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Saudi Arabia will try to outdo the extreme entertainment attractions that Dubai offers by creating a massive new theme park, or extreme park, as they call it. The Arabic kingdom announced plans for its new development called The Rig to open in 2025.
Leave it to a Middle Eastern developer to convert an oil rig into a massive 1.6 million-square-foot resort that will be located in the Arabian Gulf. All part of Saudi Arabias 2030 strategy to launch as a major tourism destination.
With funding from Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund, The Rig will be offering up three hotels with 800 rooms, including one ultra-luxury option and 11 restaurants, all connected by platform bridges. There will be roller coaster rides, waterslides, submarine adventures and more sports like diving and bungee jumping. And for luxury travelers, arrival by helicopter and a superyacht marina with 50 berths.
The developer claims they will provide a multitude of hospitality offerings, adventures, and aquatic sporting experiences, a unique tourism attraction, expected to attract tourists from around the world. The new destination is being marketed as the worlds first tourism destination inspired by offshore oil platforms. This could be the first theme park ever to actually help promote oil drilling, and will include a hands-on experience on how to use the oil drill machinery.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2021/10/19/outrageous-theme-park-to-be-built-on-oil-platforms-in-saudi-arabia/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,463 posts)Breathing oil fumes ,toxins and voc's on vacay.
Wtf. Gross not a destination I would waste a vacation on.
Disaffected
(4,554 posts)decommissioned platforms??
Not that I would see the attraction even if they are...
Silent3
(15,188 posts)...strict gender segregation at your theme parks!
Ilsa
(61,692 posts)It's a slick hot one! How fast can you get to the lifeboats? Can you find the right button to cut the pipe and seal the well?
Good times.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)+100000000000000000
hatrack
(59,583 posts)Though I hear the Piper Alpha suite is a blast!