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How do you fill a mall with an area equivalent to 50 soccer pitches? Here’s what’s inside the Dubai Mall:
1. Dubai Ice Rink- Olympic sized ice rink offering various learn to skate programs. It will host international ice hockey contests. The rink also doubles as a concert arena.
2. The Gold Souk – The biggest gold store in the world with 220 retailers.
3. Food courts – Biggest in Dubai 160 food and beverage outlets, water fountains and outside terraces.
4. Hamleys – The world’s largest toy store.
5. Kidzania – A city scaled down to children’s size. Kids can role play in 70 different professions from doctors to chefs.
6. Sega Republic- Indoor spin coster, one of the largest selections of arcade and gaming machines in the world
7. Bloomingdale’s – One of America’s leading department store with 4 levels.
8. Fashion Avenue- Chanel, Gucci, Armani, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana & other luxury brands are showcased. Includes a 20 meter hydraulic catwalk to showcase new collections to the world.
9. Retail outlets – 1,200 retails outlets
10. Cinemas – Dubai’s largest with 22 screens.
11. Waitrose – UK supermarket chain covering nearly the entire bottom half of the mall on the lower ground.
12. Dubai Aquarium and Discovery Centre – One of the largest tanks on the planet, featuring the world’s largest viewing panel measuring 32.8m wide and 8.3m high.
I still can’t believe they put so many sharks in that aquarium together with the other fishes. News continue to spread that the opening of the mall/aquarium was threatened because of bloody shark fights.
Living animals, representing more than 85 species, including over 400 sharks and rays combined in the Aquarium. The massive aquarium spreads over ground, level one & two. The aquarium holds 10 million liters of water!
13. Waterfront- With views of the world’s tallest building, Burj Dubai, musical fountain that’s 25% larger than the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Dubai Mall opened its doors to the public, setting several world records, early this week.
** I haven’t been there yet but we took a peek of the area one week before the opening. **
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WOW! That place sounds incredible!
Tammy Ws last blog post..TT – Places I’d like to visit
I read not long ago that Dubai will be the new California. From what I see in your post, I wouldn’t be surprised! Yay for Waitrose!
I wonder how much houses on Palm Island will cost?
Nicholass last blog post..Thursday Thirteen #70
Wow.
Donnas last blog post..Day 6 — Thursday Thirteen #19
That’s a big ole mall!
Janets last blog post..Snapshot: October 2008
Wow. I thought I was all tired out from my forced frequent visits to our local Mall, but I could force myself to spend some time at this amazing one! But sharks? In a Mall? I’d skip that visit, thanks!
Great T13- very enlightening!!
Mine’s up too…please visit!
bellamochas last blog post..Thursday Thirteen # 17
Sounds like a totally Opulent endeavor. My favorite place to visit would be the ice skating…I’m not at all good at it, but I love to have fun trying.
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That aquarium sounds incredible! And I’m trying to wrap my brain arounf the idea of 1200 stores in on place. Where would you even begin?
Great TT!
That sounds so cool! I look forward to seeing pictures of the inside.
Sheri/Cookingmoms last blog post..Thursday Thirteen
Do you think you’ll go? It’s hard for me to imagine you in that mall – it’s cool, but….
I’ve heard that it’s ‘highly anticipated’. Hmmmm… I wonder, ‘By whom?’
On a limb with Claudias last blog post..Grant us peace.
Bloody Shark Fights! That sounds crazy. But at the same time, it could be entertaining. Hamley’s would probably be a site for the kids to see.
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