Carwardine Heights

Carwardine Heights is an amusement park that is located in Townsend, Delaware. It is owned by Carwardine Parks.

History
The park opened in 1989, and was initially intended to form a "trio" of signature East Coast Carwardine Parks properties with Carwardine Colony and Carwardine Corners.

In 1990, Redwood opened, a Dinn wooden coaster constructed nearly entirely out of redwood (although some of the more stress filled sections were made out of southern yellow pine dyed bright red). During construction of the ride, the park faced protests and backlash from many pro-environmentalist groups for using redwood to construct the ride, to the point where trucks arriving at the construction site had to receive police escorts.

In 1991, Air Koopa was added.

In 1992, a kiddie expansion was added.

In 1993, the Bay at the Heights water park opened next door, Antique Cars were also added.

In 1994, Diablo opened. Due to also being an enclosed bobsled coaster with special effects, it is often seen and compared as Carwardine Parks' equivalent to Cedar Point's "Disaster Transport" coaster.

In 1995, Hang Glider and Screamer opened.

In 1996, Chaos and Carwardine Sky Wheel opened.

In 1997, there was a significant expansion across the park, with The Bay at the Heights receiving the Super Whooper, relocated from the recently defunct Aoia park in Kobe, Japan, as its new main attraction.

In 1998, Galleon was added.

In 1999, Chute of Doom and Magic Carpet were added.

In 2000, Frisbee was added.

In 2001, Frog Hopper was added while Chaos closed for good.

In 2002, Mr. Burns’ Nuclear Asylum was added.

In 2003, several new family additions were added.

In 2004, Jimmy Neutron's Atomic Collider was added.

In 2005, Danny Phantom's Flyers were added.

In 2006, due to Carwardine's growing financial issues, the park comprised by adding only one new ride (Avatar Airbender) and instead making its big new attraction for the year be new lore and theming for the Enchanted Forest, a concept known as the Legends of the Enchanted Forest, which introduced original characters, licensed characters, real people and folklore characters as "guardians" of the various attractions within that area.

In 2007, Tick Tock Clock was added.

In 2008, Funky Flyers and Viva Piñata Candy Shaker were added.

In 2009, SpongeBob In: The Lost Episode was added.

In 2014, Diablo's special effects were updated.

In 2015, Breakdancer was added.

In 2016, the Zipper ride was modernized.

Areas

 * Town Square
 * The Midway
 * Enchanted Forest
 * Wild Zone
 * Nintendo Village
 * Xbox Town
 * Kids Kountry (formerly known as “PBS Kids Neighborhood” [2003-2007])
 * Nick Central
 * Neopia
 * The Bay at the Heights

Roller Coasters

 * Air Koopa (1991; An Arrow Suspended Coaster) [Nintendo Village]
 * Boomerang (1989; A Vekoma Boomerang) [Wild Zone]
 * Charge! (1989; An Intamin Wooden Coaster) [The Midway]
 * Diablo (1994; An enclosed Mack Bobsled themed to the Underworld, special effects updated in 2014 for it's 20th anniversary) [Wild Zone]
 * Dragon (1989; A Zamperla Twin Helix Powered Coaster) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Hang Glider (1995; A Vekoma SLC 689m) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Hurricane (1989; A Vekoma Hurricane) [The Midway]
 * Jimmy Neutron's Atomic Collider (2004; A Maurer Sohne SC2000 spinning coaster) [Nick Central]
 * The Moth (1989; A Vekoma Looper 835m, clone of Kamikaze/Ninja/Blue Hawk) [The Midway]
 * Redwall: The Ride (2003; a SED-Hopkins inverted coaster and the prototype for the Redwall Clone model) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Redwood (1990; A Dinn Wooden Coaster) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Screamer (1995; An E&F Hi-Miler 88ft, clone of Scandia Screamer) [The Midway]
 * Space Port (1989; A Vekoma Illusion) [Wild Zone]
 * SpongeBob in: The Lost Episode (2009; A B&M Flying Coaster themed around the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "The Sponge Who Could Fly") [Nick Central]

