This mega-thrill ride is a vertical rollercoaster created with coaster-length tracks featuring “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. The Skyscraper at SKYPLEX is 570 feet tall and will feature the first Polercoaster 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. Along with Mango’s Orlando, SKYPLEX will be bringing an irresistible dining and new nightlife vibe to the International Drive district. SKYPLEX will break ground in 2015 and is expected to open in 2016. The $200 million SKYPLEX will comprise approximately 495,000 square feet located on 12 prime acres. 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. (June 5, 2014) – David and Joshua Wallack, the owners of Mango’s Tropical Café Orlando and Mango’s Tropical Café South Beach, today announced plans to develop the world’s tallest roller coaster The Skyscraper™ and the lavish SKYPLEX™ indoor entertainment complex at International Drive and Sand Lake Road. Mango’s Tropical Café Orlando and SKYPLEX Will Bring ‘Ocean Drive to I-Drive’ “The Skyscraper™ at SKYPLEX™” To Electrify Orlando Skyline in 2016 Let's run down the features that were announced.World’s Tallest Rollercoaster and Entertainment Complex 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. 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. In January of 2019, the project’s owner, Joshua Wallack, said that a scaled-back version of the project was in the works. 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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