Island of Dreams (amusement park)

Island of Dreams
Location Andropov Avenue, Nagatinskaya Poima, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates 55°41′37″N 37°40′07″E / 55.693724°N 37.668538°E / 55.693724; 37.668538Coordinates: 55°41′37″N 37°40′07″E / 55.693724°N 37.668538°E / 55.693724; 37.668538
Theme Fairy tales, DreamWorks and Soyuzmultfilm characters
Opened 2019[1]
Operating season Year-round

Island of Dreams (Russian: Остров Мечты; Ostrov Mechty) is an amusement park in Moscow, which is planned to open in 2019 [2].[3] . According to the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, it will be the largest indoor amusement park not only in Russia but throughout the world.[4]

The park area will be 300 thousand square meters. The appearance will be in the style of a fairytale castle similar to Disneyland. The park will be separated into 10 themed areas (29 unique attractions) with many rides, as well as pedestrian malls with fountains and cycle paths. The complex will include not only a landscaped park, but also a concert hall, a cinema, a hotel, a children's sailing school, restaurants and shops.

The volume of investments $1.5 billion[5]. the construction of the park began in March 2016.[6] Construction was halted in early 2017 for financial reasons but was re-financed and restarted by late 2017.

Construction site in 2018
Construction in 2018

References

  1. ↑ Themeparx - Dream Island Construction
  2. ↑ "Парк «Остров мечты» откроется в Москве в 2019 году". Izvestia (in Russian). 3 February 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Themeparx - Dream Island Construction
  4. ↑ Каким будет «Остров мечты»
  5. ↑ "Московские развлечения по-крупному". Gazeta (in Russian). 30 March 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  6. ↑ В Москве начали строить «Остров мечты»
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