Before you could walk, you had to crawl. Before you got a driver’s license, you had to put in time as a student driver. Likewise, before future roller coaster enthusiasts drop from unheard-of heights at mind-bending speeds here at Carowinds, they need to train on a ride like our Wilderness Run.
With kid-friendly hills, speeds of up to six miles per hour, and some righteous downward banks and sharp turns, Wilderness Run is solid training for young thrill-seekers wanting to get their feet wet in the roller coaster world. As riders are taken for an exciting adventure through the backwoods of Camp Snoopy, they’ll earn their stripes for when they’re ready to move onto the bigger, faster, and more adventurous coasters.
Here’s a fun idea for parents: take a photo of your coaster-enthusiast-in-training and save it for comparison with photos of your experienced rider in the future!
Guests must be 40" tall to ride alone OR 36" tall and accompanied by a supervising companion.
Rider Safety Information
- Min Height Accompanied
- 36"
- Min Height Alone
- 40"
- A junior steel rollercoaster with mild drops, bumps, and turns.
- A shared lap bar is positioned above the laps of all riders in the row. An individual seatbelt secures each rider across the thighs and pelvis.
- Guests must have a minimum of three functioning extremities. Two functioning arms are sufficient instead of three functioning extremities if the guest has a normal center of gravity and the lower extremities are sufficiently strong to maintain proper riding posture under the dynamic conditions of the ride.
- Amputations must be below the knee.
- Guests with a cervical collar, neck brace, broken collar bone, full arm cast, or braced arm cast are not permitted to ride.
- Alternate Access is available at the ride exit. Riders will have to transfer into the seat, on their own or with the assistance of a companion.
- A transfer device is available upon request which may assist a rider out of a wheelchair and into the ride unit.
- Please do not use the ride restraints for support while entering or exiting, as they will shift.
- Warning: This ride contains strobe lighting.
- Visit our Guest Assistance Guide for additional accessibility information.
