Travis Travels to Carwardine Colony

Section 1.1 - The Coasters
The coaster collection is phenomenal, from the wildest Carwardine Mines in the wilderness, to the time traveling sensation of Fast Forward (which often opens at 12PM unlike most of the park).

Section 1.2 - The Flats
The flat ride collection is so underrated, the Carwardine Mover is crazy that it was actually made by WED Imagineering for Carwardine to make it like the PeopleMover at Disney World. The Super Mario World ride took me back to the early 90s playing my Super Nintendo with an experience straight out of the games.

Section 1.3 - Fun for the Kids
I'm too tall for the kids rides, but the kiddie ride selection looks great for the tots. There's also a cute little Care Bears themed carousel for the little ones.

Section 1.4 - The Playground
A playground in a theme park? is actually a genius idea.

Section 2.1 - The Food
The food is great, especially for theme park standards, Chris really outdid himself in terms of the offerings, there's even a McDonald's if you hate theme park food in general.

Section 2.2 - The Gift Shops
Just a classic theme park gift shop collection, but the artwork on some of the shirts, like the Super Mario World ride shirt... boy, i would love a brunch with the designer of the shirt.

Section 2.3 - The Shows
They are mainly for the kids, and i have read a few of the Redwall books, so the Redwall show was entertaining.

Section 3.1 - The Waterpark
It costs extra, i know, BUT IT'S SO WORTH IT! Tuns of flumes, the Turbo Twister scraped my back though, but the rest are fu-un! Mastodon Mountain brings me back to all the river rapids trips.

Section 4.1 - The Studios
A studio in a theme park not Disney or Universal? Better believe it, i got a tour of how Carwardine rides are refurbished, saw the "Rock-A-Fire" band that was planned to be installed at Carwardine before Chuck E. Cheese unified the two stores.

Section 5.1 - Overall
If you are visiting Newport News, you MUST go to the Carwardine Colony, it's worth every penny. I give it my legendary

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2012 Review
I'm back at the Colony once again, and i will review it... once again.