![]() ![]() There will also be a 425-foot Ferris wheel built nearby, named the Orlando Eye, which will open before the Skyscraper. ![]() ![]() (WATCH: This Man Has a Brilliant Use for an Airplane) It will cost $200 million to build the complex, according to the report, and SKYPLEX will become the tallest structure in the Orlando area once completed.Ī three-minute ride on Skyscraper will include loops, barrel rolls and a top speed of about 65 mph as it careens toward the ground, Chris Kraftchick, a regional representative for the American Coaster Enthusiasts, said in an Orlando Sentinel report. The Skyplex entertainment centre along with the Skyscraper roller coaster will be located on International Drive, Orlando. The new SKYPLEX will be located along Orlando's International Drive, a tourist haven that's home to many hotels, shops and restaurants near Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. But Skyplex would have included other crazy-tall rides as well as other things to do, to eat, and to buy. It would have been the tallest roller coaster in the world according to the project's developers. (MORE: Could This Be Humanity's Next Home?) The featured attraction at Skyplex was supposed to have been the Skyscraper roller coaster. The ride's tracks will wrap around a massive tower known as SKYPLEX, and the roller coaster will start an astounding 580 feet above the ground.Īs Fox News puts it, that's taller than the Washington Monument, which stands 555 feet tall. Take a look at Skyscraper, which is slated to open in 2016 as the world's first "Polercoaster," according to an official release announcing the Orlando, Florida, attraction. That one features a U-shaped track that shoots 456 feet into the sky and rockets riders from 0 to 128 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds.While some roller coaster architects aim to build rides inches taller than previous record-holders, one monster is set to rewrite the record books. Kingda Ka, located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. Skyscraper is a roller coaster concept originally planned for a future Skyplex entertainment complex located in Orlando, Florida. So what’s the current highest roller coaster in the world? The developers unveiled the animated simulation of the Skyscraper at this week’s International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Expo 2014. The Skyscraper will be part of a $250 million entertainment complex planned for Orlando’s International Drive called Skyplex, which includes an indoor theme park. The coasters are boarded at the bottom of the tower, then make their way to the top before gravity takes over, with riders disembarking at the bottom. The design is based on US Thrill Rides’ Polercoasters concept, in which high thrills are delivered in a small diameter footprint. ![]() “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,” says Bill Kitchen, founder of Orlando-based US Thrill Rides, which designed the Skyscraper. Judging by the looks of a simulation video (above) released by the developer, it’s going to be one scary ride. The 570-foot-tall SkyPlex attraction will open in 2017 and will contain both the worlds tallest roller coaster, Skyscraper, and worlds tallest drop tower, Skyfall. Suitably called “The Skyscraper,” the coaster track spirals up and down the side of a 535-foot-tall observation tower. (CNN) - Plans are underway to build the world’s tallest - and quite possibly most terrifying - roller coaster at an Orlando, Florida, theme park due to open in 2017. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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