Carowinds

Yesterday I went down to Charlotte, NC (technically SC) with Xen. We meet up with some of his friends, Ryan and Kathryn and went to a theme park called Carowinds. It was so much fun. It's half a theme park and half water park.
The ride that they are toting as the big thing for the summer is the Windseeker. It was a swinging ride that went up about 300 feet. It was fun but it wasn't that big of a deal. The roller coasters is where it's at though!! The Intimidator was my favorite- it's a Nascar themed ride and it was so much fun! We were able to go on it twice. The Hurler and the Goldrusher are wooden coasters. The Hurler was so shaky it kinda made my head hurt. The Nighthawk is a roller coaster that you lay back for. It was such a weird way to ride the coaster but it also made it that more interesting. Ricochet is the equivalent to Disney's little kid dinosaur ride. Disney's is a little better plus it spins instead of just yanks you from side to side on all the turns.
The water park side was fun too! We hung out in the pool but the waves the pool generated weren't all that big. Which was disappointing. We also rode the Rip Roarin' Rapids. Xen got soaked but fortunately I was able to come out of the ride with relatively dry clothes.
We spent all day there. It was so much fun. We went out to dinner afterwards at Steak n' Shake. It was so good!