And no, I do NOT believe it:

http://www.charlotte.com/yourweek/story/426332.html

Intresting...

Carowinds' calander shows nothing going on after 3/21/08, even though every other day prior shows the only event going on is jacket pick-up.

I wonder if the writer looked at that information the wrong way, or if they actually know something.

http://www1.cedarfair.com/Carowinds/visit/visit_calendar.cfm

March 21st actually seems like a reasonable opening date in the area. Heck to the northwest of Carowinds would be Dollywood which opens to the general public on the 22nd. see http://dollywood.com/dates-hours/

Seems to me, like whoever wrote that article just assumed that because that was the first date on their website that did not have an event on it, that meant that day was opening day. After all, it appears as if Carowinds, like Kings Island, has yet to release their 2008 operating calendar. Although, the reporter who wrote that article could very well know something we don`t.

Doesn`t Carowinds normally open the last weekend in March or the first weekend in April? I seem to recall that Carowinds has typically opened a weekend before Kings Dominion, and Kings Dominion has typically opened a weekend before Kings Island.

March 21st actually seems like a reasonable opening date in the area. Heck to the northwest of Carowinds would be Dollywood which opens to the general public on the 22nd. see http://dollywood.com/dates-hours/

I agree.

It's pretty warm in the area by the end of March and Spring is in full force.

With SFOgG opening the beginning on March.

If you are going with that theory, remember, Six Flags Great Adventure generally opens at least two weeks before Kings Island, and has for years. And it certainly is NOT warmer than Cincinnati, nor is it further south. . .

Carowinds has posted its calendar today-

http://www1.cedarfair.com/carowinds/visit/visit_calendar.cfm

And New Names for Top Gun and Borg

Top Gun= Flight Deck

Borg...duh duh we have a new Hawk= Nighthawk

http://www1.cedarfair.com/carowinds/attrac...ory.cfm?ac_id=1

the lack of creativity with the whole "hawk" thing is astounding... Any high school level creative writing class could come up with a better name...

Those links go to this forum and don't work...

And I see no difference in the calendar from days past...

Highschool class, your giving them way to much credit. I know of some Kindergartners that could have thrown out some good names. Flight Deck sounds like a dark ride or haunted house at HH, not a high speed roller coaster.

Links that work for me:

Ride names- http://www1.cedarfair.com/carowinds/attrac...ory.cfm?ac_id=1

Calendar- http://www1.cedarfair.com/carowinds/visit/visit_calendar.cfm

its like they just pull the names out of a giant lottery machine and slap "hawk" after it...

Im going to go out on a limb and say ... they dont particularly care about the whole naming process

Those links go to this forum and don't work...

And I see no difference in the calendar from days past...

Have to cut and paste the link.

Night Hawk???????

What The????

Sorry. The links are now fixed.

Well....I'll be.

They ARE opening on Friday, March 21. How very strange.

why?

Most of the schools in the area are out for Spring/Easter break so thats the reason for the Friday opening.

I find it odd, that they are open over 2 months for weekends only, before they ever open for full season.

Nighthawk.

Hmmmm.

Cross a temple in Tomb Raider with Borg and you get:

http://www.rcdb.com/ig980.htm ????

Does the name of a ride really matter?

Seriously though, you ride a ride, for the ride. Not for the name on a ride.

What is you alternative? Batman everything, Superman everything.

The name of a ride does not influence me in any way.

Somebody tell Cedar Fair quick!

They didn't need to change Banshee????

I suppose not, they must not have done any Praying over it either.

^^ They didn't need to change Banshee, yet they chose to change it.

But that whole situation is completely different than this one.

So I bet our Top Gun will be known as Flight Deck as well. Pretty funny as most of us heard that name several month's ago.

So we now know more then likely that:

IJST: will be Backlot Stunt Coaster

TRTR: The Cave

Top Gun: Flight Deck.

I would be willing to guess that Face/Off will simply just be renamed Invertigo. As far as Days of Thunder it could easiy just be changed back to XS Raceway. It also seems to look that Drop Zone may keep it's name.

Nighthawk.

Hmmmm.

Cross a temple in Tomb Raider with Borg and you get:

http://www.rcdb.com/ig980.htm ????

Now don't put that one down, it is actually a good ride. Lots of head choppy things, and pretty good air time.

One interesting this with their calendar. They appear to have a Bare Bones night on Thursday, October 30th and Friday October 31st for Scarowinds. However, they are NOT open Saturday November 1st and Sunday November 2nd. While Cedar Point will be open noon to midnight on November 1st and 11am to 7 pm on Sunday, November 2nd. But of course, the operating calendar is always subject to change.

^ Perhaps it has to do with staffing?

College students vs. High School students?

... just a thought.

Tomb Raider: The Hawk

Hawk Raider: The Ride

or maybe,

Tomb Hawk: Bird of Prey

Any of those work?

Well, the first doesn't. Viacom would have a little problem with that, to put it mildly.

I'm still waiting for them to name some kids' ride 'Chickenhawk!'

Now California's Great America has changed their Top Gun to (drum roll please)........ Flight Deck!

Here's the link: http://www1.cedarfair.com/greatamerica/att...ory.cfm?ac_id=2

I hope Canada's Wonderland and Our's don't get that name too. We need some originality.