![]() It's not the 65 MPH top speed that has me grimacing there are plenty of coasters doing that or something near that speed and I drive at least that fast on my way to work. What my nerves are having a little problem dealing with is this roller coaster's speed. At three minutes, there are certainly longer duration coasters in other parts of the world - especially wooden ones - but a ride on the Skyplex Skyscraper will be more than a half minute longer than any roller coaster in the Orlando area. At night, I'm sure you'll be able to see fireworks exploding all around as the various theme parks put on their end of the day spectaculars. Folks who are too chicken to ride this beast will have the opportunity to take the 55 story glass elevator to the top observation deck and look down on Orlando in all her glory. Currently, the tallest roller coaster in the world is Colossos at Heide Park in Germany and it is only 197 feet tall. The Skyscraper, set to debut in the hub of the tourist district in Orlando in the new I-Drive Skyplex complex, is pretty intimidating for a number of reasons.įirst, it's R E A L L Y tall! At 570 feet tall, the Skyscraper will be the world's tallest roller coaster by a long shot. There's a new roller coaster coming to town, though, and for the first time ever, it looks like something that I might be a little fearful of riding. It's tough to pick a favorite, but I'd say that The Incredible Hulk and Rockin' Roller Coaster are near the top of the list, for different reasons. I've ridden a lot of roller coasters through the years at parks like Magic Mountain, Six Flags, Hershey Park, Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Tampa, and, of course, all of the coasters at the Orlando Disney, Universal and Sea World parks. ![]() So, as terrifying as they may seem, few amusement park rides are as safe as a roller coaster. Really, the only way a coaster can come off the tracks now is if the track, itself, fails. Nowadays, the smooth rolling all-metal roller coasters have wrap-around wheels that make roller coaster accidents a thing of the past. Dozens of people died on those wooden coasters when they derailed - something that made them all the more enticing for me back in the day. Those Kennywood Park roller coasters were not without incident in those days, either. No matter how much I stretched my neck, they wouldn't let me on any of the coasters there because I was just a few inches shorter than the finger that stuck out from the wooden cutout of a freckled face boy that depicted the minimum height requirements. I remember the first ones I ever saw - at Kennywood Park in Pennsylvania when I was 6 years old. When it comes to roller coasters, there are few people that are bigger fans than I am. A 100-story tall platform opened in Hudson Yards last year, while both the Chrysler Building and One Vanderbilt are constructing their own offerings.Artist's rendering of Skyplex Skyscraper Roller Coaster The real estate firm’s suggested enhancements to Rockefeller Center come as other New York buildings have entered into the observation deck game. The Landmarks Preservation Commission will have to approve Tishman Speyer’s plans before construction can start. Kelly said at a community board meeting, according to 6sqft, which first reported the news. “With these changes, we’re looking to tell the story of Rockefeller Center in a new way that will bring people back to discover what Rockefeller Center symbolizes: a beacon in the city, a place with incredible history, a place that is of the city, and that provides this beautiful and unique perspective on this city,” Tishman Speyer managing director E.B. (A document detailing all of the enhancements has since been made public by the commission.) The New York Landmarks Preservation Commission heard the proposals on September 14. The idea came from Tishman Speyer Properties, a real estate firm that’s been responsible for redeveloping the Art Deco building for decades, and is just one of a spate of proposals for the property, including a giant globe that changes color when visitors arrive, or a new viewing platform for the 70th floor. ![]() A rendering of the proposed Lunch atop a Skyscraper experience.
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