Theme Parks DreamVision announces $7bn theme park plans
Plans have been officially unveiled for two $3.5bn (£2.3bn, €3.1bn) theme parks in Fort Worth, Texas, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to be opened by multimedia entertainment company DreamVision. The parks, tentatively titled DreamVision
Mountain, Dreamscape, Texas and DreamVision Soundscape are being developed simultaneously with openings scheduled for 2020 and 2019 respectively. In Texas, the year-round winter
wonderland will be anchored around a “mountain” and will include shops, restaurants, a transportation centre, a performing arts centre, an entertainment version of New York City known as Dreamscape Metropolis, a similar Hollywood version known as Dreamscape Tinseltown, Nadia’s Storybook Land and a Wild West experience. The park will feature one of the largest indoor snow experiences in the world, offering guests winter sports including skiing, snowboarding and bobsledding. As with the Texas park, DreamVision
Soundscape will be anchored by a central mountain with surrounding music-themed neighbourhoods showcasing country, pop,
Bryan Robinson, Ron Logan and Rick Silanskas (left to right) are behind the ambitious project
gospel and jazz, among other genres. Announced rides include the Soundscape Singing River, a rollercoaster, drop ride Slide Guitar and Oceanica – a domed water playground. There’ll be performance venues, golf courses, hotels and retail outlets.
Both multi-billion dollar theme parks will be developed by DreamVision CEO Rick Silanskas, developed in partnership with Bryan Robinson, CEO of Provident Global Capital. Details:
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Indonesia soon to unveil eco-theme park
Work is progressing on what’s being billed as “the world’s largest eco-theme park” – a $240m (£158.5m, €202.2m) development on Indonesia’s Riau Islands. Set to open in late
The hotel will be staffed by humanoid robots
Robots to run hotel at Japanese theme park
Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki, Japan, is soon to open a new hotel staffed almost entirely by robots. The 72-bedroom Henn-na Hotel is
scheduled to open on 17 July. In line with the hotel’s name (which translates to “change”), the hotel will “evolve with cutting-edge technology,” according to a spokesperson for Huis Ten Bosch. The robot staff will be responsible for
the porter service, room cleaning, front desk management and other services at the futuristic hotel, which will also include face-recognition technology. Details:
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2015, eight key “eco- zones” are currently under construction in the 300-hectare (741-acre) development, including a multi-sensory rainforest. There will also be land and river-based safaris, snorkel and scuba zones, an interactive dolphin habitat and an aquarium where guests will be able to swim with whale sharks. Initially masterplanned
by Singapore’s Wow Design Studio – it’s not currently clear if the studio will work on this project going forward – the eco-resort, dubbed Funtasy Island, will be home to private villas, a
Love Island is a proposed venue for weddings on Funtasy Island
hotel and spa, 1,200 holiday villas and apartments, adventure and watersports, shopping, restaurants and live entertainment. According to developer
Seven Seas Funtasy Development, roughly 70 per cent of the islands will
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remain in their natural state. Eco-themed activities will include aquaculture tours, as well as nature trails allowing visitors to explore the unspoiled environment just 16km (9 miles) off the coast of Singapore. Details:
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