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King Dragon Great Mall of China salutes mythical creature
Dragons rule in China. For thousands of years, in fact, the Chinese people have considered dragons to be a potent and auspicious symbol of power and fortune. In historic times, the Chinese worshipped dragons as the rulers of moving bodies of water, from waterfalls to rivers and seas. With such a fitting backstory, it's no surprise that the owners of a new indoor waterpark in Beijing have chosen a dragon as the theme of a major waterslide attraction. The waterpark, which opens in October of next year at the Great Mall of China (GMOC) will include a variety of slides and cover
Great Mall of China
23,000 square metres (75,459 sq ft) and reach a height of 30m (98ft).
A major attraction of the two-level waterpark (the second level will be glass covered facing the mall) will be a King Cobra waterslide from Polin Waterparks & Pool Systems – complete with a special theme. "By theming the slide as a dragon, it ties in perfectly with a powerful symbol recognisable to all Chinese guests who visit the park," explains Polin’s Sohret Pakis.
In addition to ‘King Dragon’, Polin is installing three other rides with special theming: the Space Shuttle waterslide, the Navigatour watercoaster and a triple Blackhole tube slide. Located in Yanjiao, East Beijing, the Great Mall of China will also include two theme parks, an aquarium, theatre, two hotels, a convention hall, offices and apartments.
King Cobra
P&P goes Dutch down under!
The Dutch design firm P&P Projects completed five new projects on three different continents before Easter – including its first ever work in Australia. Following various commissions over the years for Merlin Entertainments’ ‘Midway’ attractions, P&P won the contract for the scenic and interactive fit out of the new Madame Tussauds Sydney. Simultaneously it worked on the transformation of Madame Tussauds Amsterdam, which the company originally worked on before it was taken over by Merlin.
“Sydney was a very exciting project for us,” say P&P owner Philipp van Stratum. “Everything was prefabricated in Holland and shipped to Australia where it was installed by our team of experts. Specifically challenging where the strict import conditions on materials. The project was delivered a month before schedule and it was great at the opening to meet various celebrities whose wax figures are on display.”
Back in the Netherlands, P&P has been very busy on design and build work
at Walibi World as part of ongoing rebranding across the Walibi group. The company has given a facelift to the park’s ‘Main Street’ area, adding new facades to the buildings and installing a hall of fame where guests can meet the Walibi characters. The Dutch park’s latest attraction is a 5D theatre from Paul Wiegand, for which P&P designed the accompanying building. It will also design and build a new performance stage and carry our further aesthetic improvements to Speed of Sound launch coaster. Other work for P&P in recent months included Legoland Discovery Centers in Atlanta, Kansas and Chicago, the Dutch Natural History Museum and a major theme park in Paris (you know the one!) – but more on those at a later date.
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The new look ‘Main Street’ at Walibi World in the Netherlands
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JUNE 2012
Madame Tussauds Sydney
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