Photo TR: Ferrari World, Wild Wadi, Aquaventure and more

Youtube · by **Ledgy** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:14 am

Finally I finished my preparations for this PhotoTR. Sorry that it´s so late, but on the other side we get filled the Off-Season

I made a Trip to Abu Dhabi and Dubai from Nov. 29th - Dec. 06th. I had some rest days off work and have to take these days in this time. At first I thought I will do a journey to the lovely british Lou, but she had already planed a trip to some of you american guys, so that no german has a chance

I had to find another beauty and thought, Ferraris, Pasta and oriental heat aren´t really comparable, but would fill the gap and there are other things I ever wanted to discover!

So I decided to visit Abu Dhabi and Dubai. When my mom did hear about that, she said - joking - I would like to join this Trip, but never believed that she will

I hadn´t been on a journey with her since I was a child and knew what a joy I would make her with this Trip, so I invited her to come with me. That´s a thing I ever planed to do, but put on hold for later in my life, but I won´t do the mistake again and miss the chance for that, like with my dad! I thought I will try to make this journey unforgetable for us and invited her to all activities we´ll do (Ferrari World, Wild Wadi, Aquaventure, Malls, Dubai Fountains and Burji Khalifa - and don´t think she wasn´t interested in that by herself).

Finally it was a great journey and we both had an unforgetable time, but that wasn´t the first cheap planed Trip for me

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EDIT:

Wild Wadi Update on page 3

Aquaventure Update on page 6

Helikopter Tour and extra Credit on Page 7

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We arrived on Monday Nov. 29th, so lets start:

: Yeah, we finally arrive at Abu Dhabi Airport; Viewed 9572 times

: Women and cars <3; Viewed 9572 times

: Hotel Region at Yas Island (the right one is the ParkInn); Viewed 9572 times

: Nice hotel...; Viewed 9572 times

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: I was too excited for sleeping, so I had to go for a walk, to have a look at the Ferrari World building I saw from the hotel. Sadly it was Monday and after 10pm:; Viewed 9572 times

: You walk completely next to the Yas Marina Racing Circuit and can see...; Viewed 9572 times

: the beautiful Yas Hotel which is next to and above the F1-Track.; Viewed 9572 times

: Can you see it at the end of the road...; Viewed 9572 times

There it is...

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: Ferrari World; Viewed 9572 times

: In reality it´s...; Viewed 9572 times

: ...more hughe and beautyful...; Viewed 9572 times

: ...than I expected!; Viewed 9572 times

: That´s the entrance region.; Viewed 9572 times

: Ahhh, Formula Rossa! I will ride you tomorrow, baby!; Viewed 9572 times

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: That was a surprise picture for Elissa, who knows that she and Robb would be there at the same time!?; Viewed 9572 times

: While I had a walk completely around the Park - it was a loooong walk in the night and without water :( - I had to take a picture of Fiorano GT, too.; Viewed 9572 times

At this evenig the park made tests with some video projections and made sound tests for a show they will present on the next day. I talked to a security staff member, while I watched parts of the show while I stand at an opened door at a side entrance and he told me that this show is a special one for tomorrow, but he didn´t told me what really will happen on the next day...

Tuesday Nov.30th.:
Whohoo, today I hopefully will ride Formula Rossa! Can´t wait for that. let´s have a walk to Ferrari World...

: View at the hotel.; Viewed 9572 times

: Yay, only 1km!; Viewed 9572 times

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: Look, they´re cleaning the roof... or do they something different!?; Viewed 9572 times

: At first let´s go around the park for some great shots of the park and the coasters...; Viewed 9572 times

: Hey, it´s already 12pm, where are the cars of Fiorano GT?; Viewed 9572 times

: Do they have problems with this ride?; Viewed 9572 times

: Oh, Formula Rossa...; Viewed 9572 times

: but again no train???; Viewed 9572 times

: Here are the Trims of the first hill and the building for the hydraulic cable winch of the launch section.; Viewed 9572 times

: rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...; Viewed 9572 times

: Let´s go to the entrance...; Viewed 9572 times

: Sign nerd ;); Viewed 9572 times

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Nooooo! At the entrance, the security staff told me, that today the Park is closed for the Grand Opening of Ferrari World in the evening!

