Wanting to Visit Carowinds Amusment Park? Try These Hotels!

Bill Frische
Carowinds is a premier amusement park opened by Paramont near Charlotte, North Carolina. It feature rides like roller coasters, a Nickelodeon theme area, and water parks. While the Carowinds amusement park features a camp ground with cabins you can rent, oftentimes it is nice to stay someplace close and not right on site. The following is a review of five hotels nearby Carowinds amusement park.

The Hyatt Charlotte/Arrowood: The Hyatt is located just a few from the park. Their website is located here and you can book your room right from the website. It also features free wireless internet access, complimentary breakfast, free parking, a fitness center, and an on site Starbucks. Without any discounts, a single person room runs around $150 a night.

Comfort Inn at Carowinds: According to their website, this Comfort Inn is within walking distance of Paramonts theme park. This is also a pet friendly hotel if you want to bring your pet along with you to Carowinds. You can book this location online or by calling (803) 548-5200. Some of the features of this hotel includes a fitness center, high speed internet access, non-smoking rooms, and free breakfast. Rates are seasonal - expect to pay about 10% more in the summer months (for a single room, this means $109 in the summer and $99 in off peak).

Holiday Inn Express: According to the Holiday Inn Express website, this hotel is newly remodeled. A normal single room at this hotel runs around $125 per night. Of all the hotels reviewed, this one makes specific mention of allowing late check out from the hotel upon request. The hotel offers various business services as well as free wireless internet in public locations. Lastly, the offer complimentary breakfast (and its a hot breakfast with omelets, etc...) and have a small exercise room. You can make your reservation online or by calling (877) 410-6681.

Best Western Carowinds: This hotel provides all the amenities - in room high speed internet, HBO, in room refrigerators, microwaves - that make for an easy visit for families to the Carowinds amusement park. They also offer free breakfast and an outdoor pool. A single room, single person rate will run around $90 and they make a point of taking AAA that would reduce that rate to $80. You can book online using their website or by calling 1-800-780-7234.

Plaza Hotel on Carowinds: This hotel is located directly opposite the entrance to the Paramount Carowinds amusment park. The average price for a room at this hotel is around $80 and included breakfast, high speed internet, and free parking. Some rooms include a refrigerator. This hotel does not appear to have a website, and instead relies on booking via travel sites like expedia.com. You can also call them at (803) 548-2400.

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