Zone Navigation History Rides Food & Fun Features Forums Contact Legal Links Carowinds Links: Park Hours Buy Tickets Ride Guidelines Jobs/Careers		The history of Carowinds The Carowinds Zone History Section is one of the largest and most complete Carowinds Timelines around. They are in order with between one and ten years on each page. This should make it a little easier to find the information you are looking for. If you have corrections, pictures, or any extra information to add to the timeline section feel free to click the Contact link. This section of Carowinds Zone is in memory of E. Pat Hall, Carowinds founder. March 28, 1921 to November 9, 1978. Carowinds Timeline Sections: Pre-opening:How it started 1973:The opening season 1974-1979:The Early Years 1980-1988:Carolina Themes fade 1989-1999:The Viacom Takeover 2000-2004:Up to the first 2005-2006:The end of an era Lost parks near Carowinds or have connections to Carowinds: Myrtle Beach Pavilion(Myrtle Beach, SC: 1948-2006) South Carolina Amusement Park(58 Seasons) Six Flags AstroWorld(Houston, Texas: 1968-2005) Influenced the design of Carowinds. Wonderland Sydney(Eastern Creek, Australia: 1985-2004) KECO park, wasn't sold to Paramount Parks. Hanna-Barbera Land(Houston, Texas: 1984-1986) KECO park, later converted to SplashTown. Now owned by Six Flags.
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