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I’m not sure.

It has definitely changed a lot since then, but it’s still a beautiful location.

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Cost, HOA, house structural integrity, permits… the beam over the garage door is load bearing and holds up the entire roof over the garage and front of the house.

Glad you liked it!

I’m not sure what your asking. It’s a 9,000 BTU unit to heat 180 SF. We like to keep it at 70 degrees.

We are heading back in 2025 as we loved the park so much. Unfortunately we will never get to experience Nighthawk as it’s being torn out I guess. Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion was an insane experience knowing it used to be Hurler. Wish Carowinds would do something similar.

I love this park! So many good rides!

Thank you so much! We appreciate your kind words.

Cyclone at Luna Park in Coney Island. Must do. You all will love it.

@@WaysaandMeanshaven’t been there yet but will add it to the list, thanks!

I tried 3” aluminum extenders from Amazon but after 4k miles, they cracked the valve stem and I had to get new stems installed on the inner tires.

@HomeMeetsRoad man that's unfortunate we use steel for semi trucks when I worked at travel center of America never had a issue..they would break because people forgot to be easy removing the wheel or remove the stem first

@@Carlos-ip2ir so the dumb thing is that the interior wheels have rubber stems while the outer ones have steel/aluminum (not sure). Next tire change I will have them change the intters to better stems maybe that will allow me to use extenders again.

How is the campground there?

@HomeMeetsRoad on site is electric only. So you have to fill your fresh tank and dump when you leave. But we enjoyed it a lot for a 3 day weekend. Not too expensive either and they run free shuttles from the campsites to the park. They also have a 2nd RV park about 10min away with full hookups and shuttles to the park. 👍🏻

Good to know! Thanks!

It’s an interesting park.

Hope you got some good info out of it!

That’s interesting, as every time we were there, the space community has done cleanups regularly. They were some of the most advocated folk for keeping the beaches clean.

Agreed.

We ended up with Michelin LTX on the truck and Sailun 637 on the trailer.

84”

@@HomeMeetsRoad Oh wow! So at 6’7”, I could still stand up in it. The other million dollar question is do you have to have a CDL to tow that?

@@JasonLawrence-bn6ilRV’s are personal vehicles and do not require a CDL. You can even buy a Semi and register it for personal use (you know the stickers in the doors, not for hire) BUT this does depend on your state as each state may have a different weight limit.

@@HomeMeetsRoad Thanks for the info, because as you probably guessed, I’m seriously considering the full time RV lifestyle within the next year or so.

@@JasonLawrence-bn6il You are welcome and good luck! If you have any more questions, let me know! If you have Discord, I recommend to join @Five2Go Discord as they are one of the biggest full-time RV communities.

You can enter the park without an RV. They do charge for vehicles but if you walk in, it’s free.

Note this video is a couple years old and I head some things have changed.

Kings Dominion was amazing! Looking forward to returning next year for Rapterra!!!

Ha, no! 😆

This was years ago. I hope the review still holds true.

I believe Grizzly and Racer 75 are originals from when the park opened.

@@HomeMeetsRoad I had to go look it up after you said that. You are correct but I knew Racer 75 under it's original name ;) I had no idea they renamed it. I assumed they had just gotten rid of it. The kiddie coaster, the Woodstock one may have been there when I was a kid too. But it would have been under a Hanna-Barbera name back then. I believe it was Scooby-Doo themed. That would have been my first coaster and Racer 75 my second.

@@elisabethairey3447 Oh I didn't know they changed the name but it makes sense. Racer 75 wouldn't be a special name back in 75 😆 So was Grizzly your third coaster then or did you go to another park before riding it?

@@HomeMeetsRoad Grizzly would have been my third. :) Then my parents were done with amusement parks, I went to some other parks in high school (Hershey and six flags) but now Disney World is our home park ;)

@@elisabethairey3447 Next video is Hershey! Haven't done any Six Flags... not this year.

haha! Yea, he is a character.

