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Qiddiya
Saudi Arabia
NEW RESORT including Six Flags Qiddiya City Theme Park
and the Aquarabia Water Park with more attractions in development
to be added in the not too distant future.
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 Six Flags Qiddiya City - (1/31/2026) Time to mix some more WWE with roller coasters as the WWE superstars have come to Saudi Arabia this week for the Royal Rumble event, with many dropping into the new Six Flags Qiddiya City to enjoy the new rides. Check out the video footage below.
(1/10/2026) Here is another POV video (see below) from Six Flags Qiddiya City of a ride that I haven’t seen footage of yet… Sea Stallion. This is the park’s Maurer Spike powered coaster that features a nice long layout (for a Spike), with some of the layout running through a themed mountain structure towards the end that is actually part of a nearby flume ride drop. The length is only about 50 feet shorter than Desmo Race at Mirabilandia (Italy).
In other news, the latest update says that the new Aruarabia waterpark at Qiddiya City will be ready to open sometime after the “Eid al-Fitr” holiday, which I believe takes place from the evening of March 19 through to March 20th, which I think marks the end of Ramadan.
(1/2/2026) An interesting video online shows off a very special secret feature that they’ve been hiding about the Sirocco Tower, now currently the world’s tallest drop tower ride (from S&S Worldwide) that is 145 meters tall (475.72 feet).
Like many S&S Tower rides, Sirocco Tower is able to shoot riders up and down… but that’s not the real secret. The big secret, as seen in the video short here, is that there is a hidden trap door under the ride car that serves as the very floor you stand on as you load. While riders are waiting to be shot into the sky from the indoor loading chamber, the trap door opens and shocks everyone when it drops into the hidden chamber below.
(1/1/2026) Now that Falcons Flight is officially open I thought everyone might want to see what a full POV of the ride experience is like with the sun out, as most of the media preview footage so far has been showing it off at night. So enjoy the video below from Coaster Studios, and turn up the volume so you can hear what those powerful launch sounds are like for the riders.
(12/30/2025) If you haven’t caught it on Social Media yet, a stunning video showcasing the grand opening of Six Flags Qiddiya City that includes some incredible footage of Falcons Flight running around the track, surrounded by fireworks on all sides can be seen below. The train is empty of course, and the reason becomes obvious very quickly due to all the pyro surrounding the ride and even some being fired off the back of the train at times.
(12/20/2025) There has been a lot of teaser footage from Six Flags Qiddiya City over the past week, showcasing a number of the park’s big coasters featuring guests taking preview rides ahead of the official grand opening on December 31st.
This includes full POV of Adrena-Line (Vekoma), a collection of off-ride shots of Spitfire (Intamin), POV of Iron Rattler (Vekoma) along with a fun reverse POV featuring none-other than WWE’s Randy Orton taking a ride, pitting “The Viper vs the Iron Rattler”.
It also seems some preview guests were being allowed to film on the rides as well, with a POV of Colossus (GCI) shot by Lift Hills and Thrills that looks incredible along with footage of Saw Mill Falls (Mack), Twilight Express (Vekoma) and even the Enhanced Greenhouse dark ride.
In the backgrounds you can see so many other rides testing across the park including the future world record shattering Falcons Flight, but it seems guests will have to wait until opening day to get a seat on that one.
(11/28/2025) In an interesting move… while Coca-Cola has been a long-time official beverage sponsor for the Six Flags chain of parks across the US (and has been so at both the Six Flags and legacy Cedar Fair parks for well over a decade) the new Six Flags Qiddiya City park and upcoming Aquarabia waterpark have signed a deal with Pepsi to be the official beverage and snack providers for those two parks once each of them open.
(11/16/2025) Making the rounds on social media over the past 24 hours, Six Flags Qiddiya City has posted a new Football themed (aka: Soccer for US readers) promo video for the new theme park, along with an invitation that you can now buy tickets, along with a December 31st, 20225 opening date. So big new years eve party in Six Flags Qiddiya City I guess… check it out below.
