PhreeZone 15 #1 November 2, 2015 http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/11/02/orlando-is-about-to-have-a-ton-of-indoor-skydiving-options -Drive-based indoor skydiving attraction iFly recently announced a new location next door to WonderWorks. The property currently houses the Hawaiian Rumble miniature golf course. That course has seen a noticeable decrease in maintenance in recent years, including shutting down the large fountain show that was used to draw attention from passing guests. The location does have a large amount of pedestrian traffic. With WonderWorks next door and numerous local bars, including IceBar and a nearby Miller’s Ale House, the location seems like a perfect place for walk-in traffic. The current iFly location is in the far rear of a dead end drive across from Wet ‘n Wild. While that location is highly visible, it lacks easy access and few, if any, pedestrian traffic. The new location will likely use new technology, as well. The current iFly Orlando uses a dated, large wind tunnel style machine. The machine is very tall, helping with the visibility of the attraction. The new location will likely use more recent indoor skydiving technology that includes clear acrylic tubes. It’s believed that those tubes will be visible from I-Drive. Most of the more recent iFly locations feature these clear tubes. Also due the size of the new location more than one skydiving tunnel will installed. If skydiving next to an upside building and an ice bar isn’t your thing yet another indoor skydiving attraction is in the works for the I-Drive 360 complex. That one will be opened by Dubai-based entertainment company Inflight, which has similar indoor skydiving attractions in other markets. The I-Drive 360 skydive attraction showed up in some early documents for the complex but little has been mentioned regarding the project since then. Recently GrowthSpotter confirmed that Inflight was still planning to open the Orlando attraction. It will likely use similar clear, low profile tubes at the new iFly location. Yet another new indoor skydiving option soon to come back to the Florida market is Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas. It houses one of the only simulated skydiving experiences at sea. That attraction is also operated by iFly. It also uses the updated clear tubing and tech similar to the expected Orlando machines. Allure will begin South Florida based cruises in the coming weeks. I'd heard that the plan is to tear the existing open flow tunnel down once the new iFly tunnel is up and running but this is the first I've heard that Inflight Dubai wants to open a tunnel in Orlando also.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wan2doit 6 #2 November 3, 2015 So much happening with new tunnels it's hard to keep up with. Probably better to just wait until they are built and try them out then rather than anticipating when, where and who. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #3 November 3, 2015 QuoteYet another new indoor skydiving option soon to come back to the Florida market is Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas. It houses one of the only simulated skydiving experiences at sea. Is this true? Their website does not say anything about the Allure of the Sea having a tunnel. Retrofit? The Anthem of the Sea does, but its cruises for the next year or so are all listed out of New Jersey.Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #4 November 3, 2015 Allure does not have a tunnel - Anthem has the tunnel. I think they got this one wrong.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tred 0 #5 November 3, 2015 so would that be two different tunnels on the same street competing with each other? has that happened anywhere else before? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #6 November 3, 2015 Closest tunnels right now are probably the two in Houston or the two in Chicago that are 15-20 miles apart or so. The proposed iFly Boston is going to be in direct competition with Skyventure New Hampshire since different companies own them despite SVNH buying the tunnel from iFly years ago from my limited and possibly outdated understanding. The new iFly Ontario opening in SoCal will be within 30 miles of Skyventure Perris (different ownership) and is likely to steal a lot of its whuffo business just due to its location. San Diego has 3 proposed tunnels being of two different ownership and all will be in a 30 mile area. These will also be in a 120 mile distance of the Ontario and the Hollywood tunnels. That will put 6 tunnels in a 120 mile bubble if all are built. If Inflight builds it will be interesting to see if they go with an iFly design or if they go with an ISG design since iFly typically operates its own tunnels or sells them as franchises with a large portion of profits going back to iFly.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hillson 0 #7 November 3, 2015 tredso would that be two different tunnels on the same street competing with each other? has that happened anywhere else before? half a mile apart, to be specific... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anachronist 2 #8 November 4, 2015 I've heard more stories about new tunnels that fell through than there are tunnels in the US. Until the structure is going up it is all hot air. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
