Trip to North Carolina: Part 3
The last part of our trip was going to Carowinds Amusement Park on the border of North and South Carolina (just south of downtown Charlotte). We found out it is a sister park to Knott’s Berry Farm (plus others) for our Western friends…which is one of Frank’s favorites. It was also like a mini Six Flags…LOTS of roller-coasters. It was a beautiful day and we had a ton of fun.
The family right inside the gates of Carowinds...ready to start our adventure.
Waiting to get on a ride...check out the videos from this ride below.
They worship Coke in the South :-).
PJ and Don waiting to ride the Ricochet (with other roller coasters in the background).
Liz, Frank and Don
Liz, "Ahhh...Don's so cute when he's being nice."
Mikayla, Liz & Don
Megan and Liz
Frank with Ashley
PJ, Shayne (the short one) & Megan
Getting ready to ride the Ricochet...it is just like the mouse one at Lagoon (if it is still there).
Frank and Ashley ready to tackle yet another roller coaster.
This was our ALL TIME FAVORITE roller coaster. I guess this one is brand new to the park this year. They claim it is the "tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster in the SouthEast." You can see in the photo how high it starts off. If you can get past that part it is a smooth ride and soooo much fun. It is the only one that we went back and rode it twice right away.
Mikayla, Liz, PJ & Don on The Intimidator!!!
Shayne, Ashley, Frank and Megan on The Intimidator!!!
Mikayla, Liz, PJ and Donovan on the Ricochet!!
Megan, Frank, Ashley and Shayne on the Ricochet!!
Carowinds Amusement Park: Getting on the Ride
Carowinds Amusement Park: Riding the Ride
Carowinds Amusement Park: Getting off the Ride
Above: Here is everyone getting off the ride. There was a gate on the other side to get out…but for some reason everyone started climbing the fence right by me…Megan tore her new pants too!! They all liked the ride…a few were nauseous.
Carowinds Amusement Park: The Drop Tower
Carowinds Amusement Park: Standing in Line
Above: We were all waiting to get on “The Ricochet” ride. It was starting to get really warm, it was lunch time and we were all hungry, and the line went a lot slower than we thought it would. So…we got bored and turned on the camera. 
Carowinds Amusement Park: Megan waiting in Line
Above: Megan being Megan.