World Abu Dhabi: A spectacular indoor theme park in Abu Dhabi

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

World Abu Dhabi is the outcome of a partnership between the U.S. entertainment firm and local holding company, Miral Asset Management.

 
While speaking on Tuesday to CNBC’s Hadley Gamble from Abu Dhabi, the chairman of Miral, Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, explained that the investment would profit from the emerging tourism in the region.

 
“China, India and Russia have been our biggest markets and there is strong growth by all these countries,” he said.

 
“We expect stronger growth to come from U.K., Germany and Saudi Arabia. Additions like the Warner Bros. Abu Dhabi will just compound that growth,” he added.

 
The indoor amusement park is spread across 1.65 million square feet area and has almost 29 rides. Visitors have the chance to move through six themed areas: Warner Bros Plaza, Metropolis, Gotham City, Cartoon Junction, Bedrock and Dynamic Gulch.

 
Al Mubarak explained that he anticipated the amusement park to “grow and grow” as more characters and stories were added to the roster.

 
By his side, the chairman of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Kevin Tsujihara, stated that any idea that Western fictional characters might not translate to Middle East audiences was misplaced.

 
“The messages of hope and goodness, and the villainy, aren’t specific to any country whatsoever and being part of this region just feels like a natural extension for these characters,” he said.

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