Dubai Parks and Resorts expansion
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I wonder what's happening with the Bombay express? When I was there over Christmas they were conducting test runs with one of the engineers stating they hoped late Jan/early Feb opening. I believe it still hasn't opened even though its built for almost an year.

Any thoughts or info anyone?

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I totally agree, the location might be perfect for the future.

I still see that the parks need to be enhanced, there's a lack of good shows, and still the rides don't meet Universal or Six Flags and Europa Park standard-- less thrilling, less high rides, and needs more vibes and life inside the parks.

I hope Bollywood Parks merges with Motiongate as one park and change the area to Arabian theme with known Hollywood Arab characters like Sindbad and Ala Alden and other famous cartoons and films from Hollywood.

Or adding Universal Studios as part of the park will create huge difference in number of visitors.

Also Legoland, compared to the one in Denmark, still needs progress and expansion.

Maybe my vision is too high but it must be like that to be successful. Residents of the UAE have been to Disney and Universal and all major theme parks in the world. Dubai must provide to UAE residents and tourists the same experience or even better.

I still see hope for DPR and I love the place so much. Excited for the new expansion. Let's see, inshallah.

Originally Posted by Guest

Unfortunately they never get the numbers up through. Problem is it's 30km from JBR and rest of the beaches. If they had built up at Al Ain Road or as planned at Dubailand there'd be good attendance. Again, vanity and we know better attitude prevails. Thus we have a park which loses millions every year. Same as IMG Worlds of Adventure. Also bad location as it was supposed to be part of something bigger.

Plenty of reasons for building it here:

- Halfway from Dubai/Abu Dhabi
- Close to Expo 2020 which will become a major urban center
- Close to Palm Jebel Ali which will be bigger than Palm Jumeirah when complete and a new major tourism hub
- On Sheikh Zayed Road
- Close to future International Airport which will replace the current one as the Emirates Hub
- On the (future) metro line

Agree that this is all long term, risky, and forward thinking… but this is the way Dubai builds. By building it here, they also could allocate a large enough parcel of land to grow exponentially.

By the way, IMG Worlds is in the center of Dubailand and it is empty as well. But Global Village located next door thrives.

Business model, global awareness, and local habits are more causes for low attendance, than location. The planned metro station could really help as well, like it does for Expo 2020 which is packed even if the location is remote as well.

Unfortunately they never get the numbers up through. Problem is it's 30km from JBR and rest of the beaches. If they had built up at Al Ain Road or as planned at Dubailand there'd be good attendance. Again, vanity and we know better attitude prevails. Thus we have a park which loses millions every year. Same as IMG Worlds of Adventure. Also bad location as it was supposed to be part of something bigger.

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