Why is it called Fury 325?

The park sits alongside the South Carolina border, and the $30 million roller coaster, made by Bolliger and Mabillard, a Swedish company, has been operating since 2015. The Fury 325 is so named because it flings riders 325 feet up, then rockets down at 95mph.



The name Fury 325, a world-famous giga coaster at Carowinds, is a direct reference to the ride's staggering height and its intense, "furious" theme. The "325" indicates that the coaster stands 325 feet tall, making it one of the tallest and fastest steel roller coasters in the world (reaching speeds of 95 mph). At the time of its opening, this height was a deliberate "jab" at its sister park, Kings Dominion, which had previously built Intimidator 305. By adding those extra 20 feet, Carowinds claimed the title for the tallest giga coaster (defined as a coaster between 300 and 399 feet). The "Fury" part of the name relates to the ride's mascot: a giant, swarming hornet. This theme pays homage to Charlotte, North Carolina's history; during the American Revolution, British General Cornwallis called Charlotte a "hornet's nest of rebellion." The coaster's color scheme of lime green, white, and teal, along with its stinging-fast maneuvers and 81-degree first drop, is meant to simulate the "fury" of a hornet in flight. It was actually almost named "Centurion," but the park's owners, Cedar Fair, settled on Fury 325 after a trademark conflict.

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In April 2015, a lever malfunction caused Fury 325 riders to become stuck.

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Second crack or break found on Carowinds' damaged roller coaster, state confirms. A second crack or break was found in Carowinds largest roller coaster, the state agency inspecting Fury 325 confirmed Friday.

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The ride was closed after a viral video recorded at the amusement park and posted to social media showed a huge crack in one of the coaster's support beams. Workers began the process of removing and replacing the cracked support beam in mid-July.

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There's a barrel turn that's 190 feet tall, S-curves, horseshoe turns, a dive underneath the park's new visitors' bridge, camel-back hills that gives riders “air time,” and a double helix maneuver where the train turns back on itself. The only thing that the Fury 325 won't do is turn riders upside down.

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Fury 325 cost an estimated $30 million to build, not including some taxpayer help with the land it sits on.

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Jeremy Wagner, a patron of the park, said he was the one who took the viral video of the crack while his kids were on the ride. The Fury 325 is a two-passenger roller coaster that reaches 325 feet of height and has a 81-degree drop, according to Carowinds.

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For 50 years, families and friends choose Carowinds for an amazing day the Carolina way. Only at Carowinds will you find more than 60 world-class rides, the Carolinas' best waterpark, live entertainment, Camp Snoopy, and downhome Carolina cuisine.

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Carolina Goldrusher is the oldest roller coaster at Carowinds, opening with the park on March 31, 1973. Don't let that fun fact fool ya' - this roller coaster is full of spunk and continues to produce as many screams as the day it was debuted.

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The first crack was discovered in the Fury 325 roller coaster's steel pillar at Carowinds on June 30, prompting the amusement park to shut the ride down. According to the Carowinds website, Fury 325 is the “tallest, fastest, longest giga coaster in North America.

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Carowinds, which straddles the North and South Carolina state line, and 10 other theme parks had a record year for attendance and revenue in 2019, according to documentation from Cedar Fair released to shareholders. Revenue was up 9% to $1.47 billion. Attendance was up 8% to 27.9 million visitors.

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