Carwardine Corners

Carwardine Corners is an amusement park that is located in. It is owned by Carwardine Parks.

History
In 1983, the park officially opened to the public.

In 1984, Awesome Alex's Splendid Splash opened to the public.

In 1988, Carwardine River Rapids and Red Baron were added.

In 1991, Bart's Cowabunga Skaters opened.

In 1993, Manhattan Mayhem opened.

In 1994. Sidewinder opened as the world's first dueling hyper coasters.

In 1995, Splashtown has opened, marking the largest expansion in the park's history, going to the park is included with admission, although you must take a tram from the tram station from an area towards the east of the park to the waterpark. Splashtown would be built by several local companies, Aqua Layout (which was purchased by ADG in 2019) and ProSlide Technology.

In 1999, King Cobra was added.

In 2001, Skyways was added.

In 2002, Backfire was added.

Areas

 * Port of Entry
 * Carwardine Street
 * Kids Kountry (formerly known as "PBS Kids Neighborhood" from 2003-2007 and "77 Kids Kountry" from 2009-2011)
 * Splashtown (inclusive water park)
 * Temple Valley

Roller coasters

 * Backfire (2002; A Vekoma Inverted Boomerang "Invertigo" roller coaster, originally planed to be a Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang, before post-9/11 concerns made them stick to a normal Boomerang, built on the land where City Jet was planned to be relocated to make way for the ill-fated Busytown dark ride project at Carwardine Colony) [Carwardine Street]
 * Big Apple Beast (1983, a PTC wooden roller coaster, one of the three opening day coasters) [Temple Valley]
 * Crazy Chris' Wild Ride (1983; an Arrow Dynamics mine train roller coaster/dark ride hybrid, one of the three opening day coasters, retracked by DH Morgan in 2000) [Carwardine Street]
 * Dongwa's Crazy Coaster (1999; a PAX Cobra-1, formerly "King Cobra" from 1999-2003) [Kids Kountry]
 * Digit's Digital Roundabout (1983; a Chance Toboggan relocated from a state fair, formerly "Toboggan" from 1983-2003) [Kids Kountry]
 * Manhattan Mayhem (1993; a TOGO Ultra Twister with Dive Loop, only one with a dive loop in the US) [Carwardine Street]
 * Pigeon Race (2001; a Caripro Gyroflyer, formerly "Skyways" from 2001-2003 and "Bert's Pigeon Race" from 2003-2007) [Kids Kountry]
 * Redwall: Fight for Victory (2003; a GCI wooden roller coaster) [Kids Kountry]
 * Sagwa's Rickshaw Run (2003; a Schwarzkopf Double Looping Coaster, formerly operated at Funtime Mountain in from 1983-1988 as "Looping" and La Cité Incroyable from 1989-2000 as "Le GoKart") [Kids Kountry]
 * Sidewinder (1994; a pair of dueling Hopkins Rides hyper coasters, re-tracked by Huss-TechEruo in 2001) [Temple Valley]
 * Sheegwa's Butterfly Chase (2003; a Vekoma Junior Coaster 207m) [Kids Kountry]
 * Simpsons' Road Trip Coaster (1983; A Zierer Large Tivoli kiddie coaster, one of the three opening day coasters, not renamed for PBS Kids Neighborhood, formerly "Tivoli Rainbow" [1983-2021]) [Kids Kountry]
 * Space Rockets (2003; a Vekoma Junior Coaster Custom, formerly known as "Grover's Vapor Trail" from 2003-2007) [Kids Kountry]
 * Wild Mouse (2000; A Maurer Wild Mouse "Right" Model, replaced the old "Wild Mouse" which was a Monster Mouse by Allan Herschell, formerly "The All-New Wild Mouse" from 2000-2001 and "Arthur's Cool Coaster" from 2003-2007) [Kids Kountry]
 * Wild Wheels (2003; a Vekoma Junior Coaster 335m, formerly known as "Barney's Super-Dee-Duper Coaster" from 2003-2007) [Kids Kountry]

