thelookingglass
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Can somebody show a Google Map link of the proposed location?
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Orlando Thrill Park unveils 14 rides
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ChrisFL
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The I-Drive Trolley runs up and down I-Drive all day and night. That is where most of the major shopping along I-Drive. The Prime Outlet Malls is always packed. The Festival Bay Mall will be next door also. The parents will be shopping while the kids are on the rides. Especially at night I-Drive is very crowded, so they already have a built-in crowd with Hotels, restaurants, and shopping nearby.
TimeTrip
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Hey, if this can get more foot traffic to the Festival Bay Mall, that would be great. I love that mall, but it needs more patrons.
Toss in a hypercoaster with serious airtime, and I'm sold. However, I just don't think they have the acreage for something like that :-(
DisneyMusician2
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I've heard for years about the thrill parks being built, and they all seem to revert back to same model that Disney pioneered or seem to go out of business or bankrupt.
I'd love to see it, as I love a great coaster as much as anyone, but I'm filing this one in the believe it when I see it category.
And the website and concept art thing is just plain embarrassing. If I was an investor, I wouldn't want people seeing that.
I'd love to see it, as I love a great coaster as much as anyone, but I'm filing this one in the believe it when I see it category.
And the website and concept art thing is just plain embarrassing. If I was an investor, I wouldn't want people seeing that.
T-1MILLION
New Member
This has a small chance but I agree it is like a mix between Fun Spot and Beach Boardwalk and Baseball. Mostly Fun Spot with a few good manufactured coasters in the works.
I don't see the rides being very unique or people feeling that after Walt Disney World's 4 parks, Universal's 2, Sea World Orlando and Busch Gardens catering to those audiences down the road with more thrills with better atmosphere caterings that this place could really do all that well.
Their admission is going to have to be like 50 dollars a person in order to make a difference.
Also when there is NOTHING to do for families. When you aim just for kids you are dead, but when you aim just for people who are tall enough to ride intense attractions you are dead a lot faster.
I don't know who made that graffiti on the wall style of logo, but I think it is already foreshadowing or sellf fullfilling of that Six Flags syndrome that the Six Flags parks went through in the 90s.
I don't see the rides being very unique or people feeling that after Walt Disney World's 4 parks, Universal's 2, Sea World Orlando and Busch Gardens catering to those audiences down the road with more thrills with better atmosphere caterings that this place could really do all that well.
Their admission is going to have to be like 50 dollars a person in order to make a difference.
Also when there is NOTHING to do for families. When you aim just for kids you are dead, but when you aim just for people who are tall enough to ride intense attractions you are dead a lot faster.
I don't know who made that graffiti on the wall style of logo, but I think it is already foreshadowing or sellf fullfilling of that Six Flags syndrome that the Six Flags parks went through in the 90s.
Mickey_777
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I aggree that this type of park is long overdue in Orlando. Then central Florida would truly be the theme park capital of the world. But man does the name need work. Orlando Thrill Park? I hope that's not final because wow is that uncreative.
Monsterfan99
Active Member
^There is the rumor of teaming up with the purposed WWE Hall of Fame for marketing. With the lack of website despite them being serious I foresee a name chance at some point.
Pete C
Active Member
I think this park, if built, stands a much better chance than Hard Rock Park.
1) HRP had only 1 good coaster, and even that was a B&M with off-the-shelf elements. The other coasters were garbage. If you look at the list of coasters proposed for the Orlando park, there are some really unique rides not seen at any of the other Florida parks.
2) HRP spent too much money trying to be a theme park, which this is not...they say in this interview that there will be no theming. As a pure thrill park, it can do fine.
3) Myrtle Beach is not Orlando. People visiting Orlando are there for one thing...rides and attractions. Myrtle Beach has not had any success historically with rides or parks. Even the iconic Myrtle Beach Pavilion, which was the only game in town before HRP, opened a brand new CCI woodie before folding in 2006.
Interview with Orlando Thrill Park developer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItuVUCAXuPA
1) HRP had only 1 good coaster, and even that was a B&M with off-the-shelf elements. The other coasters were garbage. If you look at the list of coasters proposed for the Orlando park, there are some really unique rides not seen at any of the other Florida parks.
2) HRP spent too much money trying to be a theme park, which this is not...they say in this interview that there will be no theming. As a pure thrill park, it can do fine.
3) Myrtle Beach is not Orlando. People visiting Orlando are there for one thing...rides and attractions. Myrtle Beach has not had any success historically with rides or parks. Even the iconic Myrtle Beach Pavilion, which was the only game in town before HRP, opened a brand new CCI woodie before folding in 2006.
Interview with Orlando Thrill Park developer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItuVUCAXuPA
Pete C
Active Member
But that's exactly it...the other parks are $80 per person! This park can offer loads of thrills for about half the price. And the rides are not unique? Correct me if I'm wrong, but:
S&S 4th Dimension: Only 1 in North America, and it's on the west coast
Intamin Inverted Accelerator: Never been done
Intamin ZacSpin: None in North America
Vekoma Dive Pretzel: Never been done
Vekoma Stingray: None in North America
Mack launched coaster: None in North America
Vekoma Motorbike launched coaster: None in North America
Sounds like a unique lineup to me!
Is this a rule I haven't heard of, because Cedar Point doesn't look dead to me. There are loads of parks in NA that cater to thrills with little else. I have to admit though, the logo and the name sucks.
TheBeatles
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as a frequent cedar point and orlando visitor, i'm very excited about this news,
Testtrack321
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Dude, this is a nerd RCT3 park. It's not sustainable for even $100 per person. There's a reason why no park has a ton of prototype and high maintenance rides like this. TTD was nearly $25 million, X was $46 million. And they expect to open this park for $250 million?
I don't care if it's a unique line up. I can say Disney is building Disney Dayton Ohio and that it'll have Carsland, Mysterious Island, Indiana Jones Adventure, and every amazing Disney ride in it. Doesn't mean it's viable or actually going to happen. This park is designed to tickle the pleasure centers of coaster nuts, not be a viable business to get venture capital for or actually run.
And lets not even get into the fact nearly no one spend $80 on park admission; they buy multi-day passes where the price comes down to around $35-50.
Have you ever been to CP? Because there are two significant kids areas interspersed through the park. There are two carousels and three antique car rides. Don't bring CP or SFMM into this if you have no idea what you're talking about.
HRP failed not because of theming or location, it failed because it bit off way too much than it could chew and had a poor business plan. These are the same guys trying to do the same thing.
Bairstow
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You've got a point, but none of the coasters proposed for this site are on the epic scale that Busch Gardens, and Sea World, for that matter, build theirs on. If the terrain-following Cheetaka or whatever they're calling it now is as good as I think it's going to be, word of mouth should keep Busch Gardens Tampa in great shape for a long time.
Still, this place looks awesome. I'm a little wary of how fun it would be though. I'm a huge coaster buff, but I likes my theming too. Surely they're going to have creative names and paint schemes for these things, and a tree or two to make this place livable. A parking lot full of rollercoasters and queue switchbacks can't be a fun place to spend more than an hour.
Then again, maybe that's their business model. Park for $20, pay $50 to get in, ride everything once and maybe buy a $5 coke and get out. Works for me, if I'm doing Sea World or something for half the day.