Dubai’s Successfully Opened Theme Park Failure - Dubai Parks and Resorts
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- Dubai Parks and Resorts, opening up in 2016 is the largest scale project ever undertaken in the history of themed entertainment but when it opened, no-one came...
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That's hilarious they are a building a Now you see me ride in Dubai that takes place in a casino when gambling is heavily illegal in that country.
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There’s a country ( Monaco, I think) that their citizens are not allowed to gamble but they own a world famous casino.
For now, but as there leaning more towards tourism those rules will are potentially going to be more lax.
@@TheBanjoMann Islam is a hell of a drug... those rules aren't going away anytime...
@@truthfacts5438 i mean dubai is so messed up atm. not all muslims want or feel comfortable with people being drunk around them. i don’t know if you noticed or not but most emirates (uae citizens) live outside of dubai - mostly in adu dubai. muslims don’t drink alcohol because it has it down side like losing control and liver failure, that is why it was banned in the first place. so yeah, parents don’t feel comfortable to let their children out cause they don’t know who’ll influence them.
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing this. I worked there and the mention that you do at 13:44 about cutting elsewhere; it was the workers wages. I was brought from Spain to work there and the second day we arrived they gathered all the workers from motiongate to tell us that our salaries were going to be cut. In my case the cut was not very heavy, because I was new and I was not getting paid that much anyway. However, when it came to management so many of our higher ups had to resign because their cuts were up to 50%, and they just couldn't live with that salary. You could cut the tension with a knife.
Like our show director, she abandoned the park and left us without much training that had to be done by other performers that knew the shows. After lost of people in charge left it was a pretty ugly downfall, people without any qualifications were offered jobs that they were not suited for, which resulted in more things going wrong and so on... I'm not sure what's going on right now, but they seem to have lost sight of reality building the new coasters and areas. This resort is literally a ticking bomb! 😅
That's a crazy experience. Thank you for sharing.
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Great insight thanks! Hope you found something else in the industry - and great channel, wish i spoke Spanish but see you have some Eng content too! :P
OMG Luke, Dom - is this one of the future podcast guests you were looking for?? :D
Thanks for sharing your story and sorry that they did that to you. It's frustrating they sold that as a success to the shareholders too by saying they broke-even when it had nothing to do with actually bringing guests into the park or getting the guests to spend more... - Luke
What's hilarious is that with the Bollywood starflyer they went through the effort to install the _definitely not_ 6 suspicious flag poles on it. 😅
Yep I noticed that, I can image the board meeting: "We paid for that topper we're gonna use it! Just remove the flags themself first, no copyright problems with six poles!" - Luke
@@ReviewTyme Six Banners Over Dubai
Say what you will about the other parks, but the indoor dreamworks section of motiongate was phenomenal! We had annual passes (because they were so cheap). The theming in that world and the hunger games area was far better than the rest of the parks. To say Lego land is small would be generous though.
It's interesting because a park in Australia also has a Dreamworks section and it's the best themed area by a mile in that park too. My guess is Dreamworks holds anyone paying for their license to a much higher standard than some of the other companies! - Luke
@@ReviewTyme you are correct, they have approval rights and a person assigned to brand integrity
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I have been here last month... I gotta say that COVID made it even harder for the parks to hold it. I gotta say that the Hunger Games area and Dreamworks are the top thing here! INCREDIBLE! The rest was just meh...! However, a theme park will always have something fun to do. In the Middle East, theme parks are very rare.
same, i love the bullet train
I have lived in dubai for 10 years , when we heared that the parks were being built everyone was so excited , however as soon as they opened everyone complained , they were too empty ,too expensive and out of budget for many , this why i still havent been there and probably wont , it seems like a waste of money ++ its outdoor so almost 60% year we cant go , its issues resemble the issues with IMG world alot
something got made in Dubai? I am impressed
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Just the world's tallest building
A lot of stuff got built in dubai.
Dubai had so many projects.
But yes the 2008 financial crash in the world resulted in many projects getting cancelled. Like: palm deira, the original big scale dubailand.
Delayed: the world, dubailand (not as big as the original plan), the universe, palm jebel ali, the worldst largest airport, the new metro linecolors, etc.
You know dubai theme park is fun i tried it and it was good
Their prices have been fairly lesser than the insane prices of Disney and Universal. As a UAE resident, we were offered so many perks including BOGO. But the problem in the end is the theme park culture. Most of the residents are from the Asian subcontinent, we never were really amazed or been fans of theme parks. We have never grown up with the hype like how Americans are for Disneyland/ Universal. Secondly, UAE has scorching bad weather for straight 6 months, so most people prefer AC and indoor areas.
