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'''Paramount's Carowinds''' is a 105 acre (425,000 m²) [[amusement park]] located in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], [[United States|USA]]. The park, which originally opened
Paramount's Carowinds opens in late March each year and closes in early November, after the park's [[Halloween]] event,
Paramount's Carowinds is home to [[The Borg Assimilator]], a [[flying roller coaster]]. The ride was originally installed at [[Paramount's Great America]] in [[Santa Clara, California]] in [[2000]] under the name ''Stealth'' and was considered to be the world's first flying Roller Coaster. The [[roller coaster|coaster]] was moved to Carowinds in 2004 and was given a [[Star Trek]] theme based on the [[Borg]].
The Borg Assimilator is the only roller coaster in the world with Star Trek theming and the only amusement ride with Star Trek theming outside of [[Star Trek: The Experience]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]].
==Current Roller Coasters==
*BORG Assimilator, formerly Stealth at [[Paramount's_Great_America]]
*Carolina Cyclone
*Carolina Goldrusher
*Fairly Odd Coaster, formerly Scooby Doo's Ghoster Coaster
*Flying Super Saturator
*Hey Arnold's Taxi Chase, formerly Taxi Jam
*Hurler
*Ricochet
*Rugrats Runaway Reptar
*Thunder Road
*Top Gun - The Jet Coaster
*Vortex
==Past Roller Coasters==
*White Lightnin', now located at Gold Reef City in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]].
==External links==
*[http://www.carowinds.com Paramount's Carowinds Official Site]
*[http://www.carowindsconnection.com/ Carowinds Connection (Unofficial Paramount's Carowinds Site)]
*[http://members.aol.com/k9660r/earlywinds.html Carowinds: The Early Years (1973-1977)]
[[Category:Amusement parks]]
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