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Saray Salincagi (Zierer Wave Swinger). The tower in the middle is a local mosque, not theming!
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Küçük Madenciler
Safari Tüneli
Minik Kasifler
Minik Kasifler (Small World)
$20/30 tickets, this place would be trashed.” An ExpressPass, coming soon, will offer priority access to five top attractions. But wait a minute. The last venue to market itself as “Turkey’s first theme park” survived less than 12 months. A mix of indoor/outdoor family entertainment centre, Landora debuted as part of the ORA outlet mall towards the end of 2011, then closed last summer. So what makes Vialand different? “They [ORA/Landora] didn’t fill up this shopping centre, the location was wrong – you could see it but not reach it easily from the highway – and I hear they didn’t have a great sales and marketing team,” says Tuna. “They were just spending and spending with no return. Here the difference is that [Gürsoy Grup & Via Properties] are so strong. They own the building company and all the support companies, they own the marketing; the mall is nearly full and bringing in money already. There is no danger in this company.” A themed hotel will open, sandwiched between the park and the shopping mall, in 2014, and a “longest or tallest” rollercoaster is planned within the next two to three years. What about a second gate? “Maybe we could do another park,” says Tuna, “a waterpark or a zoo maybe, but first we would need to do some serious ground work.” Whether it’s here or elsewhere in the city, there is talk of more theme parks in Istanbul. Tuna saw first hand during his time in Australia how hot spots such as the Gold Coast can create a fertile breeding ground for theme parks, which can all feed off each other, much as in Orlando. Perhaps Europe’s largest city, and one which is famous for bridging two continents, could one day provide a similar function. But remember, it all started with a seagull named Gaga.
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This picture shows the ease of access to the shopping mall
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Zierer Jet Ski An SBF kiddie ride in the Fun Zone
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