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Next stop is the Carolina Goldrusher.  Just like Fury 325 and the Carolina Cyclone the name of this Arrow Dynamics designed mine train is tied to an actual gold rush that occurred in 1799.



The Carolina Goldrusher opened with Carowinds in 1973.



The Carolina Goldrusher is an interesting early design by Arrow Dynamics.



The Carolina Goldrusher has all of the standards for this type of coaster with a slow roll out o f the station, through a transfer track and a maintenance area before coming to a lift.



Once the Carolina Goldrusher clears the rides lift there is a nice dive to the ground with your standard speeding through the woods like most old school Arrow Dynamics mine trains.  Then for the last third of the ride the Carolina Goldrusher becomes the Star Wars Death Star trench run ride as it heads below grade in a trench.  The ending is really where the Carolina Goldrusher really shines.  While I might question riding a multi-looping coaster by Arrow Dynamics there is no way I'll ever pass up riding one of their mine train coasters like the Carolina Goldrusher.



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