Bollywood Parks – an artist’s impression
underwater voyage on Submarine Voyage (by Mack), enjoy the Lost Kingdom Adventure interactive dark ride, go for a speedy ride over the water on Wave Racers (Zierer jetski), ride up and down on the Beetle Bounce (Zamerla Jumping Star) or check out the Pharaoh's Revenge play area or Secret Chamber of Amset-Ra. No day at Legoland is complete without visiting Miniland. In Dubai, this part of the park has been brought indoors, so guests can browse the Lego replicas of UAE and Middle East landmarks in air-conditioned comfort. They can also create their own skyline at Build A City, a 10-metre play table with white LEGO bricks. Opening on November 15, Legoland Dubai will be joined by the Legoland Dubai Water Park. This separately-gated park will feature 14 slides and attractions as alongside a wave pool and the Build-a- Raft River.
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lready up and running at Dubai Parks and Resorts, and set to link all three parks is the Riverland dining and entertainment district. Open to
everyone, with or without a park ticket, it offers more than 50 restaurants and shops spread across four themed areas (French Village, Boardwalk, India Gate and The Peninsula), coupled with street theatre, entertainment and boat rides.
et to open on November 15, Bollywood Parks Dubai is billed as the world’s first theme park dedicated to the magic of Indian movies. The 1.7
million sq ft park will recreate the Bollywood experience over five themed zones, Bollywood Boulevard, Mumbai Chowk, Rustic Ravine, Royal Plaza and Bollywood Film Studios featuring Hall of Heroes. Visitors will experience bold action, colourful story-telling and captivating dance sequences inspired by nine popular films and intellectual properties including Rock On!!, Don, Lagaan, Sholay, Dabangg, Mughal-e-Azam, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, RA One and Krrish. The park features live shows and performances across five stages, including a signature Broadway-style Bollywood themed musical in the Rajmahal Theatre. In Mumbai Chowk, guests can embark on a virtual chase through the streets of Dubai while trying to keep up with an elusive mafia boss in an immersive tunnel attraction by Holovis based around the hit Don film franchise. The spirit of rural India comes to life in a picturesque setting at Rustic Ravine, where attractions include a Ferris Wheel, Carousel, Lagaan Thrill of Victory motion based simulator and the 3D/4D interactive dark ride Sholay, The Hunt for Gabbar Singh, featuring interactive technology by Triotech. Rustic Ravine will also host a stunt show based around the blockbuster Bollywood film franchise Dabangg. Show production and equipment on this was provided by The Producers Group. “Expect action, some weird funny dancing steps and humour,“ says Salman Khan, who played Pandey in the Dabangg movies and his filmed some special sequences just for Bollywood Parks Dubai. The park will also
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Motiongate’s Studio Central area
offer six themed restaurants that capture India’s mouth- watering culinary offerings and eight retail outlets. The park's general manager is Thomas Jellum, previously
with Bonbonland in Denmark, part of the portfolio of Parques Reunidos, which is operating both Bollywood Parks Dubai and its sister Hollywood movie park – Motiongate (see below) – on behalf of DXB.
of the Marriott Autograph Collection) and Motiongate Dubai movie park. Showcasing popular Hollywood IPs from DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures and Lionsgate, Motiongate promises 27 rides and attractions including five rollercoasters and 15 live entertainment experiences ranging from character meet and greets to high energy stage shows. Overseeing the operation as general manager will be former Universal and Resorts World Sentosa (Singapore) executive John Hallenback. Motiongate guests will arrive via an iconic movie reel
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entrance, stepping straight into Studio Central. A further four themed zones await, including one dedicated to each of the IPs above and also Smurfs Village. Highlights include the 1,000 seat Hollywood Theatre, Ghostbusters interactive dark ride (from ETF and partners), Hotel Transylvania dark ride, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs boat ride, Panem Aerial Tour (flying theatre), How to Train Your Dragon powered inverted coaster/themed world and Hunger Games themed Capitol Bullet Train launch coaster (both by Mack), Green Hornet themed Wild Mouse/Bobsled Coaster (by Gerstlauer), Madagascar: Mad Pursuit – the park's fastest coaster (also by Gerstlauer) – plus two Zombieland tower rides (by S&S), a Step Up DubaI! Hip hop show and additional attractions dedicated to Shrek, The Smurfs and Kung Fu Panda.
Located on Sheikh Zayed Road opposite the Palm Jebel Ali, Dubai Parks and Resorts is equidistant to Dubai and Abu Dhabi International Airports. By the time all three parks are open by the end of the year, visitors at this multi-day destination will be able to avail themselves of over 100 rides and attractions. Expected to open in late 2019, Six Flags Dubai will be destination’s fourth theme park and the region’s first Six Flags theme park.
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he final pieces of the jigsaw at Dubai Parks and Resorts phase I will be the opening on December 15 of the Polynesian themed family Lapita Hotel (part
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time all three parks are open at the end of the year, visitors at this multi-day destination will be able to avail
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