Shoulda made em indoor theme parks then. Hopefully they have learnt and other projects will do better
The one that will always make me sad is the execution of Hotel Transylvania. So much, much potential in that movie being a ride was lost...
ikr, me and my friend were so bored when we went to that ride so we just stood up... and got in trouble
I had the opportunity to finally visit the Motiongate park last week despite it being only a 5 hour drive away from where I live and I have to say it was for the most part a disappointment with the exception of the indoor Dream Works section which is the only area we actually enjoyed and felt the theming was superb, the 'How to Train Your Dragon' Dragon Gliders ride was absolutely superb. The rest of the park which sits outdoors was pretty harsh to navigate in the desert heat and the rides looked like they could use major refurbishments and featured I.P's no one really cares for or rides that were a complete borefest.
Screens and empty warehouses, that's why. Nothing that couldn't be done in your own home with a spinning chair and digital projector.
The planned Ghostbusters ride from Bally in the 80s looked more impressive that what got built three decades later!
Yeah seeing a lot of the rides on channels like 360 SoCal attractions, and man they are just lifeless as all hell, that Smurf one they showed, simply having a statue slide back and forth is about as vibrant as they tend get.
@@Mike__B That Smurf ride is abysmal, even more so than Disney Superstar Limo was, with all its lame ABC show and celeb references. At least the dry-as-the-Sahara Smurfs has one saving grace - it's the perfect drugless cure for insomnia.
“The largest scale project undertaken in themed entertainment”
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The theme parks Dubai comes up with sound great on paper, but that paper is lucky if it gets printed they underdevelop this stuff so hard!
As much as I love this country, living in it for around a decade, i must say it does annoy me that they try to do too much in such a little time. They need to take it one section at a time, slow down with the construction and make a quality product that will last long. I was so excited for Six Flags Dubai, but it never came to forewishen.
A big problem is an over reliance on tourism, in places like Hawaii tourism thrives due to most people wanting a relaxing experience that can be enjoyed multiple times, whereas in Dubai which is often more of a sightseeing destination, and once you’ve seen and done everything there’s little reason to come back that you can’t do anywhere elsewhere, so Dubai is forced to keep building things to attract new tourists. Thats likely one of the reasons why expo 2020 is probably going to go ahead this year in spite of the pandemic, because after a year of limited travel and reduced tourism they really can’t afford for it not to.
Dubai: builds the most impressive skyscrapers and buildings in the world
also Dubai: can't build a theme park to save their lives.
The theme parks do actually look beautiful, but they seem to lack the ambiance.
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@@Thomas-lk5cu Dubai is like that person who wears fancy clothes but has the personality and charm of drying paint.
Just keep in mind those skyscrapers were built on the deaths of many literal slaves.
The skyscrapers aren't even that good.
They're all style with no substance, lacking the charm of skyscrapers that are found in New York for example. And also they were built with the blood of poor workers and found in a desert.
It's Las Vegas, but somehow worse.
It’s impossible to become a tourist destination when the tourists are threatened by extremely outdated social politics and society. I can’t visit, ever, as a man with my husband... for obvious reasons.
Exactly. Why would you spend thousands to visit an expensive destination where you aren't accepted and face possibly being imprisoned just for being yourself? You're going to take your money to a destination that welcomes you and won't penalize you.
As a gay man that is exactly how I feel as well when I think about Dubai - it makes me nervous honestly. That and the parks really have no soul..
That’s how me and my husband feel when planning trips; we’d go if their social issues were what it is right now, especially with the LGBT community.
It won't be a problem very soon...big things are about to happen.
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What sort of big things?
the big problem here is no one wants to walk in scorching desert in summer.. with humidity you will definitely pass out.. but look how Global Village, it open only after the peak of summer and end its season by start of the summer, it still draw thousand of crowds daily without paying an expensive IP..
The How to Train Your Dragon ride at Motiongate is easily my favorite ride in the world! I was very impressed! Reminded me of Forbidden Journey but if it went even faster
Main issue to build theme park in this region is the weather, if they build the theme park to be indoors it would work whole year, while if it is outdoors it can only be visited by people during winter season
I thought I'd seen the problem with most of MotionGate's attractions was in execution, not in choice of IP. Then I saw the Hunger Games rollercoaster and nothing makes sense any more. I just saw it with my own two eyes and yet I refuse to accept that such a thing exists. Officially in Saudi Arabia of all places.
This nearly made me snap my phone in half.
Can you do a video on why the Abu Dhabi Theme Parks and Waterparks are doing well but not Dubai's?
as my self a theme park enthusiast i say that the theme parks in abu dhabi is more packed than dubai's although dubai is more popular that ad but still thier parks is so packed + they plainning for seaworld to open in 2022 so thats a big jump to the next level
There is no way the average foreigner is spending a fortune to visit an average theme park in a desert. Pretty much anything in Dubai is built for the locals and/or the ultra rich. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it seems like they didn't really studyif that business model would be sustainable.
Eh? You have no clue what you are talking about;)
Dubai has ablot of tourists. It is a very nice place:)
There are avlot of market for good theme parks. Especially in the middle east region (it is not saturated like some places in the west).
