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Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
The park has confirmed that it is indeed down for maintenance at the moment for a short period of time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I've not heard anything but will do a bit of digging. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
IMG World of Adventure
dubaidave replied to jedimaster1227's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
More worrying is they open five days before I get back. How am I going to attend opening day? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
IMG World of Adventure
dubaidave replied to jedimaster1227's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Wow. I know there was a spinner in there but not that. So exciting! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
Alton Towers Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Ed's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Lol Pete burns -
Alton Towers Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Ed's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Lol Pete burns -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
http://www.inparkmagazine.com/flying-aces-the-story-behind-the-steel-issue-61/ -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Woah. That's so exciting. Thanks for sharing. -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Benno's great race. So I got invited down to the official opening day of this new dark ride at Ferrari world Abu Dhabi. I arrived at 2 PM to find the ride was already open and accepting visitors. You enter into the old racing legends building. It's clear they have done quite a lot of work on the external of the building and the queue line. The queue line consists of three different rooms with scenes setting up the story. The last room has two screens with the characters explaining the games. The cars themselves seat three in the front and two in the back each person has a laser gun shaped like a wrench with a button on top. These are used in the mini interactive games throughout the ride. The writer uses a trackless system and the cars twist and turn in a very pleasing way. Once on the ride you are sent off through series of scenes with animatronics and projection screens. At certain points the right vehicle stops in front of a screen and you will have to do one of several tasks ranging from grabbing parts to assemble a car, putting bees back into jars and cutting cobwebs. The interactive system works extremely well and it's very easy to tell which is your icon on the screen and the wrenches vibrate at certain times as well. It's surprising how well they adapt to the different tools in each game and even on the first ride it all feels very natural. As far as I can tell it's pretty much follows a similar path to the original ride however at times the car drives into a screen and reverses out. The motion system seems very smooth and natural. The story is fairly simple but works well both for younger children as well as older ones. The variety of interactive games is good and enough to keep anybody occupied. I rode it three times in a row and didn't get bored. Overall the quality of theming and generally right experience is fantastic I believe the people who themed the queue for flying aces had something to do with this ride as well. It is definitely a world-class dark ride and a very good addition to Ferrari World. The addition of this ride and flying aces makes the park a lot more attractive. The theming on Italian Street is also top-notch so now it feels more like a proper park rather than just a large aircraft hanger with not a lot in. Once the other two rollercoasters is finally open I think it will be a world-class park again. Thank you to the people at Ferrari World for allowing me in and allowing me to mount the camera on this ride. Here are the photos -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Itvwas the racing legends. The one that was mostly cardboard cut outs. Ok. That could be any of them. The one close to formula Rossa. -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Here's my PoV from yesterday too. -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
There is a new dark ride called bennos great race opening on Tuesday. Stand bay for a few photos and videos! -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
To be honest I think once you have been through the well themed que it's nice to have the starkness of the ride itself. -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
At the moment the SFX coaster is having a few issues it certainly won't be ready this year however the shuttle coaster is expected to be ready this year as is the new kids dark ride. The park a very cautious about the SFX coaster because it's such a new concept they can't commit to an opening time at the moment -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Here is a POV of Flying aces at Ferrari World Abu Dhbai that I shot this morning. Enjoy -
Wonderland Dubai Closed photos
dubaidave replied to dubaidave's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
So very true! -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
After Tuesday there will be a proper pov! -
Wonderland Dubai Closed photos
dubaidave replied to dubaidave's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Sadly knots old roto shake has gone as well. It never worked! -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Well. Here's a pov. But it's been speeded up a bit. Very strange. -
Wonderland Dubai was the first theme park in Dubai. It has been closed for a few months and all the rides have been removed. I understand that the area will be re developed as a new theme park. I went to the park the other day and the gate was open. I took a walk around and got some photos. I saw the security guy at the end and checked he was ok with me taking photos and he said fine. Heres the original website http://www.wonderlanduae.com and the photos.
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Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
It's always quiet on a weekday. However you can't move on a Friday! -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Heres a vid of the que line walkthrough This is as is and is rather dark [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] This is a brightened version. It has quite a lot of noise but gives you a better idea of what to expect [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
After the loop it doesn't let up at all. Still lots of air and hang time. Although if you know better than me I will now to your superior opinion. -
Ferrari World Discussion Thread
dubaidave replied to Captain Jack's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I didn't have any issues with restraint pain. They did staple you particularly hard which in my opinion was a good thing. The only slight issue I found was that the seating procedure took a while with them going to back and recheck in the restraint several times before the train was ready to leave. This could just be because it's so new.