The official website also now features a complete list of everything in the park, from the rides and themed lands, to the restaurants and retail locations, along with a basic park map graphic. According to the website, a single day ticket price starts at 325 Riyal, which based on today’s exchange rate converts to $86.67 in US dollars or 275 Riyal for a child ticket (age 4 to 11) which converts to $73.33 US.
That said, they do appear to be basing ticket prices on a Tier based sysetm, depenidng on how busy they think any given day may be, so tickets for the opening day tickets are actually 450 Riyal and stays there for visits on Thursdays through Saturdays in January, with the lower 325 price coming into play for visits on Sundays through Wednesdays. Tickets are only available for purchase right from from Dec. 31st, 2025 through to Jan. 30, 2026.
2026 - Aquarabia Water Park - (2/2/2026) While Six Flags Qiddiya City has successfully opened, it may be easy to forget there is an entire second park experience set to open in mid to late March! I’m talking about the Aquarabia waterpark at Qiddiya City, an extremely heavily themed waterpark experience that will feature a number of very unique and some record breaking attractions as well. I don’t think we’ve seen such a game-changing waterpark experience come to life in the world since the opening of Universal’s Volcano Bay back in 2017. With the launch happening just weeks away, I’m sure we’ll begin to see teaser footage begin to ramp up very soon for this new attraction.
(10/9/2025) A series of awesome new photos and video clips taken inside the Aquarabia waterpark at Qiddiya have been posted to ThemeparX this week as the finishing touches are being applied to the new park.
While we’re talking about Qiddiya, a number of images and video clips of Six Flags Qiddiya have also been posted at ThemeparX as well which you can see here, which includes some footage of rides being tested, or the view of the park’s lighting at night.
(2/20/2025) A very impressive set of photos taken during a walking tour of Six Flags Qiddiya and the Aquarabia waterpark has been posted to the IAAPA EMEA event page that you will not want to miss.
This gives everyone our first really clear “boots on the ground” look at what the inside of this large scale new theme park resort project really looks like right now, as they push ahead to open by the end of 2025.
(1/18/2025) Amazing new imagery showing off the Qiddiya Water Park under construction can be found over at ThemeparX this week. In addition to just the pure size and scope of this project, the pictures showing off the fascinating rock-work carved to look like giant animals overlooking the various attractions is just incredible to see.
(5/7/2024) Saudi Arabia has finally given a name to the massive waterpark under construction next to the upcoming Six Flags Qiddiya theme park. The impressive new waterpark will be named Aquarabia, and they say it is slated to open sometime in 2025 along with the new Six Flags park. According to the release, the waterpark will feature a number of amazing attractions, including four that are said to be world-record breakers in some fashion.
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???? - Other Qiddiya City Projects In The Works - (12/25/2025) Saudi Arabia held a press conference to talk about the state of Qiddiya City. According to Blooloop they confirmed that the new Six Flags Qiddiya City theme park is now complete and that the new Aquarabia waterpark next door is currently 95% complete as well. According to a statement from Adullah Nasser Al Dawood, Managing Director of QIC, the opening of Six Flags Qiddiya City on December 31st will be just “the first of 70 Qiddiya City attractions that will follow.”
We know about Aquarabia, but they also confirmed that construction has already begun on several other nearby projects. This list includes the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Stadium, the Performing Arts Center, the Speed Track, Mercedes-Benz Performance World, the Qiddiya City Golf Course, as well as the Gaming and Esports zone.
???? - On Site Resort Hotels - (8/5/2025) The latest update for Qiddiya posted by Blooloop mentions that Adeera, a Saudi Arabian hospitality company, has now partnered with Qiddiya to operate the small portfolio of new resort hotels that will be located throughout the new Qiddiya City area. The resorts will include the Alia (Luxury Brand) resort, the five-star lifestyle Sama as well as the mid-tier resort, Noor.
