I haven't been to Carowinds in years.  We went once as a family day trip and a few times in school.  My favorite part was the guess your mph pitch game.  We couldn't care less if we won a prize (we never did) we just wanted to see how fast we could throw.  I guess around twelve yrs old we threw in the forty mph range.  AND WE FELT LIKE GODS.  Right next door was the ice cream sundae stand where you could get your dessert in a mini baseball batting hemet.  I still have all those helmets.  O there were the rides.  Back then the Carolina Cyclone was the new coaster with a loop and two corkscrews.  White lightening was a simple one loop and up a hill and then again backwards.  I always liked the swings.  Maybe because it was beside the ice cream sundae stand.  They had Rip Roaring Rapids which was a little float going down a little river with water splashing everywhere.  And for some reason we waited 2 hours to ride this each time.  Im sure none of these rides exist anymore but back in the day it was great.  Me and chickie ended up living a couple of miles from Carowinds a few years ago but had no desire to visit.