Carwardine Colony

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Carwardine Colony is the flagship park of the Carwardine Parks chain. It is the largest park in the Carwardine Parks chain. It is located in Newport News, Virginia.

History

The park was first planned in mid 1978 after the oil crisis.

The park officially opened May 25th, 1980.

For the 1990 season, Carwardine gained the rights to the Simpsons characters for 10 years, it was extended for 5 years and 1 year twice before being sold to Universal Studios.

Areas

• Entrance
• Coney Island
• Kids Kountry (renamed PBS Kids Neighborhood from 2003-2007, name changed back to Kids Kountry in 2007)
• Mine Shaft
• Time Machine

Current rides

Roller coasters

• Carwardine Mines (1980; An Arrow Dynamics mine train roller coaster, original Arrow ride op control panel replaced with a Huss-TechEruo TE-1000 layout back in 2001) [Mine Shaft]
• Classic Cyclone (1982; A PTC wooden roller coaster; Formerly known as "Cyclone" [1982-1991], damaged by a hurricane in 1996, track rebuilt by CCI after said hurricane) [Coney Island]
• Fast Forward (1980; A Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop coaster, often known for the high amount of downtime due to a lack of replacement parts) [Time Machine]
• Jr. Cyclone (1998; An Allan Herschell kiddie coaster, relocated from Opryland USA) [Kids Kountry]
• Ladybug Tivoli (1980; A Zierer Medium Tivoli coaster) [Kids Kountry]
• Lasso (1985; An Arrow Dynamics suspended swing roller coaster) [Mine Shaft]
• Monstar (1999; A Morgan hyper coaster) [Coney Island]
• Nightmare: The Scream Machine (2013; An indoor Gerstlauer bobsled coaster) [Mine Shaft]
• Redwall: Escape from Malkariss (2003; A Bolliger & Mabillard flying roller coaster; damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, track rebuilt following said hurricane) [Mine Shaft]
• Sagwa: Rickshaw Run (2003; A Premier Rides roller coaster modeled after The Joker's Jinx at Six Flags America) [Kids Kountry]
• Twin Spiral (2004; An Intamin Impulse coaster; clone of Wicked Twister at Cedar Point, but with a different color scheme) [Time Machine]
• Zero G-Force (2007; A 320-foot tall Intamin Accelerator coaster with an inverted top hat element, has a similar layout to Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure, a net was added below the inverted top hat in 2008 to catch vomit) [Time Machine]
• Zyclone (2012; a Zamperla spinning roller coaster) [Time Machine]

Flat rides

• Carousel (1980) [Coney Island]
• Cosmic Avenger (1989; A Zamperla Telecombat ride) [Time Machine]
• Enterprise (1980) [Time Machine]
• Himalaya (1980) [Coney Island]
• Mega Man ZX Double Strike (2007; A Zamperla Hawk 48 ride) [Time Machine]
• Monster (1980; An Eyerly Monster ride) [Mine Shaft]
• Phoenix Twister (1990; A Huss Condor ride) [Mine Shaft]
• Pirate (1980; A Huss Pirate Ship ride) [Time Machine]
• Pool Sharks (1988; A teacups style ride themed to billiard balls) [Coney Island]
• Sky Tower (1980; A Huss Sky Tower ride) [Entrance]
• Super Mario World (1990; A dark ride theme to the "Super Mario" video games, refurbished in 1991 for Super Mario World, 1995 for Yoshi's Island, 1996 for Super Mario 64, 2002 for Super Mario Sunshine, 2007 for Super Mario Galaxy and 2017 for Super Mario Odyssey)
• Surf's Up! (2007; A Zamperla Disk'O ride with a surfing theme) [Coney Island]
• Twister (1980; Mack Swing-Bob ride) [Coney Island]
• Wipeout (1982; A Chance Rides Trabant ride) [Mine Shaft]

Kiddie rides

All of the park's kiddie rides are located in Kids Kountry.

• Baja Buggies (2015; A Zamperla Jump Around ride with dune buggies)
• Care Bear-y Go Round (1987; A small carousel themed to the Care Bears)
• Fire Chief (1998; A Zamperla Crazy Bus ride themed to a fire truck)
• Mini Motorcade (1980; A Hampton Rides kiddie umbrella ride with motorcycles and jeeps)
• Mini Twister (1980; A kiddie Himalaya ride)
• Rocket Ships (1980; A Hampton Rides Sky Fighters ride)
• Ship Ahoy! (1998; A Sartori Mini Pirate Ship ride)
• Teacups (2015; A Zamperla Mini Teacups ride)

Playground Kountry

Built in 1993 to make a central hub for Kids Kountry.

