Riding America’s GREATEST Roller Coaster?! Carowinds - Charlotte, North Carolina | VLOG [6/13/24]

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[@ThunderDashHub]

Oh how sweet it is to hear your bro's joyful screams and laughter once again. Totally wish I was there with you guys...

[@salruiz9346]

This trio is awesome !!!!!!!!!

[@adammills8087]

I do love Carowinds. Of the three home parks (not including Fun Spot Atlanta) of mine -- Carowinds, Six Flags Over Georgia, and Dollywood, Carowinds is my favorite. To be repetitive here -- I am one of the minority as well who really likes Nighthawk. I'm glad that you and your brother agree that it's a really good coaster. Thunderstriker is always a good time, especially when the trims are taking a nap. Another coaster like Nighthawk that gets too much unnecessary hate. Fury is priceless -- such a perfect coaster. Currently, my most-ridden coaster and my 5th favorite. Front row rides on Fury are phenomenal -- I feel like I'm sitting on the nose of a passenger jet. It's one of the few coasters that I find to have such vastly different ride experiences in the front and back rows. I love the back row for the incredible floater air time that you don't get as heavily in the front. And then, I love the front row for the insane speed and power that you won't experience as much in the back. For these reasons, I love the front and back rows equally, where I tend to prefer either the front or back row on the majority of coasters I ride. Copperhead Strike is such a fun ride for so many reasons. And Afterburn, to be repetitive again, is one of my favorite B&M inverts, and honestly, one of my favorite coasters. I don't know, it may be tied with Fury as my most ridden coaster. The batwing and the corkscrew are two of the most aggressive inversions on any coaster I've ever experienced. For me, Afterburn is a perfect coaster. I can't find one thing lacking in its layout. Enjoy your time hiking in my "homeland" with your family. I've lived most of my life in Asheville, NC -- so the mountains of western North Carolina are very familiar to me.

[@justinfitzgerald5885]

🖐Another Night Hawk fan here! Love that coaster!

[@MrPopsfreshnmyer]

Two celebrity guests!

[@Dackery.]

Brother Sean and Mama Dash in one vlog? You're spoiling us, Marc 😊

[@michael7054]

Great video! Its great to see your brother back in a Vlog again! I really enjoyed watching this

[@CoasterDash]

Thanks Michael! Lots to come!

[@michael7054]

@@CoasterDash I'm looking forward to all these Vlogs coming up!

[@jdxsea]

The way Marc speaks about coasters and the description he supplies is second to none. I am so glad i have found this channel. What an awesome dude he is!

[@CoasterDash]

I appreciate that a ton, thanks man!

[@billofwrights7695]

Fury 325. Love at first sting.

[@Somunro]

Seeing mom makes my heart melt! I love her so much ❤

[@calvinpetty343]

I was just at Carowinds a week ago! We drove there from asheville in the morning which took a couple of hours, so we got to the park around 12, got 4 rides on Fury, and then the park basically shut down due to thunderstorms in the area LOL. We got a nanocoaster of Fury, left to get some lunch, and then it started to look like the rain was clearing up. We headed back into the park around 7pm and were able to get on nighthawk, (which I also think is EXTREMELY underrated), Copperhead, Afterburn, Intimidator, and we ended the night on 2 night rides on Fury! Man that ride is so good. Overall its my #2 behind Velocicoaster, but Fury in the front at night was the best single ride I've ever had. Glad to hear you had an awesome day!

[@wickedsickfunkyfreshroller2037]

I just got back from this park. They have a fantastic coaster lineup with a GOATed top 4 and sleeper supporting coasters. A ton of the supporting cast have bad reputations but Nighthawk, Vortex, Gold Rusher, and Hurler are actually very good rides.

[@justinfitzgerald5885]

Couldn't agree more! I don't understand all the hate for Vortex specifically. I just squat slightly until the saddle is locked in, then I stand up straight. Smooth sailing!

[@kelliadkins7109]

I absolutely love your brother. I think he’s precious. Your mama seems like a sweetheart. My mom used to ride with me back in the day. Sooo many pics of us on rides like flight of fear, KI, the Beast, King Cobra, SOB. She’s 68 now and not able to. She hasn’t rode coasters since 2002. She’s never gotten to see these hyper/giga coasters in person. It’s a sight to behold in person. For real!!!!!!! She even rode the drop tower with me bf at KI. I told her, these new coasters are so smooth. We came the year Vortex opened in 87 and in 2002. But hasn’t seen anything since. I do believe tho, she wud ride them with me if she was able. She wud love them. It’s so awesome that you get to ride big ass rollercoasters with your mom and brother. I’m an only child. So 🤦🏼‍♀️ great video.

