Jump to content
  TPR Home | Parks | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram 

dubaidave

Members
  • Posts

    917
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by dubaidave

  1. This is an old photo there is currently no activity at the site. I drive past every day
  2. No news at the moment. But looks closer to completion every time I go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. That's because I always go early in the morning and try to avoid people. In Dubai there is a law that says you can't post photos of people on social media without their permission. Hence the parks always look a lot quieter than they actually are. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  4. Heres some photos from the Cloudy with a chance of meatballs ride. and a video [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]
  5. No loose items on the ride. There are fewer for one hour lockers. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  6. Sure. SPOILER WARNING! You enter Madagascar Mad Pursuit through a large circus tent. The que is very well themed and includes a walk through a railway car with assorted animals. You board the 8 seater car and move slowly to a nice dark ride scene. There is a scene with the stars of the film it features a projection and several animatronics. A tunnel in front of you lights up with some great effects and you are launched form standstill into the main ride building. Straight after the launch is a hill with huge air time. This is followed by a few more airtime hills all the hills have animatronic figures that light up as you go past. They create a really good feeling that you might collide with them. There is a cool section with a giraffe in a canon that is shot out. There is a small section that goes out into the Madagascar area. It's quite a long ride with loads of airtime and a great launch. At the end there is another animatronic scene with a lion tamer. Overall it's easily the best ride in the park. I rode it before the effects were working and it was great. The addition of the animatronic and lighting scenes really improve it. They don't allow any loose items on this ride. There are lockers outside that are free for the first hour. They do allow glasses with the correct securing straps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. Here's the fantastic ghostbusters show at motiongate. https://vimeo.com/201451315 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. Yeah. There is a large taxi rank at the park Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  9. Yeah. There is a large taxi rank at the park Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  10. Prob the best bet is to get the metro to the end of the line. Then a taxi from there. It's. It too far from there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. And the busses have stunning staff that tell you which stop you are at and they play the cool dpr theme tune too! Honestly I can't praise the staff enough. Today I forgot my pass in my car so had to go back to the parking and they were so helpful! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  12. Yeah. Was going to say that. The trams are on site and do look amazing! Can't wait to take a ride. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  13. As long as your not there at the weekend or a public holiday you will be fine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. They take you from the car park to the parks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  15. SO. I visited Motiongate again today. I only had 3 hours and have to say the park is coming along very nicely. First off. Madagascar Mad Pursuit was running amazingly well. There are no inversions but a nice animatronic scene followed by a fast launch and some amazing airtime. Since my last visit a lot of the show elements have been improves and the who ride is full of props that light up and near misses with all manor of objects. The ride was always amazing but the addition of the show elements really turns this into a world beating ride. I won’t give too much away but its easily the best ride in the park at the moment. The Ghost Busters block party was as camp and amazing as ever. Even withy the B team performing today to around 20 people they still put everything i not it. Its a total must see if visiting the park. Smurfs Studio Tour was running well today with several new effects working although some lighting effects still didn’t work properly. Ghostbusters was running well and the guns seemed quite accurate now. Hotel Transylvania was running ok although some of the physical effects weren’t working, although several new lighting effects were. Cloudy with a chance of meatballs was testing with all the rafts running without water dummys and ,looking from the Zombieland Blast Off Tower the ride seems larger than I had thought. On that note. the tower is still very good, with a very well themed que and a ride that provides and amazing pop of airtime and very comfy seats! and yes, its an s and s I didn’t do much else today other than take photos. I did go to the Step up dubai all in show. Although the performance was stunning as always it still suffers from poor attendance and far too loud sound. This is clearly because the level is set to a fuller auditorium but with the public being made to sit in the front section close to the speakers i heard several people including me complaining about the loudness. I had lunch at Baby Brents Luncheonette. the 2 slices of pizza I had were very good and reasonable. Although the tiramisu was ok, but the price AED 29 the same as my 2 large slices of Pizza was ridiculass. overall it was a great davit was very quiet as I was there early on a weekday. One last mention has to go to the am,gazing staff. Everyone, including the guy sweeping trash, asked my how my day was going! Enjoy the pics. I did take lots. The first few are of Riverland Dubai.
