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Opening Late 2010 - New Park - (7/22/10) Wildfire, the blacklight company, has announced that they have supplied Ferrari World with a ton of their black light lighting equipment for use in the new theme park. I’ve also posted two new graphics showing off the layout drawings for the park.

    (7/21/10) Ferrari World has begun an 100 day countdown to the grand opening that will take place on October 28th. The park has also finally listed many of their attractions.
    Formula Rossa – this is the park’s large and very very fast launched roller coaster, set to take the world speed record with a 240 kph top speed.
    Speed of Magic – a 4D race driving adventure through deep jungles, caves and ravines.
    Made in Maranello – Tour a replica of the Maranello car factory. 
    Viaggio – A bird’s eye view of Italy.
    V12 – A flume ride through the heart of a 12-cyclinder engine.
    G-Force – A Space Shot tower ride that will shoot guests up 62 meters through the roof.
    Scuderia Challenge – Race Simulators
    Fiorano GT Challenge – Two Dueling Coaster tracks featuring trains that look like Ferrari F430 Spider themed cars that will race each other to the finish line.
    Bell’Italia – Mini recreations of famous Italy locations.
    Paddock – A re-creation of the Ferrari mobile home, car transporters, hospitality suites and other items taken on the road to race events.
    The Pit Wall – Interactive theater.
    Galleria Ferrari – A gallery of Ferrari’s from all over the world.
    Junior GT – Driving School for the kiddie… riding in mini F430 Spiders of course.
    Junior Grand Prix – Race around a track in scaled down Ferrari F1 race cars.
    The Racing Legends: A ride through Ferrari’s greatest racing moments.
    Driving With Champions – Interactive 3-D show
    Cinema Maranello – A theater showing “Coppa de Sicilia” a short film about the Enzo Ferrari.
    Junior Training Camp – Kiddie Play Area featuring remote cars, paddle a mini Ferrari, F1 cars made from foam blocks, a water-free car wash and more.
    Carousel – featuring a number of never-before seen Ferrari prototype designs.
    (6/8/10) A new video showing off a sneak peek of the inside of Ferrari World can be found here.
    (5/10/10) The park announced that the grand openeing date for Ferrari World would be on October 28th, 2010, three weeks prior to a big F1 race schedule to take place on site.
     They also revealed new details about the F1 coaster, which has now been named, “Formula Rossa”. This will become the world’s new fastest roller coaster, reaching speeds up to 240kph (149mph) and rise up to 52m (170 ft) tall. According to this article, riders will be given “protective eyewear” and launched from the indoor station into the outdoor coaster track. The overall ride length is a hair over 2 kilometers. Formula Rossa will also have 4 trains... each one four cars long, with four riders seated in each car.
    You can find a new promotional video about Ferrari World (which confirms the opening date) on their Facebook page here, which goes into heavy detail about Formula Rossa. Looking at the layout from the air, it kind of reminds me a bit of the concept behind Intimidator 305... lots of speed and turns.
    (5/7/10) A few new pictures showing off the Ferrari World coaster trains were posted online today. For starters, you can see the GT coaster train on the track with water dummies here, while the red F1 coaster train was put on display at a race track. I’m not sure if the train is really that short (2 cars, 8 seats) or if they only put a front and back car on display. Scroll down a bit more and you’ll see concept artwork of the F1 train which shows a full length red Ferrari themed train.
    (5/6/10) According to an email received by one of our readers, the new Ferarri World park is expected to make an announcement within the next week about their grand opening date. They were also told to keep an eye for any news about the park during the Barcelona Grand Prix race, which is this weekend. More when we find out.
    (4/22/10) A video report from Ferrari World, with tons of footage of the new F1 Coaster, was posted on Youtube last month. I’ve also been sent a picture shot inside the building at some previous point where you can clearly see some kind of ride track center guide-rail on the ground. I’m not sure if this is for a dark ride or just a kiddie driving ride. Unfortunately, we don’t know when this picture was taken either, so there is no telling just how far along the park is on the inside of the massive red building at this point.

    (4/13/10) A great collection of preview pictures taken within Ferrari World that show off the new coasters under construction can now be seen at Theme Park Guy!
    (3/13/10) Ferrari World has sent in a great new picture showing an incredibly themed Ferrari F340 Spider themed roller coaster car for GT, the parks double tracked racing coaster. I’ve got to say that this may be the best “car” themed ride car I’ve ever seen. Ferrari World is now set to open sometime in the second half of 2010, as the only theme park to pay tribute to the world famous Ferrari name.