[@clownbadisscratch3441]

a photoshopped marc screaming > normal yt thumbnails

[@sepiarain]

You seem like a really very good son & brother. From one "son & brother" to another. ❤

[@Twinning_Krissy84]

I really love seeing you go on all these trips and going to all these places to try out different coasters! I just love going on roller coasters! I’m going back to Canada’s Wonderland next month for the 14th time! I went a few times as a kid and Canada’s Wonderland is actually my home park! I live in Canada!

[@RMCToo]

Oh man, Marc! Hearing your Mom and Sean's laughter was SO SO SO infectious and great to hear!! NO grey out moments on Fury? It was weird to not see the 'Gurlzzz' with you. I would kill for your guys hair! I am going to the park for my 1st time at 63 in the beginning of October! Cannot wait! Richard

[@isaacmadrigaljr3333]

Your screaming halirious brother is back!!!! Yes oh this is gonna be a funny vid.

[@xzqrut]

Any VLOG with your bro are my favs!!

[@charismaticadventurer8448]

Favorite coaster KZbinr + favorite park = heaven

[@Daniel_Coasters]

Ooh a Carowinds vlog aka at my home park! This should be nice to see!

[@CoasterDash]

Enjoy!

[@dennylambea8703]

Your POV's are simply...perfection.

[@matthewheitzman6133]

Sean's wooohoooo is just unbeatable man sucks him and mom didn't feel so well but looking forward to dollywood!!!!

[@aliensallaroundus1126]

MISSED SEANS LAUGH HES THE BEST

[@ronblaze7175]

lol mom is ADORABLE! this is my home park.

[@Skullshot007]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again the intro is ✨ICONIC✨

[@StreetCars101TV]

Copperhead Strike back row with the pacing is amazing! My favorite ride in my home park

[@ryanwalters6184]

Congrats to mom! Amazing memories!

[@TheSilliestMili896]

This is great! i’m going to caroline’s tomorrow, hoping for a great time!

[@budbud513]

I love that your mom knows what airtime is 😂

[@Lorijenken]

as someone been going to Canada's Wonderland all his life (since 1987), this is the park ive dream of going to, the rides here are different level.

[@drewcorry5056]

I am extremely shocked to see how dead the park is. Outstanding All Around

[@pointnozzleaway]

I live in NC. Been going to Carowinds since it first opened. It has changed so much. Looking Forward to your Dollywood visit, we are going there in November . Yeah !

[@ryanstatewicz4568]

Im so glad im not the only one who loves nighthawk. I went in 2022 in march and thought that was the best coaster there. Fury was underwhelming. I thought the treble clef was the only thing that was different from other gigas. Also the helix was boring and maybe it was running slow that day. Copperhead was ok but the restraints dont allow for good airtime. Afterburn was great and intimidator was good.

[@aldenp880]

love the vids marc! hopefully can get to these parks one day….. fury and copperhead look insane! ❤ much love! Also your mom was so funny in this video 😂 also sean is a welcome sight! i’m enjoying the hairstyle:)

[@NoahCaldeira]

I love ur vids nd I subscribed after my home park video Canadas Wonderland! You are now my FAVOURITE KZbinr! 😊 Also Great vid as always

[@CoasterDash]

Wow, high praise! Thanks for the support 😁

[@NoahCaldeira]

@@CoasterDash No Problem Keep. Up the great work

[@heather1980]

Night rides when the sky is clear are amazing on Nighthawk. I love it.

[@asdlkfjaslkdfjlasdjkf]

Amazing video yogur mom is so cool

[@quilliecat]

I thought nothing could beat the top RMCs for me, but riding Fury in the front blew me away! I didn't expect it to become my number 1

[@CoasterDash]

It’s just that good!

[@rmel8139]

Love all of your vlogs but ones with your bro and mom are e tra awesome

[@williamsworld3790]

I can’t believe I was there a day before you

[@Random_Eebs]

bros majestic ahh screams dont get old

[@USAGOVERMENT23]

I live in fortmill and I can say that carowinds is one of my fav amusement parks I’ve been to

[@BrianMcDuffie-rye]

Yes sirrr, been waiting on a vlog from my home park 🥳🥳🥳. Love your content man!

[@CoasterDash]

Thanks for the love 🎢

[@MCSquidward]

Going there next weekend, I’ve only ever been to Wonderland.