Flat rides

 * Afterburner (2000; a KMG Afterburner and the prototype for the model) [Carwardine Street]
 * Awesome Alex's Splended Splash (1984; An Arrow Dynamics Log Flume, was the longest log flume clocking in at 15 minutes, even beating out Splash Mountain, until another log flume in Japan beat it out at 20 minutes long) [Carwardine Street]
 * Blazer (1983; A Schwarzkopf Enterprise ride, refurbished by HUSS-TechEruo in 2003, known as "BJ's Blazer" from 2003-2007) [Kids Kountry]
 * Carwardine River Rapids (1988; Intamin River Rapids, one of the first three of its kind at a Carwardine park) [Carwardine Street]
 * Carwardine Sky Wheel (1983; A Ferris wheel) [Carwardine Street]
 * Fire Twirler (2001; A Moser Rides Top Star ride) [Carwardine Street]
 * Flying Scooters (1991; Larson Flying Scooters, formerly known as "Bart's Cowabunga Skaters" [1991-2007]) [Carwardine Street]
 * Kids Kountry Karousel (1997; A Huss-TechEruo 36-Foot Carousel, formerly known as "PBS Kids Neighborhood Carousel" [2003-2007] and "77 Kids Kountry Karousel" [2009-2011])
 * Red Baron (1988; A Zamperla Telecombat ride) [Carwardine Street]
 * Sea Storm (1983; A Mack Sea Storm ride) [Temple Valley]
 * Space Capsule (1983; An Eyerly Roll-O-Plane ride) [Carwardine Street]
 * Steeplechase (1983; A carousel ride, the first one of the two carousels here) [Carwardine Street]
 * Wave Link (1995; A tram ride that takes guests to and from the Splashtown and the main park)

Kiddie rides
All kiddie rides are located in Kids Kountry.
 * Baron von Junior (2003; A Zamperla Mini Jet ride, formerly known as "Zak & Wheezie's Dragon Flyers" from 2003-2007)
 * Balloons Galore! (2003; a Zamperla Balloon Race, formerly known as "Baby Bop's Balloon Bop" from 2003-2007)
 * Bulgy the Whale (1983; an Eyerly Bulgy the Whale ride, formerly known as "Sagwa's Butterfly Chase" from 2003-2007)
 * Camp Bus (2003; A Zamperla Crazy Bus ride, formerly known as "D.W's Crazy Bus" [2003-2007] and "Camp 77 Bus" [2009-2011])
 * Disco Spinner (2003; A Zamperla Disk'O Coaster, formerly known as "DragonflyTV Halfpipe Simulator" [2003-2007])
 * Orbiter (1983; An Allan Herschell Astronaut ride, formerly known as "Zoomstronauts!" [2003-2007]] and "Space Age" [1983-2002])
 * Road Rally (2003; A Zamperla Convoy ride, formerly known as "Oscar's Sloppy Jalopies" [2003-2007])
 * Rockin' Tug (2003; A Zamperla Rockin' Tug ride, formerly known as "SS A. Eagle" [2009-2011] and "Theodore Tugboat" [2003-2007])
 * Tumble Buggies (1983; A Traver Kiddie Tumble Bug ride, formerly known as "Twiddlebuggies" from 2003-2007)

Splashtown

 * Big Kahuna Wave (1995; wave pool)
 * Daredevil's Peak (1995; ProSlide trio of freefall slides, in 2015, one of the slides has been converted into a trapdoor slide)
 * Floodgate Falls (2005; ProSlide Mammoth slide)
 * Garfield's Island (1999; A kids water playground with slides)
 * Hudson River Run (1995; lazy river)
 * Lady Liberty (2009: a ProSlide Tornado themed to the Statue of Liberty with a 10ft scale version of the statue on top of the funnel)
 * Mini Mountain (1995; 3 kiddie mat slides)
 * Slide Mountain (1995; 4 ProSlide PipeLine slides)
 * Super Mario Splash (2015; Mario pipe themed enclosed body slides, made by ProSlide, first ProSlide slides to have AquaLucent light effects)