    All together the park will offer over 20 rides and attractions, including the parks F1 themed coaster which will break records to be the worlds fastest coaster, reaching speeds of over 200kph. Other attractions include a flume ride adventure through the heart of a Ferrari engine, a 62m tower ride at the center of the complex, a 4D Theater, Racing Simulators and much more.
    Once completed, Ferrari World will also become the world’s largest indoor theme park, located on Yas Island, about 10 minutes away from the Abu Dhabi International Airport. The park will be owned by Aldar Properties PJSC and Managed by Farah Leisure Parks Management L.L.C, a joint venture between Aldar Properties PJSC and ProFun Management Group Inc.
    (2/24/10) According to this article Ferrari World is still on track to open sometime in the second half of 2010. A video construction report from the park can be found here, while you can also check out the park’s new official website.
    (2/2/10) Ferrari World is in the news again this week, with the confirmation that the UFC 112 Pay-Per-View fight special will be shot on location in Abu Dhabi at an outdoor arena at the Ferrari World theme park on Yas Island on April 10th, 2010. A nice combo of two of my favorite things…theme parks and UFC. The fight card is stacked too… with matches featuring Anderson Silva, Vitor Belfort, BJ Penn as well as the return of Matt Hughes. Of course no word on if the theme park itself will be open by then or not.
    (12/29/09) I’ve been sent a few links showing off pictures of the large Intamin coaster installed at Ferrari World. To get a look look at this huge white beast of a coaster, check out the image here where you can see an extremely large camelback hill. I’m also wondering if this hill is part of the launch system as well, since it looks like there are magnetic boosters or something going up the left side of the hill. Meanwhile you can see several more pictures of the ride posted to OnRide.de.
    (11/10/09) A reader who went to Ferrari World to take in a concert the other day sent in a picture showing off the massive new Intamin coaster project.
    (10/30/09) While the Ferrari World theme park wont be ready to open for another year, it is finished enough to host the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race this weekend as well as a slew of concert events. This article briefly touches on some of the park’s attractions, but according to a quote from one of the project’s designers, the big coaster from (Intamin) will seat riders in a train that looks like a replica Formula One Ferrari race car, before launching them off onto an intense 2 minute experience. The interesting quote is that, “the coaster was capable of 150 miles per hour, but may be operated at lower speeds.”  This can be taken a number of ways… as all early mentions of the ride seemed to indicate that it would take the world coaster speed record when it opened. It makes me wonder if they may have to run it at a slower speed because of technical problems, or if the ride experience proved to be too intense at full speed.
    (10/28/09) You can see a new animated video showing off the Ferrari World experience at the official Ferrari website. It shows off some of the coasters, the drop tower in the center, driving rides, “Journey Through 12 Cylinders of Wonder” boat ride and much more. Meanwhile you can also find some great rotating camera feeds taken daily from the construction site posted to the Yas Island website.
    (6/15/09) It turns out I may have been wrong about the creator of that big white launched coaster at the park, as the latest issue of First Drop now lists this coaster as being a new Intamin creation.
    (6/9/09) For a long animated look at the inside of Ferrari World, take a look at the video on this page that seems to show off almost every major attraction in the park. Coasters, boat rides through the inside of an engine, dark rides and even what looks like a copy of Disney’s Soarin’ called Flying over Italy. This all leads up to a video of the F1 Coaster experience near the end.
    (5/8/09) While I’m still not sure of when the park will open, The Theme Park Guy has posted an incredible photo update this week showing off the new park which is now heavily under construction. The park will be just one aspect of Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island project that will also include a Warner Bros. theme park and a water park of some kind.
    Already the park’s coasters are standing tall in the park, including a very tall and hypercoaster-ish style white coaster, which I believe is from Intamin. Premier Rides. This appears to be a sort of new track design with a double-spine. Elsewhere there is another coaster with white supports and blackish track that stays much closer to the ground, which I can only assume is the Maruer-Sohne dual track racing coaster project.
    (2/10/09) It’s not all doom and gloom in the UAE these days it seems. According to the local news Aldar Properties is still moving ahead with their Ferrari and Warner Bros. theme park projects. Their cutbacks and changes are aimed at their high-end housing projects which are not as feasible anymore due to the the bottom dropping out of the housing market by 25% in Dubai and 20% in Abu Dhabi.
(11/28/08) I’ve been sent a few more details about Maurer Sohne’s racing/dueling coaster project for the Ferrari park. While it will not feature any inversions each of the two tracks is said to feature four different LSM powered booster sections to add the thrill of acceleration in mid ride as well as likely to allow for each side to take the lead from the other from time to time.