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I'm sure the wood frame eventually rotted out and it was simply removed at some point. (These photos are from May 21st 2005)

Snake River Expedition opened to guests in 2021. Forbidden Frontier opened in 2019 (Remained Closed in 2020)

Seen what? Your photo shows when the train valleyed between the loop and cobra roll, so a crane was utilized to bring the train back to Lift 2. This is not common at all and actually might have been the only time the ride had this scenario occur.

I've seen the price for Xtreme Skyflyer start at $5.00 per person early in the morning then it would likely rise to $10.00 per person mid-day. Sometimes it would hit $15.00 per person on weekends.... and rarely hit $20.00 per person only on holiday crowd days (4th of July). Maybe it's different now? It did look like when the ride is only 1 sided it operates with 4 team members, and when it was 2 sided it required 7 team members. + breaks you would have 8 or 9 team members. + the games team member selling the tickets. Remember when they used to sell the videos by Kamans?

Here is one I found from 2006

Pipeline is easily one of my favorite roller coasters ever. The sensation of airtime while standing is so strange yet so fun. Highly recommend this ride, and I hope to see more installed.

Surprised they paid homage to one of the early names of this food location. Kind of neat.

2010

This sounds like a great idea, Carowinds Halloween event has always been a separate ticket and this gives guests a way to remain in the park until it's officially spooky hour. Very much like Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights "Stay and Scream" areas within the park during the conversion.

I remember flying out over the crowd on Skyflyer that night.

Flashback to Nov. 10th 2007

Cedar Point has opened attractions a hour or so after opening for a number of years now. Example - Power Tower https://www.cedarpoint.com/rides-experiences/power-tower Makes sense, not much demand for Power Tower 10am-11am.

Easter Eggs are fun

Oktoberfest still exists, just a little smaller.

What you see in the photo is just the base color on the masks. More to come to make them feel aged and ancient.

July 14th 2007 The magnet board was replaced for the 2007 season with this scrolling sign (Photos from June 27th 2007)

Here are some photos from opening day 2006 if that's helpful.