"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. All content displayed on and contained within this page is subject to Skyscraper Source Media Inc.s Terms and Conditions. "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,” said Bill Kitchen, founder of US Thrill Rides. The "Skyscraper" - a so-called polercoaster - will reach a height of 570ft and travel at speeds of up to 65mph while carrying brave passengers on a twisting, looping and diving journey on the outside of an entertainment complex and observation deck.Ī dizzying four-minute computer animation - released by Orlando-based US Thrill Rides - reveals how thrill-seekers will board the ride inside the Skyplex complex before climbing a huge tower.Īfter the ride reaches it's highest point, it then begins its incredible descent to the ground with the film giving an on-board perspective as passengers are thrown through dozens of twists, loops and spirals. The Skyscraper will tower over International Drive. Besting the current champ, Six Flags Great. Let's run down the features that were announced.The world's tallest rollercoaster has been unveiled along with a stomach-churning video giving a first-hand taster of the US ride. This is what it will look like to ride the worlds tallest roller coaster. Skyplex would have been located on the city's main tourist corridor and would have been one of the key players among the many cool things to do along Orlando's International Drive. But Skyplex would have included other crazy-tall rides as well as other things to do, to eat, and to buy.
The featured attraction at Skyplex was supposed to have been the Skyscraper roller coaster. It would have been the tallest roller coaster in the world according to the project's developers. The next time you go to a theme park, you may not want to go on these rides The amount of G-forces involved will completely take you by surprise. Maybe someday something like it will get resurrected in Orlando or elsewhere. Now, the Website that featured the project, known as Skyplex, has been removed (all but dashing hopes that it will ever get built).īut in the never-say-never department, the following is information about what was on the drawing boards for the ambitious ride, dining, and retail district. Since then, there has been no sign of construction, nor has there been any additional announcements about the project. Later in 2019, hopes were raised when the FAA indicated that it had given approval to the tower around which the coaster would have been built. Thrill-ride fans have opening to anticipate: the super roller coaster, The Skyscraper, coming to Orlando in 2019. In January of 2019, the project’s owner, Joshua Wallack, said that a scaled-back version of the project was in the works. Orlando’s new SKYPLEX will bring in the world’s tallest rollercoaster, The Skyscraper, featuring a 570 ft. The last date announced was a 2019 debut. (Sorry, coaster fans!)įor years, the projects’ owners kept adding new rides and features to the planned project while simultaneously pushing the projected opening date forward. Developers had grand plans to build the world-record-breaking ride, but at this point, it's probably fair to say that it's likely not going to happen. That's probably all you'll be able to do: imagine it.
Imagine a 570-foot-tall roller coaster looming over Orlando’s famous International Drive.
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