Dubai Parks and Resorts has teamed up with UK-based Merlin Entertainments, the world’s second-largest visitor attraction operator and a FTSE 100 company, to launch plans for a Legoland Water Park in the emirate.
The water park will be part of the wider Legoland Dubai theme park, which is already in development, the company said on Wednesday.
Aimed at children ages two to 12, the new water park will feature some of Legoland’s most popular water attractions including a half-million gallon wave pool; the Build-A-Raft River, and the interactive Imagination Station.
Raed Al Nuaimi, CEO of Dubai Parks and Resorts said: “We are very pleased to partner with Merlin Entertainments to bring this unique water park concept to the UAE as an exciting new element to the Legoland Dubai theme park.”
Legoland Dubai, the first in the Middle East, will cover a total of three million square feet made from more than 60 million Lego bricks. This includes over 40 interactive rides, shows and attractions set in six themed lands – Lego City, Adventure, Lego Kingdom, Lego Create, Lego Factory, and Miniland which showcases some of the most iconic buildings and landmarks from Dubai and the Middle East – replicated to scale in Lego bricks.
Nick Varney, CEO of Merlin Entertainments, added: “We already have a strong working partnership with Dubai Parks and Resorts and this Legoland Water Park is an exciting and natural extension to our existing Park development here in Dubai.”
Dubai Parks and Resorts is set to be the region’s largest multi-themed leisure and entertainment destination when it opens in October 2016.
In addition to Legoland Dubai, Dubai Parks and Resorts will also comprise motiongate Dubai, and Bollywood Parks Dubai – all connected by Riverland Dubai, a retail, dining and entertainment walkway. The development will also feature the Lapita Hotel, a Polynesian-themed resort for families.
The project has a projected target of over 6.7 million ticketed visits in 2017, its first full year of operation.
Set to open in October 2016, the large-scale AED10.5 billion project is spread across 25 million square feet of land located on Sheikh Zayed Road close to the Palm Jebel Ali between Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
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