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Find a Location

Carowinds has 3 locations, listed below.

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    • Carowinds

      14523 Carowinds Blvd Charlotte, NC 28273-6756

    • Carowinds

      PO Box 410289 Charlotte, NC 28241-0289

    • Carowinds

      300 Carowinds Blvd Charlotte, NC 28273

    Business ProfileforCarowinds

    Amusement Parks
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.17/5stars

    Average of 23 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    93 complaints closed in last 3 years

    29 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

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    Overview

    Amusement Park

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Carowinds has 3 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • Carowinds

        14523 Carowinds Blvd Charlotte, NC 28273-6756

      • Carowinds

        PO Box 410289 Charlotte, NC 28241-0289

      • Carowinds

        300 Carowinds Blvd Charlotte, NC 28273

      Location of This Business
      14523 Carowinds Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28273-6756
      BBB File Opened:
      4/14/1975
      Years in Business:
      51
      Business Started:
      3/31/1973
      Business Started Locally:
      3/1/1973
      Business Incorporated:
      12/2/2014
      Type of Entity:
      Limited Liability Company (LLC)
      Number of Employees:
      110
      Alternate Business Name
      • Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
      • Camp Wilderness
      Business Management
      • Ms. Zebria Hicks, Manager
      • Mr. Jack D. Landry, Operations Manager
      • Mr. Richard A. Zimmerman, President
      • Mr. Brian C. Witherow, Treasurer
      • Mr. Duffield E. Milkie, Secretary
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Richard A. Zimmerman, President
      • Mr. Brian C. Witherow, Treasurer
      • Mr. Duffield E. Milkie, Secretary

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Jack D. Landry, Operations Manager
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (704) 587-9034
        Primary Fax

      Customer Complaints

      93 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      06/13/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Product Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      I purchased season passes along with meal tickets and season long drink passes. I went to Carowinds with my family Memorial Day weekend on the day the water park open. The entire day was a nightmare and there's not enough room in this chat to post everything that went wrong. The night came to an end with me sustaining a stage 2 concussion and hospitalization I was transported from the park and an ambulance and the park put my family up in a hotel for the night. I was promised by a supervisor at the park (have video of this) and then by ***** at guest services that I would get a refund for the cost of everything because I will never be going back there because of the horrible experience we went through that day. I was told to email Carowinds and they would process the refund within a week. The refund for four gold season passes six dinner passes and six drink passes. I emailed Carowinds over 2 weeks ago and have heard nothing. I want my refund as the day that I spent at Carowinds With my family was One of the worst days if not worse of my life.

      Customer Reviews

      23 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Alasondro L

      3 stars

      07/21/2024

      on June 19 as a prestige pass member with the meal fast Lane All you can drink plan and I was there with my brothers triplets a friend and a family member who I treated as we planned this day a few months in advance. Carowinds, needs to be better at training their employees. This particular night after spotty rain throughout the day, we were leaving the park shortly after nine as many others were leaving in droves because it was raining again and one of the triplets had left her phone in the ********* so her brother opted to go and get her phone. I understand how rules can be with letting people back in, but as I said it was raining and people were leaving, and after My nephew having a problem just to get back in to get a phone on the third try I went with him back to get in and yes, I was a little upset because I thought it was a bit much, It was after nine and people were leaving in droves because it was raining again when I approached there was a Young lady Who obviously Who seemingly had a nasty attitude as though she was looking to fight, which, of course brought out the worst in me and there were a couple of other girls there to scan tickets and I questioned why when people are leaving and its raining why cant this kid go in and just retrieve a phone and she kept repeatedly as I was talking saying we need his ticket over and over We need his ticket so I gave them my pass, which I got them in as part of my annual bring a friend passes, and then she tells me I have to accompany him. I told the kid just go ahead and get the phone and I went to customer service and they werent much help at all and just said shes just doing her job. The attitude of this girl was nasty & unacceptable. I had a far worse incident a few weeks before that getting on fury when three of us African-Americans were Denied the same service as four white counterparts right after us. I boast about Carowinds, all the time to my family and friends. Better training is needed at Carowinds.

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