Following the unveiling of a scale model of Dubai Parks and Resorts earlier this month at Dubai’s Arabian Travel Market, the company has announced further details on what visitors can expect when the development opens in October 2016.
“We are very pleased with our progress so far, with over 40 per cent of the project’s ride engineering and manufacturing completed at the end of the first quarter and ride components beginning to arrive,” says Raed Al Nuaimi, CEO of Dubai Parks and Resorts. “Following a rigorous bidding process, we have appointed a stellar team of the world’s leading players in the entertainment rides industry.
“We look forward to offering our visitors an exciting variety of more than 100 unforgettable attractions and experiences. As the largest entertainment destination in the region, Dubai Parks and Resorts will support the UAE’s tourism vision and serve as a key step towards reaching the country’s visitor targets.”
Apart from Legoland Dubai, Bollywood Parks Dubai, Motiongate Dubai and Legoland Water Park, as well as a retail, dining and entertainment walkway Riverland Dubai, the development will feature Lapita, a Polynesian-themed resort catering to families. Dubai Parks and Resorts is projected to attract 6.7 million visits during its first full year of operations alone.
Dubai Parks and Resorts made waves with an announcement to partner with UK-based Merlin Entertainments, Europe’s largest visitor attraction operator, to build Legoland Water Park. Aimed at children ages two to twelve, the new Legoland Water Park will feature some of Legoland’s most popular water attractions including a half-million gallon wave pool; the very popular Build-A-Raft River where guests can design and build their own customised raft; along with the interactive Imagination Station, which lets children construct bridges, dams and cities and test their designs against the flow of water.
Legoland Dubai, the first Legoland Park in the Middle East, will cover a total of three million square feet made from more than 60 million Lego bricks. This includes more than 40 interactive rides, shows and attractions set in six themed lands – Lego City, Adventure, Lego Kingdom, Lego Create, Lego Factory, and Miniland, which is always unique to every individual location and showcases some of the most iconic buildings and landmarks from Dubai and the Middle East – replicated to scale in Lego bricks.
Dubai Parks and Resorts is set to be the region’s largest multi-themed leisure and entertainment destination when it opens in October 2016.
Dnata has been chosen as the preferred travel partner for Dubai Parks and Resorts. The memorandum of understanding allows Dubai Parks and Resorts access to dnata’s extensive travel portfolio to support them in the sale and distribution of tickets and bespoke visitor packages.