  16. Ferrari is s great park. Dubai parks with motiongate Bollywood and legoland is less than one hour from Ferrari World. So it would be feasible to visit both in the day. At the moment Dubai parks and resorts are running an offer of just 295 dirhams for entry to all three parks. As long as you're not there on the weekend it's perfectly feasible to do all three in one day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. Cracking photos. It's a great park. Even better now that part of dreamworks is open. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. That's for sorting the pics out. I was posting from my mobile and couldn't get them to upload properly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. Here's some pics from dreamworks today. s612.photobucket.com/user/dubaidave/embed/dreamworks/story Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. heres my review of Motiongate. Its quite wordy so feel free to skip to the photos at the end. I was lucky enough to be invited to attend a sneak preview of Motiongate in Dubai. We arrived at the main car park and were show. To a parking space by lots of parking staff. We then boarded a bus to be taken to the entrance of Riverland. The bus took us past the almost ready lapita hotel which looks amazing and the six flags theme park area. Once dropped at the entrance of Riverland we had quite a long walk to the gates of Motiongate. It was a pleasant walk through Riverland and it was nice to see how well themed it is. There were Christmas decorations and a massive tree. It was also nice to see that on the other side of the water the new Irish village had finally opened its doors. The entrance to Motiongate is huge. There was movie music playing and the atmosphere was very exciting. Upon entering the park you are In the studio central zone. the initial view of The New York Street Backlot areais amazing. The attention to detail and themeing blows any other park in this region away! It really does feel like walking into a world class theme park. You totally don't feel like you are in Dubai! At the end of The street is the hub with a fountain and access to all the different lands. Working clockwise the lions gate zone is first. This area is still under construction and will feature the Hunger Games coaster amongst other rides. Next is the Hollywood Theatre where Step Up All In Dubai,a hip hop dance show is currently playing. Next up is the dreamworks zone. This is all indoors in a massive building. It is split up into several zones including king fu panda, shrek, Madagascar and how to train your dragon. When we visited it was not ready however when open it will almost double the size of the existing park. It is also climate controlled so will be amazing in the warmer months. Working clockwise the next zone is The Smurfs. The Smurfs village has been brilliantly brought to life. As you stroll through the zone it's again hard to remember you are still in Dubai. The Smurfs zone contains great indoor and outdoor play areas, a rollercoaster, an interactive smurf show and a major dark ride. The show in the smurfs village play house was interesting. It uses animated surfs on a screen that interact with the audience. Technically it's very clever indeed however it does feel a bit flat. This is mostly due to the degree of audience participation that is required. If, as when we were there, the audience is really interested in participating it does seem like a needlessly drawn out show. They could have done the interaction with kids in five mins and everyone would have been just as impressed. As it was with the show being 20 minutes longs several people left during the show. The Smurfs Studios Tour is a very good dark ride. It combines some great animatronics with a good story line and provides. Surprisingly long ride experience. Of all the rides I experienced on the preview day it was by far my favourite. The rollercoaster was. It open during our visit. The next and final zone is the Sony Picture zone. This is by far the biggest zone at the moment. As you enter this zone you can see a very impressive and huge looking castle in the distance. This is part of the Hotel Transylvania dark ride. Again this was not open in our visit but if the facade is anything to go by it will be stunning. The forced perspective on the castle is simply stunning. Also in this area is the green hornet coaster. Due to high winds on the day of our visit it was only open sporadically. However it looks amazing and the screams coming from it seemed to speak volumes about its popularity as did the ques later in the day. The Ghostbusters dark ride is also in this zone. This is a ride based on the propper Ghostbusters films. Not the new one! The outside is very impressive as is the que line. You will pass a very good ghost containment area along with lots of original photos from the production of the movies. The ride itself is a shooting style dark ride and mixes props with screens that have ghosts to shoot. This is a great ride and the screens work well however it does feel slightly missing something. I can't quite put my finger on it but i think it could have done with a few more animatronics to complement the screens. The ride system reminds me of Bennos great race at Ferrari World. Overall the full experience is amazing. The fact that the que line is so well themed really draws you into the story. Underworld 4d is also in this zone. Again the themeing and imersiveness of the que is nothing short of stunning. The actual 4d cinema is really good too. The 3D works really well and there are some genuine scares. Zombiland blastoff is a combination shot and drop tower which was also having issues due to the very high winds the day we visited. Again the themeing of the ride and area is amazing! Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs is a Rapids ride that looks amazing. Again this wasn't open during the preview day but it looks like a great ride. So. My overall thoughts about Motiongate. I was expecting this to be an amazing park. I had heard some good things and seen some photos. However nothing prepared my for the real thing. The attention to detail and overall themeing is nothing short of stunning. You really don't feel like you are in Dubai. The food quality and price seems a lot better than Legoland Dubai. We are at the Hotel Beastro. And despite them having issues with the ordering system the staff coped very well and were always friendly and polite. Something that really stands out with this park is the entertainment. There are characters all around the park and entertainment around every corner. It's safe to say that Motiongate will be a massive success. They really have set the bar high.
  21. The spike is half way up now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  22. I will be live on MEthemeparks Facebook page at 630 pm Dubai time. That's in 45 mins. I will be covering the new coaster construction. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  23. I am visiting Legoland Dubai for opening day this Monday. Check https://m.facebook.com/methemeparks/ from around 930 am UAE time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use https://themeparkreview.com/forum/topic/116-terms-of-service-please-read/