![]() ![]() The show begins with a music video showing the skaters getting ready, and then the screen retracts and the skaters take the ice. From the outside it makes a pretty nice backdrop for the rest of the environ, and despite its somewhat weathered exterior appearance the interior was very comfortable and high-tech. This 25-minute ice show is located in the far back end of Cool Country in an authentic ice house that was re-used when the park bought the land, and runs about four shows throughout the day between noon and six in the evening. Of course in the Ice House located behind it is one of the park’s main shows, Country on the Rocks. ![]() There are all sorts of displays and other interactive features throughout the area, but none quite so curious as this one. Later at Carowinds I was reminded how normally the best you can do is low-quality, bought-in-bulk food, so it was very refreshing to actually get a good meal inside the park in which the higher price wasn’t clearly all mark-up for the park’s own profit.īetween the Rockabilly BBQ and the Ice House is a strange statue the park calls the “rock-cow-billy”, which resembles a bovine version of Elvis and squirts people both from its udders and its rear end. The sandwich was fantastic, not in the least bit dry, with the vinegar adding that special ‘zing’ that’s almost impossible to get out of amusement park food. While I wouldn’t call it the steal of a lifetime, when you compare it to other amusement parks I found their offerings to be quite exceptional. What’s for lunch? For me it was pulled pork sandwich dressed with a Carolina Vinegar base and a side of corn on the cob and mac’n’cheese at the area’s main eatery, the Rockabilly BBQ. I had forgotten why these are so popular at parks and was pleasantly reminded. The rotation speed was quick but nothing too intense, and to further add to the family friendly element were double-wide two person chairs on the inside row of seats. This is a very nice swing ride, featuring a fully covered queue complete with fan misters, and the swings themselves get some good height and tilt going. Feeling rather exhausted from the Carolina heat, with the sun coming in at just that angle where it hit the back of my already burnt neck, getting a nice breeze and up off my feet left me very refreshed and ready to make a mini-marathon of the Eagles. As it turns out, this was the perfect ride to help beat that tired, hot late-afternoon lag common to many extended amusement park visits. Next up is the area’s second flat ride, Just-A-Swingin’. As I recall this flat was late to open during the soft-opening for no apparent reason, so perhaps the ride program is in some sort of ‘safe-mode’ for the time being as the park continues to tinker with it. While family-friendly rides like this are always fun, the Just-A-Swingin’ next door more than has those elements covered and a ride with a name and look like Muddin’ Monster Race needs a bit more kick to it. However this is actually a HUSS Bee Bee, a family version of the ride I remembered, and I was rather disappointed when I found it to be a very tame, stomach-friendly ride, in which the seats were hardly pushed to a 45 degree angle and the slow revolution speed didn’t increase the excitement either. I was somewhat apprehensive on first boarding this since my previous encounter with a HUSS Swing-Around left me feeling quite nauseated after just a few minutes, and I almost never feel sick on rides. The ride area itself is very well done, with tire-tracks embedded in the concrete, the queue housed under a barn roof, and the passenger vehicles featuring a surprisingly realistic splattered mud paint job. The park’s description may lead you to believe this is one of their more intense flat-rides, a high-flying companion piece to the swings right next door. Enter Cool Country and the first ride you’ll see on the right is the Muddin’ Monster Race. ![]()
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