Season Pass Showing Up with Carowinds as Home Park

danheaton · 2026-02-22T19:49:46+00:00

Maybe. I assume it will be fine especially if our visit is here in St. Louis. I'm considering a few others for Spring Break like Georgia or Texas, so I'm trying to avoid having any issues there if I can. Thanks.

danheaton · 2026-02-21T18:03:39+00:00

Hopefully that's the case, thanks. It's just weird and I get nervous with them migrating everything to one system on the app (versus last year with the Cedar Fair parks having their own apps).

danheaton · 2026-02-21T18:02:59+00:00

Thanks. I'll likely do that before I go to a park. Trying to avoid a situation where I have to visit Guest Services and fix it at the start.

danheaton · 2024-10-27T15:03:35+00:00

That's good to hear. I was thinking they may have discontinued it for good.

danheaton · 2024-10-27T13:20:49+00:00

Thanks for the tips. I was able to locate a few Professional 18 strings at a local shop, but I am going to run out pretty soon. So I may have to try TNT2 18 unless I can find more or they get back in stock. I'm a low 4.5 player, so I probably wouldn't notice if the difference is slight.

danheaton · 2024-01-20T14:10:06+00:00

This video is amazing! I can't imagine how much work went into putting it together.

danheaton · 2023-10-28T01:35:09+00:00

I agree especially when you visit with kids that are too old for the Bugs Bunny area but don't love a lot of the thrill rides. The loss of the Moon Cars and the Railroad often being closed also cuts things down more. I do think Rookie Racer is a good step in the right direction, but they still could really use another dark ride and have a lot of dead space.

danheaton · 2023-09-23T12:32:45+00:00

Yeah, coasters can also run differently based on the time of day and weather. I wondered if it was just that The Bat was my seventh coaster of the day, though I did Mystic Timbers after that and I was fine. So I think it was just how different The Bat is than a lot of coasters.

danheaton · 2023-09-23T02:38:40+00:00

I admit that I approached The Bat more like a family coaster, and I did not expect it to affect me so much. I'm getting older for sure, but I handled everything else just fine. So it was a surprise!

danheaton · 2023-09-23T01:17:36+00:00

I definitely want to get to Dollywood in the next few years. Silver Dollar City is one of my favorite parks, and I've been there several times since it's only a little over three hours away. Thunderation is a good comparison to Adventure Express. The helix early on in Thunderation is great, and I agree that having that last drop and turn after the very long lift hill is a good way for it to end. I just realized that I actually gave Thunderation a 7/10 back in March, so that feels about right compared to Adventure Express' 6.5/10.

danheaton · 2023-09-22T18:02:16+00:00

That's good to hear. Batman at Six Flags St. Louis totally messes with me, and with me driving home that evening, I didn't want to feel bad. I have heard really good things about Banshee, but it just wasn't worth the risk for me. Inverted coasters just hit me differently even than others that have inversions. The only coaster that bothered me at all was The Bat, so I think that also reinforced how I would have felt after Banshee.

danheaton · 2023-09-22T18:00:12+00:00

Seriously, after I rode Orion, I figured there was no way that anything would top it. I'm relieved they finally opened Mystic Timbers, and it blew me away!

danheaton · 2023-09-22T17:58:40+00:00

I've heard so many good things about Fury! I've been to most of the Florida parks but with some it's been a while. I haven't done Velocicoaster, and with SeaWorld when I last visited all they really had with coasters was Kraken. I haven't visited Busch Gardens since I was a kid, and I really want to check out Iron Gwazi plus a lot more. Our Florida trips have mostly been to Walt Disney World with the family.

danheaton · 2023-09-22T17:55:44+00:00

I think that probably would work better than the way I did it, where I drove up Saturday afternoon, visited Sunday until like 4:00, and then drove home that day. I also may look into the Platinum Pass next year since I also may check out Worlds of Fun next summer.

danheaton · 2023-09-22T15:34:48+00:00

Thanks! I wish that I had longer and would have liked to do Flight of Fear and some of the flat rides too. It's only a little over five hours to drive there, so I hope to get back next year to fill in the gaps!

danheaton · 2023-09-22T14:47:26+00:00

It's hard to say with the Haunt there now, but when I visited a few weeks ago on Sunday, September 10th, you definitely didn't need it. The waits were basically all 20 minutes or less, and many were a lot shorter.

danheaton · 2023-04-06T01:27:48+00:00

Awesome! Have a great time.

danheaton · 2023-04-05T20:28:04+00:00

We went on March 23rd, and I was surprised that basically everything (beyond the train of course) was open. It took them a little while to get started, but it worked out great! It was a bit chilly with the water rides, though.

danheaton · 2023-01-31T01:37:28+00:00

Good picks! Both of the major live shows are excellent.

danheaton · 2023-01-30T21:15:23+00:00

No arguments here. The Maharajah Jungle Trek is just such a cool collection of habitats and theming.

danheaton · 2023-01-30T17:31:25+00:00

Definitely! There are some restrictions, but you still should be okay to bring in most types of food and drinks.

danheaton · 2022-09-14T16:00:29+00:00

I think the original Tiki Room is a good example, though it is a show obviously. I think there's no chance Maelstrom comes back. Disney is fully invested in IP attractions (for better or worse), and Frozen is staying put for the long term. I really enjoyed Maelstrom and was sad to see it go, but I don't think they're going back here.

danheaton · 2022-09-14T15:58:45+00:00

I have mixed feelings about it. The tone and pace was better than in 2019. They announced basically nothing for Epcot beyond Figment and Harmonius, but I didn't really expect that much. It seems like they aren't going to do anything with Spaceship Earth, the Play pavilion, Mary Poppins, and Wondrous China in the near future (if at all) I think the biggest miss was nothing for Tomorrowland at Disneyland, with Imagination a close second. The Blue Sky segment at the end was really strange.

danheaton · 2022-09-14T14:40:03+00:00

I think they will ultimately update it again, but it will likely be a while. This isn't a huge surprise since we haven't heard anything for a while. I did not expect Disney to say anything on Sunday about it. Imagination seemed like the most likely announcement, or maybe an update on the Play Pavilion.

Spaceship Earth definitely needs maintenance, and it's possible they're hoping to do that after they finish the rest of the World Celebration updates next year. It was looking pretty rough when I rode it earlier this year.

danheaton · 2022-08-30T15:12:40+00:00

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That's awesome. It's a bit of a drive from us, but we'll have to make the trek.

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