Carolina Cobra - Carowinds
N 35° 06.177 W 080° 56.592
17S E 505176 N 3884461
A newer ride, this boomerang coaster was relocated to this park.
Waymark Code: WM99J8
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2010
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Carolina Cobra, from Wikipedia
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Carolina Cobra is a steel Vekoma boomerang roller coaster located at Carowinds. Standing 116 feet (35 m) and reaching 47 mph (76 km/h), it is the third tallest coaster in the park. It is the first roller coaster addition to Carowinds since the park's purchase by Cedar Fair from Paramount Parks.
History
Originally named Head Spin, Carolina Cobra is a relocated coaster from the now defunct Geauga Lake park. Geauga Lake's rides side closed after the 2007 season by Cedar Fair, causing for many of the rides in the park to be relocated to other parks within the chain. The ride occupies the spot of the Flying Super Saturator roller coaster, which was dismantled and put up for sale after the 2008 season. This was the first roller coaster for Carowinds since the addition of Nighthawk in 2004. Carolina Cobra opened on March 28, 2009.
Ride Experience
Carolina Cobra is one of over 50 boomerang coasters installed by Vekoma around the world, but it is the first boomerang roller coaster to feature all new re-designed trains directly from Vekoma. No other park in the United States have yet to create these spacious, unique trains. After dispatch, the train is pulled backwards up the 125-foot (38 m) lift hill. After that, riders are dropped 120 feet (37 m) down, fly back through the station and into a Cobra Roll element. The riders then are taken through a 360-degree vertical Loop and are sent up a second 125-foot (38 m) hill. The riders pause, and are sent down to do the full circuit again backwards.
Break Down
On October 18th 2009, the Carolina Cobra's second lift hill failed to catch, resulting in a rollback that couldn't make it back through the second set of inversions. The passengers were able to exit the ride onto a nearby platform. All of passengers were taken to first aid. Seven of the riders were released back into the park; the eighth was taken to a local hospital and examined.
No serious injuries were reported.
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