homestar92 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 https://www.carowinds.com/rides-experiences https://www.kingsdominion.com/rides-experiences Kings Dominion is calling the ride "Project 305" and Carowinds has scrubbed it from the website entirely. I presume this means that a licensing deal has expired and will not be renewed and both coasters will have a new theme (and perhaps new paint) next year. The jokester in me wants to suggest "Nitro" and "Superman: Ride of Steel" as potential ride names ;-P 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivertown Rider Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Carowinds Intimidator is now Thunder Striker. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron88stang Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I never thought the NASCAR theme was really great on a roller coaster anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestar92 Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 https://www.carowinds.com/rides-experiences/thunder-striker Interesting to note, all of the photos now show the train from behind - presumably to avoid the trademarked imagery on the zero-car. Though I can't get the old Intimidator page to load properly on archive.org to confirm that this is a new change (but like, it's gotta be, right? those are far from the most appealing angles of the ride and I think the PR team knows that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodVengeance Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I'm not a fan of the name "Thunder Striker". The name just sounds clunky to me and I'm not a fan of Cedar Fair putting the words "Strike" or "Striker" in their coaster names, especially with Copperhead Strike already being in the same park. Assuming Project 305 is just a placeholder, I'm hoping at least I305's new theme fits in with Jungle X-Pedition, maybe theme it to a lion or some sort of jungle cat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivertown Rider Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Gentlemen start your thunder... Lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJSkyFoxx Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Thunder Striker sounds like a crappy 80's hair band that never quite made it anywhere As for i305, it'll be interesting to see what kind of name they change it to. If it rolls into the jungle theme-"JuNgLe StRiKeR".....sarcasm of course...orr... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco2000 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Or are they going to retheme that area as space theme and that was Project 305 on their mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenageninja Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Raise Hell Praise Dale @Gordon Bombay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr0y Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 They could create a new mini land called Area 75 that includes Project 305, and Flight of Fear. They could even rename Project 305 to Polaris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Coasters 325 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Anyone else notice that the background of Thunder Striker's logo looks like the background of a Denny's logo? Might as well call it Denny's: The Ride lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco2000 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/28/2024 at 10:19 PM, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said: Anyone else notice that the background of Thunder Striker's logo looks like the background of a Denny's logo? Might as well call it Denny's: The Ride lol Expand That will be next year after SIX methods infiltrate CF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlandTaxis30 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/28/2024 at 10:05 PM, Tr0y said: They could create a new mini land called Area 75 that includes Project 305, and Flight of Fear. They could even rename Project 305 to Polaris. Expand That’s what I said in a Facebook comment on the subject. Agreed! After all, Polaris was trademarked at the same time as Orion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion-XL200 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 The area is now known as Thunder Road. Also it looks like Snoopy's Junction and the theater in the kids area is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco2000 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/28/2024 at 11:33 PM, Orion-XL200 said: The area is now known as Thunder Road. Also it looks like Snoopy's Junction and the theater in the kids area is gone. Expand Grease is the word 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Coasters 325 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 On 2/28/2024 at 11:33 PM, Orion-XL200 said: Also it looks like Snoopy's Junction and the theater in the kids area is gone. Expand Just looked at the area on Google Earth and if true, I think a family boomerang would fit there nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBEW_Sparky Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 On 2/28/2024 at 11:53 PM, disco2000 said: Grease is the word Expand Are you kidding me? I'd dig this and it would be pretty cool, but If they wont pony up the dough for the Intimidator likeness and GM Goodwrench for their licensing, they sure arent going to pony up for royalties for this! Hell, I think they should get ahold of Steve Earl's people, pay the royalties to use Copperhead Road, and theme it to running shine but they wont spend or dont have the $$$ to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion-XL200 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 not sure the original source but I like this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBEW_Sparky Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Hey, Carowinds has Denny's, KD may as well have Ricky and Wonder Bread! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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