Camp Carwardine

Camp Carwardine is an amusement park located in in the  owned by Carwardine Parks.

History
The park opened in 1988, in a spot of land that was previously a forest. The park is named after the fact it's main lodging resort is a campground near the park named "Camping Grounds at Camp Carwardine".

In 1991, Phase II opened, with the addition of a monorail system, a lodge opening near the campground and Camp Nintendo opening.

In 1998, Camp Nintendo opened on land originally planned for a mini-waterpark. Terror of Goodman's Mine also opened that same year.

In 2000, H20WORX opened to the public.

In 2001, Metroid: Ridley's Revenge opened to the public.

In 2003, Kids Kountry was renamed Camp PBS Kids.

In 2004, Camp Nickelodeon opened.

In 2005, a major accident on Terror of Goodman's Mine left 15 riders critically injured, and another, a 13-year-old son of a Venezuelan tourist, dead. Because of this incident, the park decided to close and demolish the ride permanently after the 2005 season, and the underground drop section of the ride would be completely filled in when the ride was removed.

In 2006, Totem Pole opened.

In 2017, Upside & Down opened.

In 2018, Catapult opened. That same year, Cyclone closed for good, to be converted into Steel Cyclone.

In 2019, Steel Cyclone opened.

In 2022, Maggie Simpson's Adventure opened. The park also briefly shut down on August 22nd for a few weeks following the 2022 Dallas Floods, and is expected to reopen on Labor Day 2022.

Areas

 * Camp Adventure
 * Camp Nintendo (Located next to DFW Destroyer)
 * Camp Rainbowana
 * Sonic's SEGA Camp
 * Kids Kountry (formerly "Camp PBS Kids" from 2003-2007)
 * Camp Nickelodeon

Roller coasters

 * Catapult (2018; a B&M Invert, formerly "Dragon Challenge: Chinese Fireball" at Universal Studios Florida) [Camp Adventure]
 * DFW Destroyer (1988; a Dinn Corporation wooden roller coaster, one of the four opening day coasters, retracked by CCI in 2000 and GCI in 2018, was originally planned to get the RMC treatment before zoning limits with the neighborhood of Denton wouldn't allow it, but would allow a retrack of the grandfathered DFW Destroyer that was built before those limits were placed in 1996.) [Camp Adventure]
 * Hot Rod (2000; a Maurer Wild Mouse "Right" model) [Camp Adventure]
 * Lost Woods Adventure (1998; a Zierer Large Tivoli themed to The Legend of Zelda, the ride formerly played Saria's Song from OOT in the station until 2006, but the song returned in 2021 as part of the Camp Nintendo loop) [Camp Nintendo]
 * Maggie Simpson's Adventure (2022; a Zierer Force One) [Kids Kountry]
 * Metroid: Ridley's Revenge (2001; a B&M Hyper, clone of Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America) [Camp Nintendo]
 * Rainbow Brite's Star Chase (2003; a Vekoma Junior Flying Dutchman) [Camp Rainbowana]
 * Rugrats: Camp Reptar Coaster (2004; a Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster) [Camp Nickelodeon]
 * Steel Cyclone (2019; a RMC I-Box hybrid coaster, formerly the Dinn wooden coaster Cyclone from 1988-2018) [Camp Adventure]
 * Tex's Twister (1988; an Arrow Dynamics prototype suspended looping coaster, first ever inverted coaster to go upside down) [Camp Adventure]
 * Upside & Down (2017; a Cyclone Unlimited wooden inverted coaster) [Camp Adventure]
 * Yoshi's Scrambled Eggs (2008; a Maurer Sohne SC3000 spinning coaster) [Camp Nintendo]

Other Lands

 * Carwardine River Rapids (1989; an Intamin River Rapids ride) [Camp Adventure]
 * Green Hill Falls (1997; an E&F Miler Water Coaster) [Sonic's SEGA Camp]
 * Kids Kountry Karousel (1988; A 36-Foot Chance Rides Carousel; the park’s first carousel; formerly known as "Camp PBS Kids Carousel" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Nature-Go-Round (1995; A 50-Foot 4-Abreast Huss-TechEruo Carousel; the park’s second and larger carousel; mainly plays CDs from Carlisle Music Company’s Gypsy Queen series) [Camp Adventure]
 * Rodeo Round Up (1988; a Zierer Wave Swinger ride) [Camp Adventure]
 * Spider (1988; An Eyerly Spider ride) [Camp Adventure]
 * Totem Pole (2006; an Intamin Gyro Drop Tower ride) [Camp Adventure]

