CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Carowinds
introduces WinterFest, an all-new immersive holiday entertainment
tradition, opening this Friday, November
24. WinterFest transforms the park into a winter wonderland
adorned with more that five million holiday lights, a 70-foot
Christmas tree and festive décor displayed throughout the park.
WinterFest activities include a tree lighting nightly, live holiday
shows and strolling performers, ice skating, up to 16 family rides,
a special holiday menu and falling snow. The immersive event will
be open select evenings through December
30.
At WinterFest, children can write a letter to Santa at the North
Pole Post Office, take a picture with Santa at St. Nick's Pics*,
decorate cookies with Mrs. Claus*, create take-home keepsakes at
Sally Brown's Christmas Crafts and visit a live nativity and
38-animal petting zoo. Jack Frost,
Ice Princess, Sugar Plum Fairy, the PEANUTSTM gang and
other holiday characters will meet and greet guests along the
midways.
Families will enjoy up to 16 rides, including Afterburn and all
four classic rides in the new County Fair section, skating on
Snowflake Lake* – a rink that magically stays frozen no matter the
weather – and horse drawn carriage rides*. Festive live
entertainment includes Cool Yule, Jingle Jazz and the Miseltones,
Tinker's Toy Factory and Charlie
Brown's Christmas
Spectacular.
Carowinds' chef has prepared more than 20 new menu items just
for WinterFest, including Turducken burgers, gourmet mac and
cheese, gingerbread-eggnog and chocolate-peppermint funnel cakes,
and homemade specialty hot chocolate.
Shoppers can hunt for gifts crafted by local artists at Artisan
Alley and browse for unique finds at Santa's Stocking Stuffer,
Jack Frost's Ugly Christmas
Sweaters, the North Pole Mercantile and more.
Guests can visit WinterFest once for free in 2017 when they
purchase a 2018 gold or platinum season pass. The lowest price of
the season is available now through January
7, 2018.
A complete listing of shows and attractions, and
advance-purchase tickets, are available at carowinds.com.
*Activities not included with park admission
and are available for an extra fee.
About Carowinds
Carowinds, a 400-acre theme
park located on the border of North and South Carolina, is home to more than 50 rides,
shows and attractions, including 13 world-class rollercoasters and
Carolina Harbor, a top-rated 27-acre
water park.
Carowinds is owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment
Company (NYSE: FUN), a publicly traded partnership and one of the
largest regional amusement-resort operators in the world. The
company owns and operates 11 amusement parks, two outdoor water
parks, one indoor water park and five hotels. For more information,
see www.cedarfair.com.
Contact:
Lisa
Stryker, Communications Director
O:
704.587.9048
M: 704.614.3201
E:
lisa.stryker@carowinds.com
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