CarwardineSphere

CarwardineSphere is an indoor theme park and water park complex located in Lexington, Kentucky. It is owned and operated by Carwardine Parks.

History
The park, a passion project Christopher R. Carwardine had in planning for over a decade, began construction in October 2017. It was opened on November 25, 2022 by Kentucky governor Andy Beshear and Carwardine Parks CEO Wayne Carwardine II. It was estimated that the project would bring upwards of 200,000 jobs to the Lexington area.

The park is located inside a 550 foot tall geodesic dome, the tallest geodesic dome in the Western Hemisphere and the third-largest in the world.

In 2023, the park added Infierno, a Zamperla Energy Storm themed to the underworld.

Areas

 * FOXtropolis
 * Land of ROBLOX
 * FunZone
 * World of Gaming
 * Redwall Abbey
 * Paramount Zone

Flat rides

 * Bratz Cool Carz (2022; MSC Family Slot Car Circuit) [FunZone]
 * The Cleveland Show-boat (2022; a Technical Park Pirate Ship themed to a riverboat) [FOXtropolis]
 * Family Guy: Stewie's Chamber of Punishment (2022; Wisdom Rides Gravitron) [FOXtropolis]
 * Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? (2022; a Sally dark ride) [FunZone]
 * Infierno (2023; Zamperla Energy Storm) [FunZone]
 * The Mario Kart Experience Express (2022; J&J Amusements Go-Kart Circuit) [World of Gaming]
 * Polar Drop (2022; A 540 foot tall Intamin Drop Tower that also serves as the main central support of the dome, it is the tallest drop tower in the world) [FunZone]
 * Shredder Halfpipe (2022; Zamperla Mega Disk'O) [Paramount Zone]
 * SpongeBob’s Splashmania (2022; Zamperla Watermania) [Paramount Zone]
 * Tails' Biplanes (2022; Zamperla Air Race themed to biplanes) [World of Gaming]

Splashtendo

 * Bob-omb Barrier (2022; ProSlide TornadoWave 60)
 * Bullet Bill Rocket Slide (2022; ProSlide HydroMagnetic Rocket)
 * Delfino Hurricane (2022; ProSlide BehemothBowl 60)
 * Delfino Hurricane X (2022; ProSlide BehemothBowl 40)
 * Delfino Tornado (2022; ProSlide Tornado 60)
 * Delfino Tornado X (2022; ProSlide Tornado 45)
 * Delfino Tornado Y (2022; ProSlide Tornado 32)
 * Dire Dire Saucers (2022; ProSlide FlyingSaucer 20)
 * Donkey Kong's Super Switchback (2024; ProSlide SwitchBack)
 * Dueling Dry Bones' (2022; ProSlide Dueling RocketBlast)
 * Good Egg Saucer (2022; ProSlide FlyingSaucer 45)
 * Hammer Bros. Racing Hammers (2022; ProSlide Launched Dueling RocketBlast)
 * Jolly Roger White Water Saucers (2022; ProSlide FlyingSaucer 30)
 * MarioMat 3x3 (2022; ProSlide OctopusRacer)
 * MarioMat: Double Splash!! (2022; ProSlide RallyRacer)
 * MarioMat: Super Kraken (2022; ProSlide KrakenRacer)
 * Samus' Bounty Rafts (2022; ProSlide PowerRiveR)
 * Sarasa Wave (2022; ProSlide TornadoWave 45)
 * Six Swords Slide (2022; ProSlide Mammoth)
 * Six Swords Turbo (2022; ProSlide TurboMammoth)
 * Six Swords Watercoaster (2022; ProSlide HydroMagnetic Mammoth)
 * Star Power Saucers (2022; ProSlide FlyingSaucer 60)
 * Star Power Watercoaster (2022; ProSlide MammothBlast)
 * Super MarioMat (2022; ProSlide ProRacer)
 * Surf Rider (2022; FlowRider surf simulator)
 * Tiny Huge Bowl (Huge) (2022; ProSlide CannonBowl 40)
 * Tiny Huge Bowl (Tiny) (2022; ProSlide CannonBowl 30)
 * Tiny Huge Pipeline (2022; ProSlide PipeLine)
 * Tiny Huge Racer (2022; ProSlide Dueling PipeLine)
 * Tiny Huge Tornado (Huge) (2022; ProSlide Tornado 24)
 * Tiny Huge Tornado (Tiny) (2022; ProSlide Tornado 18)
 * Torpedo Ted Rocket Slide (2022; ProSlide RocketBlast)
 * Wing Bowl (2022; ProSlide ProBowl)
 * Wing Box (2022; ProSlide SkyBox)
 * Wing Bump (2022; ProSlide MultiBump)
 * Wing Fall (2022; ProSlide FreeFall)
 * Wing Loop (2022; ProSlide SuperLoop)
 * Wing Turbo (2022; ProSlide TurboTwister)
 * Wing Twister (2022; ProSlide Twister)
 * Whomp's Waves (2022; ProSlide Double TornadoWave 60)
 * Yoshi's Island Spray Park (2022; ProSlide Spray Park)
 * Yoshi's Island Water Cove (2022; ProSlide KIDZ Zone)
 * Yoshi's Island Water House (2022; ProSlide RideHouse)

Food court
Several vintage décor and signage were relocated from Fairgrounds Square Mall and Mounds Mall.


 * Auntie Anne's
 * Chipotle
 * Cinnabon
 * Cold Stone Creamery
 * Dunkin'
 * KFC
 * McDonald's [serves Pepsi products instead of Coca-Cola products, as common with most McDonald's locations at Carwardine Parks properties]
 * Panda Express
 * Pizza Hut Express
 * Subway
 * Sweet Frog
 * Taco Bell

Other Attractions

 * Loud House Maze (2022; An RCI Amaze'n Maze) [Paramount Zone]
 * Rainbow High Music Studio (2022; interactive experience) [FunZone]
 * The Rock-afire Explosion (2022; 3-Stage RAE, previously operated at a FEC complex in Illinois and had been in storage at C.C.R.E. Distribution for a while) [FunZone]
 * SphereTheater (2022; live performance theater) [FunZone]
 * The WKYT Experience (2022; visitors can watch a newscast be produced, originates an afternoon newscast (WKYT News @ Noon - Live from CarwardineSphere) aired on WKYT-TV and simulcast on WYMT-TV) [FunZone]

Trivia

 * The park is located inside an entirely opaque geodesic dome, no daylight gets into the park except at the main entrance. It is the third-largest geodesic dome in the world.
 * The park was codenamed "The Axiom" in later stages of development, due to it's interior having similarities to the main interior of the fictional Axiom spacecraft from the 2008 film "WALL-E".
 * The park is notable for having extremely long operating hours, with peak days having the water park open until 11 PM and the amusement park open until 2 AM.
 * Originally, the park was planned to have the first In-N-Out Burger east of the Mississippi in it's food court, but plans were scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the location was instead opened at the Mall of the South project in Atlanta, Georgia.