To get there, visitors will ride in the region’s tallest glass elevators. The SKYPLEX observation deck at the tip of the tallest structure in Central Florida will offer views 535 feet from the ground. There will be incredible heart-pounding inside and outside loops, dives, spirals and inversions like the world has never seen.” The vertical roller coaster will feature “all the other thrilling mayhem” of a great coaster experience, but “in a very small footprint,” according to Michael Kitchen, President of US Thrill Rides, the Orlando based company that created the ride.īill Kitchen, Founder of US Thrill Rides and creator of the Polercoaster said, “Not only will the ‘Skyscraper’ coaster be the world’s tallest, we believe it will be the most thrilling. The Skyscraper at SKYPLEX is 570 feet tall and will feature the first Polercoaster ever built. “It’s exciting for our tourism community to see this type of investment being made to continuously raise the bar on the dining and entertainment experiences we offer across our destination.” “Next to our theme parks, International Drive is one of the most recognized icons of Orlando,” said Visit Orlando president and CEO George Aguel. The $200 million SKYPLEX will comprise approximately 495,000 square feet located on a 12-acre plot of land.Ĭonstruction is scheduled to begin in 2015 with the complex opening in 2016. The Skyscraper at SKYPLEX, the towering coaster to be built not far from the soon-to-open Orlando Eye 425-foot ferris wheel, will alter the Orlando skyline dramatically.

Today, father-son business duo David and Joshua Wallack announced plans to build the world’s tallest roller coaster, dubbed “The Skyscraper™,” as well as the lavish “SKYPLEX™” indoor entertainment complex at International Drive and Sand Lake Road in Orlando, Florida. In 2016, a new roller coaster in Orlando will take the “world’s tallest” crown.

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