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PhotoTR: Coaster Journey to WV, NC, SC, VA, MD, PA! 9 Parks!

3RD PARK OF THE TRIP NOW UP! Bonus park: Go-Carts Plus!
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Postby revilolee » Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:33 am

Nice TRs so far. And great pics of Carowinds!
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Postby fallen xxi » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:49 pm

STR8FXXXINEDGE wrote:^ You are correct! I knew that as well. I have no idea why I put Vekoma.
I did not know it was the first coaster to have 4 inversions though. That's kinda neat.

You could definitely feel the places that were retracked on Thunder Road. They were almost bearable. Almost! They definitely didn't "rebuild" it though.

Thank you! I really did enjoy your park.
About the kid at Hurler. I just let it blow over. He'll get his some day.


I wish I could agree with you about Thunder Road, but trust be, when I say rebuild, I mean that GCI literally came in and rebuilt it:

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Postby fallen xxi » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:50 pm

STR8FXXXINEDGE wrote:^ You are correct! I knew that as well. I have no idea why I put Vekoma.
I did not know it was the first coaster to have 4 inversions though. That's kinda neat.

You could definitely feel the places that were retracked on Thunder Road. They were almost bearable. Almost! They definitely didn't "rebuild" it though.

Thank you! I really did enjoy your park.
About the kid at Hurler. I just let it blow over. He'll get his some day.


I wish I could agree with you about Thunder Road, but trust be, when I say rebuild, I mean that GCI literally came in and rebuilt it:

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Postby fallen xxi » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:53 pm

STR8FXXXINEDGE wrote:You could definitely feel the places that were retracked on Thunder Road. They were almost bearable. Almost! They definitely didn't "rebuild" it though.


Trust me, when I say rebuild, I mean that GCI literally came in and dismantled and rebuilt the over half of the structure (pics from last summer):
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And that's just the turn around...getting pics of the rest of the layout is a bit tough. But throughout last season you would see cranes moved to all around the layout and the coaster was dismantled,rebuilt, and reopened just in time for Scarowinds 2008.
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Postby fisher1095 » Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:54 pm

^ Having recently ridden Thunder Road, I can tell you the only part GCI rebuilt was the turnaround (that picture above), the next drop and part of the hill after that... The rest was left alone and is still pretty rough, but not that bad.
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Postby fallen xxi » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:02 pm

^ Well if you want to be exact, The lift hill and first drop of both sides were retracked. Both turnarounds were rebuilt. The entire second half of the former backwards side (left) was rebuilt and the first and second hill of the right side was rebuilt.
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Postby fisher1095 » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:09 pm

Now that I think back, the left side was smoother than the right but I still don't think that much was retracked/rebuilt. IMO, TR's drop is still really rough and it feels almost uneven. And trust me, after the first hill after the turnaround, things get pretty rough.
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Postby fallen xxi » Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:42 pm

fisher1095 wrote:Now that I think back, the left side was smoother than the right but I still don't think that much was retracked/rebuilt. IMO, TR's drop is still really rough and it feels almost uneven. And trust me, after the first hill after the turnaround, things get pretty rough.


Dude, I work there and have for the last 2 years. Believe me when I say that that's what was done to the coaster. Yes I know the drop is still rough but that is because the retracking of a coaster sometimes does not work.
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Postby STR8FXXXINEDGE » Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:37 pm

Retracked, Rebuilt... either way, the ride sucked.
I know I'm not a coaster expert, but I think I've ridden enough of them to know what is rough, and what isn't.
I'd put it in the top 5 roughest that I've ridden.
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Postby STR8FXXXINEDGE » Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:19 pm

After Carowinds we were headed to Williamsburg, Virginia to find our hotel and rested up for Busch Gardens Europe the next day.

Little did I know that there would be a little bonus park down the road from our hotel, along with an unexpected credit!
Our third park of the trip was Go-Carts Plus.
Go-Carts Plus
6910 Richmond Road
Williamsburg, VA 23188

They have 1 coaster and adults are allowed to ride it.

Here's a little Park Index love. (Well, I didn't see anything in there for it)

Hope you enjoy! =)
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We arrived at our hotel and got checked in and relaxed for a little bit.
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After we got rested up, we headed down the road to this little park.
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Park map.
It was a clean little family park. I'd say most of the park is for kids.
I tried to get a photo of everything, but I forgot to get a photo of the arcade.
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The reason we're here. A little credit whoring.
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The train.
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The lift.
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The smallest of the go-cart tracks.
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The next biggest track.
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The 3rd biggest track. Boring circle track.
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The biggest of the 4 tracks.
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They had a Disko!
I can NOT do spin-n-puke rides, but for some reason these things don't bother me, which makes me happy cause I think they're super fun!
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I like this one!
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Now, the rest of the random attractions at the park.
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If you couldn't tell from all of the previous photos, the park was super dead.
I apologize for all of the boring dead shots with no one in them, or without the rides operating.
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I followed this path thinking it was going to take me somewhere fun. It ended up being an observation deck for the largest of the go-cart tracks, and the putt-putt golf course.
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This is the last photo from Go-Carts Plus.
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After we left Go-Carts Plus we just drove around Williamsburg and did a little site seeing. We stopped at this general store to look around and waste some time.
That's my Mom at the top of the stairs.
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This sign was above the restrooms.
I thought it was amusing, so I took a photo of it.
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We then ventured into Historic Williamsburg so my Mom could hang out with Thomas Jefferson for a bit. They got along great!
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We wandered for a little bit to look around. I didn't take many photos, but here are the few that I did take.
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After Historic Williamsburg, we ventured down to Wendy's where we had the worst service I've ever had at a fast food joint.
After Wendy's, we headed to Pirate's Cove to play some Putt-Putt Golf. It was right across the street from our hotel, which was convenient.
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My Mom & I both LOVE to play Putt-Putt, so we always make sure to play on trips. We opted out of playing at Go-Carts Plus for the price, cause I knew that we could play at Pirate's Cove for about the same amount, and it would be much better.
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My Mom & I.
Anytime we get near a Pirate's Cove we make it a priority to play at least one of the courses.
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You can't tell from the photos, but the place was super packed so we only had time to play one course.
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This is the last photo for this update.
I felt like I was going to get stuck in there, so I half assed it.

Hope you enjoyed!

Next update will be Busch Gardens Europe, which was my most anticipated park of the trip.

Stay tuned!
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