Carrowinds Amusement Park of the Carolinas Reviews

Ride broke down with people on it, they were stuck for 10 mins, we decided to stop waiting... Dangerous ride!!!

Awesome. Just simply awesome.
The water park was the best. The coaster were amazing!!

Had a wonderful time with the kid. Must come back soon.

Great place to hang out and spend time with family and friends. Great service when you need it. But the last time I was there last week the water park was closed and most of the rides. They really need more workers.

Was not crowded today! We barely waited in line for any ride!

It was great, until it rained. Everyone left at once and we were stuck in the parking lot for a hr

It was awesome place to go for a good day trip or weekend

Visited for birthday! Stayed just the down road... easy in and out for the park... short wait times... attended end of August.

Times are thing and food is good. Get the meal plan.

The park it's self isn't bad, but you can tell the staff doesn't care much about their jobs. And it's kinda hard for kids that are too old for most of the kiddie rides, but too short for the adult rides.

Rollercoasters are awesome and we rode every single one several times

I visited during Scarowinds season. This is the first time I ve ever actually ridden a rollercoaster, and this place didn t disappoint! The people dressed up in scary costumes did an excellent job spooking the guests. The pricing was decent. 10/10 would recommend!

Going back this weekend. We usually go once or twice a year and always have fun. My children are 10 & 13 and enjoy it.

****Edited**** we went yesterday and had a lot of fun. We did two meal plans to share between the four of us and we were full all day!

Carowinds will always hold a special place in my heart. I can remember coming here for various activities when I was growing up, whether it be with school, girl scouts, with friends, whatever. The only amusement park in the US that straddles 2 states, it has a variety of rides and water park that has grown and changed over the years. Some things have not changed (I am looking at you wooden Gold Rush ride that is just as jerky as it always has been) to the new rides. I came recently to hangout with a friend I have had since high school (which seems like it was only yesterday). I would recommend this for anyone looking to make some memories with friends and family that will last a lifetime.

Great place for the kids they loved snoopy land. The only thing was that we saw a little boy 9-10 sitting by the trolley by himself with no food for the past 2 hours NO KiDS by themselves at carowinds to many strangers. Food is kinda of high and check the weather before you go NO REFUND

Really enjoyable experience. Activities for any age.

I go here every few months with my friend. Nice number of rides the paid parking is a bit ridiculous if you don't have the season pass its 20 bucks.

Food was expensive, but that was expected.
Also some half of the rides were down bc of power so yea :/

Some rides are fun, some are painful. Staff was rude, very unfriendly. Employees act like you re a burden when you ask a question. In line of the vortex the employees didn t even check to see if our seat belts were fastened. No maps are given while entering the park. Paid for a meal plan and 2 day ticket. Also had to pay 20 dollars to park. Meal plan is very unclear, most food stands don t accept the plan. Had to rent a locker just store a small bag for a 5 minute ride. The miserable looking employees ruined our experience. Great park If you don t have high expectations when it comes to customer service.

I had never been to Carowinds before. But I would highly recommend this place to anyone that has never been before I pay for my ticket in advance. This is somewhere that I would highly recommend taking your children buy your tickets early and buying The Wristband to eat all day every 90 minutes. This was a great experience.

Fridays are not bad days to go. Arrive early 10-11am.Food &water prices outrageous. Bring your own leave it in a cooler in the car,get stamped go to the parking lot and have lunch. On this day lines were short and park employees friendly.Got on several coaster rides and time at the wave pool.A day of fun and time with family or friends. Have a computer savvy wife to find deals online.

Fun place my kid really enjoys every weekend we go..

Very big park with a large selection of roller coasters and fun water park.

Great time, purchased the fast past; worth every penny!

It's fun to go there if you like roller coasters. What I really didnt like was being made to feel like a peasant because I have a problem with paying $60 extra, per person, to get a "quick pass". The quick pass automatically puts you at the front of the line to ride everything. Which, of course, makes the majority of the people who go there stand in line even longer to ride something. When it gets hot and it got to 103 degrees while I was there, you start feeling a little bit of resent towards Carowinds for having such a perk.

Our family visited for the opening night of the Holiday season. It was great!

