Fury 325 Media Day Reports from Carowinds Park

Media Day

We'll start off with some nice panoramic views of the new park entrance. This looks really great. 

Review of Fury 325 from Lauren: 
It was great! For the typical audience that is going to ride this coaster, it's going to be a really great experience. There's a lot of whishy-washy reviews on this, but most of the people at media day are roller coaster fanatics. The roller coaster fanatics are jaded and have traveled all over the wild to ride the tallest, fastest, and wildest coasters. This ride compared to Helix in Sweden? Helix wins 10x over, but this ride wasn't built exclusively for these roller coaster fanatics. This coaster is an awesome addition to Carowinds and is going to bring a lot of excitement to the park. The front seat was my favorite by far, which is very uncommon for me to say about a B&M coaster. The front seat was full of an insane amount of wind, beautiful views, and it's fair share of airtime. The back seat was also a close second to my favorite seat. However there was a shake to the row 3 end seat I rode on towards the end, enough shake to it to give me a slight headache and sit out on a few other rides on it. If your looking for airtime, intimidator does give you a little more. But if your looking for a great thrill, plenty of adrenaline, and a really good ride overall then Fury is it. Don't let the jaded ones fool you, it's definitely a must do and worth the trip to Carowinds!!!

The new entrance looks amazing

Looks like our ride time is at 12:15 Eastern

Swag

This looks amazing

Linus says come ride my new coaster!!

Fury Merch

Nice Pin set

Oh yeah, there's a coaster here too. =)

Before the festivities begin, let's take a look at some Fury merchandise

The store

More Merch

Magnets and Plushes ... nice designs

Not a "Coaster Shirt" guy, but the black shirt in the middle is quite nice.

Prior to the ride opening, they were doing some more testing. 

Ride Entry sign

Some of the local Mascots were getting in on the fun

The ceremony kicked off with Mike Fennel Carowinds VP and some words from South Carolina Gov, North Carolina Gov, the Mayor of Charlotte 

3, 2, 1 - Confetti!!

After the ceremony it was time to get some pictures of the ride in action, and of course ride the coaster. 

Intimidator was also open for media day

What would a coaster event be without an awesome ice sculpture?

Sweet Tea!!!

Lots of yummy food

And of course, great entertainment

New Dippin' Dots Flavor, Fury Freeze!!!

Lastly, the parks other new attraction, the Slingshot was also open

I'm not personally a fan of these, but they are pretty popular at most parks.

Alright, that's going to wrap it up for our Media Day report. We'll likely have some more pics and info in a few days. The coaster and park opens for the 2015 season this Saturday (3/28) so be sure to head out to Carowinds and take in their new amazing coaster. 

Thanks to Carowinds for inviting us out to their festivities and a VERY special thank you to Matt and Lauren who were able to cover the event for us. It's very much appreciated. 

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