Katanga Skyscraper - Congo River Golf, Florida

This video is a fragment of Discovery Channel's Extreme Rides series, part 3, featuring the Katanga Skyscraper in Congo River Golf, Florida. A similar ride will be installed in Cedar Point in 2008.

From the CP website:
A towering new thrill ride will debut this summer in the Challenge Park activity complex! Skyscraper will be unlike any ride you have ever experienced on the Cedar Point Peninsula. Featuring a giant propeller consisting of two arms that will spin guests in a full circle, Skyscraper is one of the most thrilling rides in the amusement industry.

Four riders, two on each arm, will sit in open cars with their feet dangling, on opposite ends of the propeller. The arms of the propeller quickly rotate in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, spinning riders 16 stories into the air at speeds of up to 55 mph. At its highest point, riders will be upside down 160 feet above the ground!

The hair-raising ride lasts approximately two minutes. Onlookers can take part in the fun by watching a live streaming video of the passengers screaming in delight as they soar through the air. Riders aboard Skyscraper will have the opportunity to purchase this memorable video after completing their thrilling ride.

Manufactured by Gravity Works, Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Skyscraper will welcome its first passengers when it opens to the public in May. Skyscraper will have an individual ride fee, and admission to Cedar Point will not be required.

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[MrRainbowbridge1]

NEVER, because if you fall you are DEAD

[knedrick1]

im new to that feeling you get in your stomach when you flip so how do you deel with it pleas tell me becaus evory time i dont want to ride a ride my sis calls me a chicken o and i have a stomach of steel too

[knedrick1]

4'55 is also the best part

[knedrick1]

4;50 is the best part

[SeanFlaharty]

No way! I saw a Skyscraper there a few years back and had no idea it was Katanga. Thanks for the response.

[CanobieFan]

Panama City FL is where Katanga ended up

[SeanFlaharty]

The ride is no longer located at the location shown in the video. To be honest, I am not sure where it went.

[FCEngine]

After seeing that first person view at 1:30...

OHHH HEEEEYYYYYAALLLL NAW!!!

[TonyF67]

Its more or less beside Wet n Wild on International Drive, you cant miss it, it towers over everything

[dcccvideoguy]

Does anyone where this park is located? I haven't been able to get an address for it. Looks sweet though. Thanks!