On June 21, 1979, Carowinds announced that they would be building a new roller coaster for the 1980 season.

[4] After the 2019 season, Carolina Cyclone received new trains from another Arrow Dynamics looping coaster, the defunct Vortex at sister park Kings Island.

[5] The train exits the station, makes a sharp left turn and ascends a 95-foot (29 m) lift hill.

[3] As the train makes its way over the walkway, it flips riders twice in a double corkscrew.

The finale is a helix that winds low to the ground and raises back up into the brake run before returning to the station.