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Tetsu
Posted - 12/06/2011 : 7:33:39 PM Fun Spot America (Fun Spot Action Park) in Orlando Florida has announced that they will be tripling in size from five acres to fifteen acres. The Fun Spot located at Grand National Drive and Del Verde Way will be expanding into vacant land to the north of the park.
Land inside circle is where they are expanding.
The Fun Spot is now going to be building a waterpark and two roller coasters in this area. One of the roller coasters will be a family type ride and the other will be a GCI L-shaped rollercoaster that will go along the roads along the expansion area. All rides but the two level go-kart track will stay open. That go-kart track will be changed into a five level track. The expansion will be ready in 2013.
Fun Spot will also be expanding into a test of the season/annual pass program. Both Fun Spots will be included in the pass and there will only be about 1000 to be purchased since the parks are testing the idea. The passes will cost $100 and are good from Christmas of 2011 to New Years Day 2013.
Posted - 05/18/2013 : 11:46:59 PM ^Did they announce an actual opening date?
Was really shocked that this is opening ahead of schedule. Didn't think it would be open for my trip. I'll be hitting this and the Vekoma sometime next week, hopefully the Enterprise too.
Jakizle
Posted - 05/18/2013 : 4:05:23 PM Can't wait to ride this in 2 days!!! The vekoma suspended is very fun as well.
NightwindElf
Posted - 05/18/2013 : 2:20:18 PM I like the quick pacing it has all the way through. Looks like a fun little woodie to check out the next time I'm in Orlando.
Coasterkidmwm
Posted - 05/18/2013 : 2:06:42 PM It'll be interesting to see how their track does with the steel supports relative to other manufacturers.
Also the trains are hilariously small and I never noticed that until now.
gouldy
Posted - 05/18/2013 : 1:47:54 PM Looks good. Very cute little woodie! Definitely a top quality addition for a park like that.
rcking04
Posted - 05/18/2013 : 1:09:34 PM Just going to leave this here.
AyTrane
Posted - 07/27/2012 : 11:24:25 PM
quote:Originally posted by boneplaya
quote:Originally posted by NightwindElf
I love how such a big, coaster building company hand builds in NL. And then pumps the track all over the place.
First of all, it wasn't really that bad. Second, I wouldn't be at all surprised if, given the new pics of the layout, that this was a preliminary design, whipped together quickly enough for the other team members to judge it before porting all of their design work over to AutoCAD or something.
Brought into NL from the CAD prelims...the only "pro" part about it. Everything else is clever texturing and 3ds. As for pumping, that's what you get from the rough design before any advanced mathematics come into play. You'll notice the shaping is also different from the one video to the other.
It's going to be a fun ride. I'm looking forward to Fun Spot moving up in the amusement park ladder!
CKidd
Posted - 07/27/2012 : 11:23:42 PM Its a unique family coaster for a very small park thats in the middle of industry giants why does it need to intense?
AJClarke0912
Posted - 07/27/2012 : 11:08:22 PM
quote:Originally posted by Coasterkidmwm
And doesn't add any G's.
Something different for a change though! Intamin has the G's covered. So far you're the only GCI-hater I've seen on the Internet. There may be more, but I haven't seen any lol.
Coasterkidmwm
Posted - 07/27/2012 : 3:42:52 PM And doesn't add any G's.
AJClarke0912
Posted - 07/27/2012 : 3:35:57 PM I agree... looks great. I love all of the wacky shaping GCI does now. Adds a lot of originality and fun to the ride.
rcking04
Posted - 07/27/2012 : 2:11:12 PM
This looks unbelievable!!
boneplaya
Posted - 06/11/2012 : 3:32:49 PM
quote:Originally posted by NightwindElf
I love how such a big, coaster building company hand builds in NL. And then pumps the track all over the place.
First of all, it wasn't really that bad. Second, I wouldn't be at all surprised if, given the new pics of the layout, that this was a preliminary design, whipped together quickly enough for the other team members to judge it before porting all of their design work over to AutoCAD or something.
highthrills2
Posted - 05/30/2012 : 01:50:05 AM
quote:ally posted by Jakizle
Yes!
nice. we should do a coaster meet then i also live.near orlando fl :) n i am also from texas, maybe we can go to fun spot or universal one day
Coasterkidmwm
Posted - 05/29/2012 : 11:59:36 PM They are more concerned with the ride not killing people.
NightwindElf
Posted - 05/29/2012 : 11:45:16 PM I love how such a big, coaster building company hand builds in NL. And then pumps the track all over the place.
highthrills2
Posted - 05/29/2012 : 11:25:51 PM well appartnly fun spot deciede to change the layout look at the pics over at theme park review and you will see the new layout, it looks the same but has more airtime and more banking to the turns i like the new more aggresive layout compared to the one shown in that youtube video, i made a ride n posted it on here if yall want a detailed look at how it will be, i followed all the pics and tried to stay on the same stats :)
devilsrule911
Posted - 05/29/2012 : 9:34:48 PM There has been a No Limits recreation from GCI out on Youtube for a long time... for over 2 months now. I would have thought people had already seen it by now, but I guess not:
Edit: Yeah and this doesn't show a 90 degree bank.
Coasterkidmwm
Posted - 05/29/2012 : 7:51:46 PM Now you can have even less laterals
rcking04
Posted - 05/29/2012 : 5:54:42 PM Is that a 90° bank I see?
Coasterkidmwm
Posted - 05/29/2012 : 5:47:18 PM
quote:Originally posted by GerstlCrazy
I completely and totally thought the capitalization of the letters was just a typo, not that it declared an actual design.
White Lightning Stats: Length= 2000ft Height= 75ft Max Speed= 48mph Max drop= 58degress (world record coined “Claire Curve”) Max bank angle= 90degrees (world record coined “Ariel Dive”) Air time moments= apprx 18 Ride length= apprx 1:15min
:)
Dirk_Ermen
Posted - 12/11/2011 : 10:37:35 PM
quote:Originally posted by Jonny Richey
Do you have that pic in more detail?
Nope, sorry. This is all I found. We could always keep fingers crossed until somewhere a more detailed picture will be released.
Apparently in a podcast has been said that the coaster would be around 100ft tall. Nice height to do some fun stuff with.
Jonny Richey
Posted - 12/11/2011 : 9:59:04 PM Do you have that pic in more detail?
Dirk_Ermen
Posted - 12/11/2011 : 9:16:23 PM This seems to become the layout from the ride. Looks interesting, a GCI out 'n back coaster.
