Amusement park Fun Spot in Orlando is bringing virtual reality (VR) toCentral Florida, reports Dewayne Bevil of The Orlando Sentinel.
Itplans to add a virtual reality system to its Freedom Flyer rollercoaster at it's Orlando site.
David Hummer, Chief Marketing OfficerforFun Spot said the VR facility would be live on the inverted steel coaster by Christmas.Itis currently being installed and tested.
Riders will have the option ofqueueing for either the ride as per usual or waitingfor one of the four seats which will have the VR capacity. VR Riders will experience an immersive storyline including robots, an overgrown city and the coaster'sFreedom Flyer character.
Fun Spot and VR "Synched Beautifully"
Freedom Flyer joins the increasing ranks of rollercoasters "retrofitted" with VR capacity, bringing new life to existing rides. These include Alton Towers' Galacticaand Europa-Park's Alpenexpress.SeaWorld Orlando is alsogiving its Kraken rollercoaster aVR system.TheVR software Fun Spot will usecomesfrom VR Coaster, which already has a number of installations at major theme parks. These include Germany's Europa-Park, Ohio's CedarPointanda number ofSix Flagstheme parks.VR Coaster held a demonstration of its VR systemat Fun Spot during last month'sIAAPA Attractions Expo.
Hummer said, “It’s their software that we bought, and they’ve synched it just beautifully to the Freedom Flyer.It rides out just beautifully."
“We’re not going to increase the price. We know that, traditionally, other parks have done an add-on, ” Hummer said.
Just last week, Fun Spot revealedit was building a $6 million wooden coaster at its Kissimmee location. The unnamed ride, which has a 360 degree barrel roll, will open next summer.John Arie Sr., Fun Spot America's owner said, "Itwill be a must-ride coaster for any thrill seeker and coaster enthusiast, definitely bucket list worthy".