We will see you soon on some coasters!!!

Iron Gwazi. You can argue Steel Vengeance, but the pace and elements are so much better on Gwazi. In my opinion

⁠@@WaysaandMeansspoiler alert. Done both Steel Vengeance and Iron Gwazi. I love both but SteVen wins for me but only for the night ride. It’s such a different beast at night.

@@HomeMeetsRoad I can see that playing a role. I also think it’s the amount of joy you get in Steel Vengeance over Gwazi. This is what makes it a great debate. I haven’t ridden Vengeance at night so you may have a serious point

@@WaysaandMeansAgain, spoiler alert: the videos have not caught up to Cedar Point (I’m behind big time). One day, we opened CP on SteVen, and it was a great ride, but nothing above the other RMCs. That same day, we closed the park on SteVen, and let me tell you, it was NOT the same coaster! It’s everything. The cold breeze off the lake on your way up. The smell of the locomotive on your way down. Pitch black except for the illuminated wooden beams. You could feel anger from the hot tracks. It was a coaster experience unlike any other. This makes me wonder how many coasters have that exact change over a day's worth of hard work. I haven’t done Gwazi at night, but it’s on my bucket list!

@@HomeMeetsRoad trust me, I agree, vengeance is something serious. Totally next level. RMC wise, it feels like Gwazi was an attempt to make it a top tier and you can tell

Thanks!

Help me understand. This video is over five years old. Why Jack and blocks? For what? The trailer was on blocks while in the garage getting the work done. A jack was used to get it into position. What am I missing?

I just re-watched the video, and I’m honestly not following what you are referring to. I put the trailer on blocks the minute I had part of the frame exposed, and then I was able to remove the factory jacks on the trailer. I realize that in the video, I said I had 12” of clearance above the trailer, which I thought I had, but once I started to jack the trailer up, the garage door opener was in the way. That was the most room I could give myself to work on this thing. Remember HOA… I couldn’t work on it outside. It’s funny you think I had money. I did this because I had no money. I couldn’t afford an RV. I built this thing on a credit card, gambling on the hopes I made enough on the house sale to pay it back.

The A/C unit? It’s lighter than the two propane tanks that used to be there.

Wrapping the tanks made a huge difference. 8 degree windchill and never had a tank freeze.

You bet!

Was a good park with great coasters!

Haha! We have found worse since then 🥴

Good you?

Alpengiest is definitely top 3 ;-;

@@ElliottFriendlich hopefully we can go back next year and it will be open. It looks like one epic invert!

Awesome! Carowinds is amazing! We are a bit behind on videos. We just finished our sixth park on this trip, and Carowinds is at the top. Spoiler alert: We are not doing any of the Six Flags on this trip due to the timing and cost of passes. We hope to do a Six Flags trip next year, and yes, we are interested to see how the merge will affect annual passes. We are full-time RVers, so our only home is the one we tow. We winter in Orlando, so Universal and Disney are our home parks.

Video was from winter of 2020 to 2021.

Oh! I’m jealous! Spoiler alert: we just completed our 6th park on this trip (I’m a bit behind on videos 😂), and Carowinds is at the top! Report back which coasters you liked!

Same.

Haha! Let’s be real, his opinion is the one that matters 😆

The thunder striker of course

@@Newchannels9u Thats a good coaster!

My favorite is Afterburn. I always sit in the middle or back. To me it's the best inverted coaster in the country, just behind Montu at Busch Gardens Tampa. Very close 2nd at Carowinds is Copperhead Strike. So fun. But I'm 59 and know my body won't be able to take it for an indefinite number of years, lol. But it's great. My favorite coaster at any park is Hagrids Motorbikes at Islands of Adventure. Just can't say enough about it.

@@yesorlando05 All great coasters! Hagrids is the one that really stared our coaster journey.

Depends on the bank. We had Wells Fargo and they canceled us. We are now with Black Hills Federal Credit Union.