Cinecittà World Closes Early After Poor Season.

[Gutterflower]

It seems Cinecittà World in Rome is in some trouble after a poorer than expected first full season. The park which only opened in 2014 and features a new model of the Intamin 10 looper will end the annual season officially on September 27 despite the original calendar having the park open most weekends until Christmas

 

According to some rumors the park will attempt to regroup this winter in order to boost its image in 2016.

 

http://www.theparks.it/cinecitta-world-p1147/notizie/2015/09/il-parco-chiude-inaspettatamente-questa-settimana-n1811/

[RyanTPM]

Its such a shame to hear of parks not doing so well, especially with this one only opening a year ago.

[Geauga Dog]

That's interesting. I was recently wondering how Cinecitta World and Rainbow Magicland were doing since they are newer and haven't heard much about them since then. Hopefully things will turn around for them.

[spinning man]

I'm surprised this park isn't doing so well considering how close it is to Rome. Hopefully the park will make a good income next year as it does have potential to be something great.

[KingRCT3]

The park will add 4 new "big rides" for 2016 with a price tag of 6 millions euros.

 

It definitely has a great potential, the rides are original (Darkmare is excellent!) and the scenery impressive. It lacks a global coherence, though, and I'm afraid the materials used will be destroyed in no time...

Edited September 9, 2015 by KingRCT3

[SharkTums]

Interesting development. Rome is so large you'd think they could support two medium sized parks.

[DirkFunk]

Neither park is conveniently located near the train and require use of a shuttle to arrive there. I think that's a big part of it. Also, realistically, I was in Rome for 3 solid days and never once thought, "This isn't strange or different enough. I need to go to an immersive theme park experience." There's enough ruins and crazy stuff/sidestreets/whatever to entertain the tourists coming for eons before they feel the need to take a 45 minute bus ride out to the suburbs. Oh, and the Italian economy is going down the crapper. There's that too.

[ElvisLuv]

I was interested in Rainbow Magic land as a stop to Naples/Pompeii and comtemplating Cinecitta on the return. Hope they are still around in 2017.

[robbalvey]

Has there been any update on this?

[DirkFunk]

This article seems to suggest the park is in a state of foreclosure. Oops.

 

http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/11/07/cinecitta-world-pignorata-larea-del-parco-di-abete-della-valle-e-de-laurentiis/2199328/

[cfc]

If only they'd built an attraction based on this classic piece of Italian cinema, they would've been OK.

 

[robbalvey]

Look like they did post on their Facebook page on November 7th about getting tickets for the 2016 season. Hmmm...

 

Are you ready for a long night? Thanks to the white night shopping online, you will have the opportunity to receive a good discount of 50 % to be used by the opening day of sales, until 28 February 2016 to buy a ticket open or a subscription for the next season .

Edited November 13, 2015 by robbalvey

[MagicAngel94]

cinecitta world denied the seizure of the park and has announced it will reopen in 2016

[KingRCT3]

Yes, the park is fine and the "journalists" spread bullsh*t all over the place. It's actually a company that worked with/for the park that went bankrupt if I understand correctly.

The park IS NOT going to close, at least for another year (it's not in a very good helth either).

As we were told by a staff member in September, they plan to add 4 rides in 2016 for a price tag of 6 millions euros.

[jedimaster1227]

Glad to see this park isn't going to be the next Freestyle Music Park. Hopefully this seasons boasts better results so that they don't have to worry about a more grim fate in 2017.