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Explore to the Carowinds Amusement Park in North Carolina
Enjoying part of your North Carolina Tourism at Paramounts Carowinds Theme Park will not only have you relaxed you did but your children will say you are the best thing ever!
If you have children under five years of age don’t worry there is nothing for them to enjoy, there is the Amusement attraction where the kids can enjoy a train trip with Dora the Explorer’s Azul or fly, dive and swirl with Danny-Phantom. Paws are the part of the experience for the young children with the life-size Nickelodeon stars everywhere in the theme park.
With kids from 6 – twelve everyone can make them happy with either seeing many of the live concerts that go on throughout the park all day or visit Nickelodeon-Central where there are more than 20 rides for their peer group. They can even ride Scooby Doo’s Haunted-Mansion! They will enjoy the free fall into 20 acres of thrills in the theme park. There are many rides that they will love – including one that takes you three hundred and twenty feet above the park! Enjoy the “wild-mouse” roller coaster that will show the kids a real thrill or the Scream-Weaver – Gondolas which twirl in a horizontal position and shoots into the vertical position, skyrocketing riders into upside-down orbit. Including all these and many more options for the children they will be busy from the time you walk in until you ultimately get them to leave at the close of the day!
For teens between twelve – eighteen the thrill never ends. They will ride the Nighthawk, the flying rollar-coaster and tallest one in the park or the Rip Roarin’ Rapids with the white water raging rafting you can experience in a six person craft (and get really, totally wet). Naturally there are the bumper cars that are a favorite of many kids. Now envision them on the Thunder-Road which is a forward and backward roller-coaster. You may need to plunge down a forty-five foot waterfall to the pool of water below (another great opportunity to cool off on a scorching day.) There are so many rides and attractions for everyone that they may want you to come back with them the next day!
As parents you may feel that you are supposed to sit back and watch the kids have all the fun…WRONG! Run out there with them, talk them into riding on the Xtreme-SkyFlyer with you and experience the thrill of skydiving as everyone is lifted one-hundred-fifty-three feet in the sky and then pull the ripcord for a 50 foot free fall at 60 mph. (you must be extraordinarily brave for this one and it does have an additional charge.)
If that isn’t adequate for you then go to the Drop Zone where you will discover a fifty-six mph one-hundred ft. free fall. Probably don’t want to eat just before you do this, could get messy!
The Hurler is the wooden rollar-coaster that reaches fifty mph with unbelievable dips and turns.
This is just the beginning of the fun that awaits you and your family in Charlotte on your North Carolina Piedmont vacation!
There is a 25 acre Carowinds campground with nearly two-hundred campsites, and fifeteen rental cabins for those that want to stay nearby. For reservations call 704-587-9116 or 1-800-888-4386 ext. 2116
LOCAL DIRECTIONS
Take I-77 to SC exit #90 at the North Carolina/South Carolina border. The Park is about fifeteen minutes south of Uptown Charlotte and 15 minutes north of Rock Hill, SC.
CALL AHEAD
Hours and operating days vary, so when planning a visit, it’s a wise idea to call Carowinds Information Center at: 704-588-2600 in North Carolina; 803-548-5300 in South Carolina; or toll-free 800-888-4386. The Information Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays and during park operating hours.
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