Gutterflower Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Clever marketing stunt. Very simple but with the news coverage it will get probably pretty effective in keeping the park in the public consciousness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubaidave Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 It looked pretty impressive from the videos I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dubaidave Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Here's a couple more pics with the coaster in the background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 The blue fire clone is looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I love the idea of transporting the dinosaurs through town in cages, awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I forgot this park existed because of how little work has been done in then past 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubaidave Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 https://www.facebook.com/adampag/posts/10152985463437447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubaidave Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Here's an article with some coaster details http://www.timeoutdubai.com/mobile/knowledge/news/66229-img-world-of-adventure-confirm-100km/h-rollercoaster And the full press release 12 September 2015 Dubai: For the first time in the Middle East since their extinction sixty-five million years ago, dinosaurs will roam the earth at IMG Worlds of Adventure. The installation of the sixty-nine state-of the-art dinosaurs, in its Lost Valley – Dinosaur Adventure zone, marks one of the final stages of completion for the world’s largest multi-brand indoor theme park. To ensure the most authentic interactive dinosaur entertainment experience, IMG Worlds of Adventure collaborated with Kokoro, the pioneering Japanese animatronics company, to produce the creatures of the Lost Valley – Dinosaur Adventure. Kokoro has a long history of being at the cutting edge of animatronics and robotics, creating dinosaurs for the Natural History Museum in London, as well as other prestigious collections around the world. Within the park, guests are transported to the Prehistoric era where they can track down the dinosaurs, watch them in their natural environment, and hear them roar or feast on prey. Among the biggest of the pack of sixty-nine dinosaurs spread across the vast Jurassic terrain will be the enormous Barosaurus and the ferocious Allosaurus. Taking up to 5 years to create and with the Barosaurus at over 15.5 metres high, the dinosaurs move, breathe and feel like their ancestors. To design each individual creature, Kokoro used hydraulics to replicate their unique movements, their scales have been hand-sculpted by specialist artists whilst a thin covering layer of silicone gives their skin a shiny, life-like appearance, similar to modern day living reptiles. For thrill seekers, The Lost Valley – Dinosaur Adventure zone also contains “The Velociraptor”, a mega launch coaster, which will propel visitors to an exhilarating 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds. The coaster will have four inversions and will be the only permanently installed looping coaster in the UAE, with its biggest loop topping a whopping 105 feet high. Further attractions in the zone will be announced in the coming weeks, as excitement builds towards an early 2016 opening date for IMG Worlds of Adventure. Commenting on the arrival of the dinosaurs, Lennard Otto, General Manager of IMG Worlds of Adventure, said, “This is an incredibly exciting moment for us, having witnessed the creation of these extraordinary creatures and now seeing them in their new habitat. In addition to the dinosaurs providing sheer entertainment, we will be developing a range of interactive educational programmes, positioning IMG Worlds of Adventure as one of the leading dinosaur attractions in the world. “The arrival of the dinosaurs is also one of the final steps towards the completion of the park.” Atsuya Yamada, President of Kokoro, said, “In Japanese, Kokoro means ‘heart’ or ‘spirit’ and we really have put our passion into creating these dinosaurs. They are based on the most up-to-date scientific knowledge of what dinosaurs would have looked like and how they would have moved in their natural environment. Visitors to IMG Worlds of Adventure will be dazzled by the experience of encountering them.” The Lost Valley – Dinosaur Adventure zone is an original concept by IMG Theme Park L.L.C., owners of IMG Worlds of Adventure. It will be the largest of the four zones, whilst other zones include MARVEL and Cartoon Network, the first time the two brands have appeared alongside one another in a single venture. The fourth zone is IMG Boulevard, another original concept from IMG Theme Park L.L.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubaidave Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 sorry for so many posts in a row but. Here is the official video from the dinosaur event. Theres a nice shot of the coaster at the end Dinos.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDG Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 The park will open August 15. http://www.imgworlds.com/en/ IMG Worlds of Adventure Announces Opening Date IMG Worlds of Adventure, wholly owned by the Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Group (IMG Group), provides a sneak peek into Dubai’s first international mega-themed leisure and entertainment destination, announcing that it will open its doors to visitors on Monday, 15th August, 2016. Located in the heart of new Dubai and stretching across 1.5 million square feet, IMG Worlds of Adventure will be the first multi-themed destination to open in the region, and will set Dubai on the map as an international family entertainment hot spot. Mr. Ilyas Galadari and Mr. Mustafa Galadari, Executive Co-Chairmen and Owners of the Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari Group, said, “We are very excited to announce our opening date and look forward to IMG Worlds of Adventure coming to life in August of this year. As the first international leisure and entertainment destination in Dubai, we have designed an entire world of entertainment for our guests. By offering a fully immersive indoor theme park experience in a temperature controlled environment this enables IMG Worlds of Adventure to be open all year round. With the capacity to welcome more than 30,000 people a day we anticipate 4.5 million guests in our first full year of