Carwardine Mover

A transportation attraction at Carwardine Colony with a linear system styled after the PeopleMover at Walt Disney World and the layout being based on the former PeopleMover at Disneyland.

Ride History
The ride opened in 1980, with 64 CWA manufactured vehicles originally intended for the Square Loop Sky Buckets, but were modified to be on this ride.

In 1982, the 48 vehicles from Carowinds' skyway were added to the ride, bringing the total vehicle count to 112.

In 1996, the 48 vehicles from Kings Dominion's skyway were added to the ride, bringing the total vehicle count to 160.

In 2000, the 64 short-lived Brackenridge replacement vehicles were added to the ride, bringing the total vehicles to 224.

With the total vehicle count at 224 vehicles, with the ride being able to handle all of them at the track at once, this became the highest capacity ride at the park.

In 2006, due to budget cuts, 1.4% of the ride vehicles were removed, leaving only 160 ride vehicles in operation.

Safety Spiel (1980-1991)
Welcome to the Carwardine Mover at Carwardine Colony, we would like to ask to put your hands, feet and luggage inside the car at all times.

Safety Spiel (1991-present)
Welcome to the Carwardine Mover at Carwardine Colony, here, we would like to remind you to put your hands, feet and luggage inside the car at all times, thank you, and enjoy your ride.

1980-1981 (1)

 * The tour is starting off by turning around near the main entrance.

1981-1982 (2)

 * Ladies and gentlemen, the tour will now commence, you are turning around our grand main entrance, stylized after turn of the century America, it's quite a beauty in itself.

1982-1984 (3)

 * Welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls to the Carwardine Mover, a train in the sky that takes you around the park's perimeter, we start with a turn around next to the main entrance.

1984-1985 (4)

 * Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the Carwardine Mover - Virginia's Stratosphere Express, is about to begin, as we start, the ride is going to have a panoramic turnaround next to the main entrance.

1985-1987 (5)

 * Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, kids and kids at heart - Welcome to the Carwardine Mover, Virginia's Stratosphere Express. As we begin this journey, turn around with a sneak view at the main gates.

2016-2018 (16)
Character dialogues in (brackets)
 * Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, kids and kids at heart - welcome to the Carwardine Mover, Virginia's Stratosphere Express.
 * We'll start off our ride near the entrance. You will see Nitro Rush, an Arrow Hyper coaster and one of our tallest and fastest rides.
 * Then we enter Coney Island, featuring 2 classic coasters: the Classic Cyclone, a recreation of Brooklyn's most iconic coaster, and the Flying Turns, a nostalgic bobsleigh ride bought from Euclid Beach Park in Cleveland. Our Flying Turns is famous for being mentioned in the Beach Boys song "Amusement Parks U.S.A." from their 1965 album Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!).
 * Look into the future at the Time Travel zone, with a late-50s style McDonalds restaurant, and several out-of-this-world roller coasters.
 * We are going into Kids Kountry, a perfect area for kids and their parents. We also see the Redwall Abbey area, wherein you train to be brave.
 * (MATTHIAS; voiced by Howie Bogaert) Of course! It isn't Kids Kountry without me, Matthias, Warrior of Redwall!

2020-2021 (19)

 * Please keep your mask on while riding.
 * Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, kids and kids at heart, welcome to the Carwardine Mover, Virginia's Stratosphere Express.
 * To start off the tour, you will see Nitro Rush, an Arrow Hyper coaster that got some retracking done by Chance in the 2000s.
 * Then we enter Coney Island, featuring 2 classic coasters, the "Classic Cyclone", a recreation of Brooklyn's most iconic coaster, and "Flying Turns" a nostalgic bobsleigh ride bought from a park in Ohio and then redone by the Knoebles park quite recently. Our Flying Turns is famous for being mentioned in the Beach Boys song "Amusement Parks U.S.A." from their 1965 album Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!).
 * Look into the future at the Time Travel zone, with a late-50s style McDonalds restaurant, and several out-of-this-world roller coasters.
 * We are going into Kids Kountry, a perfect area for kids and their parents. We also see the Redwall Abbey area, wherein you train to be brave.
 * (MATTHIAS; voiced by Howie Bogaert) Of course! It isn't Kids Kountry without me, Matthias, Warrior of Redwall!

2021-present (20)

 * If you are not vaccinated, please keep your mask on while riding.
 * Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, kids and kids at heart, welcome to the Carwardine Mover, Virginia's Stratosphere Express.
 * To start off the tour, you will see Nitro Rush, an Arrow Hyper coaster that got some retracking done by Chance in the 2000s.
 * Then we enter Coney Island, featuring 2 classic coasters, the "Classic Cyclone", a recreation of Brooklyn's most iconic coaster, and "Flying Turns" a nostalgic bobsleigh ride bought from a park in Ohio and then redone by the Knoebles park quite recently. Our Flying Turns is famous for being mentioned in the Beach Boys song "Amusement Parks U.S.A." from their 1965 album Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!).
 * Look into the future at the Time Travel zone, with a late-50s style McDonalds restaurant, and several out-of-this-world roller coasters.
 * We are going into Kids Kountry, a perfect area for kids and their parents. We also see the Redwall Abbey area, wherein you train to be brave.
 * (MATTHIAS; voiced by Howie Bogaert) Of course! It isn't Kids Kountry without me, Matthias, Warrior of Redwall!

Narrator
Every incarnation of the ride has a narrator.


 * Chris Carwardine (1980-1991)
 * Phil Hartman (1991-1998, safety spiel still intact)
 * Billy West (1998-present)