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The Greatest Six Flags Park That Was Never Built - Six Flags Dubailand | ReviewTyme
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in the mid 2000s dubai was set to be
home to theme parks from universal
studios
marvel dreamworks and so many more but
arguably the most immersive
spectacularly themed park wasn't from
any of these companies
and would come from a brand known for
slapping a roller coaster on a car park
and calling it a day six flags dubai
land would have been a 5 million
square foot theme park containing over
35 rides including a b
m dive coaster some wiggles themed
children's attractions
and even the world's tallest longest and
fastest
hyper coaster for review time i'm luke
and this is a look at six flags dubai
land
the spectacular six flags park that was
never built
dubai lamb was the brainchild of tatweer
a luxury real estate company
owned by the massive investment company
dubai holding
dubai lamb was said to be the world's
largest entertainment and leisure
development
ever and would have dwarfed walt disney
world
the 64 billion dollar development would
have included
45 mega projects including theme parks
and resorts
and a further 200 sub projects
but if you're interested in more
information on dubai land what it would
have contained and
why it was ultimately a colossal failure
be sure to check out our previous video
on the topic
one of the most ambitious and incredible
looking parks in the dubai land project
wasn't a disney or even a universal one
but the six flags dubai land
kingdom of thrills in march of 2008
dubai holdings inc and six flags
announced a partnership
that would allow tatweer the exclusive
usage rights
of the six flags brand in the united
arab emirates
the groundbreaking of six flags dubai
land was set to take place in 2009
and the park was announced as the
largest six flags park
outside of the united states and the
first six flags parked to be built by
them
since saint louis in 1971.
over the years since the announcement
and cancellation
a large number of impressive pieces of
concept art have come out from the
incredible designers
who worked on them with the major
company behind them all being legacy
entertainment
the company behind rides such as the
amazing adventures of spider-man and
terminator 2
3d among countless others this concept
art gives us a great look at the
immersive
5 million square foot park's impressive
entrance plaza and six
themed lands with the entire park being
designed
in the traditional hub and spoke layout
as seen in most disney parks
the first attraction you would have
experienced as a guest though
would have actually taken place on your
way into the park
where the roller coaster road would have
provided some airtime moments on your
drive
into the parking lot this partnered with
the tollbooth being under a
giant intamin wooden coaster would have
truly set the expectations for your day
ahead
after passing through an incredible
looking entrance building containing a
place to buy tickets
passed through security and entered
through the turnstiles
you would have been in the park's main
street area entitled treasure promenade
with all of the expected shops and
restaurants set amongst a network of
lush
alleys and hidden garden courtyards
drawing you towards the end of the
street would have been the icon of the
park
an incredible looking kaleidoscope
ferris wheel
this icon would have provided an
incredible piece of kinetic artwork with
twirling fabric discs
enhanced at night through an led and
projection mapped lighting package
the park vi lands were designed not to
emulate specific
moments or places but rather to attempt
to capture and evoke a specific set of
emotions
thus the rather simplistic names of the
six lands
the first land you could have entered
when taking a left at the hub would have
been
celebrate a land designed to look like
an abandoned industrial revolution
waterfront
which was overtaken and transformed by a
collective of artists
if those artists had a particular love
of brands such as coca-cola
johnny rockets and walgreens
some of six flags most popular brands of
rides would have been featured here
including a mack ride super splash
called tidal wave
and a giant frisbee called pandemonium
moving around from celebrate in a
clockwise direction you would have next
hit
wonder designed to immerse guests in a
mystical asian village
featuring plenty of flowing water
manicured garden spaces
and relaxing places to unwind this land
would have also featured some new spins
of classic
six flags rides including a mack water
rides coaster called tatsu
and an impressive looking spinning
coaster called ninja gauntlet of
champions
one completely original attraction in
the land would have been the
jauntily angled magic pagoda an
anti-gravity trick house
walk through experience next up guests
would have entered
imagine or as it looks like it should
have been called
tomorrowland dubai this land would have
featured an optimistic futurescape that
would have looked especially spectacular
at night
attractions within imagine would have
included an inverted coaster
a family dark ride a shooter in the vein
