Fun Spot America

Fun Spot America Theme Parks

Location	Orlando, Florida Kissimmee, Florida United States
Coordinates	Orlando 28°27′55″N 81°27′21″W / 28.4653543°N 81.4556994°W / 28.4653543; -81.4556994Coordinates: 28°27′55″N 81°27′21″W / 28.4653543°N 81.4556994°W / 28.4653543; -81.4556994 Celebration28°19′49″N 81°30′53″W / 28.3302485°N 81.5146852°W / 28.3302485; -81.5146852
Theme	Americana
Opened	1979 (1979) (first park - now closed) December 24, 1997 (1997-12-24) (Orlando) 2007 (2007) (Kissimmee)
Previous names	Fun N Wheels Fun Spot Action Park (Orlando) Fun Spot USA (Kissimmee)
Operating season	Year round
Visitors per annum	500,000 est 2013 (Orlando) 700,000 est 2013 (Kissimmee)
Area	14 acres (5.7 ha) (Orlando) 9 acres (3.6 ha) (Kissimmee)
Rides
Total	27 (Orlando) 22 (Kissimmee)
Roller coasters	3 (Orlando) 3 (Kissimmee)
Website	fun-spot.com
Status	Operating

Fun Spot America Theme Parks is a group of amusement parks located in Orlando, Florida, and Kissimmee, Florida. Since 1979, the group has owned and operated a number of small amusement parks over the years and currently has two locations, Fun Spot America - Orlando and Fun Spot America - Kissimmee.

Fun Spot America Theme Parks began in 1979 under the name Fun N Wheels near the I-Drive tourist corridor in Orlando, Florida. This 3 acre park near Wet 'n Wild Orlando, with no frontage on the main roads, had an arcade, three go-kart tracks, a miniature golf course, bumper cars and boats, Raging Riptide (a 40 foot high water slide) and a 55-foot Ferris wheel. This park became the world’s first themed action park with premering new types of rides such as the riptide slide manufactured by New Wave Rides. In 1988 a second Fun N Wheels location was opened in Kissimmee next to the regional mall. Both locations were sold in 1988 to Pleasurama USA, who also owned Hard Rock Café at the time, with the expectation of expanding the concept to malls region wide. This however did not occur.

In 1990 Fun Spot Amusement Park was opened in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Two years later a second park was opened in Virginia Beach, Virginia. These parks were operated until 1998.

Fun Spot moved back to Orlando in 1997 and opened Fun Spot Action Park (now Fun Spot America - Orlando) near the original Fun N Wheels location on the I-Drive. The $4 million, 4.7 acre park opened on December 24 featuring their now signature patented design multi-level go-kart tracks, going up three levels. The park also included a 102-foot-high Ferris wheel and a two-story video arcade among other attractions.

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