The problem earlier was not that there lacked customers... the problem was that these was Extremly big investments! And the investment groups from abroad got into financial troubles due tobthe 2008 financial crisis.
Things have however started to get built one by one in the meantime.... but not the gigantic international themepark operator.
So market is definitly there:)
But now have to first get rid of the coronavirus;)
Dubai now have many parks: Dubailand (with a dozen of different thene parks etc, and more expected to come), and also Dubai Parks and Resorts which also have a few theme parks.
In addition there are many entertainment parks here and there in Dubai. And several big water parks. Etc.
@@ruben7937 The OP was commenting on how expensive it was to fly and stay in Dubai. Does Dubai have hotels in the $100-200US/night range? To be fair, it's not just a Dubai issue as Disney has been getting lots of flak in the last few years for becoming more and more expensive as well. But at least there are lots of cheap hotels in LA/Florida/Anaheim.
@@ruben7937 It does but I think OP meant especially the theme park. Why spend a lot of money to visit Dubai and then spend your time and money on this theme park when you could do other things instead
@@ruben7937 The problem is that Dubai similar to Saudi Arabia is full of fat cat, rich people tourists not middle ground. Majority of the population families which is traditionally what Disney universal, Alton towers and many others rely on. You can even see it recently when Disney tried to shift to just getting the fat cat people and it caused an entire restructuring and firing of all the executives because it just did terrible and that's one of the reasons why all these theme parks are suffering. Hell you look at Abby doobie and those parks while smaller are made for the locals and that's why they're packed and are making money hand over fist.
Dubai is too thirsty to become the next Singapore and it shows.
What is your definition of «next Singapore»?
Singapore is not in a desert.
@@wuaaron808 what relevance is that comment?
@@ruben7937 Dubai will never be another Singapore.
@@wuaaron808 why would it even want to be another Singapore?
Singapore is in Asia, Dubai is in short distance to Europe, asia and africa.
Singapore have how much tax? Dubai have 0% income tax.
Singapore main income is from oil and gass. Dubai main income is from tourists and transit- and cargo hub.
Dubai is in a desert, while Singapore is in a densed area next to the sea where they have ran out of space... so either they need to invade Malaysia or they need to make more land into the oceans, or they have to build even much more into the skyes or make houses etc deep underground.
Singapore seems like a great country. It is one of my top picks to work and live in.
But why do you say that Dubai will not be another Singapore. Offcourse it will not be. It is as weird as say... Dubai will not be another Madrid, etc.
I've seen some of the videos of the dark rides and they're all empty warehouses, with barely moving animatronics and little to no story. No idea why anyone would want to go there.
And lose the opportunity to be thrown in jail for pda? It’s part of the fun
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I really want to see an "undercover“ mini land xD
found this channel few months ago. Its very good. Can Dubai ever make a theme park that makes money?
same could be said with the majority of the things Dubai builds. just look north of the park to there man made private islands lol 😂
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Yes indeed they can - look up Global Village - a seasonal theme park, they do 5m visitors annually in about 6 mos.
It is almost an acomplishment to not earn money in Dubai.
So low taxes, that there is a lot of shops that can survive without having to be packed with customers every minute like in the west. This leafs to mch more shops and a lot more options for the customers:)
In my country it is basicly almost 20 chains left which you see everywhere... makes me puke going to any shopping centers in my country.
The problem with these theme parks is that they are far from the big residence areas.
And the big metro project that was supposed to connect more of the Dubai..... got cancelledcaftervthe 2008 financial crash in the world.
So the metro line is just 1 very long straight line. The metro is of good quality... but it does not go to any of the theme parks.
So then you are dependentb on cars.
Tourists does not have cars usually.
But at least the taxi rides here are sort of cheap.
Other problem is that they are sadly not good at marketing.
Scratch that.
They are horrible at marketing.
So unless you arrive at a hotel which accidently have broucheurs about a specific attraction,., you will either never know of them or you have to do your own research.
Excellent Vlog
Just came back from Dubai in May 2023.
I have been to Florida 14 times since 1995. Love Universal not so much Disney anymore.
Went to Dubai Motiongate and yes they are adding new rollercoasters but it is still like they are not bothered anymore.
Riverland is there version of City walks at Florida Universal or Disney springs but looks like a false front to everything ie nothing open the restaurants and shops in this area all closed and this is the opening to the parks ie Bollywood, Legoland and Motiongate but you are not aloud to walk through it you have to use a tram to drive through to get to Motiongate entrance.
As for Motiongate all well kept but empty as you said.
All but one of the 4D rides they said you don’t need 3D glasses but there is a sign “ pick 3D glasses here”but the screens are blurred and you can see they are 3D but they are not handing out the glasses.