[@davidnevolo4402]

@8:00 i look at these out and back hypers like this and the hyper at canadas wonderland and i just reeally appreciate raging bull. Mako, candy and nitro and diamondback seem so similar to these that I just mentioned but theres somethung about these out and backs. Where after the first 4 elements you are just getting the lesser version of what you already experienced. Fury on the other hand 🔥

[@cheekycrab.]

man i was supposed to be there on monday but i ended up having chemo, have a great time

[@Weneenja]

I totally agree about Nighthawk being underrated. First coaster I rode at Carowinds (and first one I rode in years) and it terrified me, but it's such a good ride. Ride it every time I go to Carowinds.

[@tyleradkins6016]

If you think Cedar Point is over hyped then nothing will live up to your standards.

[@DannyXNightmarez]

Tbf, I think Marc is in the unique position of having visited so many parks around the world now that he can have that opinion.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

I mean, CP is my home park, and I think it might be a little over hyped. Maybe it's because I'm there so much, but there is a lot they could do differently/better. Like I said though, maybe it's the 50 plus times I'm there every year. Honestly, last year, of the Cedar Fair parks, we had the best time at Kings Dominion between CP, KI, Carowinds, and KD.

[@Paolo8772]

Nighthawk has a good double loop but it’s issue is the corkscrew. I ride it once; in the back row. Perhaps I should have ridden it in row 4 instead. Intimidator aka Lighting Striker is best in the back car. I rode Fury 325 97 times in the three days and four hours I was there in mid April 2023. I like it best in the front left and is my favourite coaster I’ve ridden after Steel Vengeance in the back car. I like Copperhead Strike best in car 3 rows 5 and 6) and I like Afterburn best in the back left seat; (since the right side gives me headbangs) Love the park, Thanks for posting!

[@TheNinjaDC]

I look forward to your thoughts on Beech Bend. I feel it gets way too much hate.

[@isaacmadrigaljr3333]

Bruh....F 9th grade lol my last day was that day but man imagine tho one day I meet you at knotts or magic mountain one day randomly in your vlog that'd be insane!

[@jonjon10220]

Never understood the hate for nighthawk. I find it smooth and really fun

[@richardboehne3786]

Keep an eye out for Falcons Flight next year-in Saudi Arabia-new world record holder and supposed to be number one in speed and length and height

[@Paolo8772]

Fort Mills and Kings Mills are very similar to coaster enthusiasts. Fury 325 is my favourite coaster I’ve ridden after Steel Vengeance. I rode it 97 times in the 3 days and 4 hours of a fourth day I was there in mid April 2023 where I met Brandon of Theme Park Recommendations and El Toro Ryan at Copperhead Strike.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Ha!!! I was there that weekend, and got a bunch of rides on Fury, and met Brandon, and El Toro Ryan at Intimidator that morning! We were there with some friends in our Kings Island group. Had a blast, but we actually stayed too long. I could have used another day at KD, and not go to KD, and Carowinds a week before Kings Island opening weekend. That was a long 12 days away from home.

[@starapton5374]

Dang I didn’t expect Canyon Blaster reference. Going out west to ride that and El Loco later this week.

[@ScottyMania313]

Lovely vid. Get well Mama Dash, I've had that experience after one too many rides on Cedar Point's MaxAir. If you ar 21 or above reading this anyone, avoid Long Island Ice Tea at all costs the night before (not just for amusement parks, but in general, it's literally terrorism in a glass - AVOID) I LOVE Carowinds Afterburn and their new Aviation/Steampunk area - North Carolina is Aviation Baby! The Wright Brothers (even though thy got Dayton Ties as well). It's cool they show local flavor for their park. Respect.

[@AJ_Vortex]

Just went to Beechbend for the first time last week!

[@xMcLite]

That dude holding his glasses on 325 must have fingers of steel

[@johnd551]

See, I rode ThunderHawk several years ago and I liked it EXCEPT for the section when you went through the loop on your back. I'm not a big fan of inversions anymore, because these days there are so many on one ride...but I did not like the forces or the way it felt on my back!!

[@ParkerHansen1]

I’ve ridden Fury 325 and I was 1 when they built it

[@BrianBarryComedy]

Yes Ma’am

[@newhall.d1617]

i want whatever edibles your mom eats 🤣

[@TysLego34]

I’m this early and exctied

[@Spike-sk7ql]

The Vekoma flying Dutchman is a criminally underrated coaster model. I miss X-Flight/Firehawk so much! That was the better model.

[@The_Nerdo]

23:46 Someones first time on a coaster be like:

[@Coaster_Crash]

I WANNA RIDE FURY 325 SO GODDANG BAD!!