No better place to have fun with the kids whole family

Always a great time at Carowinds... definitely recommend the season pass with all-season dining plan and all-season drink plan (so worth it!).

the rides are good enough. make sure to take a second mortgage out on your house before you go if you re planning to eat the provided restaurants. they are expensive. i have a feeling that the 3 point shooting contest is rigged. the north carolina side is alright but the south is above par. if you go in the snoopy area prepare to lose a child because it will happen. kenneth im still looking for you. if you find a child named kenneth tell him papas coming. he should be wearing his collar still

Some very fun rides and some rides that just make you feel sick without the fun part. A bottle of water is 5 dollars as well...

Ok let me start with how our day started. Their security check point is a real Charlie Foxtrot amateur hour to put it mildly. No control over the crowds lines bringing skipped by large groups 2 altercations that almost went to blows and 4 people fell out from the heat. This was how we spent the first hour of our park time this morning. If it wouldn't of been a school trip I would of demanded a refund and left. Once inside everything was a little better but half of the rides and food venders were not even open. This is an hour and a half after the gates opened. Not really sure if we will be back I'll take my funds to a larger better park that's cleaner and better organized. Just my 2 cents

Very nice. The traffic lanes entering the park need to be painted and signs put up to help direct traffic. And second you have to first pass through a metal detector before presenting your tickets, there are no no lanes set up to allow orderly processing through the metal detector. The process is bad, people breaking in line, no signs to indicate that you must first pass the detector. Hordes of people just mass up and try push Thier way through.

The park is very fun. The lines can be long but the rides are a blast. I love spending time with friends and family there, there is so much to do that you can spend the whole day there. The service from the associates was great and the food at the restaurants was expensive but very good. I noticed how clean it was in the restaurants because I say an associate walking around cleaning the tables and sweeping

Clean, fun, friendly staff great coasters for a smaller park.

If I only was able to take about half of the others here out of the equation for less of a wait I'd be more satisfied or more things to entertain you while you wait in the lines

Lots of fun rides here. Also a nice selection of coasters.

Awesome Place best Amusement In the Eastcoast !!!!!

A great place for family fun..i was dissapointedto see they had a alcohol store this year.

Very expensive on everything from food, drinks, dots ice cream and enterance fee. Also can't ride everything in one day...no way. Unless it's a slow day...good luck figuring that out! Overall fun family day though!!!

I appreciate what Carowinds does for the military and their families. We saved a lot of money on military day.
My family had a great time and we will be back soon.
I would like to see the company focus on keeping the park clean and enforcement of smokers only smoking in designated areas. Also, people were wearing their two piece swimsuit outside of the water park when signs clearly stated not to.

A lot of great attractions. The Fury roller coaster was amazing! Would love to go back!

Amazing. I was there with my family that ranged in ages 3 - 64 and there was something for everyone to do. Even the water park was a nice break on a sunny hot day.

We had such a blast! Great place for family fun and we happen to go on a day without much of a wait so that was a huge plus in my book!

Can't wait to go back with the boys!! Fun loving place... best place to yo to and kill time while waiting for hubby to get off work and join us for dinner

I liked being able to stand in two states at once. I was really young when I went there, so I don't remember a lot. I hope we can go again really soon .

It was a fun trip and i went witb my band and it was so fun

Everything you'd ever expect! Great Prices, and Amazing Rides! But I am warning you, Don't eat before you go onto the Red Roller Coaster, The ride is AMAZING!

Experience was wonderful. Haven't been in 20+ years so it was great to be able to take the lil guy to the waterpark.

Fun experience this year. Some people were so inappropriate with their cloth choices.

Awesome park, their sister park in Ohio, Cedar Point is also top notch

since they updated the kids area this park has been perfect for our family, and other families. The coasters are great, shows have been fun, and the water park is amazing. Loads of carnival games too, and at Halloween they do a good job. Bought season passes this year so we can take our time trying the whole park. Good value with parking included if you live local don't just visit once. Enjoy the whole season.

Such a great place to bring little kids. During the summer, they have a water park, And all the amusement rides. I absolutely love it here.

Grandbaby's had a great time. But, they close the water park party to early in the summer. It's hot in the south and it didn't get dark to 9. They should set the time to fit the season.

Very awesome place! Scarowinds is always fun. We have Season passes and the meal plan which is a super deal.

Fun for the family. Not too thrilled with several encounters with the staff. Kind of obnoxious or rude at times. Other than that had a great time!