The one ride that did hand out the glasses kung fu panda the glasses did not work and we rode it 3 times also other guests complained.
All there Dark rides are stationary none of the animatronic characters move or if they do it’s very limited and this is the way it is built so weird.
The indoor section Dreamworks not as good as it looks most of the rides inside here have screens like the Harry Potter rides at universal Florida even the indoor rollercoasters you stop look at a screen and move to next section but most of them don’t work ie you can hear the voices but screens blank.
The only good thing in motiongate is the outside rollercoasters but getting to them is the problem it is bloody roasting outside the heat is bearable at best if your from the UK like me.
As for Bollywood it was Closed and was told might be for good as they are looking to change it to a football themed park ie Real Madrid sorry yes Madrid is massive if not the biggest Club in the world but if your not a Real Madrid fan why visit here its like opening a Manchester Utd theme park and me a Liverpool fan visiting, it’s not going to Happen. have they not learnt anything, keep this up if they don’t want guests.
We are booking for next year but will be keeping away from from the theme parks.
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Nothing can match Disney or Universal.
A number of European parks: "Hello there."
@@EspenSGX True, and Disney is going down the drain really fast.
@@ottot3221 When you look at the number of visitors Disneyland Paris still has the lead but Europa Park is gaining on them fast. Which isn't surprising, as Europa Park keeps on opening new stuff, which takes an age in DLP.
@@EspenSGX I have been once to DLP and I'm said I waisted that day that could have been spend in Paris. I have a hard time finding people in the Netherlands (where I am from) that actually liked their visit in DLP. They rather go to Efteling.
@@ottot3221 I agree. I've been to Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, Tokyo Disney Resort, and Disney World. Out of those parks, Disneyland Paris came in as the biggest disappointment of them all. Hong Kong Disneyland was pretty bad too, but at least it was cheaper and the overall design was prettier.
It's a shame that Disney decided to squeeze the lemon by increasing admission fees and overcrowding their parks, altogether it really takes the fun out of visiting a theme park when you have to plan your visit 2 months ahead if you want a chance to go on a specific ride without having to wait in the standby line for 2-3 hours.
As a fellow European, I've started to treasure the beauty of our nature way more than any artificial attraction. And to me, Dubai is basically one big artificial attraction. Completely soulless.
Normaly i dont realy like when parks build a shoping area but this one is really nice
I think Motiongate is an absolutely beautiful park with a great variety of attractions (the Dreamworks indoor section is world-beating) the other two... well... yeah... not great. But the complex with restaurants etc is stunning and the hotels around that area (the Lapita especially) are also beautiful and well worth a visit.
What i didnt get is their mindset on who’ll visit these theme parks with those original high prices. (and tbh why build these massive name brand, expensive theme parks in the first place)
Because Americans already have plenty in their country, Europeans have Disney Paris & local theme parks, Asians have Universal Singapore & Tokyo, Tokyo & HK & Shanghai Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea & etc.
so why would anyone go there when there are nearer options with similar/better quality for similar/better prices?
I don't think park admissoin pricing was the issue as it was about the same for similar parks around the world. I guess they assumed people would be attracted by all the licensed franchises. Though they are licensed, smurfs/shred/john wick aren't big franchises like Marvel/Disney/etc.. But would be people be wiling to fly half way across the world for a Smurfs or How to Train your dragon dark ride? I think Dubai's best gamble would have been to build a star trek land as that's a big franchise with a loyal/active following. I think people were also scared off Dubai's reputation as being an expensive city and their culture being so different. I do kinda applaud the Dubai gov't for trying to move away from oil to tourism.
We went to motiongate in 2018, very impressive theming through out the park, but the day we were there in August there was no more than about two hundred people. And the heat was very hot.
We have been twice (most recently in Feb 2022) to all 3 parks and love them - they may not be disneyworld but it’s a fantastic experience having the place almost to yourself and being able to walk on everything. The theming of the new rides is great too!
I have been there. Unfortunatly we were once before the gate after a thunderstorm (the streets were flooded) and only 2 attractions were open. Luckily they told us upfront, so we could change our holiday plans and visit Motiongate at a later date. Motiongate is an amazing park, the second best after Warner Brothers in Abu Dabi. But one can see where they cut costs. They have great ideas, lots of properties and some exceptional dark rides (Shrek), but yeah it's missing something. I just hope they survive the pandemic and get through with their plans. There is a lot of potential.
Warner Brothers in Abu Dhabi looks amazing, it's great you had an awesome time at Motiongate too! Let's hope they survive the pandemic because the new additions look to be strong and I would love to see the area become a Theme Park destination like it's tried to do for so long. - Luke
I think a huge issue with Dubai for international guests is dress code and society rules. It’s usually against the law for unmarried couples to share a hotel room for example.
@Sultan Younus if you are staying in luxury hotels it’s usually not enforced but it can be enforced. It’s still on the books as against the law.
