# Flying Super Saturator

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Flying Super Saturator Carowinds Location Carowinds Park section Boomerang Bay Coordinates 35°06′10″N 80°56′35″W / 35.102710°N 80.943053°W / 35.102710; -80.943053 Status Removed Opening date April 1, 2000 (2000-04-01) Closing date August 2008 (2008-08) Cost $4,000,000 Replaced by The Flying Cobras General statistics Type Steel – Suspended – Family Manufacturer Setpoint USA Lift/launch system Chain lift hill Height 42.4 ft (12.9 m) Length 1,087 ft (331 m) Speed 30 mph (48 km/h) Capacity 600 riders per hour Height restriction 44 in (112 cm) Flying Super Saturator at RCDB

**Flying Super Saturator** was a [water ride](/source/Water_ride) and [suspended roller coaster](/source/Suspended_roller_coaster) at [Carowinds](/source/Carowinds) amusement park, located in [Charlotte, North Carolina](/source/Charlotte%2C_North_Carolina). It was the first roller coaster of its kind, allowing riders to dump 4-gallon payloads of water on those Carowinds patrons who venture underneath the coaster's track. The ride also features numerous means for the riders to get wet as well, including water curtains, geysers and numerous ground-mounted water cannons that can be aimed by park guests at passing riders on the coaster.[1][2][3][4]

Located in Boomerang Bay, a water park section, the ride was manufactured by [Setpoint USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Setpoint_USA&action=edit&redlink=1) and fabricated by Intermountain Lift, Inc.[5] It was only open during the warmer months of May through September. The roller coaster was removed in 2008 to make room for [The Flying Cobras](/source/The_Flying_Cobras), a relocated Vekoma Boomerang from [Geauga Lake](/source/Geauga_Lake).

## Awards and reception

[Setpoint USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Setpoint_USA&action=edit&redlink=1), the company that designed and built Flying Super Saturator, was awarded the [World Waterpark Association](/source/World_Waterpark_Association)'s industry innovation award for their design and creation of the coaster.[6] Two years after the creation of Flying Super Saturator, Setpoint built a similar water-themed roller coaster called [Roller Soaker](/source/Roller_Soaker) at [Hersheypark](/source/Hersheypark) in [Hershey](/source/Hershey%2C_Pennsylvania), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania).[7] The two roller coasters were the only suspended water-coasters in the United States;[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] although [Roller Soaker](/source/Roller_Soaker) was the only one still operating when it closed in 2012.[8]

Flying Super Saturator reached speeds of 30 mph. After the addition of [Afterburn](/source/Afterburn_(roller_coaster)) in 1999, the addition of Flying Super Saturator began a several-year-long trend of family-friendly rides that were being built at Carowinds.[9] This trend ended in 2004 with the addition of [Nighthawk](/source/Nighthawk_(roller_coaster)), and signaled a return to more dramatic thrill rides at the park.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Carowinds_page=_1-0)** ["Nickelodeon™ Flying Super Saturator"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080903103847/https://www.carowinds.com/attractions/detail.cfm?ai_id=32). *Carowinds*. Archived from [the original](http://www.carowinds.com/attractions/detail.cfm?ai_id=32) on September 3, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-A_pocket_guide_to_summer_2-0)** Hudson, Jane Welborn (June 6, 2005). "A pocket guide to summer". *The Daily Reflector*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Insiders'_Guide_to_Charlotte_3-0)** Pressley, Leigh (2007). [*Insiders' Guide to Charlotte*](https://books.google.com/books?id=zYolm8g7Hz4C). Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot. pp. 324 pages. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7627-4179-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7627-4179-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-roller_coaster_guide_4-0)** Urbanowicz, Steven J. (2002). [*The Roller Coaster Lover's Companion: A Thrill Seeker's Guide to the World's Best Coasters*](https://archive.org/details/rollercoasterlov00stev). New York: Citadel Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8065-2309-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8065-2309-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Amusement"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141108130751/http://intermountainlift.com/amusement.htm). Intermountain Lift, Inc. July 30, 2011. Archived from [the original](http://intermountainlift.com/amusement.htm) on November 8, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-innovation_award_6-0)** ["Setpoint receives Industry Innovation Award for Flying Super Saturator"](http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28476761_ITM). *PRNewswire*. October 23, 2000.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:1_7-0)** Kolus, Howard (May 12, 2002). ["Soaking Up The Fun"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108296219/soaking-up-the-fun/). *[Lebanon Daily News](/source/Lebanon_Daily_News)*. pp. 1B, [4B](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108382415/soaking-up-the-fun-2/). Retrieved August 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gleiter_2012_8-0)** Gleiter, Sue (December 20, 2012). ["Hersheypark will replace Roller Soaker with sprayground"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220417124923/https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2012/12/roller_soaker.html). *[The Patriot-News](/source/The_Patriot-News)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2012/12/roller_soaker.html) on April 17, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Coaster_trends_9-0)** Smith, Nick (August 8, 2003). ["Carowinds to soar in 2004?"](http://media.www.nineronline.com/media/storage/paper971/news/2003/08/08/Entertainment/Carowinds.To.Soar.In.2004-2005809.shtml). *NinerOnline.com*.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

## External links

- [Video of Flying Super Saturator](https://web.archive.org/web/20081121083947/http://www.coasterimage.com/roller-coaster-videos/flyingsupersaturator/index.htm)

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