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Flying Cobras at Carowinds Finally Receives Blue and White Repaint
Carowinds announced last year that it would be retheming and expanding a section of its park, and would be renaming it "County Fair." The retheme would bring the addition of four flat rides, including Electro-Spin, Zephyr, Rock 'N' Roller, and Do-Si-Do (pictured below respectively).
Along with these flat rides, Carowinds said it would be repainting its Vekoma Boomerang. It would be repainting the track blue and the supports white. The former name of this coaster, Carolina Cobra, would be changed to Flying Cobras, a reference to the air shows once shown at the Carolina County Fair. The new name, along with the track and support repaint, came with a new train. This train (pictured below) will have cars that each have their own color and theme, and will have the new Vekoma vest restraints like those found on Blue Hawk at Six Flags Over Georgia.
The new train was definitely needed. Vekoma Boomerangs aren't typically very well received, partly due to the fact that headbanging is almost inevitable because of the coaster model's poor track profiling and odd train design. This new train will have vest restraints, found on the old train also, that are similar to those from Bolliger & Mabillard. What they both have in common is that they both reduce headbanging to a minimum, definitely benefiting the Boomerang installations that have them. The new colors are also nice to see. Almost all Boomerangs have faded paint because most parks don't care to invest in new paint jobs for them. The new blue and white color scheme, although being very commonly used on roller coasters, fits well in the rethemed section.
It's good to see Carowinds is improving its line-up of attractions, further showing that the park is trying to become one of the best amusement parks in the country.
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All photos in this article are courtesy of Carowinds.