of justice league battle for metropolis
as well as z force an incredibly themed
verkoma mad house
the next land in the park was set to be
play mostly designed as the kiddie land
of the park featuring the highest
concentration of rides
in any single land all throughout would
have been some incredible kinetic
sculptures that would have come to life
in the dubai desert and winds with the
entrance of the land
bearing some striking resemblances to
rolly crump's tower of the four winds
at the entrance to it's a small world at
the 1964 world's fair
as well as some water splash pads and a
carousel
the land would have also featured a
selection of family-friendly
wiggles-themed rides including a crazy
bus
samba tower and even a small theater for
kids to watch performances by henry the
octopus
wags the dog and captain feather sword
the next land discover would have
arguably featured
some of the most impressive attractions
and theming within the entire park
towering over the land would have been
colossal statues of gladiators and more
with the only thing towering over them
being the rides
discover would have contained two of the
park's biggest and best coasters
first would have been colossus an
intimate prefab wooden coaster
similar to el toro at six flags great
adventure
but the park's signature coaster would
have been the dubai giant
a b m hyper billed as the world's
tallest
longest and fastest hyper coaster
the final land of the park would have
been explore
themed to the golden age of travel
featuring wrought iron framework showing
off classic trains
hot air balloons and more the e-ticket
attraction of the land would have been
scream an eagle
a heavily themed b m dive coaster where
you would have strapped yourself
onto a biplane elsewhere in the land
would have been roaring rapids
a parachute tower as well as a flying
theater simply entitled in concept art
soar and simulator from looking at all
these pieces of concept art it's clear
to see that this park
would have been nothing like any other
six flags parked before
it featuring incredibly immersive theme
park levels of detail
that would have been hard to believe
were within a six flags park
and the reason for this incredible
detail was simple
once dubai land was set to be complete
six flags wasn't
just going to be a regional theme park
hours away from competition
but smack bang in the middle of the
world's biggest theme park destination
having to compete for visitorships with
the likes of universal studios
warner brothers marvel and more
sadly the 2009 groundbreaking date came
and went
and in the six flags 2010 annual report
released in march of 2011
the company announced that they had
terminated their agreement with tatweer
due to a lack of payment to fund the
park effectively cancelling the project
on the spot however six flags due by
land wasn't the only cancelled six flags
park
set to come to dubai on april the 10th
2014 six flags announced a brand new
completely separate partnership this
time with morass
leisure and entertainment to build the
six flags park to open
as the fourth park in the dubai parks
and resorts area
joining motiongate legoland and
bollywood
the park originally set to open in 2017
would have used the simple name of six
flags to buy
this park did begin ground preparations
work on july the 3rd 2016
and would have been situated between the
lupita hotel
and riverland dubai the park was set to
be split across six
themed areas most named after existing
six flags properties
including magic mountain fiesta texas
great escape great adventure great
america
and thrill seeker plaza with the naming
conventions in the park
almost looking as lackluster and
visionless as the park itself
some of the more interesting attractions
within would have been an
rmc ground-up coaster looking similar to
goliath that six flags great america
a 4d coaster looking worryingly like a
zak spin
as well as a mac power splash water
coaster
the opening date of the park kept
getting pushed back from 2017 to 2018
to 2019 until ultimately on the 24th of
april
2019 the park was officially cancelled
by dxb
entertainments citing that the project
was
not in the best interests of the company
or its shareholders
and would dubai parks and resorts
struggling to even hit
3 million guests a year across its three
parks
it's not a surprise the budget for a
fourth simply isn't there
unfortunately dubai as a whole hasn't
lived up to the grandiose
theme park destination it was
positioning itself to be
10 years ago and both of these six flags
parks no matter their difference in
detail
care and attention have both ended up
exactly the same way
cancelled with pieces of concept art now
being our only look
at the parks that could have been rumors
have it that a number of the six flags
dubai rides are being retained to be
split across the other three
to buy parks and resorts properties to
try and revitalize them
however with the way the world is going
currently it might be lucky if i
ever get to visit a dubai theme park and
if i do
it definitely won't be a six flags one
from the home of
all things theme parks i'm luke for
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