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    Carowinds has many amusement park rides, and waterpark attractions.
    Roller Coasters:
    Afterburn
    It is the Carolina's only inverted coaster which means you ride under the track with your feet dangling, there is no floor once you leave the station.
    Carolina Cyclone
    After 24 years the Cyclone is still a favorite at Carowinds, and standing proud as one of the park's most popular rides.
    Carolina Goldrusher
    As one of the orginal attractions at Carowinds, the Carolina Goldrusher opened in 1973 in the Frontier Outpost area which is now Carolina Boardwalk.
    Fairly OddCoaster
    The Fairly Odd Coaster opened in 1975 as "Scooby-Doo's Ghoster Coaster" with the original Hanna-Barbera Land(now part of Nickelodeon Central).
    Hey Arnold's™ Taxi Chase
    In it's first season it was called "Taxi Jam", but the ride was renamed with the 2005 Nickelodeon Central expansion. It is a Miler Kiddy Coaster but don't let that fool you.
    Hurler
    Hurler is a massive wooden triple out and back roller coaster built by International Coasters(only built Hurler twins.) in 1994.
    Nickelodeon™ Flying Super Saturator
    Fair warning when you get close to this ride watch out above your head as a water bomb may be dropped on you from a rider. To get them back, man one of the many different guns around the ride.
    Nighthawk
    Nighthawk orginally opened in 2000 at Great America(California) as Stealth, the world's first flying coaster. Nighthawk replace the Carolina Sternwheeler paddlewheel boat ride that had operated for 30 years.
    Ricochet
    For Carowinds' 30th season, Carowinds got a standard Mack Wild Mouse rollercoaster in 2002 along with the retheme of Blue Ridge Junction to Carolina Boardwalk.
    Rugrats™ Runaway Reptar™
    Runaway Reptar™ is a inverted junior roller coaster manufacted Vekoma, it is located in the Nickelodeon Central section of Carowinds.
    Thunder Road
    Thunder Road is two separate tracks that race side by side. The ride originally had a moonshine theme, and custom trains, with one train being Sheriff and one train being Outlaw.

    Thunder Road will be closed temporarily for the 2008 season. We hope that Carowinds gets both sides of Thunder Road back into operation soon!
    Vortex
    In 1992 a Vortex landed at Carowinds, with only standing room left Vortex hurlers you down a 91 foot drop and into a huge loop.
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