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John Hallenbeck, General Manager doing an action-packed interview with Gulf News Tabloid, talking about the DreamWorks zone featuring Kung Fu Panda, Shrek, How To Train Your Dragon and Madagascar. #MOTIONGATEDubai #AndAction

Some marketing shots of the site







Source: https://www.facebook.com/motiongateDubai

This is also what should have been called Dubailand from the start.

Updated Google maps image with water in Riverland



Source: Google Maps

Some more photos.









Source: http://www.themeparkinsider.com/reviews/photo.cfm?id=8105&park=1

More motiongate Dubai pictures:









https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1283751964982630&set=o.638209332999689&type=3&theater

New roads leading into the parks are now complete and will be ready for traffic on the 31st October.

The interchange and a network of roads, built at a cost of Dh250 million, will provide entry and exit to and from Shaikh Zayed Road from the direction of Abu Dhabi as well as Dubai. It also offers a direct 7-kilometre-long link between Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road and Shaikh Zayed Road running within the theme park, with two lanes in each direction. Other internal roads run up to 9 kilometres.

Source: http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/transport/dubai-parks-interchange-ready-1.1908986

Legoland: October 31.
Bollywood & Lego Water Park: November 15
Motiongate: December 16

Even these new deadlines will be tough to keep.

Agreed! It's best to wait.

Surprise, surprise!

Dubai: Changes to the opening of Dubai Parks & Resorts in Jebel Ali were announced on Thursday with delays to Bollywood Parks, Legoland Water Park and Motiongate.

Legoland Dubai and the entertaining and dining district Riverland Dubai will open on the previously announced date of October 31. However, Bollywood Parks and Legoland Water Park will now open on November 15, while Motiongate opening has been pushed to December 16, a statement said on Thursday.

Source:
http://gulfnews.com/business/sectors/tourism/dubai-parks-resorts-announces-delays-phased-opening-1.1904325

This is an Emirati cultural thing that they are never realistic on numbers or dates because they are under tremendous pressure from the Prime Minister's office to meet 'fantasyland' KPIs (key performance indicators) and supply never-ending sunny reports and paperwork of progress and positive news.