???? - Dragon Ball Theme Park - (3/31/2024) According to an update from Blooloop, the newly announced Dragon Ball theme park coming to Qiddiya is being brought to life by the team at Falcon’s Creative Group who are serving as the creative oversight for the attraction, as well as overseeing development and construction on the project as it moved forward.
(3/23/2024) Qiddiya… I think you need to slow down a bit. It has been fascinating to see the construction progress of the Six Flags Qiddiya and nearby waterpark now under way, which has led to more recent announcements about other resort projects. We knew an F1 race track was part of the project from the start, and we knew there would be some resort hotels and maybe some kind of event or sports arena venue, so those announcements were also to be expected.
However… the latest announcement this week may go down in history as the moment when Qiddiya, as they say, “jumped the shark”. According to the latest press releases, Qiddiya just announced an all new theme park experience…. The world’s first “Dragon Ball Theme Park”. (See the video below)
There’s lots of crazy digital animation showing off the landscape of this park, that I’m sure features some iconic buildings from the Japanese manga series, along with footage of kids wearing goggles (AR headgear I assume) and 3D glasses in theaters, and a large mountain shaped structure at the center with the Shenron dragon figure around the top that will serve as the home to some kind of indoor/outdoor roller coaster. According to the official site there will be “more than 30 themed, rides, including 5 groundbreaking attractions”, and the guests can stay inside themed hotels on the property.
Now, generally I consider myself fairly well rounded when it comes to knowing about various popular IPs around the world, but I do have a few holes in my knowledge base. Things where I can recognize the IP but have never been exposed to it beyond the surface. Doctor Who for example… I love SciFi… but I’ve never seen a single episode of Doctor Who and the constantly changing universe of that IP has sort of served as a mental barrier to me, as I don’t know where to start if I wanted to take the dive in to learn more. Dragon Ball sort of falls into that area for me as well, as my manga watching days came long ago when I watched things like Akira, Voltron, StarBlazers (Space Battleship Yamato) and Robotech (Macross).
I know full well that Dragon Ball theme park is not intended for myself personally as someone outside of their target audience, and I’m okay with that. From a design point of view it looks beautiful and respectful of the IP it is based on. In fact, I’m sure that Dragon Ball fandom is incredibly excited to be recognized in such a way on a global level, which is great. So when I say that with this move Qiddiya has “jumped the shark”, I’m not being dismissive of the Dragon Ball IP, my target here is Qiddiya itself with the announcement of yet another theme park within their realm before they have opened a single gate. Say what you want about the overall vision of Qiddiya, but it started off with a more grounded world concept of items to build:
Waterpark? Check!
Race Track? Check!
Six Flags Theme Park? Check!
Resort hotels, restaurants and shopping? All the boxes have been checked… so now it’s time to build it and see if the people will come. Announcing yet another theme park before even the first phase is open, and a heavily themed one at that, is where I think they overstepped the vision just a little bit.
Anyone else remember a certain UAE project that was first announced about 20 years ago that was going to be loaded with attraction after attraction? Announcement after insane announcement came, each one more over the top than the one before… and I’m referring to Dubailand. Announced in 2003 as a massive entertainment complex that would be twice the size of Walt Disney World and become home to about every attraction concept you can think of, including a massive observation wheel, a Universal Studios theme park, Six Flags Dubailand, a Legoland park, a DreamWorks themed park, and more. In the end, few projects intended to fall within Dubailand were built, other than I believe IMG Worlds of Adventure. Beyond that most of the big park projects move on to new locations or were canceled entirely.
However, unlike the empty desert site of Dubailand, Qiddiya is a very alive and active construction site, and has moved beyond the dream stage into building real world structures and rides at this very moment. Some great new photos of Six Flags Qiddiya taken this month can be found over at ThemeparX, which clearly shows the progress they are making in Saudi Arabia. I would just like to see Qiddiya remain focused on getting their original vision up and running before breaking off into the creation of new worlds like Dragon Ball.
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