^ Yeah, while they did open the parks, not everything is open. (Which is painfully more apparent with Motiongate.) From what I'm reading, the Bollywood park is the breakout hit at the moment.
Video-wise, Robert Niles from TPI gives a nice little tour of Motiongate which shows this is definitely a "studio park", it also shows what's open and all the things currently not.
Also, according to Robert in his review, out of the three dark rides which were open in the park, (Ghostbusters, Hotel Transylvainia, Smurfs Studio Tour) the best one was the Smurfs Studio Tour. Where there's a full video here.
So that's currently the "Best" darkride in the park, mainly due to it had more movement then Hotel Trasylvainia which apparently is mostly static scenes/manniquins. (Which you could clearly see in Robert's tour.) As for Ghostbusters, Robert felt the 3D gameplay was "Been there, done that.", so it paled in comparison to say Buzz Lightyear in Shangai, or even more appropriate, the 3D shooting darkride next door in the Bollywood park.
Dubai sure loves puffing themselves up as the next Orlando, but theme park wise they always seem to forget a crucial detail or two. What's amusing here is they actually went on the cheap. The pricetag for Dubai Parks is a little over 3 Billion which was split between Motiongate, the Bollywood park and Legoland Dubai. So once again it falls under the dilemma I have with Ferrari World and IMG, it felt like the money went more into the IP rights/buildings then the attractions themselves.
Video-wise, Robert Niles from TPI gives a nice little tour of Motiongate which shows this is definitely a "studio park", it also shows what's open and all the things currently not.
Also, according to Robert in his review, out of the three dark rides which were open in the park, (Ghostbusters, Hotel Transylvainia, Smurfs Studio Tour) the best one was the Smurfs Studio Tour. Where there's a full video here.
So that's currently the "Best" darkride in the park, mainly due to it had more movement then Hotel Trasylvainia which apparently is mostly static scenes/manniquins. (Which you could clearly see in Robert's tour.) As for Ghostbusters, Robert felt the 3D gameplay was "Been there, done that.", so it paled in comparison to say Buzz Lightyear in Shangai, or even more appropriate, the 3D shooting darkride next door in the Bollywood park.
Dubai sure loves puffing themselves up as the next Orlando, but theme park wise they always seem to forget a crucial detail or two. What's amusing here is they actually went on the cheap. The pricetag for Dubai Parks is a little over 3 Billion which was split between Motiongate, the Bollywood park and Legoland Dubai. So once again it falls under the dilemma I have with Ferrari World and IMG, it felt like the money went more into the IP rights/buildings then the attractions themselves.