I was very excited about this news, because they told me there will be a big party and a big firework show with the president of VAE, Ferrari CEOs, the Formula 1 Team of Ferrari and so on. Sadly I didn´t have any invitation

On the other side, it killed my plans to drive to Dubai on the next day.

Luckily I planed only to change my location on the next day and informed the hotel in Dubai, that I will arrive in the late evening, so I can visit Ferrari World again.

But at first, let us see what happened the rest of the day...

: After a relaxing rest of the day at the hotel ;); Viewed 9572 times

: I thought, I want to have a look at the Racing Circuit and the Yas Hotel and invite my mom to a restaurant...; Viewed 9572 times

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: That was our view out of the restaurant... sadly without any race ;), but after that I get surprised, cause...; Viewed 9572 times

: ...the meeting point for the Grand Opening Party of Ferrari World was the Yas Hotel. Every invited person get transported to the Ferrari World Park with a Ferrari! So where is my invitation, please ;-(; Viewed 9572 times

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: Nice A$$!; Viewed 9572 times

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And here is the fireworkshow of the Grand Opening Party:

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Day 3 (Wednesday Dec. 1st):
I finally get into the park...

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: Bridge to the Entrance with great formula 1 racing car sounds (feel the power); Viewed 9572 times

and listen to the sound...

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: This building is amazing; Viewed 9572 times

: and there are many cars as decoration; Viewed 9572 times

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: and Ferrari Signs ;); Viewed 9572 times

: GeForce was closed today, because of the Grand Opening Party and some installations overthere from yesterday.; Viewed 9572 times

: Where do you have to go directly, if you´re a firsttimer at Ferrari World???; Viewed 9572 times

: Yes, the first thing is a ride on Formula Rossa...; Viewed 9572 times

: If it´s possible ;-(; Viewed 9572 times

: Seems that they still have problems with the brakes and the watersystem...; Viewed 9572 times

: I get informed about that at the entrance and they weren´t sure when the ride will open today, so I want to have a look at it by myself between the other rides and they did many launch-tests later.; Viewed 9572 times

: There was a windtunnel model on the way back to an other attraction...; Viewed 9572 times

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: and for kids the Junior Training Camp; Viewed 9572 times

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: Bella Italia; Viewed 9572 times

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: In the background you already can see the tribune of the Grand Opening Show from the last day.; Viewed 9572 times

: Before I forget it, there were some "authentical" italian restaurants, too. (OK, it was good, but not really authentical. Never saw fried pizza pastry in italy, that´s more american pan pizza style???); Viewed 9572 times

: "Speed of Magic" the 4D Cinema show.; Viewed 9572 times

: That´s for you, Larry.; Viewed 9572 times

: Fiorano GT - the racing Challenge; Viewed 9572 times

: The cars are beautiful small Ferraris; Viewed 9572 times

: Each track has three of this launch sections during the complete track.; Viewed 9572 times

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Here is an offride video of Fiorano GT:

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: Sad but true, V12 was still closed on our visit. They should open it, I love Vallhalla at Pleasure beach so much and so do I if V12 is like it ;-); Viewed 9572 times

: Cinema Maranello; Viewed 9572 times

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: Do you need some souvenirs?; Viewed 9572 times

: Or italian coffee and some cookies or cakes?; Viewed 9572 times

: Next attraction "Driving with the Champions"; Viewed 9572 times

: "Galleria Ferrari"; Viewed 9572 times

: ??? Coming Soon...; Viewed 9572 times

: "Flying over Italy"; Viewed 9572 times

: "Ferrari - The Racing Legends"; Viewed 9572 times

: Back at Formula Rossa at 5pm. It´s opened now, yeah. Waiting time in normal line is around 45min - not that long. I got VIP (Fastpass) Tickets, cause I thought the Park were more filled, so I had a short waiting time between 5-10min an first row rides!!!; Viewed 9572 times

: Sexy Trains; Viewed 9572 times

: The Launch was amazing, it feels like a launch after the launch and you got a free face lifting! And really, you do need the goggles to keep your eyes open during the launch in the first row!; Viewed 9572 times

: This time I´m in the 3rd row on the right side ;-); Viewed 9572 times

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I had really great luck to ride Formula Rossa on that day, it breakes often, but they fixed it soon. In the evening I had my last ride including a roll back after the launch and they made a new start. That was exactly the ride, with my mum doing it the first time

At first she got a bit afraid, but after it works and we had the ride, she was very excited and loves the ride. Her comment was, that it wasn´t that hard for her, than Troy at Toverland :cool:

She loved the launch! Hey, and she´s 63!

