![]() ![]() In February 2015, Wallack Holdings, the developers of the SKYPLEX complex on International Drive, announced a second thrill ride to be integrated into the planned Skyscraper roller coaster tower.Ĭalled SkyFall, it is being billed as the tallest drop ride in the world. ![]() Height restriction will be 48 inches (122 cm). Track length will be around 5,200 feet (1,600 m) with seven inversions and a ride time of around 4 minutes. ![]() This compares favourably with something like the Incredible Hulk ride at Universal’s Islands of Adventure with a 1,920 passengers per hour capacity.ĭesigned by US Thrill Rides, Skyscraper was to be built by S&S Worldwide but in 2015 this was switched to Intamin. This design of roller coaster has a capacity of between 850 and 1,600 passengers per hour. Riders start at the foot of the tower in eight passenger cars (two rows of four seats) and make their way to the top before descending back down to the bottom with a series of inside and outside loops, rolls, dives, corkscrews, inversions and speeds of up to 60 mph (96 kph). The advantage of this style of roller coaster is that a lot of track and hence ride time can be built into a relatively small footprint, typically a 150 foot (46 m) diameter and once you reach the top, gravity takes over. The model is a “Polercoaster” where the track spirals up and then down around a central tower. Imagine a roller coaster wrapped around something like the Post Office Tower in London from ground level right up to the top. At 500 feet (150 m) tall it beats the current holder, Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey which is 456 feet (139 m) tall. The Skyscraper will form part of a new 495,00 square foot (45 987 sq m) complex called SKYPLEX, on International Drive at the intersection with Sand Lake Road. Also being built is SkyFall that will also be the world’s tallest drop tower. It will be the tallest roller coaster in the world. Favourite Things To Do In Central FloridaĪ new vertical roller coaster thrill ride, called the Skyscraper will be the anchor attraction at the new SKYPLEX entertainment complex being built a short distance away from the new Orlando Eye attraction at I-Drive 360 with an opening date of 2019.It is an absolute cutting-edge engineering marvel that will deliver pure adrenaline unlike any roller coaster in the world today. Skyscraper will not only take riders higher than ever before, but also introduce one thrill right after the next – there’s no ‘down time’ on this four-minute coaster experience. US Thrill Rides President Michael Kitchen told the Sentinel Skyscraper will keep riders on the edge of their seats the entire time. Bill Kitchen, founder of US Thrill Rides, told the Orlando Sentinel: The unique design of the coaster means more incredible, heart-pounding inside and outside loops, dives, spirals and inversions in a vertical area than riders have ever before experienced. US Thrill Rides, the company behind the giant roller coaster, promise that Skyscraper will deliver an unparalleled experience. The Skyscraper, which is set to open in 2017 as part of Orlando, Florida's Skyplex entertainment center, straps those brave enough to face it in for a four-minute ride.įor those of you not masochistic enough to put yourself in the harness, there is a 534-foot observation deck, so you can point and laugh at the idiots who waited in line to be scared out of their wits. It looks to be both terrifying and completely awesome. On Monday, plans for the world's tallest roller coaster in Florida were unveiled in a four-minute simulation that plummets animated thrill-seekers through twists sharper than 90 degrees down a 570-foot drop. ![]()
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