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“DreamWorks zone will house 12 engaging attractions and new-generation rides, as well as character-themed dining and retail outlets based on popular animated feature films such as How to Train your Dragon, Shrek, Madagascar, and Kung Fu Panda. All under one roof, the zone would be large enough to fit the equivalent of eight football fields.”

Sources:
http://www.linkedin.com/company/4794836
http://dubaiparksandresorts.com/investor-relations/press-release-20150115/

Press release and Who's Who:

The senior management team of Dubai Parks and Resorts is comprised of industry stalwarts and individuals with relevant and significant local experience. Under the strategic guidance of CEO Raed Al Nuaimi, the team is poised to bring the vision of Dubai Parks & Resorts to reality.

The seven member Dubai Parks & Resorts senior management team consists of:
Paul La France, Chief Projects Officer, who has 37 years of experience in entertainment and hospitality development and has contributed to high-profile greenfield projects, for companies such as Walt Disney and Universal Studios, along with expansions and capital improvements to existing theme parks across the globe.

Matthew Priddy, Chief Technical Officer, with more than 35 years of experience, with almost 20 of them at Walt Disney. His expertise includes the creative development of entertainment destination projects, with special focus on owners' representation, technical integration, design management and organizational leadership
Sandesh Pandhare, Chief financial and Investment Officer, has 23 years of experience in the private equity and investment industry. His expertise lies in deal brokering, business analysis, investment valuation, capital structuring, financing and asset monitoring. He has managed an impressive global portfolio across diverse industry verticals.

Stanford Pinto, Chief Parks Operating Officer, has over 20 years of professional experience. He is mandated to oversee the different theme park operators and ensure that the theme parks are performing optimally, and delivering memorable experiences

Vinit Shah, Chief Destination Management Officer, has over 15 years of experience in the leisure and hospitality industry. His proficiencies includes leading strategic planning mega projects, entertainment destination development and driving commercial decisions, he is mandated to promote the entire destination and enhance visitation by creating multi park and multi day packages for the visitors.

Aida Hamza, Senior Vice President of Business Support, has 27 years of experience in managing corporate affairs, human resource management, and supply chain management with major regional organizations.

Klaus Assmann, Vice President of Retail and Hospitality, has 27 years of experience with many well-known hospitality brands, including Jumeirah, Hyatt and Shangri-La Group. His expertise includes hotel development, preopening management, hotel operations, asset management and retail operations.

Source:
https://www.zawya.com/story/Dubai_Parks_and_Resorts_moves_closer_to_opening_of_landmark_project_with_the_completion_of_its_senior_management_team-ZAWYA20150219075028/

Wrong development. That Ferris wheel is going into the Blue Waters Island development.

They are planning a Ferris wheel:
http://gulfbusiness.com/2015/02/dubais-meraas-eyes-234m-loan-ferris-wheel-scheme-sources/

The mystery buildings not shown on the phase 1 plan are progressing well

Looks like a hotel to me.

Looks like the Dubai Parks & Resorts is looking forward to earn revenues worth Dhs 2.4B in the first year.
http://gulfbusiness.com/2015/02/dubai-parks-resorts-projects-revenues-worth-dhs2-4bn-first-year/

The mystery buildings not shown on the phase 1 plan are progressing well! Lots of tower cranes on site

I was driving by yesterday and a lot of activity happening behind the hoarding and many structures are going vertical.

Dubai Parks and Resorts, a Meraas Holding company developing a mega theme park project in Dubai, announced that it has started construction of DreamWorks’ zone within its Hollywood theme park Motiongate.

DreamWorks’ zone has been designed as an enclosed steel-based structure built on approximately 730,000 sq ft of land within the four million sq ft Motiongate Dubai. The park is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2016.

The company said that work has begun on the steel structure, which has a total capacity of approximately 53 cubic feet. The structure requires around 5,400 tonnes of steel that have been fabricated into approximately 77 main trusses.

Presently, two 600-tonne crawler cranes have been deployed to lift each truss and track into place, marking a milestone for the development of the park, the statement said.

Source:
http://gulfbusiness.com/2015/01/dubai-parks-resorts-begins-work-dreamworks-zone/

You can see that there will be a Smurf Village and a Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball attraction, I'm not sure about the rest.