![]() The entire facility, which covers half a million square feet, will house an extensive entertainment complex that includes rides, restaurants, bars, gaming centers, and retail stores. Skyplex, which will host the Skyscraper, is expected to break ground in 2015, although the ride itself won’t be available until 2017. The peak of the tower will have a circular observation deck, where visitors can admire a view of the surrounding area from a 500-foot giant’s point of view. Each ride will last around four minutes, which is, pretty much, standard for the current generation of big-draw roller coaster rides. The current models are limited to two rows of four seats, with a maximum of three cars expected to be on the track at the same time. Of course, it will still end up with you wanting to expel your lunch through your mouth, but, at least, the path to get there will be something fresh.īecause of the smaller riding space on the Skyscraper, the cars will be small. ![]() Instead, it does the same stomach-turning moves as other roller coasters around a track that stretches vertically to heights reaching 535 feet.Ĭreated by US Thrill Rides for a new entertainment facility called Skyplex in Orlando, the “vertical” roller coaster will feature climbs, dives, twists, loops, and inversions along the perimeter of the hulking tower, creating a vertical riding experience that’s very different from anything else currently available across theme parks and amusement facilities. The coaster looked as if it was going to be a larger version of the S&S Worldwide El Loco, which opened at Adventuredome in Las Vegas in 2014.Ĭonstruction on the project is expected to start this fall, with a completion date of Spring 2018.Most roller coasters take you on a climbing, diving, looping trail around a track that takes a good chunk of lot space. Originally, the coaster was announced in partnership with S&S Worldwide in 2013. That’s not even including the huge retail and nightlife experiences that will also be in the huge complex. Skyscraper will be joined by a huge drop tower measuring 450 feet tall, a zip line, hotel, and massive parking garage. The coaster will feature speeds of over 50 MPH and will feature full inversions, twists and turns, higher than any other coaster in existence. The coaster will be a massive 570 feet tall and will be over a mile long. Intamin was the manufacturer of the now record breaking coaster, Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure. We are proud to have a assembled such a world-class team to build this icon.” “Intamin has a very well known reputation in building record-breaking rollercoasters. ![]() on board to manufacture the ride component of the Polercoaster (Skyscraper) attraction here in our own backyard,” says Orlando, FL based Bill Kitchen, founder of US Thrill Rides and inventor of the Polercoaster. The Skyscraper at Skyplex, the tower coaster to be built not far from the soon-to-open Orlando Eye 425-foot ferris wheel, will alter the Orlando skyline dramatically. “We could not be more pleased to have Intamin and International Amusements Inc. “After over a year of extensive design and engineering work focusing on the recordbreaking track layout and rider experience, as well as an extensive industry review, we are very excited to announce the supply contract award to Intamin, one of the world’s premier roller coaster manufacturers.” ![]() ![]() “This is a very important milestone for the development team,” says Joshua Wallack, one of the principle developers of the $460 million dollar Skyplex project in Orlando, FL. Today US Thrill Rides has announced that they will be partnering with Intamin Amusement Rides as the company will be the supplier of the huge new 500 + foot tall Skyscraper. ![]()
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