Dubai Parks and Resorts Inauguration Today

emirates247.com: Over 1,500 of the world’s media, UAE dignitaries and celebrities will attend the formal inauguration of Dubai Parks and Resorts, the region’s leading theme park destination. 200 children have also been invited to attend the event in cooperation with the Awqaf and Minors affairs foundation and the Make A Wish Foundation.

The event, which is being held in a specially built arena over the river at Riverland Dubai, will showcase each of its three theme parks in a very special show involving the dancers and actors from Dubai Parks and Resorts’ live entertainment team.

The show will also feature a live performance of the Dubai Parks and Resorts official theme song entitled “All the Wonders of the Universe” by the composer himself, academy award winner Alan Menken who has written the scores for many of the world’s most famous animated movies.

The finale will light up the sky above the 30.6 million square feet destination with a pyrotechnic spectacular.

The show will be filmed live by the official media partner, Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) and screened for guests in the parks and for residents and visitors at locations across Dubai.

The festivity marks the official inauguration of all three theme parks: MOTIONGATE Dubai, the first ever collaboration between three of Hollywood’s most legendary studios, Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks and Lionsgate; LEGOLAND Dubai, the first LEGOLAND theme park in the Middle East; and Bollywood Parks Dubai, a first-of-its-kind theme park that showcases rides and attraction based on some of Bollywood’s biggest blockbusters. It will also host the LEGOLAND Water Park, the region’s first water park catering to families with children aged 2-12. The entire destination is connected by Riverland Dubai – a uniquely themed retail and dining destination, and guests will be able to stay at the Lapita Hotel, a Polynesian themed family hotel part of the Marriott Autograph Collection.