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By Neal Ungerleider | 07-12-2012 | 8:03 AM
Flames Of Fury: The Wrath Of Zu Rong - Exterior View
Dinosaur At The Gates
Jurassic Dream Atrium
Jurassic Dream Model
Scale Model Of Jurassic Dream Water Park
Lagoon Show
Scale Model Of Jurassic Dream
Flames Of Fury: The Wrath Of Zu Rong
Mystic Caverns
Jurassic City
The Nighttime Spectacular: Big Bang
The Nighttime Spectacular: Into The Blue
The Nighttime Spectacular: Awakening Earth
The Nighttime Spectacular: Mag Giants
The Nighttime Spectacular: Finale
Jurassic Dream Construction
Jurassic Dream: Planned Future Entrance
In China's remote northeast, construction is underway on one of the world's largest indoor theme parks, Jurassic Dream. It will contain more than 13 acres of attractions anchored by a massive dome-covered atrium. The Thinkwell Group, the U.S.-based theme park design firm behind the park's concepts and attractions, previously worked on projects such as Ski Dubai and Warner Brothers London's Making of Harry Potter Tour. Although the park is immensely ambitious and technically complex, it also serves a unique demographic: Many Chinese visitors, especially in Daqing, may never have visited a Western theme park before.
A lone dinosaur stands guard at the future park entrance. The park's current construction phase will create 13 acres of rides and attractions; upcoming expansions will bring the total size up to 20 acres.
Due to Daqing's brutally cold winter weather, the theme park is entirely indoors.
Jurassic Dream's central atrium is covered by a gigantic dome, with individual rides and attractions housed in connecting buildings.
Nothing is better for an amusement park on the frigid Chinese steppes than an indoor water park. A nightly water show will be performed for guests on the lagoon (Thinkwell developed the Universal 360 water show at Universal Studios Florida) and guests will be able to enjoy half-pipes and other water rides.
The nightly water show at Jurassic Dream takes its cue from similar displays in Las Vegas, Dubai, and Macao. Manchuria's turbulent geological history and rich fossil heritage are the primary inspirations behind the displays.
Jurassic Dream's flying roller coaster ride, shown in here in miniature, lets guests ride in individually controlled “flying bird” vehicles that can be either sped up or slowed down.
According to Thinkwell's Dave Cobb, attractions, rides, and shows have been tailored towards Chinese culture. This particular attraction, Flames of Fury: The Wrath of Zu Rong, tells the story of the Chinese god of fire.
The Mystic Caverns are an indoor roller coaster that takes guests through a series of caverns and waterfalls.
Jurassic Dream is attached to a larger development called Jurassic City that will include hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, shops, and housing.
Piling machines on the amusement park site are laying the groundwork for a massive indoor atrium and the rides to be placed inside it. According to Stefan Oestlundh of Daqing Dream City, Daqing is China's “oil country” with abundant oil fields and virtually no other industries. Although town residents enjoy relatively high incomes, Daqing lacks a cultural life similar to that of Shanghai, Beijing, and other major Chinese cities.
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