[@tsstudios7943]

The two girls have left us

[@umbraecrystalheart9345]

i do wonder what a good replacement name for imtimidator would be instead of thunder striker

[@chadsstillalive]

Sean!!!

[@One-Day-After-Another]

About Nighthawk.... that is one confusing as hell phenomenon.... 1/2 the people are like... OMG I Love that ride... it's so smooth.... the other 1/2 total opposite! Me personally I've ridden it and I thought it was so fun and not rough! But it's like over the years every other comment is the opposite of the other... so weird

[@KeightLogan]

I also really enjoyed Nighthawk! My over 6ft boyfriend did NOT lmaooooo

[@ParkerHansen1]

U should’ve ridden The Flying Cobras

[@aidanlife9751]

windseaker at Canadas Wonderland is closed because someone fell off the ride she didn't die, but she has serious injuries

[@morganmcmahon3021]

This park looks amazing and wow your mom is a champion for riding Fury 325 not once, but twice! ショーン, お久しぶりです！or 오랜만이에요！in 韓国語. Great to hear your iconic scream/laugh again 笑😂👍🏻 マーク、いつもお疲れ👏🏻🎢

[@user-cj3in6vf9k]

Nice vid

[@Sports.daily.content]

Are you going to Busch gardens Williamsburg?

[@CoasterDash]

Not this year, but I have several vlogs from that park including one filmed in 2023.

[@Sports.daily.content]

@@CoasterDash Oh yeah I’ve watched that video. Just wondering since I’m here this week

[@Mystiquemina]

I thought Nighthawk was a nice ride. It’s completely underrated. ( Firehawk was great too).

[@techpappee]

5:00 Correction, they're all Six Flags parks now ;-)

[@CoasterDash]

@@techpappee That’s right! Thanks to the merger 😅

[@MatthewLavan]

ahh love this! as always 🥹🥹 I was just there a few weeks ago and already missing it 😆

[@Spysith]

yes I was in north carolinas I was born but I’m grown up age now I gonna carowinds with my parents I was to scared my heart my scary 😂😂😂

[@fortnitebird2399]

Not me being in the Park yesterday I could have met you😢

[@devin7703]

So firehawk at kings island was very similar. But was shut down

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Firehawk was actually better. It was a longer layout, and had a dual load station. I rode it when it was X-Flight at Geauga Lake. I really miss that coaster.

[@richardboehne3786]

Falcons flight is an. exo- coaster

[@ryanmcdonnell5988]

I was extremely rushed at this park. Only got 2 rides on Fury

[@RobertOxendine-ui5qc]

I went there and got on all of them

[@Tempisst]

"How short the lines are...." Bro has fast pass 💀💀

[@CoasterDash]

@@Tempisst Nah, we waited standby for everything

[@spentron1]

Q: 5:35 A: 5:40 I also found Copperhead a little sickening, although not as much as your bro and mom, or as Flying Cobras.

[@JessFriday-sh9uv]

Bro forgot about the gold Rusher that has strep turns

[@user-hb6vn9ym6e]

I been to Carowinds once

[@JaiveerSingh-ui7dw]

Thunder striker is very similar to leviathan

[@The_Nerdo]

Idk how u think that but alr

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

the vlogs are so much better with Sean's screaming....

[@devin7703]

I live in ky and never heard on beachbend”. Is that what you said?

[@CoasterDash]

Yes! Beech Bend*

[@cyracing33]

4:34 side eye lol edit: 8:17 another side eye edit 2: 8:51 another side eye and again at 8:58

[@The_Nerdo]

4 side eyes im 1 vid

[@zavienterry1111]

Have you heard about the merger? Carowinds is owned by Six Flags now

[@The_Nerdo]

Its owned by cedar fair and six flags

[@Bransonplays100]

Where is the tallest roller coaster in the Northeast do you know that right

[@danielward4868]

Is it just me who thinks project 305 is a worse name than thunder striker?

[@MCSquidward]

They should just name it “Big Red Coaster” at this point

[@randihotlin]

Both names suck, but at least P-305 is only a placeholder name. T-Striker just sounds like a dollar store combat-toy playset.

[@KingTito-mg8bn]

​@@randihotlinFr

[@CoasterDash]

Project 305 is a placeholder name before the retheme next year.

[@money200476]

you mean owed by six flags entertainment corp! lmao ofc its legacy CF

[@st.ashhole4192]

i hate that they changed the names of these coaster. super man, the intimidator, waynes world hurler, top gun,

[@charismaticadventurer8448]

They had to after paramount sold the park

[@PEPEGAMING2012]

hi