ICON Park

[Andy]

I'm sensing a project that just never happens...

 

[Felipe]

I'm honestly not that interested in most of what's planned for here... :shrug:
But that aside, it will really suck for the Kings bowling alley if they open, and the rest that is supposed to open around them never does...

 

[UK-Trigg]

Shame if it doesn't happen, would get some great views from the eye.

 

[maxairmike]

Yeah, if there's nothing beyond general site prep by the end of the summer, I think it will be pretty safe to say it all fell through.

 

[Swiminn6]

I hope that this project gets off the ground..

 

[Bubbles1]

It seems strange if they don't go ahead, considering Merlin have a tendency to grow very aggressively. They would love to get more money out of Florida knowing them. Although I don't think a single one of their projects in the UK is opening on time, so maybe management have too much on their plates to start a new project?

 

[Felipe]

Merlin is going hard with Legoland Florida, so maybe that has kept them from paying more attention to this project :shrug:

 

[Manx27]

They also just opened the new London Dungeon.

 

[Bubbles1]

True, I'm hoping to get there this weekend. Maybe they've worn themselves too thin?

 

[BJCool]

Ultimate Orlando posted a King's Bowl interior construction update....

They also posted some facts about the venue....

• Pricing will be by game, not by hour for the lanes
• The lanes are regulation, and the "approach" is regulation (it felt much longer than Splitsville's approach!)
• Pricing for Bud and Yuengling will be as low as $4/drink on tap
• Entrees top out around $22 for the ribeye steak; most will be in the teens range
• There is a Florida resident discount - they want to cater to locals
• The covered bocce court will be a pretty unique feature (apparently Winter Park has one or two, but I've never seen them).

 

[Andy]

Glad to hear they are interested in local business!

 

[Felipe]

Thanks for the update BJCool! :thumbs:

I'll probably choose to go here (over Splitsville) if I'm ever going bowling around Orlando. A tad closer to me, plus gotta support the businesses that are nice to us locals :smiley:

 

[maxairmike]

I'm glad to hear they'll do a resident discount, but with a few less lanes I'm still not sure I want to drive up to that area of I-Drive when I can be at DTD in half the time, or less.

I did think the approach at Splitsville was short, it took me a few frames to adjust my steps, I was really only taking two whereas I usually take three or four on a regulation length approach. Another "bowler" nitpick was the lack of guide arrows at the far end of the lane at Splitsville. Drove me nuts that I finally started getting back into my swing as our time ran out at Splitsville, I was on a four strike streak in the 8th frame!

Now I just need to save up some change for my own ball again.

 

[Felipe]

ThemeParkReview has a preview of Kings Orlando Bowling.
The place looks great and the food and drinks: :drool:

 

[BJCool]

ThemeParkReview has a preview of Kings Orlando Bowling.
The place looks great and the food and drinks: :drool:

Thanks for posting! Definitely looks like an awesome place to hang out either after the parks or mid-day alternative to just relaxing at the hotel pool.

I am curious how construction so close to it will affect business.

 

[bobwadd]

From Saturday morning . . .

 

[Andy]

There building a FJ show building?

 

[Sideshow Mike]

There building a FJ show building?

I wonder how they will theme it.

 

[bdurden]

It's really great to see this project finally under construction. International Drive will be completely transformed when Merlin puts it's special touch on it. I don't think the renderings are doing this project any justice -- this is going to be an enormous investment in the I-Drive corridor and will span a ton of growth in the vicinity.

 

[Nick]

Reading that TPR review, the one thing that stuck out to me was a comment on it being 21+ after 6PM at Kings. Seems a bit early to change over to 21+ imo. Gotta wonder how long that'll last.