Theme Park Bits: ‘Ghostbusters’ And ‘Smurfs’ Coming To Dubai; Plus ‘Frozen’ Invades Disneyland
This edition of Theme Park Bits travels the globe. China, the Middle East and even the Frozen land of Arendelle. Below, read about the following:
Sony Pictures has had a rough couple months, but they’ve also had a few very cool things happen too. For example, the company has licensed several of their properties – specificallySmurfs, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Hotel Transylvania, Ghostbusters, UnderworldandZombieland– for use in an upcoming theme park that’s being constructed in Dubai. It’s calledMotiongate Dubai, which will feature about 12 Sony attractions in aSony Pictures Park and Smurfs Zone. Read more atHollywood Reporter.
But that’s not all that’s happening in Dubai. They’re also planning a park a theme park based on Bollywood movies. Read more atDisney and More.
Frozencontinued to invade Disney theme parks. In addition to the expansion inDisney California Adventure, the central city of Arendelle has been added to the Fantasyland ride, theStorybook Land Canal Boats.The Disney Bloghas some photos, but here’s just one.Stitch Kingdomhas confirmed thatDisneylandis getting ready to launch a new night time parade sometime early during its 60th anniversary, which is this year. Head there for more details and here aresome rumorsabout the specifics.
TheDalian Wanda Groupis a massive corporation in China. Among their assets are the AMC movie theater chain, so they’re a player, and recently they broke ground on a $1.13 billion movie-themed amusement park in Wuhan, China. The hope is they can compete in their country with Disney and DreamWorks. They’re also said to maybe be looking in to acquiring a Hollywood film studio. Wow. Read Read more atThe Hollywood Reporter.
Knotts Berry Farmrecently announced a new ride coming later this year. It’s calledVoyage to the Iron Reefand is a big time, 3D simulator ride. Read more about it atDisney and More, and here’s a cool teaser image.
In a story that’s almost too crazy to be believed, two men rode every single ride in all four parks atWalt Disney Worldin one day. That’s 46 rides over 17 hours with 22 miles of running in between. Read the full story at theDaily News.
