Dubai Parks and Resorts expansion
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A construction update featuring Po from Kung Fu Panda:



Source:
http://www.dubaiparksandresorts.com/about-us/po-of-kung-fu-panda-fame-makes-a-special-visit-to-motiongatetm-dubai-at-dubai-parks-and-resorts/

Details on the stunt show coming to Bollywood Parks, Dubai.

“Bringing the elaborate Dabangg movie stunts to a live show is a challenge requiring precise choreography of live actors with high-end gear, special effects and complex technical integration,” said Dubai Parks & Resorts Chief Technology Officer Matthew Priddy.

Dubai Parks and Resorts, the region’s largest integrated theme park destination opening in October this year, has selected The Producers Group (TPG), international attraction production specialists, to provide show production and equipment for a live stunt show based on the Bollywood hit action film Dabangg,

Source: http://www.inparkmagazine.com/the-producers-group-brings-explosive-bollywood-action-to-dubai-parks-and-resorts/

True. Very dubious.

Dubai Parks & Resorts is pressing ahead with a second phase of its vast Florida-style theme park complex in Dubai.

The Dubai listed operator has approved plans for a share issue to fund a Six Flags theme park next to the three parks it plans to open near the Sheikh Zayed Road on the outskirts of the city.

In a bourse filing yesterday DP&R, the theme park company which was spun off from Meraas, the private property company owned by the Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid in 2014, said that its board of directors had approved plans to increase the company’s share capital to fund the project.

DP&R declined to say how much cash it hoped to raise through the share placement or how much the new theme park would cost to build.

Looks like the Six Flags Dubai theme park is now going ahead in Dubai Parks & Resorts.
Source: http://www.thenational.ae/business/travel-tourism/dubai-parks--resorts-presses-ahead-with-six-flags-theme-park

Full list of rides for Motiongate released today. The list is pretty long so visit the link below to see the whole list.

Want to go for a ride? How about 27 of them?
This October, motiongate Dubai, a 1.9 million square foot theme park (that’s the size of 24 football pitches, for those wondering), is opening its doors to the public. And we got the virtual tour.

21 of the attractions will be indoors, 12 of them at the DreamWorks building, which stands at 450,000 square feet.

Source: http://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/features/full-list-of-rides-at-uae-s-dh1-5-billion-park-1.1695318

Attractions now revealed to be part of the Dubai LEGOLAND Waterpark:
LEGO Wave Pool
Build-A-Raft-River
DUPLO Splash Safari
Joker Soaker
Twin Chasers
Splash Out
Red Rush
Splash-N-Swirl
Twist-N-Spin
Wave Rider
Tidal Tubes
Build-A-Boat
Master Jugglers
Junior Joker
Jokester Run

Source: http://travellerczech.com/2016/03/15/dubai-parks-and-resorts-lego-waterpark-attractions-revealed/

Nice to see an operator trying to grow the local talent pool.

Dubai Parks and Resorts is on target to hire more than 1,000 UAE nationals by October 2016 after completing the hiring process for its Helmi programme and identifying nearly 200 candidates for its Forsati training scheme

Dubai Parks and Resorts has hired 10 candidates for Helmi’s USA programme and identified 40 for Helmi in Dubai, offering a scholarship programme to study Theme Park Management at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, USA

Source: http://banquetroom.in/dubai-parks-shortlists-over-200-uae-nationals-for-jobs-emirates-24_7?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

DXB Parks & Resorts pics taken 2 weeks ago:

A lot of the scaffolding around the roof is now down and looks like more work taking place inside.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BCxW3_NNZv2/

Originally Posted by abdullaalbani

Don't you think that it is difficult to finish all the work until October? Looking at the pictures.

And that is the biggest question there is about this project right now.

In my experience it always looks worse than it actually is and most big projects this close to delivery meet their deadlines as they lose most money by not being open rather than spending the extra money to get additional contractors in. But only time will tell at the moment.