Ferrari World Abu Dhabi unveils its ride attractions!

You’ve got your usual Disneyland and Universal Studios, and now you’ve got another must see theme park to visit, especially if you’re a petrol head. It’s Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi which according to the press release, is an “exciting attraction designed to tell the Ferrari story, passion, excellence, performance and technical innovation to families.”

How they’ll pass that information on while hurtling you at 240km/h into the sky, remains a mystery even to me. If curious as to what are the Ferrari (speed) themed rides on offer, as mentioned before you have the world’s fastest roller coaster, the G-Force which shoots you 62 metres in the air in a seat inspired by the Ferrari Enzo, the Fiorano GT Challenge which is a duelling roller-coaster of Ferrari F430’s, and the “V12” which as its name describes is a flume ride inside a 12 cylinder engine.

If you’re a little faint-hearted they’ve accommodated your needs as well with attractions such as Made in Maranello which is a virtual trip behind factory doors, Scuderia Challenge – a cutting edge race simulator used by the drivers of Scuderia Ferrari, and Viaggio in Italia which gives you a virtual aerial voyage over Italy.

Other attractions include a 4D fantasy journey, interactive 3D shows along with movies relating to the history of anything Ferrari. Kid’s will have a ball of a time as they’ve got something called Junior GT, which is a driving school where they get special instruction and drive reduced scale F430 GT spiders on a driving course.

After they’ve got the feel of the car, they can hop onto the Junior Grand Prix where they can enjoy the race track in a scaled down versions of a F1 car. Something for everyone, Ferrari World will have a range of concept restaurants and cafés offering authentic Italian dining experiences along with shopping venues.

You can forget about the holiday in Italy, all you need is a ticket to Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The theme park will officially open its doors on the 28th of October this year. More pictures of the attractions are available after the jump.

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Jacob Alexander

Jacob Mathew Alexander has been a motoring nut for as far as he can remember and has recently turned his passion into writing. After spending some time in the same industry in the UK, Jacob's work is from a slightly different perspective.

 

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  • Jaybond on Jul 23, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    A go-kart claded with Ferrari themed-bodywork will be fun though.

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  • Nice attraction :D

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  • wan_knox on Jul 23, 2010 at 3:46 pm

    it will be the most expensive theme park in the world

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  • Black Dog on Jul 23, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    Is Italian wine available inside?

    Are they segregating the men from women?

    Can we dress as we please inside?

    Do they have sexy pit girls?

    They have all the oil money in the world to built this but I don’t think they understand the ‘soul’ and ‘lifestyle’ of Ferrari and the Rich & Famous.

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    • bryan.jones on Jul 23, 2010 at 10:47 pm

      u just need to go there and see their lifestyle. we’re no where.

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    • no soul and lifestyle?

      i just lol’ed. you need to get out more.

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  • azrul on Jul 24, 2010 at 2:04 am

    Leave your wife at home…

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  • Cordoba1 on Jul 24, 2010 at 2:11 am

    Just came back from a stay at Yas island-the Ferrari World is nearing completion and its next to Abu Dhabi F1 site and the 6 hotels in Yas Island, ie Crown Plaza, Radisson Blu, Park Inn, Staybridge Suites and Rotana and Centro hotels, The Yas Hotel is located nearer to the F1 track. Best time to go is in the summer where the hotel rates are cheap RM350-400 range but the weather is really hot at 45C. You can travel via Air Asia to Abu Dhabi and take a taxi limousine for 55 Dirhams(around RM50). I was lucky to be chauffeured by a Filipino lady driver in an Audi A4 stationwagon. I stayed at Crowne Plaza last week and they were so kind to provide free shopping trips to Marina Mall in downtown in an Audi Q7 and returning in an Audi A6.

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    • Toon899 on Jul 24, 2010 at 11:05 am

      Hello Cordoba1,

      I think it is not true for you to say that AirAsia is still plying the trade between Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lumpur. AirAsia terminated this route somewhere in Feb/Mar 2010. What a pity!
      Yes, I am working in Abu Dhabi for the past 3 years. And this will be my next destination to unwind in this hot and humid city in October…..can’t wait for that!!! The weather in October should be around 26-30c….hopefully.

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  • Cordoba1 on Jul 26, 2010 at 12:00 pm

    HI Toon899,

    My apologies-yes you are correct, Air Asia no longer flies to AD…its a pity but I guess they did not get enough traffic for this sector-perhaps Air Asia shud have organised a shuttle bus service like those provided by Etihad but then again there is only one flight so it will be expensive…I flew on Etihad and they have the same crampled seat configuration like Emirates for the KUL-AUH sector. Crazy to be having 3-4-3 configuration on a B777!!!

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