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Hi again ! This is one of the pictures I could find from Spyland, it seems to be at least 3 rollercoasters....but anyway it just an idea of how the themepark would look like.

According to newspress Reuters : "ORLANDO, EEUU (Reuters) - Los promotores de un parque temático llamado Spyland, que no han conseguido construirlo en Dubai ni en Francia, han anunciado que planean hacerlo en España a finales del año que viene tras conseguir una financiación de 120 millones de euros. "Esto es incluso mejor. Nos encontramos inmersos en un gran proyecto. Tendremos más visitantes", dijo el jueves Didier Rancher, coordinador general de Spyland, que lleva trabajando en el proyecto más de una década. El parque, cuyas atracciones girarán entorno a la temática del espionaje, fue anunciado en la Convención Anual de la Asociación Internacional de Parque Atracciones en Orlando. Está previsto que el proyecto forme parte de un distrito de 2.000 hectáreas dedicadas al entretenimiento, situado cerca de Zaragoza y denominado temporalmente Gran Scala. Rancher dijo que espera que la primera fase de Spyland cueste 190 millones de euros e incluya un casino hotel y dos zonas dentro del parque temático. Todo el parque tendrá cinco o seis zonas y costará entorno a 300 millones de euros, dijo. Rancher dijo que la compañía busca socios que contribuyan con coches de lujo, instrumentos de alta tecnología y cualquier otro tipo de parafernalia relacionada con el tema del espionaje. Añadió que los planes para construir Spyland no salieron adelante en Dubai por una moratoria del gobierno en cuanto a la construcción de nuevos proyectos inmobiliarios y en Valence, Francia, debido a la cautela de los inversores ante las condiciones políticas y económicas durante la temporada electoral francesa. España ofrece menores costes de desarrollo, un gobierno cooperante y sueldos más bajos que Francia o Dubai, dijo. Spyland estará dentro de la "ciudad del ocio" Gran Scala, que costará 17.000 millones de euros y ha sido concebida por International Leisure Development, una joint venture británica, según Christian Colus, un portavoz de la compañía. Continuación..." According to this, They planned to build the park in France and later Dubai, but finally They have chosen Spain because the cheaper costs of development and lower salaries than France or Dubai. Well, Let´s see what happens.

Hello everyone, I have been searching in the forum if this subject has been posted before but I have not found it. I just read in the newspaper about this huge mega complex a.k.a "The New Spanish Las Vegas" to be built in the coming years...starting with a new theme park called "Spyland". Its going to be built in a dessert near Zaragoza city. And They suppose to add 4 more themepark and near 70 hotels, aquatic parks, bullring, museums, golf course etc... The theme park was presented this week at IAAPA Orlando. The entire project is called "Gran Scala" More info : http://www.spyland-international.com/en/spyland_en.htm We will see is everything becomes true or is just a rumour.

Hello Corkscrewed ! I´m from Spain, and I´ve been in Port Aventura twice. To get there from Barcelona you have to go from Barcelona Sants station, rembember that there are 3 trains stations in Barcelona. You can either take the train to Port aventura station or Salou station, Salou is the town that is next to Port Aventura Park and is quite easy to get to the park from there plus there are more trains that stop in the town. You can find more practical info at www.portaventura.com, it doesn´t say at what time they close the park in low season, you will have to check once you get there, but remember that now they only open during weekends. The rides that get bussier are Dragon Khan and Stampida, specially the second one so I will recommend you to go there first. If you go alone you wont have to wait long to go on the drop tower "Hurakan Condor" the one that tilts you at the top and where you will see wonderful views of the park and the tracks for the new ride "Furious Baco", they have single riders line. Hope you enjoy your visit to this great park.

Hi everybody ! I just want to recommend you a visit to Port Aventura during Halloween, well is a long Halloween because starts in September 15th and it ends around November.... The park looks completly different with all the decorations they put everywhere, pumpkins, spiders, skeletors, ghosts, fill every single spot of this great park. Also they have special shows going on everywhere, "The Devil says yes" in Mexico is just great; also the one in the Saloon sort of Tarantino´s vampire movie... They have special rides for Halloween like the Psycho Circus, that is sort of a maze inside a big tent with lots of special effects and where actors scare you. Also if you want to ride "El Diablo mine train" you have to go through a maze full of blood and screams where actors also scare you out...its an add on that makes this ride even better... Also part of Port Aventura Hotel changes to be Burn hotel, rooms are themed for halloween and actors scare you until 2 am.....not a good place to stay if you want some sleep. You will also have the oportunity to see the works that they are doing for the new roller coaster for 2007. I hope it looks a bit like Maverick but according to the rumors I have heard is going to be crap....well not exactly, the trains are a new design where you are hanging on the sides, but it lasts only 35 seconds....There are some videos on youtube but nobody knows where they come from. Enjoy. Jose Big spider at the entrance...

Hello everyone I´m new in this forum and here it is my littel contribuition. My favourite one is also Hurakan Condor, I´ve tried the Riddle´s revenge at Warner Bros Park Madrid and the one in Terra Mitica Park and I think this is the best, specially the way you are seated and when it tilts at the top of the tower making you face all the way down.....there are two different ways to be seated but the riding-horse-seat is the best... This is the horse-riding seat....he, he....Watch your nuts....!!!