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| Flying Ace Balloon Race at Carowinds © Katrena |
The Flying Ace Balloon Race at Carowinds Amusement Park offers a 2 minute 30 second ride that lifts off the ground and into a speedy circle that turns so that one side is higher. Located in Planet Snoopy, the kids tend to gravitate toward this high-flying, fast, and colorful ride. I believe this ride was formerly called Boot's Balloons when they had the Dora the Explorer theme.
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| Family Rides at Carowinds © Katrena |
If you ride the Carolina Skytower on the NC/SC state line near the main entrance, this ride looks like a blast! The Flying Ace Balloon Race looks particularly festive with lots of lights in the evenings after dark. If you have children of different heights, this may be a ride that everyone can ride together.
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| Rides for Whole Family at Carowinds © Katrena |
The web site mentions that the kids may want to ride this one more than once. It didn't say anything about the parents. I guess I'm getting a little old, but rides that go around in circles tend to get my stomach, so this one is one that I will gladly sit out. I believe the rider limit in each basket is four riders, so that suits me just fine! If you are going to ride this one and have a tendency toward motion sickness, you might want to opt to sit in the side going forwards rather than backwards if you don't have the opportunity to watch from the sidelines.
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| Balloon Ride at Carowinds Amusement Park © Katrena |
Many of the children's rides in Planet Snoopy take a while to load and unload. This one may be a little quicker than some since the baskets are fairly easy to enter and exit, but riders do have to wait for a staff member to unlock each basket. The queue area is mostly covered and up to 32 riders may board if each basket is full.
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| Fun Ways to Learn Flags of Countries © Katrena |
The professor in me was pleasantly surprised when my oldest daughter noticed one of the balloons was decorated similar to the Mexican flag. I had noticed that each balloon was different but had not realized they represented country's flags. As we waited in line, we tried to identify each country.
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| Planet Snoopy at Carowinds © Katrena |
Just in case some of you are curious, I believe these are the countries represented:
- United States
- China
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
- Brazil
- Mexico
Feel free to look at the
flags for each country to see if you agree. Find some of Katrena's other Carowinds articles below:
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Travel NC With Kids and
Love 2 Travel With Kids sites for more fun family ideas.
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