The Intimidator
It’s been forever and a day since I’ve been to the amusement park Carowinds. I’ve always lived within a 5-mile radius of it, so we always had a season pass up until several years ago. My good-as-gold boyfriend suggested going yesterday, so we gathered each of our daughters up and made a wonderful day out of it.
I’ve gotta say I am now ruined on any other roller coaster at the park since I’ve ridden their newest addition, The Intimidator. I mean WOW, this ride is intense – we were all nervous at first. The sheer height of the thing takes your breath looking at it, and it spans a great deal of the park itself – but once we rode it we were all hooked. It’s so awesome that I could ride that thing over and over with no breaks between.
Appropriately named after the late great Dale Earnhardt Sr., The Intimidator is the tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster in the southeast. With a height of 232 feet, track length of 5,316 feet and speeds upwards of 75-80mph, it’s a must-ride. My favorite part has to be the eight ‘drops’ it offers.
I found a video of Kerry Earnhardt (Dale Earnhardt’s son) riding it for the first time. I loved it… it’s almost like watching a young Dale since he has always favored his dad so much.
Life of Bon 
Whoa – you are BRAVE! I’d have to hurl. 🙂
September 13, 2010 at 5:23 pm
It wouldn’t take much… that’s for sure. I consider myself lucky.
September 14, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Yes, I agree! You are brave! I get vertigo easily so I would probably feel intimidated plenty from the ground looking up!
September 13, 2010 at 5:30 pm
I don’t know about brave, but it’s funny that there were more people at the beginning of the line who were trying to decide whether to ‘do it’ or not. Truthfully, had this new ride not been at the entrance of the park, I might’ve talked myself out of it… also there was no line. That helped. 🙂
September 14, 2010 at 11:10 pm