Baker Leisure Group proposes thrill park for International Drive

Wow, thought I was going to "scoop" this one, LOL. Saw it on tonight's news. We definitely need another thrill park... ;)

Theme parks: ✔
Water parks: ✔
FECs: ✔
Thrill park: __

If this happens, the only thing needed to ensure that no coaster/park enthusiast would ever need to set foot outside Orlando is a historical, family-owned, traditional amusement park from the Golden Age.

That can be done, right? ;)

Sure, they could just move all of Geauga Lake there.

Well, all that's left of it anyways...

Little late for that.

^^More like all of Freestyle (success and all included free!)

I have been searching for the "sketch" mentioned in the articles - I see the rendering of the compact (assumed B&M) looper, but no layout sketch - can someone point a blind man to a link?

Jason Hammond said:
Little late for that.

Well, there's one coaster they could buy.

Mesothelioma: The ride?

Raven-Phile said:
Mesothelioma: The ride?

Could they get Sally Struthers to do the promo video?

As long as they feed her a pallet of cake.

Jerry said:

Could they get Sally Struthers to do the promo video?

Screen wouldn't be wide enough. (yeah, I'm one to talk :))

Tekwardo said:
As long as they feed her a pallet of cake.

I envision a skip loader dumping it on her table...

Just to simply say it, and the emails have been floating through the industry the past 24 hrs, anyone is 'irresponsible' to give these guys ANYTHING after the extremely poor job they did with Freestyle.

That being said, people forgive in this business, but do not forget, and anyone who was burned buy any combination of HRP/Freestyle, they will not commit dollar one in either monies, services, or equipment.

BLG knows exactly what they did wrong, and all you will see on their resume's will be 'management contract of Freestyle Park'. Nothing more. In their eyes, they did just a fine job, and are qualified to operate in Orlando.

Another Park in Orlando would be so awesome! It would be one more reason to go to orlando and I think a park like this sounds like it could be like Orlandos first Extreme thrill park. I mean Disney and Universal are Extreme theme parks (meaning there is loads of theming involved in the entire experience) and Sea World is a fun place to go with your family to see animals and go on a few rides. Wet n' Wild is an Extreme water park. So I think it is time Orlando had an Extreme thrill park. I wonder if this was built if it would be added to the "Orlando Flex Pass plus" thing that gets you into sea world, aquatica, wet n'wild, Universal, islands of adventure, and Busch Gardens? If this park offers the Extreme thrills that the other Orlando parks don't than I don't think they would ever need to compete with theming so this should be kind of and easy thing to build.

A park where every rollercoaster is either:

1.) Over 250ft

2.) A copy of a famous wood coaster that no longer exists!

;)

anyone is 'irresponsible' to give these guys ANYTHING after the extremely poor job they did with Freestyle.

Perhaps. But, if you've ever seen The Producers, you know that there are always "investors". Suppliers will just ask for better payment terms, and get paid up front. If the "investors" can be signed up, things will happen.

I'm not betting a lot on it. The plot of land sounds particularly star-crossed. But, stranger things have happened, and Mouse-Town might have the tourist traffic to support it. (Though I thought Myrtle did too.)

TTD cost, what, 25 million eight years ago right??? So were talking major bukubux to get this open, assuming all 15 attractions are up and running at opening. Probably won't attract families (if at's all thrill rides) much, who spend more than teens and young adults (who seem to be the target) generally.

Dunno, but it seems like return on investment could be very sketchy, to say the least.

Robocoaster said:
TTD cost, what, 25 million eight years ago right??? So were talking major bukubux to get this open, assuming all 15 attractions are up and running at opening. Probably won't attract families (if at's all thrill rides) much, who spend more than teens and young adults (who seem to be the target) generally.

Dunno, but it seems like return on investment could be very sketchy, to say the least.

Maybe this is to attract the teens and young adults that arn't entertained by the disney rides or need some time away from the Universal theme stuff.... I don't know i can't think of anyway to make either of those non appealing to people but an example of a place near by that is doing fine without family everything is wet n wild with all their extreme water slides and that place with the Star flyer and sky sling thing. I think this mainly appeals to the locals and some visitors out of state who know about it from friends and family there.