Great Oasis

**Great Oasis Resort** is a theme park resort in Dubai owned by the Mills Corporation & Dubailand Holdings that was made from several abandoned park & resort projects including big developments like Universal Studios Dubailand, Paramount Studios Dubailand.

**Universal Studios Dubailand** is an abandoned construction site for a proposed Universal theme park located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its plans called for it to be located within Dubailand, a planned entertainment mega-complex. The project broke ground in July 2008 but was put on hold shortly thereafter. On October 27, 2016, it was announced that plans for the park had officially been scrapped.

## Development

Universal Studios Dubailand was a joint venture costing over 8 billion dirhams ($2.2 billion US) between Universal Studios and Tatweer, a subsidiary of Dubai Holdings. The theme park was announced on April 30, 2007 with a theme park plan that expected to attract 5 million visitors annually and was scheduled to be completed in 2010.

The project broke ground July 27, 2008, but the global financial crisis at the time prompted the developers to announce that they would delay further development, and push back the opening until at least the first quarter of 2012. However, no construction work on the project site has been reported since at least early 2009. As of mid-2012, the only public evidence of the project is a gate bearing the Universal Studios logo.

The identity of the Dubai joint venture partner is no longer clear, as Tatweer was dissolved in mid-2010, with most of its assets merged into TECOM or other members of Dubai Holdings.

In April 2011, Universal was once again in talks with Dubai officials about finishing the Universal park. However, as of late 2012, there had still not been any construction progress on the proposed site.

## Attractions

### Theme Parks

* **Studio Cinemagique** is the theme park that was made from the blueprints of Universal Studios Dubailand and opened in 2018. It is the flagship park of the complex... since the other gates are still in development.
* **EPIK ESCAPE** is an original theme park based on the '65 World's Fair and a rival's theme park, Epcot. With parts of the park based on Science & Innovation and the other on various countries & their cultures, the park also serves as an open-air convention venue.
* ***Holidome*** is an indoor amusement complex found inside the Holiday Inn Resort within the complex. The indoor park does not serve as a third gate, but has amenities including Mini Golf, Go-Kart Tracks, etc.
* **ImagiNATION** is a theme park based on animation & various pieces of pop culture. Made from the blueprints of the Paramount development, the theme park is set to open in Spring 2021.

### Water Parks

* **Gold Rush** is a far-west themed water opened in 2016 before Studio Cinemagique.
* **Sanrio Aqualand** is a Sanrio-themed water park proposed to open in 2021.
* **Sesame Beach** is a Sesame Street themed park that opened in 2018.

## Other Attractions

* **BoardWalk** - serves as a shopping district, trail and a way to get from park to park (unfortunately those parks are still in development) and resort to resort (the resorts too).

## GO! Transportation System

* GO! Bikes
* GO! Boats
* GO! Buses & GO! Shuttles