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ADVENTURE WORLD WARSAW
Work begins on Poland’s first destination theme park this spring with an opening date of October 2014. Sebastian Barbasiewicz describes the project to Kathleen Whyman
What is Adventure World Warsaw? Adventure World Warsaw is the first invest- ment of its kind in Poland – a destination theme park offering 25 attractions, two hotels with a joint total of 800 rooms, the country’s largest aquapark, plus an entertainment area with cinemas, restaurants, shops and clubs. Work begins on the park in
July 2012 with an opening date of 15th October 2014. The park will be able to accommodate 20,000 people at a time and has a theme of myths and leg- ends. We’re anticipating receiving three million visitors a year.
Sebastian Barbasiewicz, vice president and mem- ber of the Management Board, Las Palm LLC
ABOUT THE DESIGN
JoraVision’s director of development and design, Marjolein van de Stolpe, describes Adventure World Warsaw
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he design for Adventure World Warsaw was inspired by Poland itself, which is a great country that’s waiting for a beautiful theme park. With more than 38 million people living in Poland and no real theme parks, there’s a genuine desire for one. As a design company we firmly believe that all design starts with a great story. AWW is based on myths and legends from all over the world, which will truly immerse guests. Service is a very important element of Polish culture. Their service level is higher than that in most western European coun- tries, which we’ve taken into account in all our food and beverage designs. The client has requested high-end qual- ity and experiences. The park will feature some familiar rides, such as a great wave
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up to run the project, the amusement park will comprise five themed islands centered around Adventure Harbour. Their work- ing names, at the design stage, are: Lost Kingdom; Creature Lagoon; Castle Island, Land of Legends; and the Polski Plaza. A variety of attractions will be available
on each island, including super coasters, waterslides, wave pools, interactive foun- tains, boat cruises and carousels. The year-round part of the park will include indoor playgrounds for children, interactive shows and animations and a huge aquapark. The entire park will be set against a scene of fairytales and legends.
Where did the inspiration come from? It was Las Palm’s president Peter Jan Mulder’s dream to create the first real amusement park in Poland. He came up with the idea more than 15 years ago.
We asked JoraVision to create a project
that will combine international amusement trends with the Polish culture. They took a close look at Polish myths and legends and entwined them with well known fairy tales
Joravision created the masterplan for Adventure World Warsaw plus all of the park’s design and theming
swinger, as we believe rides like these are the basis of a park, but we’re also work- ing on some innovative dark rides and coasters with many special features, so that the park has a premium offer. Our main challenge is that Poland isn’t fully familiar with the theme park busi- ness yet. And of course time is always a
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challenge. When a large number of com- panies are involved, there’s a need for quick information, but the design process always requires thought and time, so it’d be great to have more hours in a day. We’re also working on the park’s them- ing, which we’ll continue to do over the next 12 months.”
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