• Dome Climber (1993)
• Merry-go-Roundabout (1993)
• Monkey Bars (1993)
• Sandpit (1993)

Restaurants and food stands

• Beachcombers (A quick service food stand) [Colony Coast]
• Carvel Ice Cream [Coney Ialnd]
• Carwardine Cafe (A cafeteria style restaurant) [Entrance]
• Coney Island Hot Dog Hut [Coney Island]
• Kids Kountry Snack Shack [Kids Kountry]
• McDonald's (Based on the late 1950s take-out design) [Time Machine]
• Subway [Entrance]
• Starbucks [Entrance]
• Pizza Hut Express [Entrance]

Gift shops and game stands

• Coastal Cove Treasures [Colony Coast]
• Redwall Shop [Mine Shaft]
• Time Machine Arcade [Time Machine]

Colony Coast (water park)

Colony Coast was added to the park in 1989. Colony Coast received a slight makeover in 2007 with a new restroom/changing room building, a new cabana area, and new attractions. In 2018, it became free for all Gold Passholders or higher.

• Bumper (1989; A ProSlide MultiBump)
• Hurricane Halfpipe (2007; A halfpipe water slide)
• Freefall (1989; A ProSlide Freefall)
• Kids Pond (1989; A Fred Langford Kids Slide Complex)
• Luge Cruise (1989; A Fred Langford Mat Slide)
• Mastodon Mountain (2007; A ProSlide Mammoth slide)
• Quad Sliders (1989; A Fred Langford Tube Slide Complex, Several clones of the complex came up, including 'Cuda Falls, TBA and a mirrored version at New Roseland Park)
• Splashin' Rapids (2007; A lazy river)
• Tidal Wave Pool (1989; A wave pool)
• Tornado (2007; A ProSlide Tornado)
• Turbo Twister (2007; Two ProSlide TurboTwisters, due to the rotting structure thanks to several hurricanes, age, lack of maintenance and the fact ProSlide doesn't support that model of TurboTwisters anymore, it turned from transparent to dark with a few light patches, the track was entirely replaced by ProSlide, the ride was now made opaque with a few lights, the entrance and exit were heavily tweaked and even some of the supports were redone.)

Former rides

Roller coasters

• Blaster (2001-2010; A Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang coaster, relocated to Whalom Park as "Launchpads" in 2011; replaced with Zyclone) [Time Machine]
• Count Coasterula (1999-2015; A Vekoma Bat Flyer family roller coaster; replaced with a Kids Kountry expansion; relocated to The World of Redwall as "Lord Cayvear's Patrol") [Time Machine]
• Super Cyclone (1992-2012; A RCCA wooden roller coaster; Replaced with Nightmare: The Scream Machine; scrapped for spare parts for the other wooden coasters at Carwardine's parks) [Coney Island]
• Vortex (1988-2003; A TOGO Ultra Twister pipeline roller coaster; Replaced with Twin Spiral; relocated to Brilliance Port as "Tornado" in 2004) [Time Machine]

Flat rides

• Calypso (1980-2010; A Mack Calypso ride, relocated to Darien Lake as "Sidewinder", replaced with a part of Zyclone's que line)
• Chaos (1998-2006; A Chance Chaos ride, it had various mechanical issues and was scrapped, replaced with Mega Man ZX Double Strike)
• Beach Beast (1997-2019; A Huss Top Spin ride, Replaced with more cabanas and a restroom building) [Coney Island]
• Fear Fall (1985-1999; An Intamin 1st generation Free Fall ride, relocated to New Roseland Park as "Mine Shaft") [Mine Shaft]
• Skylab (1987-2006; A Huss Sky Lab ride, replaced with Surf's Up!) [Coney Island]
• VR Troopers: Virtual Reality Adventure (1995-2002; A 4D motion simulator ride with VR Troopers; Replaced with Time Machine Arcade) [Time Machine]

See also

• Carwardine Mills
• The map of the park