Carowinds Group Revised

8/17/2019 Carowinds Group Revised

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CarowindsGroupBy

Jacob Horton

Matthew Mayer

Chris Phipps

Tyler Moore


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Carowind

• It is a 398-acre amusement par!• It also has a lar"e water par!

• The par is located ri"ht o# o$

I-%% and splits Charlotte& 'orth

Carolina and (ort Mill& )outh Carolina!* +aned amon" the top ,

.musement pars $or /,0

Carowinds

Figure 1: Carowinds Amusement Park

“Best of Charlotte #27. !eigh Brown and Asso"ia


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Paramount Days

• wnership chan"ed o$ten $rom ,9%4 to ,99/!• Paramount bou"ht par in ,993!

• Trans$ormed par into a mo5ie-themed par!

• Brou"ht in many new rides!

• +estarted the water par namin" it 6Boomeran"

Figure

“Carow

Figure -: %o /un

“%o /un %heme Park &e0iew


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Cedar Fair• Paramount sells the par to Cedar (air in early

• Cedar (air renamed many o$ the rides!• .dded a new wa5e pool to the water par!

• .dded Intimidator and (ury!

Figure : ntimidator

“ntimidator Pinterest

Figure 7: Fur$

“Fur$ %heme Park ns


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• Carowinds $eatures o5er rides and,3 roller coasters

• (ury• Tallest "i"a coaster in the world• second carowinds roller coaster that

crosses state lines

• The Intimidator• Hyper coaster that reaches o5er / $eet• Inspired by stoc car racer 2ale 1arnhardt

Figure 3:%he ntimidator.

“%hrill &ides %hemearkre0ie

Coasters

Figure 4: Fur$

“%hrill &ides Carowinds


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Coasters cont.

• 'i"hthaw• Pre5iously named B+ assimilator but was

renamed when cedar $air too o5er• ne o$ only 3 remainin" :yin" dutchman

rides still operatin" in the country

• Carolina Cobra• Boomeran" style rollercoaster• +uns $orward then bacwards

Fi

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Figure 11: Carolina Cor“%hrill &ides Bannister


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Coasters cont.

•.$terburn• The third tallest and $astest coaster in the par•)upposed to simulate :yin" a ;et


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Scarowinds

• )tartin" in / Carowinds introducedits halloween themed attraction name )Caro

• ?sually taes place on weeends durin" )eptectober& and the


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Water Park

• Aar"est in Carolinas• Two wa5e pools& one is a /%& suare $oot w

pool& and the other is a 34& suare $oot wa• Blacbeards +e5en"e - story hi"h slide whic

includes a pirate plan& a cannonball drop thatlaunches riders in a 3 de"ree spin& and theCaptains Curse which shoots riders down a seintense turns and drops! DCarowindsE

• .lso includes two water pars $or children withintense water sprayin" and a traditional styled


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Water Park continued...

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@id Parks< @idd$ awk Co0e >left?< $rtle %urtle Bea"h >right?

Bla"keard+s &eFigure 1714: @idd$ Park

“Carolina aror ;aterark Carowinds

Figure 13: Bla"kear+s &e0

“Carolina aror ;aterark

Figure 2521: ;a0e Pools“Carolina aror ;aterark Carowinds

Pi"tures of the attra"tionsD


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Revenue

• Cedar (air 1ntertainment earned ,!8 billion o$ re5enue& in /,/!

• In that re5enue there was an e>pected ,/ mincome!

• Because o$ all o$ this income Carowinds has bcapable o$ pro5idin" /% seasonal ;obs payin"

a5era"e o$ F8!, hourly wa"e!

Figure 22: Pro

“&esidential 6


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Te Serious Business of F

• )a$ety is the number , priority o$ the .musemeindustry

• Maintenance )a$ety, Checin" ridesGup to standards

/ uarterly report with I..P.

• International .ssociation o$ .musement Pars a.ttractions

, (ounded in ,9,8

/ .)TM sets standards on desi"n& testin"& and operat


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Witout Safety Tere !s "Pro#t

• )trict no alcohol or dru" policy• Crime and terrorist attacs

, +euired security checs upon

entrance

/ ,,0 I..P. certi


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$nforce Ru%es and Regu%atio

• Heart problems must be reportedbe$ore enterin" Carowinds

• orers must chec all o$ the

$ollowin" $or any uestionable

suspects, Hei"ht/ ei"ht

Figure 2*: 'ou ust e %his %all to &ide

“'ou must e this tall to ride. )a"red Being Produ"tions


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Causes of !n(ury

• The $ollowin" are all causes o$ serious in;ury, +i5er +apid +ides/ In:atable .musement +ides

3 Bun"ee Cord +ides

4 (erris heels

0 ater Pars

,K o$ .musement pars with a water parha5e a hi"her in;ury percenta"e


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!nterview

Inter5ieweeL a current Carowinds Mana"eruestions and .nswersL,E hat is your "eneral wor schedule Dweely and seasonallyE.E or schedule depended on what other mana"er was worin"& one w

in the mornin" $rom 83-0 and another would come in at 3 and wor The par closes in 'o5ember so we


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Bi)%iograpy

• NCarowinds amon" Top , (un .musementGwater ParCharlotteobser5er! '!p!& n!d! eb! /% .pr! /,!• The Intimidator! '!d! Themeparre5iew!com! eb!• (ury 3/0! '!d! Carowinds!com! eb!• NCharlotte .musement Par and ater Par O Carowin

Charlotte .musement Par and ater Par O Carowindn!d! eb! /% .pr! /,!

• 'itehaw! '!d! Coasterbu@@!com! eb!• Carolina Cobra! '!d! Bannister!com! eb!• Carowinds seein" F9& in incenti5es! Dn!d!E! +et

.pril /8& /,& $romhttpLGGle"acy!wcnc!comGstoryGnewsGlocalG/,4G%G3G,

• Vortex ! '!d! Carowinds.com! eb!

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Bi)%iograpy cont.

• Scarowinds. N.d Carowinds.com. Web.• NTheme Par Insider!N Theme Park Insider ! eb! / M• Scarowinds 2. N.d Carowinds.com. Web.• NTheme Par +e5iew!N Theme Park Review! eb! / M• NI..P. - The International .ssociation o$ .musement

and .ttractions!N IAAPA - The Internationa Association Am"sement Parks and Attractions! eb! / May /,

• errity& Michael! N?!)! Home )ales )low in )eptembe1n;oy Bi""est Median Price Increase )ince /0!N WorPro#ert$ %o"rna! orld Property Journal& ,9 ct! /,/May /,!

• NPar History!N Thin&s to 'o in Charotte ( Charotte Am"sement Park ! '!p!& n!d! eb! / May /,!

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