@Sultan Younus Yes it actually is against the law and not encouraged being on the books and all the websites talking about the laws. You also can't use any profanity and talk about the government. Saying fuck in public could get you fined or in prison. Some of the best aspects of living here in North America.
@@danielneil237 not having to see drunk people who spew alcohol on the streets, and who uses foul language all the time... i am so glad i dobt have to be bothered with such in Dubai.
Foul language is never an ok habit.
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In my opinion they should make a dreamworks theme park cause that honestly the best part of the park
tottaly agree
Just make it shrektopia
Dubai’s problem seems to be they has SOOO much money, but have no idea what to do with it! Even a rapper could spend their money better!
Seems like they put in mostly attractions that you could easily find at your closest regional small amusement park, where they should have invested in a smaller number of bespoke attractions. Looks like it might be abandoned 10-20 years from now
Talk about putting a horse before the cart. I think they could have had a chance with opening it slowly. Disney did not open everything in one day, everything built was over time. Including their water parks and massive hotels were done years later.
Walt(well mostly his brother Roy and other people) was smart to built stuff overtime and wait for the proper moments to do so.
@@elijahwatson3474 exactly! These things take time and you have to see if they function.
I tried to visit once, but then I read the reviews and saw the ticket prices and I just didn’t go.
Where did you read the reviews?
@@theotherguy4427 Google
This is hilarious for me to watch because I was part of the opening cast of performers for this theme park. It was truly a shit show!
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Lego land was popular before Covid at afternoon sometimes, but after Covid, stuff closed and changed and now bollywood parks is gone for good
The idea was good. The investment was there. But the reputation wasn't positive. Instead of creating multiple theme parks at once. They should have establish one decent theme park first and build its reputation up before opening another one.
I think Dubai has a real problem as they always seem to be obsessed with size/biggest/tallest/brand names (IE: quantity) vs quality (good theming)
This is why I stick to our American theme parks. They’re expensive but well worth every dime. Universal, Disney, Lego Land, and Sea World, and Six Flags are the true masters of theme park fun. I will always cherish the memories I made there.
Europe has lots of nice themeparks too. They're very original/good theming, but just devoid of any recognizable franchises/IP. This could be a good or bad thing depending on your expectations.
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Huh. I’ll have to visit em sometime. Or at least look them up and watch some videos.
The Japanese Disney parks are wayyyy better
Everyone shits on Disneyland being too tame and lackluster but they know how to maintain a park.
The resort is so poorly designed. They have a Bollywood musical in the Bollywood park, and audience pay another ticket price just to see this full evening show.
It is the first time I ever attended a “ musical” performance to see a full cast is lip synching. I mean None of their performer can sing. It is so fake and the professional morality is so low. Maybe it is a cultural thing? That local audience is willing to pay to see a 120 mins lip synching “ musical”? The leading cast members are doing pantomime to a pre recorded track! For 120 minutes and they call this is MUSICAL. No, this is garbage by any standard.
These guys has no idea how entertainment business works. And the three parks are nightmares, all the major coasters were closed for repair ( the hunger game, the Madagascar, the how to train your dragon), it is a completely rip off and the park is so far far far away from the city. The taxi driver missed the entrance for twice, and have to circle around the high ways for the park is so bizarrely located. the signage and location indication is also a nightmare. The attitude of stuff is even worse. Don’t trust these local real estate developers. They have no idea of family entertainment and they don’t give a shit about costumer experience. The park does not have a heart. It looks like a collection of movie posters and cheap cut out movie figures. Nothing entertaining. simply one of the worst. Yes maybe they have to money to built whatever they want. But they have no respect to customer and you don’t want to waste your time and money there.
First of all, I just wanna say again how much I LOVE YOU GUYS, really amazing content and quality
In 2017, I went there with my wife during our honeymoon trip (after visiting HK Disneyland and the Tokyo Disney Parks), and boy was it such a huge let down. So much empty spaces, basic and generic rides with nothing to really look at, and there was barely anyone there
What a waste of money and space, they could have made something smaller, but much better!
WB AD on the other hand is FANTASTIC! Definitely a very high quality park, and the only one worth going to in the region. Please make a video on that 🙏🏽
Dubai could spend all its black gold convincing the world to visit but it just doesn’t have enough substance. There’s nothing that could get me to visit
There are some attractions in Abu Dhabi that would be good episodes... And apparently have had much better success.
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Oh! Like what?
The Warner Brothers park in Abu Dhabi looks spectacular and seems to be the first park in the area that is a must do for Theme Park fans, not just for thrill seekers like Ferrari World down the road - Luke
Warner Bros & Ferrari World Abu Dhabi 😍😍😍
I've been to Warner Bros and Ferrari World and those were amazing! Granted we got our tickets at a discount since I knew someone who worked at the park
Love this channel
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The podcast is fab too been binging it today in fact!
