Disney wowed buyers by asserting its seventh theme park might be in Abu Dhabi. CEO Bob Iger is hoping to seize a number of the 39 million vacationers who go to the capital of the United Arab Emirates. (Disney)
Disney is ready to create a theme park within the United Arab Emirates within the coming years, selecting Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island as the positioning for the deliberate undertaking.
Disney CEO Bob Iger advised analysts and buyers that Disneyland Abu Dhabi, the leisure large’s seventh park, might be “authentically Disney and distinctly Emirati.”
The park, Iger mentioned, will “rise from the shores of this land in spectacular fashion, blending wonderful Disney stories and characters with the cultures and tastes of this country and this region.”
The park might be constructed on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
The brand new park might be Disney’s seventh. (Walt Disney Firm)
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It’s going to present “immersive experiences in unique and modern ways,” in keeping with the Disney CEO.
As soon as constructed by developer and operator Miral Group, the brand new Disney park will be a part of 4 different theme parks already current on Yas Island, which opened in 2010.
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi 
Folks stroll round at Warner Bros. World, the first-ever Warner-branded indoor theme park, within the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi describes itself because the “world’s biggest indoor theme park.”
The park boasts 29 totally different sights throughout six “lands” inside an enormous 1.65-million-square-foot facility, in keeping with its web site.
Miral introduced in 2022 {that a} land themed after the favored Harry Potter books and flicks might be added to Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi sooner or later.
Yas Waterworld 
The waterpark has 12 new rides and slides opening this summer season. (Yas Waterworld Yas Island, Abu Dhabi)
Yas Waterworld, an enormous waterpark on Yas Island, just lately underwent an enlargement, with 12 new rides and slides slated to make their debut this summer season.
The addition of these new choices will enhance Yas Waterworld’s journey, slide and attraction depend to greater than 57, the theme park mentioned in a late April press launch.
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi 
A view of Ferrari World at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi was the primary theme park to start out welcoming company on Yas Island. It celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2020.
The “world’s fastest roller coaster, the highest loop ride, the tallest space-frame structure ever built on the planet” and different rides might be discovered throughout the park, Ferrari World mentioned on its web site.
Visitors can even take a spin in a Ferrari Portofino sports activities automobile, both as the driving force or a passenger, by way of an expertise the park affords.
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SeaWorld Abu Dhabi 
Folks tour at SeaWorld, the area’s first marine life theme park, on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is situated close to Ferrari World on Yas Island.
It has greater than 15 “interactive experiences and rides” and over 100 animal experiences and shows, in addition to different leisure.
There are “up close” animal encounters with penguins, sea otters, dolphins and different creatures. In the meantime, a “SeaSub” attraction permits company to discover the park’s aquarium and see fish from inside a submersible.
A view of the Yas Marina and the W Abu Dhabi – Yas Island resort in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Whereas theme parks are a serious draw for Yas Island, they aren’t the one locations and actions current.
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There’s a golf course and Clymb Abu Dhabi, a facility that provides indoor skydiving and rock-climbing. The island additionally has a 2.5-million-square-foot buying heart, Yas Mall, with tons of of manufacturers.
Miral mentioned in late April that Yas Island skilled greater than 38 million visits final 12 months.