While we leave the park, we could see, that the coaster wasn´t running anymore and it seems that they have problems again. After our holiday I heard, that it was closed for weeks, so it could be that I had the last lucky day to ride it in December

by **Hilltopper39** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:43 am

Wow, this place just looks more and more amazing after every trip report I read. Those were the first pictures of the place Ive seen taken at night and it looks beautiful at night, very very cool lighting. How is the Fiorano GT Challenge coaster compare to other coasters? I cant tell if it looks like a fun family coaster, or a dull boring ride with awesome looking trains. The concept of it is cool with the racing and crossovers and multiple launches but all the videos Ive seen it it just looks kinda boring. Anyone have a decent review of the ride or comparison for perspective on it?

Youtube · by **Ledgy** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:54 am

Ok, I reached the maximum limit for the photos, let´s go on with Ferrari World. Back to the main plot in the late afternoon, we were a little bit hungry and decided to use our VIP-Suite included in the VIP/Fastpass Tickets.

: It seems that they weren´t ready with the suite and have to improve,; Viewed 9541 times

: Because we could use the Presidential Suite, wohoo!; Viewed 9541 times

: You had a nice view into the park over there and...; Viewed 9541 times

: ...free drinks and food (snacks, but also handmade snacks) how often you want.

(Hey Divv, they have Doritos there, too ;-) ); Viewed 9541 times

: Let´s go to "Scuderia Challenge"; Viewed 9541 times

: There are a lot of Racing Simulators in a row.; Viewed 9541 times

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: And as a bonus for the VIP-Tickets you can drive in real Ferraris like this one without a charge; Viewed 9487 times

: I did choose this one...; Viewed 9541 times

: ...it´s not like driving a real car, but...; Viewed 9541 times

: ...you can race for 5 minutes around the simulated Yas Marina Circuit for free and don´t have to pay for any damage ;-); Viewed 9541 times

: Next to it is "The Paddock"; Viewed 9541 times

: (sadly it wasn´t opened); Viewed 9541 times

: And "The Pitwall", guess what I have to write next ;-); Viewed 9541 times

: Yes... not opened at this day ;-); Viewed 9541 times

: "Junior GP"; Viewed 9541 times

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: Junior GT; Viewed 9541 times

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: "Carousel"; Viewed 9541 times

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Last but not least the Parkmap:

Youtube · by **Ledgy** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:09 am

Hilltopper39 wrote:How is the Fiorano GT Challenge coaster compare to other coasters? I cant tell if it looks like a fun family coaster, or a dull boring ride with awesome looking trains. The concept of it is cool with the racing and crossovers and multiple launches but all the videos Ive seen it it just looks kinda boring. Anyone have a decent review of the ride or comparison for perspective on it?

Fiorano GT is defenitive a Family Coaster and it looks much slower and boring in the videos than it really is. It´s just a nice cruise for coaster enthusiasts, but I´m sure in a group you can have great fun on it. I personally enjoyed every ride. But there´s no thrilling element.

You start with a launch up to 100kmh - but it don´t feel that fast - than you have some turns and came into a brake section, another turn, than comes the next launch. Same happens another two times. Because of the layout, you have the feeling of a duelling race with the second coaster. (I know, it´s a bad description, sorry)

What I didn´t like is that they built the curves a little bit like a Wild Mouse, so that you get smashed against the chassis and for an adult it means your rips get a punch every time :?r

Hope my description was understandable :oops:

But I guess kids would like this coaster and it´s a nice concept. I´m not sure, but I think KidTums would ride it

by **mwm1444** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:23 am

Great TR Holger, makes me wish I liked cars and 'coasters over 75mph. FW looks stunning at night (and during the day, come to think of it).

by **BeemerBoy** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:28 am

Can I have a moment alone with this report?

by **Brandy524** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:36 am

Great pictures! Looks like a really nice place!

by **DJeXeL** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:51 am

Amazing TR! Thank you for sharing.

by **SharkTums** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:16 am

Don't feel bad about missing V12...it is NOTHING like Valhalla!

by **OldJJman** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:35 am

Nice pics Ledgy!! Very cool!

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