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In the park and neither are open right now. Have they been opening later?

My daughter and I drove up from Atlanta on Saturday with the plan of doing an evening visit on Saturday and a morning visit on Sunday before heading home.

We have a great time from six until 10 PM on Saturday, getting several rides on Fury (her first time on it!) and Thunder Striker. Before going to bed on Saturday night, I checked the calendar again and verified the opening time is 10 AM on Sunday. However, we arrive to the park on Sunday morning and are turned away for the BMW company event.

I went to check the app and now it shows that it is closed on Sunday. Am I crazy?! Is there any way to know whether I am wrong and that this has been on the calendar for ages? I’ve since learned that BMW does this every year, but I am confident that it was not on the calendar earlier in the week when I planned this trip.

So, can someone confirm the app was indeed wrong? I want to do whatever I can to make sure this was not my fault so I can feel less bad about wasting my daughter’s time. Or, am I just a big fat doofus?

Both delayed/closed to start today. Anyone hear if there’s rumblings or rumors about their status?

Edit: Afterburn now open!

Not sure who would steal Crocs from a 10-year-old girl, but I hope you enjoy them like she did. She bought those herself with money she earned, and it broke her heart that someone would take her shoes while she was in the wave pool. That's pretty pathetic.

I was worried about operations because of all the posts recently but Fury and Thunderstriker were running 3 trains since I arrived at 11am. Both crews were absolutely killing it, less than a minute dispatches for Thunderstriker consistently. I rode Afterburn as well, which was still on one train, but ops were super efficient there too!! Shoutout to the crews for working so hard 💙💚 overall the best operations I’ve seen in a theme park in a very long time!!

I’m considering getting prestige passes this year since the gold passes no longer cover all parks and we visit Cedar Point in the summer when we visit family in Ohio. But it’s so much more expensive. It would actually be cheaper to get gold passes at Carowinds and silver at Cedar Point than just buying one prestige pass for each of us. Are the additional perks worth it?

Hi! We are driving through tomorrow and plan to pop by for some Fury action. We have a gold pass with Cedar Point as our home park and an all-season dining plan, all of which were purchased last year during the pre-labor day sale in which the all parks passport was still included. Curious if our meal plan will work or if we should expect to shell out for some meals -- tia! Also, any recommendations for comparable coasters to Cedar Creek Mine Ride for my daughter? Thanks!!

Hello fellow Carowinds enthusiasts

Season pass holder here. Never done the night trip to Carowinds. We want to roll in, grab an icee, ride fury and bounce. What time should we get there? Looks like there will be an evening storm

I feel like nighthawk should’ve stayed even though the dispatch times are horrendous. It is a historical coaster and a real interesting type of coaster but if they had to tear down one now, they should definitely tear down vortex. Literally nothing good is on that ride standing up is God awful. It hurts your balls if you’re a male and it’s a big headache I think the standing is kind of interesting, but it’s only a one time ride for me

So I was at the park for the first time since the end of March this past Sunday and Monday. I rode Fury for the first time in March. My friend that came with me this past weekend had never ridden Fury, but his home park is Canada's Wonderland. Both he and I commented that Fury was riding kinda rough. I didn't even remember it being as shaky (not B&M rattle) in March as it was this past visit. A row 6 ride on Sunday was particularly bad. My buddy commented that Leviathan runs way smoother than Fury. I have 13 rides on Leviathan across multiple visits both last year and this year, and it has been glass smooth every time. Is there something that has caused Fury to get rough/shaky recently?

Anyone know what the green cars under the fury lift hill are from? They have an arrow style look to them.

Bought a season pass thinking that it came with a bring a friend ticket but the free promotional ticket was only for people renewing the season pass - not buying a new one. Any advice on how to get a bring a friend ticket?

Personally for me it would be if they took down Hurler and made it a BIG RMC like Gwazi or Steele Vengeance. I’m praying to the coaster gods on that one. So don’t get me wrong though I’d still take a smaller RMC conversion.

I also really REALLY don’t want a drop coaster. They are incredibly boring imo and the park really just doesn’t need that. We already have an INCREDIBLE drop on Fury and a really good one on Intimidator.

So I’m hoping the Nighthawk plot is used wisely. Personally I would like the world’s tallest tilt coaster. I went to cedar point last year and Sirens Curse is so much fun. But the drop is way too short and so is the ride tbh. The one they have in Saudi Arabia looks much bolder and hopefully that’s how they will continue to trend.

Vekoma has really come along way their tilt coaster, it was one of the smoothest rides I’ve ever experienced cough BM rattle cough. It was so smooth I couldn’t tell I was on a track.

So what about you all? Tell me your dream coaster or what you would pick if you were negotiating the next coaster placement? I feel like we have lots of land to work with as I have a feeling Vortex is incredibly expendable.

It was a doody.

Four rides are currently running single trains: Fury, Afterburn, Cyclone and Copperhead Strike is down. Ughhh.

Anyone know what they are clearing out the dinosaurs alive area for, just curious cause I feel like the next thing they build after the log flume is gonna be the replacement for nighthawk.

If I buy a 2027 season pass in full today for $89. do I get the rest of this year (20206) and 2027 all year or will it run out in august?

Might be a question for Carowinds Support, didnt see it in FAQ

Also is the paper cup pass seems to be for only 2026, If I buy it now, will it be going into next year? Says $35 even tho the season almost over

Answered by the good ppl of reddit:

1. 2027 Gold Pass, Our Most Popular Pass, Visit Carowinds & Carolina Harbor the rest of this season and all of 2027

2. Enjoy Coca-Cola fountain beverages with an All Season Drink Plan. Get free refills every 15 minutes the rest of this season and all of 2027!

8/9 fury back to two trains.

Update, 3 trains.