![]() ![]() ![]() Skyplex will have a 2,400-space parking garage and valet option. It will be the area’s largest indoor theme park and also will include SkyFly free fall zip line, simulators and a host of rides and games, as well as additional opportunities for attractions, interactive venues, upscale restaurants, bars and retail. Skyplex will comprise approximately 1.5 million sf located on 14 prime acres in the Orlando attraction’s corridor. The Wallacks also announced that Skyplex’s surf park SkySurf will contain the world’s largest man-made surfing wave pool, bringing six overall world records to the entertainment complex including the previously announced SkyFall, the world’s tallest drop ride, and four for The Skyscraper. “Skyplex will be the tallest roller coaster on Earth, very appropriate for the tourism capital of the world - Orlando, Florida - and belongs in the International Drive Entertainment District.” “The support from Central Florida and around the world is very humbling,” said Joshua Wallack, Managing Principal of Skyplex and COO of Mango’s. The Skyscraper “polercoaster” is the anchor attraction at Skyplex. This will be the fourth world record planned for the Skyscraper “polercoaster” including the world’s tallest roller coaster, world’s tallest inversion and the world’s steepest drop. 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.The Skyscraper at Skyplex, the $500 million brainchild of Wallack Holdings LLC, owners of the new Mango’s Tropical Café Orlando set to open in a few weeks, will include a 524-foot vertical lift coming 24 feet under the ground and up to its ultimate height of 501 feet, developers David and Joshua Wallack announced November 18. At 550 feet, the polercoaster would handily beat Kingda Ka as the worlds tallest coaster. Originally, the coaster was announced in partnership with S&S Worldwide in 2013. Courtesy of Skyplex at I-Drive It’s not open yet, but Skyscraper would likely take the top spot on the scariest roller coasters hit parade. 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. “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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