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 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.

In 1996, Chaos 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 2000, Frisbee was added.

In 2003, several new family additions were added.

In 2015, Breakdancer was added.

Areas

 * Town Square
 * The Midway
 * Enchanted Forest
 * Wild Zone
 * Nintendo Village
 * Xbox Town
 * Kids Kountry (formerly PBS Kids Neighborhood from 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; A Mack Bobsled themed to the Underworld) [Wild Zone]
 * Dragon (1989; A Zamperla Twin Helix Powered Coaster) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Hang Glider (1995; A Vekoma SLC) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Hurricane (1989; A Vekoma Hurricane) [The Midway]
 * 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) [Kids Kountry]
 * Redwood (1990; A Dinn Wooden Coaster) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Space Port (1989; A Vekoma Illusion) [Wild Zone]

Flat Rides

 * Antique Cars (1993; An Ihle Antique Cars) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Bon Voyage (1989; An Intamin Bounty) [Enchanted Forest]
 * Breakdancer (2015; A Chance Rides Freestyle) [The Midway]
 * Carwardine Heights Sky Wheel (1996; a SED-Hopkins 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]
 * Enterprise (1989; A Huss Enterprise) [The Midway]
 * Grand Carousel (1989; A Chance Rides 50-Foot Grand Carousel) [located between Town Square and The Midway]
 * Frisbee (2000; A Huss-TechEruo Frisbee, was eventually updated to its’ redesigned version) [The Midway]
 * Master (1989; A Fabbri Kamikaze) [The Midway]
 * Midway Wheel (1989; A 16-Seat Eli Ferris Wheel) [The Midway]
 * 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]
 * Super Loop (1989; A Larson Ring of Fire) [The Midway]
 * Tilt-a-Whirl (1989; A Sellner/Larson Tilt-a-Whirl) [The Midway]
 * 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)
 * Camp Bus (1992; A Zamperla Crazy Bus)
 * Convoy (1992; A Zamperla Convoy, formerly known as "Oscar's Sloppy Jalopies" [2003-2007])
 * Kiddie Swings (1992; A Zamperla Junior Chair-O-Plane)
 * Neopian Railroad (2003; a Jay Granite Associates Kids' Train that goes around the Neopia area)
 * 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)
 * Yoshi-Go-Round (2003; A Huss-TechEruo Kiddie-Go-Round themed off of the Yoshi-Go-Round from Super Mario Sunshine) [Nintendo Village]

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

 * Chaos (1996-2001; A Chance Chaos, closed due to heavy maintenance issues and scrapped for parts at other Carwardine parks)
 * 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)

Trivia

 * The Moth was originally going to be themed to the Mothman cryptoid, 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.