Carowinds

Great park! Went for the roller coasters and it was great! We were able to ride 6 of the roller coasters and rode at least 3 of them twice. The park is clean, the employees are polite and friendly. My only complaint is that food options aren't very good. Most of the food is deep fried, specifically deep fried chicken. Some lighter food options would be great! Maybe deli sandwiches, salads etc. Overall I really enjoyed my time there and would definitely go again!

With all due respect to a large theme park, if you say you're giving all these great perks to Gold and Platinum Pass holders then you need to hold up your end. We've been Gold & Platinum Pass holders for a few years off/on. Yes, this does give great perks such as early entry into the park, unlimited visits until Labor Day, etc. We got early entry into the park on Sunday, April 26th at 09:37 and made a beeline for Fury 325 which undoubtedly is one of the main attractions of the park. Only to find it closed still. For over a hour we wound up standing, waiting, debating whether to run to 1 of only 2 open rides we found out. Their excuse? "It's a late open and we're still doing test runs". We didn't wind up being let into the line area until close to 11 when the park opened for general admission at 10. What's the point in paying extra for Gold Pass? While I agree and don't want to be on a ride that hasn't been tested for the day... An hour is ridiculous. I've worked retail, I've worked many of other jobs in my many years. If we open at a certain time, you're expected to be there early to get ready to open and be ready for business and customers. Horrible business to get there at opening and then start the test runs, computers, etc. We will be back but I hope this is looked into and fixed.

Me and my relatives went here for the first time and it's beautiful. They are at the border around NC and SC. "Where Carolinas meet" Thunder striker was The best. The only downside was that when we were going down for the first time my heart went topsy turvey and I thought I was gonna pass out. Speaking of it, my brother puked 2 times, one time on one of the rides. which was that I think it was the flying cobras which wasn't as bad and we also had a loopty-loop and when we got done we changed my brother's clothes, played some games and won alot of prizes. Which also give a point. We had our sister go on that little kids scooby camp ride. Ofc I was too tall for it. After we went too what we thought was it "last ride" as we went on the bigger Ballon race one. We picked Italy but instead mexico ended up winning. I don't know why but I think it was luck. After, when we were leaving we took another 15 mins for me and my cousin to go on the Thunder striker one more time. I was more happy about it as last time I was really stressed out. Then finally, we left and went to get dinner. 4/5 and 8.5/10 if it was out of 10, disadvantages were, the wait, nausa and uhhh. I don't know. Well, bye

We thought a weekday would be less crowded there, but there were tons of school kids on field trips there, we did may be 3 rides the whole time between 10 and 6 and once they started leaving were able to do more rides within a short time. Richochet was broken by the end of the day, and we couldn't ride it. This park is so similar to California's Great America.

We went March 23 ‘25. It was the 2nd week they were open for the season. Before noon lines went quickly, after noon it was awful. We ended up calling it quits after waiting over an hr for the kiddie balloon ride. We enjoyed our visit for the most part. My kids got to ride probably 5 rides each. We also stayed at the Carowinds campground and really thought the campground was lovely. The staff was accommodating and super friendly. The cabin was lovely. Came with everything we needed for our stay and plenty of towels for our family of 5. The shuttle bus drivers that took us from the campground to the park were awesome. We will come back soon possibly get season passes. Just the lines were awful after noon-ish. We understand but for little kids it’s hard to explain the long waits in the kiddie area/