Theme Park University was the first website to signal trouble in Dubai several weeks ago. We were getting reports that Six Flags Dubai was being canceled from vendors, designers and those that were on the ground. While no official statement had been made, we were confident that an announcement was forthcoming. On February 7th, 2019
The writing has been on the wall for quite some time. Dubai Parks and Resorts is in some financial strain. Despite touting attendance gains for 2018 in several press announcements, as we have stated here at TPU that those gains are small in comparison to the numbers needed to break even on an operation that
It looks like Dubai Parks and Resorts are finally turning around. DBX, the company who owns motiongate Dubai, Legoland Dubai and is reporting staggering growth numbers for the first half of 2018. If these numbers continue, it could put Dubai on the map as a major theme park contender. According to the report in Gulf News,