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Dubai Wheel

This will be situated in the prime area of Dubailand (0.49 million square foot). It will be the biggest free standing big wheel in the world even bigger than the London Eye. Should you be brave enough to enter one of the many capsules you will be able to view up to 50km away, which will mean you will be able to see all of Dubai, all of the marina, and all of the famous Palms that stretch out to sea.

There will be various food and service outlets in this area as well.

Aqua Dunya

This theme park will be based around water and will cover a space of nearly 8 million sqft. It will incorporate a gigantic water based theme park which will include some of the biggest and most thrilling water rides in the world, there will be over 200 unique water based rides. There will also be a man made beach to enable you to soak up the Dubai sunshine, add to that a man made reef with thousands of tropical fish, dolphins and sharks swimming freely enabling even the most experience diver to enjoy a unique experience of diving in the desert.

A theatre will produce shows of West End quality based round water and there will also be an outdoor desert pearl water show, which will enthrall all the visitors.

For those of you who like shopping there will be a major shopping area known as the Port District Souk. Here you will find all your traditional wares as well as up to date products.

After a day in Aqua Dunya you will most probably just want to lie down and relax, so there is no better place to put your bags down than the desert based cruise ship with over 400 state of the art rooms. Do not be surprised to wake up the next morning in a different part of the Aqua Dunya park as this ship is not only a 5*state of the art hotel it also has all the same capabilities of a standard cruise liner.

Dreamworks

Dreamworks is a major leader in the leisure and entertainment industry. The Dreamworks animation group has signed an agreement with Dubailand to develop their first unique theme park, and the proposed opening day is early 2012.

This area will bring popular movie characters to life in the Middle East such as Shrek, the characters from Shark Tale, add to that the characters from Over The Edge and the next box office hit Bee Movie. This area will be every childs heaven.

There will also be rides in the theme park based around all the movies along with major retail outlets and top quality restaurants, and one of the most popular features is a Dreamworks themed hotel where all your favourite characters will come to life and the establishment will be designed around the movies.

This will be one of the most amazing theme parks in the world.

Hit Entertainment

In 2008 the Hit Entertainment group signed a contract with dubailand to create the worlds first ‘Little Big Club’ . You are probably wondering what this is ? The ‘Little Big Club’ will be based around four of the worlds most popular children’s characters, Barney, Pin-gu, Bob the Builder and Thomas and Friends. The area will have themed in-door and out-door play centers with a theatre staging live shows. All visitors will be given the opportunity to meet their favorite characters.

To add to the excitement there will be dynamic children’s rides all designed around the four specific characters enabling young and old to play with Barney and ride in Thomas’s world.

The Hit Entertainment Group have agreed to launch all of there world premieres from Dubailand and for those of you who like their children to be educated there is no better venue when your child can go to school and his teacher is either Barney or Bob the Builder. This educational center is the first of its kind in the world.

Six Flags

On March 4th 2008, Tatweer announced a strategic alliance with US-based Six Flags Inc. (NYSE: SIX), the world’s largest theme park company, to develop thrill-driven theme parks across the Arab world.

The highlight of the strategic alliance will be the development of Six Flags Dubailand, a five million square feet multi-billion dirham theme park within the world’s largest tourism, leisure and entertainment destination.

The first Six Flags project to be developed outside of North America, the theme park comes as part of Tatweer’s tactical contribution to Dubai Strategic Plan 2015, which aims to develop the emirate into a leading global hub for tourism and leisure.

Featuring its signature line-up of thrill and themed adventure rides and attractions, Six Flags Dubailand will boast world renowned entertainment franchises such as the children’s musical group Wiggles and professional skateboarder Tony Hawk. The park’s unique components will complement Six Flags’ award-winning productions and original programming, such as Operation Spygirl, the ‘Big E’ Entertainment Award recipient at the 2007 IAPAA Trade Show and Convention.