Carowinds revealed Rip Roarin' Falls, a record-breaking log flume planned to open in 2027 at the Charlotte-area park.
The new ride is planned with a 100-foot Mega Drop, a 50 mph top speed, and three world-record claims: tallest drop on a water ride or flume, tallest reverse drop on a water ride or flume, and tallest reverse camelback drop on a water ride or flume.
Rip Roarin' Falls sends eight riders through an abandoned lumber mill setting before the boat climbs, rotates backward, drops in reverse, and later takes the 100-foot plunge. The reverse drop is 42 feet.
Rip Roarin' Falls Details
Additional ride stats include:
- Model: Super Flume.
- Three world records: 100-plus-foot tallest drop on a log flume, 42-foot tallest reverse drop, and 32-foot tallest reverse camelback.
- Top speed: 50 mph.
- Elevation: 100-plus feet.
- Length: 2,240 feet.
- Ride time: 6.5 minutes.
- Manufacturer: WhiteWater.
- Height requirement: 35 inches with a supervising companion, 42 inches unaccompanied.
The ride is also planned with more than 2,240 feet of high-flow water, two high-speed reversing switches, and an offline ADA load station.
The official concept art keeps the old Carowinds logging theme in play, with a sawmill tower, timber framing, and a splashdown built around the former river-rapids mood rather than a beach-waterpark look.
The announcement answers the "mystery in the mill" teaser Carowinds posted ahead of its June 8 event at Harmony Hall. The park had invited passholders and guests to the reveal on Sunday, June 7, without naming the attraction.
Carowinds' 2027 Water Ride
Rip Roarin' Falls gives Carowinds a major dry-park water ride again after years of construction speculation around the former Rip Roarin' Rapids area. The new ride sits outside Carolina Harbor, so it belongs to the main park rather than the separate water-park lineup.
The opening window remains 2027.