Carowinds Group Revised

Carowinds
Group
By
Jacob Horton
Matthew Mayer
Chris Phipps
Tyler Moore
Carowinds
It is a 398-acre amusement park.
It also has a large water park.
The park is located right off of
Carowinds
I-77 and splits Charlotte, North
Carolina and Fort Mill, South Carolina.
Ranked among the top 10
Amusement parks for 2015
Figure 1: Carowinds Amusement Park
Best of Charlotte #27. Leigh Brown and Associates
Beginning of Carowinds
Earl Patterson Hall wanted an amusement park resort.

Based on Disneyland.
Opened in 1973.
Oil Crisis in 1973.
Mr. Hall sells Carowinds.
Figure 3: Carowinds Sign

The Early Years. Carowinds
Figure 2: Early Carowinds Train Ride

The Early Years. Carowinds
Paramount Days
Ownership changed often from 1974 to 1992.

Paramount bought park in 1993.
Transformed park into a movie-themed park.
Brought in many new rides.
Restarted the water park naming it Boomerang Bay.
Figure 4: Paramounts Carowinds

Carowinds Coaster-net
Figure 5: Top Gun

Top Gun Theme Park Review
Cedar Fair
Paramount sells the park to Cedar Fair in early 2006.

Cedar Fair renamed many of the rides.
Added a new wave pool to the water park.
Added Intimidator and Fury.
Figure 6: Intimidator
Intimidator Pinterest
Figure 7: Fury
Fury Theme Park Insider
Coasters
Carowinds features over 60 rides and
13 roller coasters
Fury
Tallest giga coaster in the world
second carowinds roller coaster that
crosses state lines
Figure 8: Fury
Thrill Rides Carowinds
The Intimidator
Hyper coaster that reaches over 200 feet

Inspired by stock car racer Dale Earnhardt
Figure 9:The Intimidator.

Thrill Rides Themeparkreview
Coasters cont.
Nighthawk
Previously named BORG assimilator but was

renamed when cedar fair took over
One of only 3 remaining flying dutchman
rides still operating in the country
Figure 10:Nighthawk.
Thrill Rides Coasterbuzz
Carolina Cobra
Boomerang style rollercoaster

Runs forward then backwards
Figure 11: Carolina Cobra.

Thrill Rides Bannister
Coasters cont.
Afterburn
Figure 12: Afterburn

The third tallest and fastest coaster in the park

Supposed to simulate flying a jet fighter air craft
Vortex
Stand up roller coaster
Speeds up to 52 mph
Carolina Cyclone
Figure 13: Vortex

One of the oldest coasters still in the park to this day

Features two 360 degree turns
Figure 14: Carolina cyclone

Cyclone Coasterimage
Scarowinds
Figure 15: Scarowinds 2
Scarowinds Pinterest
Starting in 2000 Carowinds introduced

its halloween themed attraction name SCarowinds
Figure 16: Scarowinds.
Scarowinds Carowinds
Usually takes place on weekends during September,

October, and the first weekend in November
It offers plenty of scares including mazes, scare
zones, and dressed up characters who walk around
scaring you
Water Park
Largest in Carolinas
Two wave pools, one is a 27,000 square foot wave
pool, and the other is a 34,000 square foot wave pool.
Blackbeards Revenge - 6 story high slide which
includes a pirate plank, a cannonball drop that
launches riders in a 360 degree spin, and the
Captains Curse which shoots riders down a series of
intense turns and drops. (Carowinds)
Also includes two water parks for children with less
intense water spraying and a traditional styled park.
Water Park continued...

Kid Parks, Kiddy Hawk Cove (left), Myrtle Turtle Beach (right)
Figure 17&18: Kiddy Park

Carolina Harbor Waterpark Carowinds
Pictures of the attractions!
Wave pool, 27,000 sq foot (left), 30,000 sq ft (right)
Figure 20&21: Wave Pools

Figure 19: Blackbears Revenge

Blackbeards Revenge
Revenue
Cedar Fair Entertainment earned 1.068 billion dollars
of revenue, in 2012.
In that revenue there was an expected 102 million net
income.
Because of all of this income Carowinds has been
capable of providing 270 seasonal jobs paying an
average of $8.10 hourly wage.
Figure 22: Profit Chart

Residential News World Property Journal
The Serious Business of Fun

Safety is the number 1 priority of the Amusement Park
industry
Maintenance Safety
1 Checking rides/up to standards
2 Quarterly report with IAAPA
International Association of Amusement Parks and

