Motiongate Dubai Releases Details on 27 Attractions

The under-construction Motiongate Dubai theme park today announced the 27 rides and attractions — including five roller coasters — that will debut with the park when it opens this October.

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The 27 rides and attractions are “inspired by some of Hollywood’s most cherished movies from DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Studios and Lionsgate.” They’re divided between five areas, as seen in the park overview above.

“We are taking guests beyond the screen, into a world of cinematic adventure…With an action-packed line-up of Hollywood-inspired rides and attractions from fast-paced roller coasters, multi-sensory theatre shows to imaginative play areas, plus a full line-up of live entertainment shows, there is something for everyone,” said Guido Zucchi, the park’s general manager.

Below, we’ve broken the park down by section with summaries of the roller coasters and other rides and attractions coming to each:

Sony Pictures Studios Zone

The Sony Pictures Studios Zone will feature The Green Hornet: High Speed Chase, a high action roller coaster, which follows the masked crusader and his sidekick Kato on a white knuckle pursuit through dizzying drops and sharp turns. The area will also feature a 19-story Zombieland inspired drop/launch tower.

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Rides:

  • Hotel Transylvania: a dark ride inside the world’s only hotel for monsters.
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: River Expedition: a family-friendly rapids ride.
  • Flint’s Imagination Lab (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs): an interactive and experimental play lab with larger-than-life foam food objects.
  • Zombieland: Blast Off: a 190-foot drop tower that blasts guests up and down.
  • Ghostbusters: Battle for New York: an interactive dark ride.
  • The Green Hornet: High Speed Chase: a “fast-paced roller coaster that sends guests speeding through sharp turns and dizzying drops.”
  • Underworld 4D: a multi-sensory experience with 4D effects including “seat vibration, air blasts, mist, wind and lighting effects.”

Live entertainment:

  • Backlot Beat: young artists dancing and singing the top hits of yesterday and today.
  • Ghostbusters: The Ghostbusters as a singing, dancing boy band.
  • Hotel Transylvania: Count Dracula and his family of monsters perform song and dance numbers.
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs meet and greet
  • The Green Hornet: The Green Hornet characters share crime fighting tips with guests.
  • Underworld meet and greet

Smurfs Village

The Smurfs Village area will feature the Smurfs Village Express roller coaster that glides through the mushroom-capped Smurfs’ town.

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Rides:

  • Smurfs Studio Tour: a family ride that takes guests behind the scenes of the Smurfs working studio.
  • Smurfs Village Express: a “family-friendly roller coaster journey through Smurfs Village.”
  • Woodland Play Park: an “adventure playground with rope bridges, slides and mushroom-shaped houses.”
  • Smurfberry Factory: interactive play area with “large foam Smurfberries.”

Live entertainment:

  • Smurfs Village Playhouse: live show where guests can interact with animated Smurfs.
  • Smurfs meet and greet

Dreamworks Zone

The DreamWorks area will feature two coasters: Madagascar Mad Pursuit, the “fastest roller coaster in the park, which will take guests on a mad chase through the circus” and Dragon Gliders, a “one-of-a-kind suspended roller coaster inviting guests to soar high above the land of Berk,” inspired by How To Train Your Dragon.

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Rides:

  • Shrek’s Merry Fairy Tale Journey: interactive dark ride.
  • Swamp Celebration (Shrek): a “family ride where guests sit in a hollowed out log that glides and spins.”
  • Madagascar Mad Pursuit a “white knuckle roller coaster ride that takes guests on a windy course filled with sharp turns.”
  • Melman Go-Round (Madagascar): an “animated carousel family ride featuring Madagascar characters.”
  • Penguin Air (Madagascar): a “family ride where guests ride on rotating hang glider aircrafts.”
  • Kung Fu Panda: Unstoppable Awesomeness: a 3D multi-sensory theater.
  • Mr. Ping’s Noodle Fling (Kung Fu Panda): teacup-style ride in “whimsical noodle bowls.”
  • Dragon Gliders (How To Train Your Dragon): an exhilarating suspended roller coaster that soars high above.
  • Camp Viking (How To Train Your Dragon): an interactive water play area with wet and dry areas.
  • Swinging Viking: a classic swinging Viking ship ride.

Live entertainment:

  • Fountain of Dreams: water and light displays that showcases favorite DreamWorks characters.
  • Kung Fu Panda Academy: interactive, live stage show
  • Shrek meet-and-greet
  • Madagascar: King Julien’s Side Show Café: King Julian and the characters from Madagascar entertain diners; Captain Chantel DuBois entertains diners as she hunts the escaped Zoosters.
  • How To Train Your Dragon: a photo opportunity with a larger-than-life Toothless dragon and friends

Lionsgate Zone

The Lionsgate area will feature two rides inspired by The Hunger Games franchise (including a roller coaster) as well as a Step Up-inspired stage show.

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Rides:

  • Capitol Bullet Train (The Hunger Games): a roller coaster that “launches guests in all directions.”
  • Panem Aerial Tour (The Hunger Games): an “immersive 3D motion simulator where guests ride a soaring hovercraft.”

Live entertainment:

  • Step Up Dubai, All In!: a “high energy stage show featuring live hip hop dancers, pop singers and rappers.”

The park’s “Studio Central” entry area will feature two live shows: an opening ceremony featuring famous Hollywood characters welcoming guests to the park and a roaming “backlot crew” interactive show.

The park will also offer nine restaurants, 15 themed retail outlets and a 1,000-seat multi-purpose theatre.

Motiongate Dubai is part of the Dubai Parks and Resorts development which will also feature the region’s first Legoland theme and water park. It will also feature Bollywood Parks Dubai, the first ever theme park based on the sights and sounds of Bollywood. The entire destination will be connected by Riverland Dubai – a retail, dining and entertainment walkway and guests can stay at various resort hotels.

Below is a larger version of the park overview without the area labels:

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To learn more about Motiongate Dubai, visit the park’s website.

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