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| - This was the worst amusement park experience I've ever had. Prior to last night, I hadn't visited this amusement park since 2008. The highlight of the evening was definitely the "Intimidator" roller coaster. If you can tolerate listening to country music for over an hour, this ride is definitely worth the wait.
Once, we arrived at about 8:30pm, we paid 16 dollars for parking. There was traffic backed up for 2 miles off the interstate to get into "Scarowinds". Once we paid and made our way through the parking lot, we saw two parking attendants not doing much of anything. I think one guy had just lost his best friend and the other guy thought his was too good-looking to do anything other than pose. You would think with this mass quantity of cars coming in and paying 16 dollars to park, there would be more than two visible parking attendants, or at least one actually directing us on where to go. About 15 minutes later, we managed to find ourselves a place to park on row 43.
We waited in line 15 minutes to pay 43.00 dollars for our ticket. After paying for our ticket we proceeded to another line to go through a metal detector and have our tickets scanned. Once we got to the front of the line, the line was abruptly closed, so we went to the end of another line. After about another 15 minutes, the line that closed did reopen, and we were able to make it through fairly quickly.
After an encounter with a zombie that brought my girlfriend's daughter to tears, we managed to find our way through the fake fog to the "Intimidator". We downloaded the "Carowinds" app to help us find our way through the park. Unfortunately, the app didn't work in the park, despite downloading it on two different phones. We waited in line about 10 minutes before a group of people tried to cut in line in front of us. There was no security or anyone around enforcing any sort of rules. So, I called them out on it and luckily the others around us called them out on it, as well. Getting back to the "Intimidator", as I mentioned earlier, this was definitely the highlight of the night. The rows of seats were scattered apart in a way that gives everyone a front row view. I was a little concerned about the lack of shoulder harness. Even after we went barreling down the first drop I was coming out of my seat against the lap restraint. This hasn't bothered me in the past on roller coasters that don't invert, since they weren't as high and as fast as this roller coaster was. Hopefully, that was part of the thrill, and doesn't ever become an actual safety issue.
After exiting the "Intimidator", another intimidator managed to jump out behind a garbage can as I was passing by. I just looked at him, grinned, and attempted to walk past him. He abruptly put his arm out in front me in an attempt to keep me from passing by. I ran into his arm before trying to move it out of the way. He told me I could get thrown out of the park for touching him. I wouldn't have touched him had he not placed in arm in front of my body as I was trying to get around him. At this point, I couldn't believe I paid 43 dollars to get into this park. Instead of paying a young man to harass a grown woman, why not employ some more parking attendants or security within the park?
We attempted to find "Boo Blasters" and came across "The Blood Drums", which sort of reminded me of tribal drummers banging on garbage cans. To their credit, they worked pretty well with the tools they were given. We enjoyed a few moments of their talent and continued on our journey to find "Boo Blasters". By the time we made our way to "Boo Blasters", it was 12:30, so we just decided to call it a night.
To sum it up, we rode one ride, watched a bit of a show, saw a handful of decent characters, stood in line a lot, and I got harassed by a young man trying to be an actor. I can't recommend this event. I'm not sure how crowded "Scarowinds" is on other nights, but for the money paid, the quality of entertainment just isn't there.
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