A little paradise , great enterteiment, good food, great offers

Got the speed pass was more then worth it. Had a blast. Almost could compare to cedar point but not quite there yet.

We love it! We have season passes and go every year. Our kids love the water park. There is something to entertain everyone of different ages. Though, we try to avoid the peak season of summer because it does get packed and hot!

Excellent to hang around with family and kids. Waterpark is awesome. Lots of rides that kids can enjoy. Needs well planning as the whole day to be dedicated to go through the entire park.

Great park! It made a nice place to stop on the way to the beach! We all enjoyed it and got to ride all the coasters in 1 day .The Fury 325 was awesome!

Carowinds was great. It sure has changed since I have been there before. I think it has changed for the better.

Excellent rides. Very high roller coasters. A lot of adventure. Food cafe had a great assortment of food.

The best thrill park I've been to so far, and I've been to Six Flags in Jersey and Atlanta. Dorney Park was ok, but not like Carowinds.

wasnt a big fan of the fast pass. why have 2 of them that makes no sense

We decided to buy season passes this year as we haven t been in 9 years and knew our kids would love it (ages 7 & 4). We ve been about 8 times now and seems like every time we ve encountered a problem. Such as, one lady with the snoopy character was rude and hateful and tried to push through me and my kids, and rude people at the food places. The lifeguards at the kiddy area when you first walk in all day different things as far as height requirements, my 4 year old rode two of the bigger slides on two different days and was then told she couldn t ride because she wasn t y all enough. A worker on the ricochet told my son he was too short to ride but had rode twice on two different days, So we stopped a passing worker and explained the situation and she took him to the front of the line, checked his height and seen he was tall enough to ride so she took us to the front of the line (since we had to get out of line in the first place knowing he was tall enough) she was absolutely wonderful! My point is all of the ride attendants need to be on the same page and learn how to properly check heights! Same with lifeguards! Not sure if they aren t properly trained or what! They took out all of the water rides! But the water park is great and has something for the whole family. Fury and copperhead strike are great roller coasters but you have to rent a locker or leave your bags with someone. But all other rides have bins to store your things which I don t understand I guess it s just a way to get more money! Food is expensive so we always pack a cooler with food and go to the car and eat or eat after we leave. The souvenir cups are a great investment, we bought the $30 cups and you get free refills every 15 minutes all season, but they do offer free water all over the park. It gets very hot so we normally get there when they open at 10 and ride all of the rides then go to the water park as hardly any of the rides have lines we also go during the week too. It s better to buy tickets online instead of at the park as there s always a line. Bag checking can take a little long depending on the time. Overall we ve had fun and enjoyed family time. Would rate more stars if the staff would all be on the same page.

Overall in my opinion theme parks are money pits (thank goodness for the free water ). I take my fam(Age range HS and Elmen) once or twice a year. We all have season passes (gold for parking and silver worth it if going more than once and you get your card at entrance while entering the park) It is definitely an all day adventure depending on the crowds. Majority of the time we are able to ride each ride twice... which isn't bad. Water park feature is nice during the summer but crowded. Rides: My suggestion ride the older rides first like Intimidator, Afterburn (front only). Newer rides Copperhead and saving the best for last FURY (no storage bins are available for your valuables you will have to rent a locker prior to riding on the Fury this is another reason to save the best for last). Besides once you ride the FURY all the other rides feel like carnival rides .

It was ok but I drove from Atlanta for a day of fun. Just for us to get stuck on two rides and the newest ride was down over a sprang thumb . So it's wasn't the best experience but I had fun in a way

I was great other than the heat.. loved it. Being able to get free refill drink with purchase of the cup throughout my whole enjoyment at Carowinds. Loved it

Dated. Not as much fun as it could be. The ride times were really short considering how few people were there that day. It's cheesy how you can bring your personal bag on most rides, except for the very newest ones. But wait! We have suspiciously convenient lockers for rent placed right by the ride entrances.That's a lame money grab. It's like an additional tax to ride the newest rides. As expected, the food is average and overpriced, but they offer free water. Attendants are friendly and the park was pretty clean.

10-12. Update! After paying for 2 season passes my wife and had to be diverted and wait in an additional line for 20 minutes while she reconfirmed her gold pass. We were met with an attitude and mindset that we were wrong. After setting the young lady straight we entered the park upset and uptight instead of being Ina mood to have fun. Horsecrap!!!