DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE: WATER PARKS
AMAZONE WATERPARK Bang Saray, Thailand
■ OPENING 2013
The Cartoon Network AMAZONE waterpark is being built in Bang Saray on the East Coast of Thailand. Scheduled to open in 2013, Cartoon Network AMAZONE will incorporate rides themed according to popular animated series and toon heroes. Attractions will include a large fam- ily wave pool, a winding adventure river, speed-racing slides, family raft slides and one of the world’s largest interactive water play fortresses for kids. All the water rides will be themed by Turkish supplier Polin. Cartoon Network AMAZONE is being de- veloped in conjunction with Amazon Falls Company. Phase one is already under- way and when completed it will cover around 14 acres (5.7 hectares).
AMAZONE will showcase television heroes
www.cartoonnetworkasia.com
MARINE ADVENTURE PARK Desaru, Malaysia
■ OPENING LATE 2014
Themed Attractions Malaysia (TAM) – the leisure and tourism arm of the state- owned Kazanah Nasional – is investing RM267m (£54m, 68m, US$85m) in the construction and operation of two theme parks in Desaru, Johor. One of the attractions will be a marine park with an aquarium, called Ocean
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Quest, while the other will be a traditional water park called Ocean Splash. Both parks are scheduled to open in 2014. TAM is also spearheading the expansion of the KidZania portfolio and is preparing the opening of the Puteri Harbour Enter- tainment complex in Nusajaya. The indoor facility is one of the five flagship zones at Puteri and will comprise The Little Big Club, designed around HIT Entertainment’s popular character Hello Kitty Town, the first Hello Kitty attraction in Southern Asia, and a themed family restaurant.
www.tar.com.my www.attractionshandbook.com
Yas Waterworld Abu Dhabi, located adjacent to Ferrari World, has entered its final phases of development and is set to open in late 2012. It will feature 43 rides, slides and attractions based on the adventures of the waterpark’s main character, Dana – a young Emirati girl. A 45m (148ft)-high Jebel Dana will be the centrepiece of the 37-acre (15-hect- are) waterpark, which will also offer restaurants and interactive games. The waterpark was developed by Aldar Properties and will be operated by Farah Leisure Parks Management.
www.yasisland.ae
More than 40 rides will be built at Yas
YAS WATERWORLD ABU DHABI
Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
■ OPENING FOURTH QUARTER 2012
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