Resurrecting America's Theme Parks

Resurrecting America's Theme Parks is a 2016 biography authorized and written by Chris Carwardine. The pictures in the book of the coasters were taken by DarienLakeFanboy99, TexasCoasterEnthusiast, SoutheastCoasterLover, CaliforniaCoasters, and Chicagosters.

Starting Off With The Colony
"It all started with the oil crisis, i wanted to build a theme park that wasn't far away from the beaches of Virginia, it took me 2 years to design, construct and open". - Chris Carwardine

Carwardine Colony officially opened in June of 1980, the plethora of rides included Carwardine Mines, a coaster that simulated going into a mine on a mine train, which the lines were so long that temporary portable fences had to be installed onto the paths. Fast Forward was a Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop coaster, it was hard to get coasters from Germany, especially after the oil crisis, but... then it finally came, February of 1980, we only had 4 months of assembly, we even had to do night shifts, but alas, it made it to opening day. The ladybug tivoli was our kiddie coaster, it arrived March 1980 due to again, the oil crisis, but 3 months was enough to get the coaster up and running. Other rides include the Carousel, the Himalaya, the Monster, the Pirate, the Sky Tower (which took rather long to construct), Twister and quite a few kiddie rides. One opening day ride that isn't at the park today is Calypso, which was essentially tea cups on STEROIDS!