The Mario Kart Experience at Carwardine Corners
Located at the westmost corner of the park. An extra-charge go-kart area.
 * Bowser Circuit (1998; Unique design combining SNES Bowser Castle 2 and SNES Bowser Castle 3)
 * Luigi Circuit (1998; Based on N64 Luigi Raceway)
 * Mario Circuit (1998; Based on SNES Mario Circuit 1)
 * Rainbow Road (1998; Based on SNES Rainbow Road)

Former Coasters

 * Wild Mouse (1983-1999; a relocated Allan Herschell "Monster Mouse" from Funtown in Chicago, relocated to a park in Mexico)

Former Flat rides

 * Enterprise (1983-1999; a HUSS Enterprise ride relocated from the German fair circuit, damaged by fire in 1999, scrapped for spare parts for Blazer, the other Enterprise ride in the park, replaced with Afterburner)
 * Kirby's Daring Dash (1995-1999; An Intamin Flight Trainer, demolished and replaced with Fire Twirler)

Restaurants and food stands

 * Auntie Anne's/Cinnabon [Carwardine Street]
 * Beachcombers [Splashtown]
 * Dairy Queen Grill & Chill/Orange Julius [Port of Entry]
 * Dippin’ Dots [multiple stands throughout park]
 * Dippin’ Dots/Doc Popcorn [Carwardine Street]
 * ICEE Mix It Up [multiple stations throughout park]
 * Jollibee [Carwardine Street]
 * Kids Kountry Snack Shack [Kids Kountry]
 * Subway [Port of Entry]
 * Taco Bell/Pizza Hut Express [Port of Entry]

Incidents

 * On August 1, 1999, shortly before 7:50 PM, Enterprise caught fire. It was in motion, with riders aboard, when the fire suddenly ignited midway through the cycle. The operator stopped the ride and Carnies evacuated the riders, but not before injuries were sustained by the riders. 31 riders were hospitalized with first, second and third degree burns, with an additional 10 admitted and checked for possible smoke inhalation. Six children who were among the burn victims were transported to the Shriners burn hospital in . The fire damaged the ride's electrical systems and five of the 20 gondolas. The and  investigated the incident and declared arson as the cause of the fire. Two teens from, Marvin Osborne (17) and Kenneth Peterson (16) were charged as adults with arson and attempted manslaughter and were sentenced to 12 years in prison. Another teen involved in the crime, Mykola "Mickey" Kolisnychenko (17), was initially threatened with deportation to his native , but he was allowed to remain in the US after an appeal to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, being sentenced to 2 years in juvenile detention in exchange for going informant against Osborne and Peterson.
 * The nearby Kirby's Daring Dash was affected, but no one was injured due to the ride having closed the previous week.
 * In 2001, an 8-year old girl from died after being thrown from her seat on Afterburner. Carwardine Parks were found to be not at fault as the girl failed to properly secure her lapbar.
 * On June 5, 2004, a family from were critically injured when a train of Sagwa's Rickshaw Run collided with another train waiting to dispatch. The boy dislocated his elbow while the mother fractured her knee.
 * On July 26, 2004, a 12-year old girl from, was found unconscious after riding Redwall: Fight for Victory once its train returned to the loading station. She was airlifted to  in  where she was eventually resuscitated. She was suffering from a heart condition according to authorities.
 * In 2005, a 57-year-old man from who was formerly a debt collector started working at the park during the summer as a seasonal employee. While working at the park on his second month on the job, he slipped and fell from Slide Mountain in Splashtown. He was airlifted to  in  where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Map
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Trivia

 * Space Capsule originally operated at Carwardine Colony from 1980-1982.
 * Crazy Chris' Wild Ride was originally going to be a log flume.
 * The park is one of the most profitable due to being near NYC.
 * A tram must be used to go across the theme park to the water park.
 * The waterpark was originally going to be far closer to the theme park and not require a tram, however, they thought it would intrude on expansion.