Attractions
1 Founded in 1918
2 ASTM sets standards on design, testing, and operation
Without Safety There Is No

Profit
Strict no alcohol or drug policy
Crime and terrorist attacks
1 Required security checks upon
entrance
2 115 IAAPA certified up-to-date
cameras inside Carowinds
Figure 23: Stop
No Alcoholic Beverages. My Security Signs
Enforce Rules and Regulations

Heart problems must be reported
before entering Carowinds
Workers must check all of the
following for any questionable
suspects
1
2
Height
Weight
Figure 24: You Must be This Tall to Ride

You must be this tall to ride. Sacred Being Productions
United States Risk Management
Figure 25: Risk Management Chart

Rider Injuries IAAPA
Causes of Injury
The following are all causes of serious injury
1
2
3
4
5
River Rapid Rides

Inflatable Amusement Rides
Bungee Cord Rides
Ferris Wheels
Water Parks
100% of Amusement parks with a water park

have a higher injury percentage
Interview
Interviewee: a current Carowinds Manager
Questions and Answers:
1) What is your general work schedule (weekly and seasonally)?
A) Work schedule depended on what other manager was working, one would work
in the morning from 830-5 and another would come in at 3 and work until close.
The park closes in November so we find other jobs.
1) How many shops or rides do you manage nightly?
A) I worked at 3 stores every day, it was my area, each manager had an area that
was usually 2-3 stores.
1) How many employees do you work with on a daily basis?
A) I usually had 1 employee in each store, maybe 2 in the larger one if it was a busy
Saturday.
1) Do managers work a specific section of the park or do they work based off of
rides and shops?
A) Managers work in the sections we are assigned in the beginning of the season, I
worked in the area that I knew the most about and would produce the most
money because of my knowledge
Bibliography
"Carowinds among Top 10 Fun Amusement/water Parks."

Charlotteobserver. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.
The Intimidator. N.d. Themeparkreview.com. Web.
Fury 325. N.d. Carowinds.com. Web.
"Charlotte Amusement Park and Water Park | Carowinds."
Charlotte Amusement Park and Water Park | Carowinds. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.
Nitehawk. N.d. Coasterbuzz.com. Web.
Carolina Cobra. N.d. Bannister.com. Web.
Carowinds seeking $900,000 in incentives. (n.d.). Retrieved
April 28, 2016, from
http://legacy.wcnc.com/story/news/local/2014/07/03/11036876/
Vortex. N.d. Carowinds.com. Web.
Bibliography cont.
Scarowinds. N.d Carowinds.com. Web.

"Theme Park Insider." Theme Park Insider. Web. 02 May 2016.
Scarowinds 2. N.d Carowinds.com. Web.
"Theme Park Review." Theme Park Review. Web. 02 May 2016.
"IAAPA - The International Association of Amusement Parks
and Attractions." IAAPA - The International Association of
Amusement Parks and Attractions. Web. 02 May 2016.
Gerrity, Michael. "U.S. Home Sales Slow in September, Yet
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Carowinds

Earl Patterson Hall wanted an amusement park resort.

Figure 3: Carowinds Sign

Figure 2: Early Carowinds Train Ride

Ownership changed often from 1974 to 1992.

Figure 4: Paramounts Carowinds

Figure 5: Top Gun

Paramount sells the park to Cedar Fair in early 2006.

Hyper coaster that reaches over 200 feet

Figure 9:The Intimidator.

Previously named BORG assimilator but was

Boomerang style rollercoaster

Figure 11: Carolina Cobra.

Figure 12: Afterburn

The third tallest and fastest coaster in the park

Figure 13: Vortex

One of the oldest coasters still in the park to this day

Figure 14: Carolina cyclone

Starting in 2000 Carowinds introduced

Usually takes place on weekends during September,

Water Park continued...

Figure 17&18: Kiddy Park

Pictures of the attractions!

Wave pool, 27,000 sq foot (left), 30,000 sq ft (right)

Figure 20&21: Wave Pools

Figure 19: Blackbears Revenge

Figure 22: Profit Chart

The Serious Business of Fun

International Association of Amusement Parks and

Without Safety There Is No

Enforce Rules and Regulations

Figure 24: You Must be This Tall to Ride

United States Risk Management

Figure 25: Risk Management Chart

River Rapid Rides

100% of Amusement parks with a water park

"Carowinds among Top 10 Fun Amusement/water Parks."

Scarowinds. N.d Carowinds.com. Web.

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