@@theotherguy4427 didn’t know it existed. Thanks for the insight
I’ve been recommended and watched tons of ride videos from that park and overall the thing I came away with was “boring.” The Shrek ride had the most unique twist/story but they made everything too bare and spread out to hold attention. The Hotel Transylvania ride is another fun idea but done in that same slow, bare way as Shrek.
Yeah, the park heavily lacked theming.
Tbf, Disneyland Paris didn't work at the start until they opened Space Mountain. So maybe they can make it work ?
As a Dubaiyan, I'll say this, the problem imo is that it's too expensive, it should be 20 dollars per person per day, not 60! Dubai's masses aren't millionaires we can't afford that expensive entertainment and the other way to make money for them would be to attract foreign tourists but Dubai parks hasn't made a name for it like Disney has so why would people wanna come so badly for it.
Disney is a decades old established brand for which people are willing to spend a huge chunk on.
And this is sadly the norm here, entertainment is just too expensive for the locals(and I'm not particularly talking about citizens, majority of the locals are not citizens TMU)
TALKING ABOUT the wrong timing
Well I guess they fall for the oldest trap on project planning, investing too much on something without first making sure that its an idea worth of the money or time, only that since they have a lot of money, they screw that up at a monumental scale.
The problem was that the whole park wasn’t shreked themed
Hey I was gonna comment that
Shrektopia
More like "SHREK'ED OUT"
Lol
I have visited Bollywood park and Lego Land at Dubai parks. Bollywood park was a complete dud. But I vouch for Legoland. My 5 year old boy had so much fun. He was the reason why we went, so well worth a visit.
Thanks, glad you did this one. I've heard many discussions of Dubai but nothing that adequately explained WHY it went wrong. You'd think with the kind of capital floated in their economy it would be the epitome of endless funding. Apparently that kind of funding is just a safety net for the kind of planning and projections that went on here. You didn't mention too much about the locals but I would imagine most theme parks are carried by repeat business from area residents as opposed to heavy tourism. I had to wonder how much ( or how little ) tourism Dubai gets from a clientele that would attend theme parks and how that factored in. Is this even a viable area?
If nothing more Dubai has proven that you can't just throw money at something and expect people to show up. Dubai see's over 16 million International tourists a year but they're clearly not looking to do the parks or the parks they have aren't enticing enough when you realise how small their attendance numbers are. Locals for sure make up a large percentage of those numbers. - Luke
@@ReviewTyme there are no real public transportations to get to any of these big attractions areas.
There was a giant metro plan, to build several metrolines in Dubai. But due to the 2008 financial crisisvthat got cancelled (delayed).
So now you only have the red line, which recently got extended to the Expo site, and that goes a straight line very close to the coast. Through dubai marina, jumeirah, mall of emirates, business bay, burj khalifa, dubai mall, and to deira.
Andvtherevis 1 green line in old dubai (deira, etc) in the north.
But the old plan to extend the red line to the new giant airport, and the new colorlines to be able to get inwards into Dubai (Dubailand, etc) never got started.
So no real public transportations to get to any of the big park resorts.
Basicly either you need a car or use taxi.
Tourists seldom have cars.
So a dominoeffect of the 2008 financial collapsevib the world lead to many cancellations. And now it is like a curse.
New giant airport? Inconvenient since no metrosystem to it..
No metrosystem to anywhere besides the red straight line.... so not able to get most places, like those parks.
Big dubailand investors pulled the plug, then it is harder to build necesary infrastructure if only a few attractions.
But things are going forward, but not at the same extreme speed as before 2008.
Supposedly, Disneyland attracts more locals than tourists while Disney world has more tourists than locals.
All these emirate mega projects also attract an international coterie of suckerfish. From construction and project management firms to vendors and consultants, they swarm to the place in a feeding frenzy.
If nothing else I admire their optimism
I admire their bank accounts
This really is the American in me talking, so take it as you will, but I think referring to these parks as a "world destination" is stretching the truth quite a bit. No one is going to these parks, that's why they're all failing, throwing money at something doesn't mean people will want to go there.
You’re right, it is the American in you.
Dubai is a hub, like Singapore, for much trans-continental traffic outside of the Americas.
@@robcaines8652 You misunderstand me, I wasn't saying that it isn't a hub for traffic through the region. What I'm saying is people from around the world are not going there primarily for those theme parks. People from around the world go to Orlando specifically to go to Disney World (or Universal), and that's what I referring to as a "world destination" people wanting to go someplace specifically because they want to be entertained by what's there. If that was the case with Dubai their theme parks would be packed, and they wouldn't close down due to lack of attendance which has most definitely happened.
Hubs can become destinations - it happened to Hong Kong and Singapore.
Built out of nothing and draws people in - that sounds familiar - Orlando swamp anyone?
You couldn’t know if it would draw people in until it was built, and most “experts” said Walt’s folly building Disneyland was doomed to fail too.
