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SIX FLAGS · CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

Carowinds

“one park, two carolinas”

One park, two Carolinas — the state line runs straight through the front gate, and Fury 325 dives across it at 95 miles an hour. Charlotte's hornet's nest, drawn alive.

Carolina Skytower
Icon · Thunder Road

✦ the nc/sc border is painted through the plaza — stand in two states at once

THE ANIMATED COLLECTION · 55 PIECES

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Celebration Plaza

1
The State Line
Landmark
Two states, one painted line through the plaza. Stand in both.

Thunder Road

3
Thunder Striker
Coaster
A 232-foot hyper with seven shrinking hills — Intimidator until 2024.
Kiddy Hawk
Coaster
A suspended starter coaster named for the Wright brothers' field.
Ripcord
Drop tower
A skycoaster swing from 300 feet — upcharge, nerve sold separately.

Camp Snoopy

14
Snoopy's Racing Railway
Coaster
A launched locomotive with Snoopy riding the caboose. New for 2025.
Woodstock Express
Coaster
The 1975 kids' woodie, once a Ghoster Coaster.
Wilderness Run
Coaster
The starter coaster, three gentle laps.
Charlie Brown's River Raft Blast
Raft ride
Blaster-armed rafts, new for 2025. Everyone gets wet.
Flying Ace Balloon Race
Spinner
Balloons in formation over the campground.
Woodstock Whirlybirds
Spinner
Teacups, but make them birdseed yellow.
Camp Bus
Spinner
The crazy camp bus, tipping on schedule.
Charlie Brown's Wind-Up
Spinner
Mini swings, an opening-day original.
Kite-Eating Tree
Drop tower
A junior drop tower with a taste for kites.
PEANUTS Pirates
Spinner
A rocking sea storm for the smallest crew.
PEANUTS Trailblazers
Spinner
A mini whip through the woods.
Pig-Pen's Mud Buggies
Spinner
Bouncing buggies, dust cloud included.
Snoopy vs Red Baron
Spinner
Dogfighting planes since opening day, 1973.
Beagle Scout Acres
Landmark
Eight thousand square feet of climbing, no line.

Crossroads

3
Afterburn
Coaster
A six-inversion invert that opened as Top Gun: The Jet Coaster.
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
Dark ride
Laser-blast the ghosts; the eviction is not going well.
WindSeeker
Drop tower
Swings at 301 feet over the lagoon, dandelion-style.

Aeronautica Landing

6
Air Racers
Spinner
Six stunt planes that actually invert.
Gear Spin
Spinner
Four pendulums missing each other on purpose.
Gyro Force
Spinner
A 1974 trabant wheel, tilting and waving.
Hover and Dodge
Race track
The 1979 dodg'ems with new paint and old grudges.
The Airwalker
Spinner
A spinning disk on a half-pipe runway.
Windstar
Spinner
Gliders you bank yourself — pilot's license optional.

Blue Ridge Junction

2
Copperhead Strike
Coaster
A double-launch moonshine chase that barrel-rolls out of the station.
Mountain Gliders
Spinner
Flying scooters built in 1940 and still banking hard.

County Fair

5
The Flying Cobras
Coaster
A boomerang flown by a winged-cobra flying circus.
Do-Si-Do
Spinner
Three spinning arms, square-dance manners.
Electro-Spin
Spinner
A floorless top-scan tumbling over the midway.
Rock 'N' Roller
Spinner
The himalaya, volume up.
Zephyr
Spinner
A wave swinger with fairground bones.

Carolina Boardwalk

3
Carolina Cyclone
Coaster
First coaster on earth with four inversions, 1980.
Ricochet
Coaster
Hairpins on stilts with its name in lightbulbs.
  • Carolina Goldrusher

Carousel Park

3
Vortex
Coaster
One of the last stand-up coasters anywhere. Knees, brace.
Slingshot
Drop tower
A reverse bungee to 300 feet — upcharge, dignity extra.

Thrill Zone

3
Fury 325
Coaster
325 feet, 95 mph, and a dive under the front gate. The hornet.
Hurler
Coaster
A 1994 woodie born of Wayne's World, retracked by hand ever since.
Kaleidoscope
Spinner
The opening-day scrambler, still scrambling since 1973.

Carolina Harbor

12
Blackbeard's Revenge
Water slide
Six stories, six slides, one trapdoor plank.
Boogie Board Racer
Water slide
Six lanes of mat racing, longest in the Southeast.
Barracuda Blasters
Water slide
Tube slides in the dark.
Pelican Plunge
Water slide
A two-seater tube with a beak-first finish.
Surf Club Harbor
Landmark
The wave pool, on the South Carolina side.
Tidal Wave Bay
Landmark
The second wave pool, gentler sets.
Coastal Currents
Raft ride
The lazy river, doing its one job well.
Hurricane Falls
Water slide
Four-person rafts down the funnel.
Storm Surge
Water slide
Raft slides, body slides, one storm.
Myrtle Turtle Beach
Landmark
The toddler lagoon, turtle included.
Pirates Landing
Landmark
A splash fort for the smallest buccaneers.
Seaside Splashworks
Landmark
Tipping buckets and spray cannons.
opened
March 31, 1973
home
Charlotte, NC / Fort Mill, SC
the icon
Fury 325
my headliners
Fury 325 · Copperhead Strike · Afterburn

Carowinds was built across the state line on purpose — a 1973 handshake between the Carolinas, with the border painted through the plaza so you can keep one foot in each. Fifty years later Six Flags runs it from five miles up the road, and the hornet still owns the skyline.

Ride Fury 325 at rope drop, then walk back to the entrance bridge and watch it thread the Hive Dive under your feet at 95. Copperhead Strike's lazy barrel roll out of the station is the best joke a coaster tells anywhere in the Southeast.

Every piece above is hand-drawn and animated — the hornet dives its gate, the copperhead rolls out of the shed, the skytower cabin climbs its candy-striped mast, and Snoopy's locomotive launches with the wheels spinning.

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