Woodstock Express
Wood Family at Carowinds, Charlotte, North Carolina. Opened 1975.
- Height
- n/a
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- 1,356 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 1 min 30 s
- Designer
- Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Woodstock Express is a small wooden roller coaster in the Camp Snoopy area of Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina. Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters built it to a design by John C. Allen, and it opened in 1975, two years after the park.
The coaster has 1,356 feet of track, a chain lift and no inversions, and a ride lasts about a minute and a half. Two trains of five cars each carry 20 riders apiece. The park's minimum height is 46 inches, or 40 inches with a supervising companion.
The ride has carried several names. It opened as Scooby Doo, later became Scooby Doo's Ghoster Coaster, and ran as Fairly Odd Coaster from 2005 to 2009 before taking its Peanuts name. Kings Dominion in Virginia has a wooden coaster of the same name, built by the same company in 1974.
Sources
- sixflags.com/carowinds/attractions/woodstock-express (Park page: Woodstock Express roller coaster in Camp Snoopy; minimum height 46 inches, 40 inches accompanied.)
- rcdb.com/82.htm (RCDB: operating since 1975; Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (serial 144a), designer John C. Allen; wood family coaster; length 1,356 ft, 0 inversions, duration 1:30; 2 trains of 5 cars, 20 riders; former names Scooby Doo (1975 to 1993 or earlier), Scooby Doo's Ghoster Coaster (to 2004), Fairly Odd Coaster (2005 to 2009).)
- rcdb.com/89.htm (RCDB: Kings Dominion's Woodstock Express, Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, opened 1974.)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.