Afterburn

You get a good feel for the speed, which hits 62 mph, and sense several moments of weightlessness, especially in the Zero-G Roll.

Coaster101

The hill going over the station is the only breather on the ride but even still gives some good floater dipping you right into a crazy whippy corkscrew and an ending helix which gives maybe the best...

Cooper Zimmerman

The major limiting factor this has is dead elements, mainly that airtime hill over the station, and occasionally the helix before the brakes.

Maddux

No head banging, no discomfort even though you get that typical invert bonkerz level intensity.

IronChef C.

It’s also super smooth like most B&M

Coaster Critic

...kind of painful because you bang your head on the hard restraints on the whipping moments but this does not have it which makes it one of my favorite inverts and it still has the very intense moments

Henry Japha

My only complaint is that it seems to be getting slightly rougher on some of the banks and inversions, nothing too bad at all but worth a mention.

Zachary Alexander Goitia

extremely intense which im sure some people would like but it was just genuinely painful for me.

andrea

I swear some of the intensity pops you get from this (especially on the rolls) are the strongest I’ve felt on ANY B&M invert so far.

Your Coaster Friend

The custom layout and theming elevate it above some other of the more generic Inverted Coaster examples, and makes it into an intense fun experience amongst Carowinds’ large coaster collection.

Theme Park James

Afterburn is definitely one of the more forceful inverts out there but it always seems like there is at least one or two inverts better at most things.

Jack Jack J.

At other times, the full weight of four G’s tugs at your feet and legs._

Coaster101

I recommend Afterburn to people looking to do their first larger coaster, and I feel that it balances out the other coasters at Carowinds.

Joseph D.

Each element comes right after the last, making for a very eventful ride as you haul through the trenches and trees that the track resides in.

Evangelion Martini

It’s fast-paced and intense but it is on the shorter side when compared to other inverts.

Chris Jones

The remnants of Top Gun theming also struck a chord with me (Fightertown USA)...and of course the general speed and intensity of the ride were fantastic.

Sean Reardon

You can definitely tell the difference in speed between this one and rides like the Batman clones and Silver Bullet.

Max S.

It’s not one of the longest inverts in terms of track length, but it gives a fast-paced and satisfying ride with plenty of action.

Canobie Coaster

Due to a high capacity and proactive seat filling by station staff, this ride is usually a station wait.

Lars Carlson

Decent ride all in all, plus had a low wait for most of my day when other rides got up to 1-2 hrs.

Bennett Clarke

The wait times go by quickly and I am warmed by the excitement of riding.

Savannah the Savage

Also this ride gets no line so it’s really easy to lap.

Finn V.

I would give it the full five stars except that both times I have ridden, it was on single train operation which made the line take forever.

Matthew Ebert

This ride always has terrible operations and almost never runs two trains.

Jamerson