Flat Rides

 * Antique Cars (1993; An Ihle Antique Cars) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Avatar Airbender (2006; A Zamperla Disk'O Coaster) [Nick Central]
 * Bon Voyage (1989; An Intamin Bounty) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Breakdancer (2015; A Chance Rides Freestyle) [The Midway]
 * Carwardine Heights Sky Wheel (1996; a Schwarzkopf Engineering Development Ferris Wheel, replaced the original Ferris wheel which was damaged by a serious structural fire in mid-1994, it is the largest of the two Ferris wheels in the park) [The Midway]
 * Chute of Doom (1999; An Intamin Giant Drop mounted on the tower of Parachute Plunge, which opened a decade prior) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Danny Phantom Flyers (2005; A Chance Rides Aviator) [Nick Central]
 * Enterprise (1989; A Huss Enterprise) [The Midway]
 * Galleon (1998; A Zamperla Galleon ride) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Grand Carousel (1989; A 50-Foot Fabricon Carousel) [located between Town Square and The Midway]
 * Frisbee (2000; A Huss-TechEruo Frisbee, was eventually updated to its’ redesigned version) [The Midway]
 * Funky Flyers (2008; A Zamperla Giant Sky Chaser) [Nintendo Village]
 * Magic Carpet (1999; an ARM Rides Ali Baba) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Master (1989; A Fabbri Kamikaze) [The Midway]
 * Midway Wheel (1989; A 16-Seat Eli Ferris Wheel) [The Midway]
 * Mr. Burns' Nuclear Asylum (2002; A Huss-TechEruo Troika) [Wild Zone]
 * Musik Express (1989; A Mack Rides Musik Express) [The Midway]
 * Parachute Plunge (1989; An Intamin Parachute Tower) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Scrambler (1989; An Eli Scrambler) [The Midway]
 * Secret Tea Party (1989; A Mack Rides Teacup Ride) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Sorcerer's Revenge (1989; A Zierer Hexentanz) [Wild Zone]
 * Super Loop (1989; A Larson Ring of Fire) [The Midway]
 * Tick Tock Clock (2007; An S&S Screamin' Swing) [Nintendo Village]
 * Tilt-a-Whirl (1989; A Sellner/Larson Tilt-a-Whirl) [The Midway]
 * Viva Piñata Candy Shaker (2008; a SED-Hopkins Spinning Starship) [Xbox Town]
 * Zipper (1989; A Chance Rides Zipper, purchased from a traveling fair; was eventually updated to the 2014 version in 2016) [The Midway]

Kiddie Rides
Most kiddie rides are located in Kids Kountry, some are located in Nick Central, others in Neopia, and Nintendo Village has exactly one.


 * Balloon Race (1992; A Morgan Balloon Fight) [Kids Kountry]
 * Bluey's Road Trip (1992; A Zamperla Convoy, formerly known as "Convoy" [1992-2003; 2007-2020] and "Oscar's Sloppy Jalopies" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Camp Bus (1992; A Zamperla Crazy Bus, formerly known as "D.W.'s Crazy Bus" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Frog Hopper (2001; An S&S Frog Hopper) [Kids Kountry]
 * Kiddie Swings (1992; A Zamperla Junior Chair-O-Plane, formerly known as "PBS Kids Swingaround" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Neopian Railroad (2003; a Jay Granite Associates Kids' Train that goes around the Neopia area) [Neopia]
 * Sophie's Haunted Woods Hayride (2003; a Zamperla Rio Grande themed to a hayride rather than a train as usual; one of two Rio Grandes in the park) [Neopia]
 * Yoshi-Go-Round (2003; A Huss-TechEruo Kiddie-Go-Round themed off of the Yoshi-Go-Round from Super Mario Sunshine) [Nintendo Village]

Other

 * The Rock-afire Explosion (1990) [Enchanted Forest]

Restaurants and Food Stands

 * Auntie Anne’s/Cinnabon [Enchanted Forest]
 * Carvel [The Midway]
 * Carwardine Cafe [Town Square]
 * Dippin’ Dots [multiple stands throughout park]
 * Dippin’ Dots/Doc Popcorn [The Midway]
 * ICEE Mix It Up [multiple stations throughout park]
 * KFC/Pizza Hut Express [The Midway]
 * Kids Kountry Snack Shack [Kids Kountry]
 * McDonald’s [Wild Zone]
 * Midway Snacks ‘n Treats [The Midway]
 * Sandwich Shack [Enchanted Forest]
 * Slush Puppie [multiple stations throughout park]
 * Subway [Town Square]

Flat Rides

 * Carwardine Wheel (1989-1994; A Vekoma Giant Wheel, destroyed in a fire in 1994 that saw serious damage to the ride's structure, dismantled and scrapped)
 * Chaos (1996-2001; A Chance Chaos, closed due to heavy maintenance issues and scrapped for parts at other Carwardine parks, replaced with Mr. Burns' Nuclear Asylum)
 * S.S. Cool It! (2004-2014; A Huss-TechEruo Top Spin, scrapped, replaced with Breakdancer)

Trivia

 * The Moth was originally going to be themed to the Mothman cryptoid, but the idea was scrapped for unknown reasons, the theme was reused for Southern Springs for Mothman's Revenge.
 * The park has three kids areas - Kids Kountry, Nick Central (themed to the Nicktoons and other Nickelodeon properties) and Neopia (themed to Neopets).
 * When Redwood was being constructed, the park faced some controversy and heavy backlash from pro-environmentalist groups for using redwood trees to construct the ride.
 * The park's commercial jingle ("Celebrate at Carwardine Heights") was written by Ian Monteil and Tyler Maekawa and sung by Morgan Stoicheff.