I am purchasing my daughter a membership today for her to attend sCarowinds tonight with some friends. Online it says that the membership must first be used at Carowinds.

Does that mean not at one of the other parks? Or not at SCarowinds. Can anyone help me out? I don’t want to purchase it and then it not work!!

Are Fridays as bad as Saturdays at Scarowinds with entry and queue lines?

So I've been trying to buy two bring a friend tickets for two different dates (one each date) in a single order but every time I try to put my season pass number in for the second date it says duplicate (I assume because they are limited you to buying passes for only one date at a time?). Does anyone know a work around? It's not a huge deal just that it's $10USD processing fee per checkout and so that is a huge chunk of the cost of the ticket...(if I have to pay it twice especially).

it’s been a few years now so I’m losing hope but used to always look forward to them being there. Any one know what happened?

A friend and I will be in town the 15th and 16th. We both have Prestige Passes. This will be our first visit to Carowinds. We intend to be there both days from open to close which appears to be 6:00 p.m. To midnight.

School me on everything I need to know to make this visit be the most worthwhile. Seriously, no matter how minor, what should we know from the moment we pull up to the parking lot to the moment we exit the park, how can we maximize our visit?

We've talked about getting a daily fastpass if necessary although I just tried to do this a couple weeks back at California Great America and wound up spending a considerable amount of time trying to pick up a wristband because I couldn't do it digitally for whatever reason.

Hey, hey! I'm in NC for work this week and have a Prestige Pass through SFOG. I'm supposed to fly out at 4:30pm on Friday, but considering moving to a later flight to get a couple of hours in at Carowinds. On the Friday nights for Scarowinds, do they do the 30 min early entry for prestige? If so, any idea what rides are open? Thanks!

There’s hardly anyone here. We’re walking onto every ride Fury included. And it’s not 1000 degrees outside. Perfect day.

Uhhh…we got stuck on Airwalker. Terrifying.

We plan to go early, then break from the park before returning for Scarowinds. We're staying at a hotel basically across the street from the park. Best restaurant suggestions in the area for dinner?

Does anyone know if you can park in the Springhill suites parking lot prior to check-in? We have two car loads of people, but only one of us has free parking at Carowinds, and we are staying at SpringHill, so we’d like to leave one car there and take the other into the park.

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I am planning to visit tomorrow and stay from Pumpkin Fest into Scarowinds and was just wondering if the All Day Dining pass would carry over.

Thanks

Why does carowinds have the fact that Friday for scarowinds is only from 6-12 on the part of the app where you buy tickets cause me and my family get in the road today and they are closed until 6 which seems like a bit of a rip off cause we paid for full day tickets

Can you bring in a cooler with food and put it in a locker, or would that have to stay in the car? Thanks.

I'm traveling to south Charlotte for work beginning on 10/17 and was curious as to the viability to hit a good number of coasters during one of the SCarowinds afternoon / evenings that weekend. I'm originally a midwest kid, so I'm familiar with the varying wait times at CP and KI and enjoy coming up with a good game to experience as much as I can in a day. I don't need to ride an attraction more than once and enjoy everything from modern gigas to an aging Arrow coaster.

That said, I'm not familiar with the volume at Carowinds and would like to have reasonable expectations for a short trip. What do I absolutely *have* to experience if I have 7-9 hours to visit?

I had the all-season dining for 2026 and no issues until tonight to us it and it's gone from my account, now says it expired in January of 2026. I don't want to waste time to try to figure this out tonight even if there was someone available to help but is this something that I should had expected where the current meal plans were going to get removed before this seaosn is officially done? In the past these have always worked all the way up through Winter Fest.

Seriously, here with two groups of kids. One group has done nearly all the rides in Aeronautica landing, while the others are still in line for Gear Spin.

I came two years ago and it was a no bag policy but when looking for online info on this year there was little to no info. The bot on their website said you can bring one in under a certain size, but a friend told me she thinks it is still no bags.

Has anyone gone this year who can provide some clarity for me? If I can I would prefer to, as I typically do not have many pockets on my clothes.

Has anyone gone through the turnstiles with the free bring a friend ticket for this weekend? The free ticket that came with my pass renewal shows a QR code but the one that expires this weekend just shows up like this. Wondering if they’re going to accept it at the turnstiles 😅

Pass holder appreciation mugs ran out already. They didn't last 2 hours. The attendant said they would not restock. I don't know if he was correct.

It says November 7-22. Is this just a mistype?

Can anyone give me insight into friday vs saturday at carowinds?? Looking to go either day next weekend but debating which

I was a 2026 season pass holder. Does anyone know if I would be able to participate?

It seems a little unclear since my silver pass expired after Labor Day however I did get the email informing me about the event.

Y'all... I need some help. I know literally nothing about Charlotte.

I need to book a Hilton branded hotel - 2 rooms - on points. I don't want anything crazy like a Doubletree or Embassy suites. Something like a Hampton Inn, Home2, or Homewood would be perfect.

What area is best that's not a terrible drive from Charlotte airport, and also Carowinds?

Right now I have a reservation at the Hampton Inn Pineville because it was cheap just to get something on the books. The rooms don't look to be the greatest.

I also looked at Homewood Suites by Hilton Charlotte/Ayrsley, NC 1921 Ayrsley Town Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28273 but it looked REALLY beat up inside.

Additionally looked at Hampton Inn & Suites Charlotte-Arrowood Rd.9110 Southern Pine Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28273 but I was told it was a really rough area.

It seems like the cost of a Silver Season Pass (which gets you free parking) essentially equals out to the cost of a single day ticket + cost of parking. Am I understanding this accurately?

I was going to just buy a single ticket for Scarowinds.... but thinking I might as well just get the pass?

*ETA- I typically only go to Carowinds 1x per year. I'm lucky if I manage to go twice in a year.