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The Qiddiya Water Theme Park is progressing well and has achieved an overall completion rate of 51%. Almost all rides have been delivered on site with several of them having already been installed within the park.
Source: https://qiddiya.com/the-play-makers/
Site visit with Camel Rock in the background:
Sources: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hassan-elwakeel-4699898a_tdp-pss8370-activity-7131308399153012736-5fv0/ and https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ahmed-shabaan-692922b4_qiddaya-132138-kv-ss-8370-activity-7130999605827129344-RZJ1/
New concept art of the 'Herding Grounds' area:
Sources: https://www.alecfitout.ae/project-categories/themed-leisure-entertainment and https://www.alecfitout.ae/projects/qiddiya-water-theme-park
Apparently this is actually the waterpark hotel's design:
Sources: https://uccholding.com/en/assets/pdf/profile.pdf and https://uccholding.com/Projects/Details?id=199
The renderings below are by Omto Architects so this could be the actual design of the hotel:Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya Investment Company has awarded the joint venture of local contractor Albawani and Qatar-based Urbacon Trading & Contracting Company to deliver its Water Park Hotel at Qiddiya’s resort core.
The project, which is due for completion in January 2026, involves the construction of a five-star hotel with 550 rooms across 12 floors.
Qatari Ammico Contracting Company undertook the foundation works.
Dubai-based DSA Architects International and the UK’s Omto Architects are the project consultants.
Source: https://www.meed.com/joint-venture-wins-qiddiya-water-park-hotel