Camp Nickelodeon

 * Aang's Airbender (2004; A Zamperla Surf's Up, formerly known as "SpongeBob's Goo Lagoon Surfer" [2004-2022]) [Camp Nickelodeon]
 * Backyardigans Swing-Along (2004; A Zamperla Lolli Swing, formerly known as "Oswald's Octo-Wheel" [2004-2007]) [Camp Nickelodeon]
 * Dora's Ferris Wheel (2004; Zamperla Ferris Wheel) [Camp Nickelodeon]
 * Jimmy Neutron's Rocket Tours (2004; A Zamperla Aerial Ride) [Camp Nickelodeon]
 * Wild Thornberries River Adventure (2004; A Zamperla Flume Ride) [Camp Nickelodeon]

Camp Nintendo

 * Splatoon Superloop (2016; A Larson Super Loop themed to Splatoon) [Camp Nintendo]
 * Super Mario Scrambler (1998; An Eli Scrambler themed to Super Mario 64) [Camp Nintendo]

Kiddie rides

 * All Grown Up! Speedway (2004; A Zamperla Speedway) [Camp Nickelodeon]
 * Blue's Cluemobiles (2004; A Zamperla Convoy) [Camp Nickelodeon]
 * Crazy Bus (2003; a Zamperla Crazy Bus, formerly "D.W.'s Crazy Bus" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Lincoln Loud's Paper Airplanes (2004; A Zamperla Mini Jet, formerly "Sportacus' Sporta-Planes" [2004-2011] and "TUFF Planes" [2011-2017]) [Camp Nickelodeon]
 * Mini Jets (2003; A Zamperla Mini Jet, formerly themed to dragons and known as "Zak & Wheezie's Dragon Flyers" [2003-2007]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Twink's Colorful Balloons (2003; A Zamperla Samba Balloons ride) [Camp Rainbowana]

H20WORX Camp Carwardine

 * Bowldozer (2000; A ProSlide ProBowl)
 * Cannonball (2005; A ProSlide CannonBowl)
 * H20 HQ (2015; A ProSlide RideHouse 300)
 * Mastodon Mountain (2000; A ProSlide Mammoth)

Roller coasters

 * Cyclone (1988-2018; a Dinn Corporation wooden roller coaster, Coney Island Cyclone clone; converted into Steel Cyclone) [Camp Adventure]

Flat rides

 * Camp Cars (1988-2000; an Arrow Dynamics electric car ride with gas scents, demolished to make room for Metroid: Ridley's Revenge) [Camp Adventure]
 * Terror of Goodman's Mine (1998-2005; a drop tower ride built in-house that drops underground into a faux-mine shaft, closed and demolished after a Venezuelan tourist's child was killed on the ride when a party of guests fell out of the car; replaced with Totem Pole) [Camp Adventure]

Restaurants and food stands

 * Auntie Anne’s/Cinnabon [Camp Adventure]
 * Bowser's BBQ [Camp Nintendo]
 * Camp Carwardine Cafeteria [Camp Adventure]
 * Carwardine Ice Cream Shop [Camp Adventure]
 * Dippin’ Dots [multiple stands throughout park]
 * Dippin’ Dots/Doc Popcorn [Camp Adventure]
 * ICEE Mix It Up [multiple stations throughout park]
 * KFC/Pizza Hut Express [Camp Adventure]
 * Kids Kountry Snack Shack [Kids Kountry]
 * McDonald’s [Camp Adventure]
 * Subway [Camp Adventure]
 * The Krusty Krab [Camp Nickelodeon]

Calendar

 * January 1-Early March - 11am-9pm
 * Early March-Memorial Day - 9am-9pm
 * Memorial Day-Labor Day (Average Weekday) - 10am-10pm
 * Memorial Day-Labor Day (Average Weekend) - 8am-11pm
 * 4th of July - 8am-12am
 * Labor Day-Late September - 9am-9pm
 * Late September-Hallowee - 12pm-10pm (Normal Operations)/5pm-11pm (Scare Mazes)
 * Halloween-December 21 - 12pm-8pm
 * December 21-December 30 - 12pm-9pm
 * December 31 - 12pm-1am

Incidents

 * On July 28th, 2005, a party of guests fell out of the car on Terror of Goodman's Mine, after the restraints popped up mid-ride cycle due to a problem with the hydraulics. All the riders fell roughly 25 feet to the bottom of the faux-mine shaft. 15 people were critically injured, and the 13-year-old son of a Venezuelan tourist was killed on impact. The riders' families later sued Carwardine Parks, and were paid a total of $160 million in compensation, $10 million to each family. The ride itself remained Standing But Not Operating for the rest of the season, and it was announced on September 6th, 2005 that the ride would be demolished and the hole the ride descended into would be filled in. It would later be replaced with Totem Pole, which opened on June 23rd, 2006.
 * On August 22, 2022, the park was shut down due to the 2022 Dallas floods, it reopened on Labor Day 2022.

Map
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