NEWS: Russia seeks Moscow theme park with NBC Universal

[CoasterFEV]

I need a reason to go to Moscow. I hope this thing goes.....

 

Ditto!

[Miracleman]

This is quite the impressive complex that they've got planned. Almost looks to good to be true. Hopefully it'll get further than Universal Dubailand. Also, because I didn't see it previously in this thread, here is the official press release from the galacticapark.com website:

Universal Studios Theme Park, Major Sports and Entertainment Arena, Hotels, Office and Retail Complex Announced for Moscow

 

 

Galactica Park Slated as a Major Destination Development

Attracting Increased Domestic and International Visitation

 

Moscow, April 12, 2012: A massive entertainment and business area that will include Russia’s first destination-based theme park complex, a world-class sports and entertainment arena, hotels, mixed-use retail and a business centre, to be known as “Galactica Park”, was announced today by ZAO Rusincom, a Russian development company.

 

Key elements of the 22-hectare development include a 150,000 square meter indoor Universal Studios theme park and a Universal CityWalk dining, shopping and entertainment complex, as well as two hotels for 1100 rooms in total, 250-meter tall business center towers, a 120,000 sqm shopping complex, convention center and four levels of underground parking for over 10,000 cars. There will also be a 20,000 seat professional sports, concert and entertainment arena to be managed by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world.

 

Galactica Park will be a major destination that will draw millions of visitors from across Russia and Europe. The project will be developed on a tract of land located at the intersection of the MKAD Ring Road and Varshavskoye Shosse, in the southern section of Moscow. Groundbreaking could begin as early as 2014. It is projected that Galactica Park could open to the public as soon as 2018.

A view of the entire Galactica Park.

A view from the front.

Indoor Universal Russia theme park.

Indoor waterpark

City Walk.

[XYZ]

Looks good. It's going to be interesting to see how an indoor Universal Studios will look like when finished.

[larrygator]

This new park is soon to open

 

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/263403725/russian-version-of-disneyland-set-to-open-in-two-months

 

Russian version of Disneyland set to open in two months

Lola Evans

16th December 2019

 

MOSCOW, Russia - A new theme park, set to become the largest in Europe, will open in Moscow in the next two months.

 

Costing $1.5 billion, Dream Island park, which commenced construction on 17 March 2016, is scheduled for commencement of operations on 29 February 2020.

 

The park is being built with the major participation of the Turkish Ronesans Holding, Dream Island Technical Director Ivan Scholl told Anadolu Agency.

 

"Our park is the largest theme park in Russia and the largest indoor park in Europe. There are no such parks in Scandinavia, you can find the closest similar indoor park in the United Arab Emirates. All the attractions are unique and worked out specially for Dream Island. We are proud of everything here," Scholl said Saturday.

 

The park, being built on 100-hectares will have the world's largest indoor theme park comprising some 300,000 square metres.

 

'The project is designed as the first large-scale leisure destination in Russia, expected to be visited by up to 50 million people annually. In addition to the indoor amusement park, the river-fronted scheme provides a regional shopping centre, outdoor leisure facilities, a 400-key, 4-Star hotel, a concert hall, a yacht club and numerous F&B options,' according to global architects Chapman Taylor who designed the masterplan of the Russian version of 'Disneyland.'

 

'With a concept design based upon historic Kremlin architecture as well as Western European Gothic architecture, Dream Island theme park has a 'wonderland'-style design theme.'

 

"In general it is a real town only covered everywhere by a glass roof, as we wanted our guests to feel comfortable in all weathers and seasons. The square of glassing is the largest in Europe, 8,600 square meters (28,200 feet). We spent a great deal of money on it," Scholl said.

 

Dream Island has 8 zones representing different worlds and features globally famous heroes: smurfs, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hello Kitty, Hotel Transylvania, Mowgli in the Land of Dinosaurs, Dream race, Snow Queen Castle and the Magic Village with a puppet theater and horror house.

 

"We had been choosing the heroes for a very long time, looked for, so to speak, timeless characters that will not be forgotten in five years. We use expensive durable building materials, because we do not have the opportunity to rebuild the park. Thus, we selected the heroes who are known in Russia, inhabit a recognizable, bright and beautiful world, and from brands, which continue their cartoon series," Scholl said.

 

According to the Dream Island website, the entrance fee amounts to 2,900 rubles ($50) for adults and 2,600 rubles ($45) for children. There is also a FastPass ticket for quicker entrance to the attractions. Its price is almost two times higher, 5,400 rubles ($90) and 5,100 rubles ($85). The tickets will be available for purchase online on the park's official website and at its booking offices.

 

'The park is divided into themed zones, including 'Hotel Transylvania' (populated by characters such as Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Invisible Man) and a 'Temple of Fire' inspired by the ruined cities of the Incas. Other elements include a Virtual Reality zone with a mobile platform which gives the sensation of flying through a lost world of dinosaurs, and areas inspired by fairytales from around the world,' Says Chapman Taylor.

 

"Each zone has attractions, designed for different age categories, but in general Dream Island is a family park, there is no super-extreme attraction, all attractions are convenient for people 120 centimeters (4 feet) high. We expect that the majority of our guests will be from Russia, but for the foreign tourists it can be interesting too," Scholl said.

[jedimaster1227]

^So it looks like somewhere along the way the Universal Studios partnership was dropped... Interesting that they were able to get a Sony IP in this new park, but also interesting that we've not heard or seen anything about this development since 2013 and yet it is close to opening.

[coasterbill]

This entire project is weird. The concept art is incredible but let's see what it actually looks like if it opens.