Come for the racing, leave with an empty wallet and a world of frustration. TOURISTS BEWARE!!!
There is so much wrong with this place it’s hard to believe it’s an actual business.
You are welcomed to Andretti’s with a 45 minute wait (mid-day or a Saturday) just to buy your “experience” and to register. Everything could easily be done online, but they need to do this so they manage the crowds.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE VIP EXPERIENCE OR THE MEMBERSHIP! You will never be back.
We bought the VIP and I can tell you the VR car racing simulator, while uneventful, was 100x better than the actual cart racing. Once you buy the experience, you are put onto a waiting list for 2 hours. So they now have your money and you are held hostage until your race-time.
We were not able to even use half of the VIP experience rides because of the insane waits. An an example, we waited 1 hour and 45 minutes for the VR shooter, and left with $51 in game credits because the time-management program was broken and constantly reset. It was awful.
Next was the Laser Tag - three of us in the group - our laser guns and vests didn’t work. At the beginning of the game, after the game had started, we had to go back to the workers and have them change out our equipment. We lost 3-4 minutes doing this. The staff’s answer to our equipment failure? - add time to the entire game for EVERYONE. ??????? All of us were barely on the score board and we barely got to play as a family.
We are locals in Orlando and have been to K-1 Speed - cart racing a number of times. This is the MAJOR reason we will never be back. My son is 12 and we bought the Intermediate package. It was a laughable experience. The smallest bump on the track between cars guaranteed the Course Marshall shut down ALL drivers to a walking pace. We literally spent the entire time driving less than 5 MPH. REALLY? You wait to 2 hours to sit in a car that barely crests walking speeds? There response was to “let us ride again”. We did, and the second ride was no better.
I was also signed up for the “Adult Ride” an hour later. Again, the cars were slowed to a snails pace. Why is this place called Andretti’s? It’s not a racing experience, it’s a arcade for lemmings wanting to earn tickets for useless, mass-produced crap. Avoid this money grabbing hole at all costs. Spend your hard-earned money at K-1 Speed - at 5228 Vanguard Street, Orlando. This is a place where you actually spend time racing.
If you thought it couldn’t get worse, you were wrong. ALL of the video games and ticket challenges were set to the highest difficulty. Space Invaders - 30 seconds at most, Big Buck Hunting - guns calibrated intentionally wrong so you lost on the first challenge. WE BURNED THROUGH $100 in less than an hour. It is pure theft.
Anyway, it’s all intentional. Well designed, thoughtful people management, with distractions intended to keep you captive while they steal your cash. Dave and Busters is literally 5 minutes away from this place. At least their video games are set to reasonable levels to all a modicum of enjoyment. Again - THIS IS NOT A RACING EXPERIENCE.