At least Dubai already had people
Visiting before they built it.
They only need metrolines that can reach these parks. It is sort of limiting in itself when there is no good public transportations to the parks and attractions there.
Much better with the waterparks along ajuneirah and at palm jumeirah Atlantis,
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I read someone’s comment a while back, “movie -themed rides are just product placements” lol
The hunger games are not allowed in book stores anymore due to violence
That Hunger Games coaster looks so bizarre. They just slapped the Mockingjay logo on a ride with no other theming.
وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
"Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped
وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ العَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
"And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive not
أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَى علَى مَا فَرَّطتُ فِي جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ
"Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked
أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ
"Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should certainly have been among the righteous
Quran .islam*=-_-
Dubai is deadass 20 years ahead of us wth
Dubai seems to be SOO AMBITIOUS WITH THERE THEME PARK IDEAS. but always seem to be cancelled or done horribly. They DEFINITELY know what to think to have for a theme park but just can't make it into a reality. And it definitely crazy for a place to have soo much money that they end up having very poor dark rides and theme parks. And I heard it's EXTREMELY HOT IN DUBAI SOO IT MUST BE VERRY UNBEARABLE WALKING OUTSIDE THERE FOR A LONG TIME. They should of done it like img world of adventures and have it completely indoors so it would be more comfortable walking around and maybe might get more people and crowds going there. It sucks that there AMAZING IDEAS THERE HAVVE keep failing horrible. It's like there a cures in Dubai that has there AMAZING IDEAS for there theme parks to keep on failing. I REALLY DO HOPE ONE DAY they get at least 1 AMAZING IMMESEVRE theme park ideas to succeed and enjoy. Maybe a good idea for Dubai is to maybe make a company like merlin entertainment and make theme parks for other countries. So they can really show there AMAZING IDEAS TO LIFE and maybe hopefully move those ideas to Dubai.
They're constricting a cirque du soleil theme park in vallarta mexico I'm wondering if that's a good enough theme to get people going, or will it have the same problem as here.
The park is no longer themed with the Cirque du solieil and is now called "Vidanta World", they are already very late and from the advances it does not seem that it will be anything of what they promised.
mexico is just too dangerous (consequently there's a huge migrant problem at the US border). people don't want to stay in mexico and improve the country because they can't.
I hate to sound like an ignorant American, but I want to say the two biggest obvious things that irked to me about both Dubai land and Dubai parks, as well as the other sort of mega projects that are currently being built in the Middle East. Actually interesting to contrast this with Disney Shanghai and Universal Beijing because at least China has grown, it's a middle class enough as well as has really good metrics on its own media that companies going in know exactly what the Chinese audience wants. The confusing things about all these projects is that keep asking who are these four? Because no one in middle class in their country are going to enjoy these cuz it doesn't exist. And two what properties do people in the middle east even like? Especially when I see the type of IPs being used. It seems like they're just either big IPs or IPs that they could just get instead of okay. Like this is super popular in the middle east. Let's make it this. The only one that kind of makes sense is Legoland just because of how universal Legos are everything else like there needs to be an actual constantly consuming middle class in these countries with various market data to show what actually works. And considering that a lot of countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran which bans so many different things this becomes an issue.
Really good video! 🙌
It's almost as if billionaires were so out of touch with reality that they spend millions on ugly silver "futuristic" looking trucks and impractical underground tunnel systems and Mars maned missions, instead of viable shit.
Wait...who was I talking about again?
No one seems to learn, never open a park half arsed. LOL! Even Disneyland opened Tomorrowland (rather than board it up for later) WDW had Contemporary Resort (landscaped) though had no guests yet. Hong Kong DL opened in one year (Ohhh! they got raked over the coals!!!) It's a Small World came 3 yrs. later.
Dubai parks and resorts: exist
IMG worlds dubai and the Warner bros Park in abu dhabi: am I a joke to you
Classic too much money problem.
I didn't even know this place existed!
Excellent video! I think you sholud make a video talking about Vidanta World in Mexico. I saw it's a huge themed park that will include certain aspects from The Cirque Du Soeil :O
They have built this park in the place which is not easily accessible through public transportation and also the entrance fee is expensive.
وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
"Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped
وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ العَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
"And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive not
أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَى علَى مَا فَرَّطتُ فِي جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ
"Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked
أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ
"Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should certainly have been among the righteous
Quran .islam*/////
Yes but the indoor area is amazing
وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
"Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped
وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ العَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
"And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive not
أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَى علَى مَا فَرَّطتُ فِي جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ
"Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked
أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ
"Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should certainly have been among the righteous
Quran .islam*/////
Can't wait for the rides to be relocated to parks, that actually get visited.
