at least part of it). They do this to make sure that the parts of the train fit exactly to their mating parts on the track. They want to make sure that clearances between parts match up exactly.

For example: the brakes on the train are not like brakes on a car. The moving parts of the brakes are mounted to the track. So they need to make sure everything aligns so that when the non-moving parts, that are mounted to the train, pass through the brake mechanisms, they will stop the train without damaging either parts that are mounted to the track or mounted to the train.
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By KIJester
#70882
Hey Guys, long time viewer, first time poster.
Question...Does Fury's green lift hill light end where it currently is or will we see it continue to go over the top like Timmy's?

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By tarheel1231
#70887
Via Mike's twitter:
#FURY325 looks incredible at night, and there are more lights yet to install! @CarowindsPark pic.twitter.com/qUBb83uQi1
#FURY325 seems to get brighter as the night falls @CarowindsPark pic.twitter.com/aEPcwNLMN4
#70890
Jonathan wrote:It's getting real.


For me it's been real the whole time, yet VERY surreal that Carowinds is getting a giga coaster. 16 years ago Carowinds got it's first MAJOR coaster, and 15 years later we have a coaster over 200 and 300 feet. (Let's face it, this would've never happened with Paramount at the reigns) I still don't think the GP knows the magnitude of this coaster and what this coaster can do. They think it's just another Intimidator. People at my school say,"I can't wait to ride the new coaster at Carowinds!". Once they see the coaster in person like I did at WWU, I'm sure there attitudes will quickly change. :lol:

Can't wait for 3/25 and opening day!
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By tarheel1231
#70891
TheCoasterMan1 wrote:
Jonathan wrote:It's getting real.


For me it's been real the whole time, yet VERY surreal that Carowinds is getting a giga coaster. 16 years ago Carowinds got it's first MAJOR coaster, and 15 years later we have a coaster over 200 and 300 feet. (Let's face it, this would've never happened with Paramount at the reigns) I still don't think the GP knows the magnitude of this coaster and what this coaster can do. They think it's just another Intimidator. People at my school say,"I can't wait to ride the new coaster at Carowinds!". Once they see the coaster in person like I did at WWU, I'm sure there attitudes will quickly change. :lol:

Can't wait for 3/25 and opening day!

Seems like they already have a good attitude.....
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By chknwing
#70892
KIJester wrote:Hey Guys, long time viewer, first time poster.
Question...Does Fury's green lift hill light end where it currently is or will we see it continue to go over the top like Timmy's?




unless its just not turned on I'm not sure they can install that without a crane and bucket
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tarheel1231 wrote:
TheCoasterMan1 wrote:
Jonathan wrote:It's getting real.


For me it's been real the whole time, yet VERY surreal that Carowinds is getting a giga coaster. 16 years ago Carowinds got it's first MAJOR coaster, and 15 years later we have a coaster over 200 and 300 feet. (Let's face it, this would've never happened with Paramount at the reigns) I still don't think the GP knows the magnitude of this coaster and what this coaster can do. They think it's just another Intimidator. People at my school say,"I can't wait to ride the new coaster at Carowinds!". Once they see the coaster in person like I did at WWU, I'm sure there attitudes will quickly change. :lol:

Can't wait for 3/25 and opening day!

Seems like they already have a good attitude.....


Oh yes, they do! I wasn't saying that they would have a negative attitude change. I was just saying that I think they will be shocked and possibly scared about riding this beast!
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