operation, contributing to Dubai’s position as a leading tourism hub.” As the pioneer in this new sector, IMG Worlds of Adventure will pave the way for other complementary hospitality offers to re-engage with key tourist markets, providing them with yet another compelling reason to come to this amazing part of the world. In support of H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and the 2020 vision for the future of Dubai, IMG Worlds of Adventure is set to become a “must see” destination for international tourists, encouraging visitors to extend their length of stay in the Emirate. IMG Worlds of Adventure will open in its entirety with the exception of the 12-screen Novo Cinema, which will open shortly thereafter. Tickets will be available from 25th of April onward for online purchase on the website, IMG Worlds of Adventure, with adult ticket prices set at AED 300 and children at AED 250 for an all-day adventure offering access to over 20 signature rides and attractions, including live shows and a 5D cinema experience. IMG Worlds of Adventure promises guests a remarkable immersive indoor theme park experience, bringing together the best international and local interactive entertainment and globally recognized characters and superheroes. There will be four unique worlds all under one roof, Cartoon Network and Marvel as well as the IMG Group original concept the Lost Valley-Dinosaur Adventure joined together by IMG Boulevard. This USD $1 Billion project is fully indoors and comprises four zones including 25 original retail concept stores, 28 immersive F&B outlets, over 1,600 employees and 4,500 parking spaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterflower Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Turns out the park has a Eurofighter 320+ model installed inside the park. That one slipped under the radar a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubaidave Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Wow. I know there was a spinner in there but not that. So exciting! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterflower Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Wow. I know there was a spinner in there but not that. So exciting! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yeah it came completely by surprise that. its called predator and is already finished. it is in the concept art though so shouldnt be that surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Finally, but really during the hottest part of the year, and yes I know most of it is an air con building. Cant wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubaidave Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Hey look what opens in one week, barring any last minute delays. World's largest indoor theme park set to open in Dubai this month Published August 23, 2016 FoxNews.com Dubai summer temperatures can soar well above 100 degrees but you’d never know it from inside IMG's World of Adventure. The world’s largest indoor theme park is set to open later this month. The 1.5 million-square foot facility features roller coasters, thrill rides, a haunted house so scary you have to be 15 or older, Marvel superheroes and Cartoon Network characters—and even live animals. Park investors are hoping the late-summer opening will lure back thousands of U.A.E. residents—and entice visitors—who flee the desert during the hottest months of the year. "Dubai still suffers from a certain amount of seasonality during the June, July, August period," Lennard Otto, CEO of IMG World of Adventure, told Reuters. "We will hopefully drive tourism in those periods to make Dubai an all-year-round destination. Today there's a gap in this market and in the region.” Spread over an area equivalent to 28 football fields, the entire amusement park is split into four themed zones that target different ages, from the family-friendly Cartoon Network area to the Marvel zone with superheros, thrill rides and a fine-dining steak restaurant based on Iron Man’s alter ego Tony Stark. Each themed world is segued with jungle trails and a labyrinth of city streets. The whole facility—which cost over $1 billion to build-- is air conditioned. But if you really need to cool off there’s even an indoor ski slope-- with live penguins. Otto, and other investors, expect the behemoth park to be a major tourist draw and are already predicting at least 30,000 visitors a day and 4.5 million visitors over the next year. The CEO thinks the IMG park is just the beginning of Dubai’s global amusement park domination. “Within the next five years, we will have the same amount of large-scale theme parks [as Orlando] and there will be eight parks in the UAE by 2019,” Otto told The Telegraph. “The infrastructure here in Dubai is far superior to that of Orlando. Dubai has more hotel rooms than Orlando, a bigger food and beverage industry and Dubai’s airport has twice the number of passengers than Orlando’s.” IMG Worlds of Adventure is located just 20 minutes from each of Dubai’s international airports. Tickets cost AED 300 for adults (about $81) and AED 250 ($69) for children. The theme park is set to open Aug. 31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 ^ Wow, finally. I can't believe they actually finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisLuv Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 4.5 million in the first year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubaidave Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Not sure where the 30000 people a day are going to come from. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azza29 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I think 3,000 people a day might even be optimistic. Park looks good, but it's still a smallish regional park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I'm sure it's a great park and all but the attendance number is really unrealistic. Of course I wish them all the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Im heading to the park next Thursday will be in Dubai for the day, looking forward to going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesukaheadRBLX Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I dunno, I feel it'll flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I305forever Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 ^Me too. They seem overconfident. It also seems like they've poured a lot of money into this park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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