Carowinds, a Cedar Fair Entertainment Company amusement / theme park, thrills riders on Afterburn, a 32-passenger, inverted steel roller coaster with floorless cars that are suspended below the track. Afterburn has six inversions, including a vertical loop, a space drop, an immelman, a flat spin, spiral and a batwing. The thrill ride opened in 1999 and was built by Bolliger & Mabillard of Switzerland.