Dubai Parks and Resorts expansion
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What is this?
A tram tour attraction?

Ghaith Water Treat are providing construction for the lagoon in the resort and posted these photos in mid April. That looks pretty far off being done? Does anyone know if that is still the state of the area?





Source: https://twitter.com/ghaith_water/status/720642518753406977?lang=en-gb

Motiongate:


Legoland:


Bollywood:

The Six Flags Dubai website:
https://content.sixflags.com/dubai/

...with a soundtrack modelled strongly on Hans Zimmer's Inception. Six Flags is not a creative brand.

The Six Flags Dubai website:
https://content.sixflags.com/dubai/

Looks like Dubai Parks and Resorts is getting a tram/monorail system:

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160503005772/en/Thrill-Park-Coming-Dubai-Parks-Resorts

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX), the world’s largest regional theme park company, today released initial plans for Six Flags Dubai, which is scheduled to open in late 2019 in the second phase of the Dubai Parks and Resorts development initiative. Six Flags Dubai will feature record-breaking roller coasters, spectacular shows and interactive attractions synonymous with the Six Flags brand worldwide. Six Flags currently operates 18 parks across North America offering more than 830 rides, over 135 roller coasters, and dozens of shows that appeal to thrill-seekers of all ages including adults, teens, and families with children.

Six Flags Announces Preliminary Plans for Thrill Park in Dubai.
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“Through this collaborative partnership with Dubai Parks and Resorts, we are excited to bring innovation, entertainment and unmatched thrills to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),” said John Odum President of Six Flags International Development Co. “As the largest regional theme park company in the world, we are dedicated to showcasing Six Flags Dubai as a world-class, one-of-a-kind theme park.”

Guests will enter and exit the park through an impressive, state-of-the-art promenade. The fully air-conditioned area will offer a VIP mezzanine, space for private and catered events, along with an assortment of retail and food locations including a signature bakery and deli. Guests will have access to three attractions from inside the plaza and the park’s signature roller coaster will encircle the entire promenade.

Six Flags Dubai will be the first dedicated thrill park in the GCC. The intricately-themed park, designed in partnership with FORREC, will feature 27 rides and attractions, including best-in-class roller coasters, soaring tower rides, thrilling water slides, out-of-this-world virtual reality experiences, and a next generation 4-D interactive dark ride. When the sun sets, the park will come alive with spectacular lights dancing in the nighttime sky.

Six Flags Dubai is scheduled to open in 2019 near the Lapita™ Hotel and Riverland™ Dubai.

Six Flags Dubai rendering:

Everything looks to be coming out well!