Most of them are closed for “ maintenance “ any way, so I don’t think there are parks want their second hand ride.
the main issue with DPR is that the location is a way way bad idea its like one end of the world, second thing is that they should have created only one theme park instead of three
I go there every year, while there are some bad bits, its Still amazing and I dont understand all the hate. Its a good place with good attractions and really, I dont get the hate.
Well....their first mistake was building in Dubai. 🤷♂️
وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
"Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped
وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ العَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
"And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive not
أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَى علَى مَا فَرَّطتُ فِي جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ
"Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked
أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ
"Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should certainly have been among the righteous
Quran .islam*/////
The thing I don't understand is that why these middle east people always try to compete with US? Come on Dubai, disneyland has their own history and present. The park they have is not only theme park, it is connected with people memories and feelings. LEGOLAND , BOLLYWOOD park , gosh. Totally waste of money and dubai local can't afford these types of park. So please be realistic and stop wasting money.
I’d love to see the Dubai Parks and Resorts area to expand to new plots of land with multiple theme parks and brands and would expand to the proposed Dubailand area in an effort for Dubai Parks and Resorts to become Dubailand Parks and Resorts Dubai!
My mom is now in Dubai, the biggest city in the Emirates! 'Tis grounds why I'm seeing this video!
As someone who is from Dubai,, and had an annual pass,, I’ve literally only been to Dubai park 4 times, I do prefer IMG worlds of adventure though
Also I’ve visited 3 different Disney lands and 2 universal studios, ive also been to lego land and europa park, and maybe that played in a role in why the Dubai park was so underwhelming to me
What about Ice Age?
You did speak about a lot of things but you missed the most important point which is that dubai has a really hot weather, I went to dubai parks and I really did struggle with the weather.
In my opinion they’ve should’ve made it an indoor park.
So...they wrote a check they couldn't cash? Let me know if this the wrong metaphor.
Do you mean "they let their mouths write a cheque that their asses couldn't cash"? Making grandiose plans and then building watered-down attractions that don't draw in visitors, partly because they wanted it to get it all done yesterday and go from 0 to 10,000 kph in three seconds, when a slower rate of growth would allow visitors to get acclimated to the setup.
Gee, opening up a theme park resort destination in a country where I can get in trouble for holding my partner’s hand in public. Yeah, sounds like a totally attractive place to visit 👌🏽
Talking as a resident of Dubai this is a bit exaggerated
@@wolfsdfgu
Please, enlighten me.
the way this has nothing to do with the video..... ? ? ?
Gee, commenting stuff which is no where relates to the video and have no idea how things work in Dubai. Ignorant much??
If yourr going to charge those kind of prices, and with people comparing everything to disney, you best bring and amazing experience or youre just asking to go bankrupt.
Please make a video on Global village and it's success. I have been visiting it since my childhood and till date it didn't lost it's charm.
Y’all my friend’s cousin’s buckle opened in the up and down ride (I don’t know what it’s called) and she had to hold her cousin. When they to,d the security guy he said no problem it’s ok it’s done now go home.
Freej: Whyyyy No Local Uae Series
Anything in Dubai successful since being built ?
the artificial islands haven't sunk . . .yet.
Everybody wants to be Disney but they just can’t cut it I wonder why do you think maybe the Disney corporation undercuts a lot of these other competitors in other countries because there are some amusement parks in other parts of the world that look like they would be so much better than the Disney experience I mean if you’ve ever gone to Disney World there aren’t very many rides for adults to be honest there’s one or two the rest is all kid oriented or virtual so nothing really that great pretty sad but I think the Disney corporation undercuts a lot of these other amusement parks around the world sorry this happened to Dubai it looks like it’s fun and may be affordable haven’t finished washing the whole video hope these parks are still open because I go to Dubai and visit the park if it is affordable but if it has a crazy price tag I’ll stick with Disney.
وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
"Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped
وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ العَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
"And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive not
أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَى علَى مَا فَرَّطتُ فِي جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ
"Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked
أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ
"Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should certainly have been among the righteous
Quran .islam*/////
Dubai parks is amazing, but the weather just ruins it, I can only go in winter.
Weather might have been a reason.....it’s hot
Can you do a history on Warner Bros Movie World? (The one in Gold Coast, Australia)
As an emirate.... its 100% true i mean eveything is wrong about this resort
Are you going to cover the cancelled busch gardens and SeaWorld on the palm island in dubai
Dubai should've pulled a Tokyo Disney, just toss loads and loads of money at Disney and their imagineers and watch them work
The thing that urks me so much about Motiongate's rollercoasters are it's ties to it's brand. Like, the kiddie coasters make a lot of sense, but all the others just make me scratch my head so much. Like, WHY THE FUCK IS AN S&S FREESPIN COASTER THEMED TO JOHN WICK?!?! IT LITERALLY HAS NO TIES TO THE FRANCHISE AT ALL!
This theme park is just a Universal Studios knock-off containing rollercoasters with Six Flags-level theming.