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Iraq is a country many of us wouldn't really associate with theme parks but in recent years the area has seen a bit of a theme park boom. Especially in the South Kurdistan area towards the North of the country.
I did a little research into parks in the area and found that there have been several new coasters which have opened in the last few years. Below is a short run down of the main parks.
Dream City- Duhok
Perhaps the leader for parks in the country, Dream City recently built a huge Ferris wheel as their center piece and in 2010 installed a clone of Drayton Manor’s X-Car coaster G-Force.
Chavi Land - Sulaymaniyah
The amusingly named (For the British anyway) Chavi Land is a more recent park which has opened up in South Kurdistan and features a new quad looping coaster with an impressive after dark light scheme.
Majidi Park - Erbil
Another new theme park in South Kurdistan this park has built a triple looping coaster. The park also has a large Ferris wheel and I don’t believe it is actually open yet. There’s a few names floating around for this park including Lona Park.
Family Fun – Erbil
Another park in Erbil bought a custom Vekoma roller skater from the Tatilya in Turkey. The ride used to be an indoor park coaster hence its high stretched out layout. The park has also added a single inversion coaster and a small big apple style ride to go with it.
Family Fun – Duhok
Currently under construction and due to open 2015 in Duhok the latest Family Fun park is set to open a Boomerang coaster moved from Karolinelund in Denmark. It appears the coaster is already on site and constructed.
Fun City – Kirkuk
Another small park this one is home to a small galaxi style coaster. Its possible this coaster was relocated from Baghdad as Its tough to find mention of the one that used to reside there. However it is Iraq so it’s possible its a different coaster entirely.
This is certainly not the end of coasters in Iraq. Al Zawra’a Dream Park in Baghdad is currently expected to add a Vekoma SLC this year which will be the tallest and fastest ride in the country as well as featuring the most number of inversions.
I've tried to make the info in this post as accurate as possible but if there are inaccuracies then please let me know.
There's a load more pics on http://vhcoasters.com/2014/02/04/theme-parks-in-iraq/ and I've included the tons of sources I used. But these are the most important
http://kurdistanskyscrapers.com/topic/8262524/1/
http://fposts.com/fbpost/60303981637307 ... 5082128549
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/46148804
http://www.shafaaq.com/en/community/630 ... hotos.html
I did a little research into parks in the area and found that there have been several new coasters which have opened in the last few years. Below is a short run down of the main parks.
Dream City- Duhok
Perhaps the leader for parks in the country, Dream City recently built a huge Ferris wheel as their center piece and in 2010 installed a clone of Drayton Manor’s X-Car coaster G-Force.
Chavi Land - Sulaymaniyah
The amusingly named (For the British anyway) Chavi Land is a more recent park which has opened up in South Kurdistan and features a new quad looping coaster with an impressive after dark light scheme.
Majidi Park - Erbil
Another new theme park in South Kurdistan this park has built a triple looping coaster. The park also has a large Ferris wheel and I don’t believe it is actually open yet. There’s a few names floating around for this park including Lona Park.
Family Fun – Erbil
Another park in Erbil bought a custom Vekoma roller skater from the Tatilya in Turkey. The ride used to be an indoor park coaster hence its high stretched out layout. The park has also added a single inversion coaster and a small big apple style ride to go with it.
Family Fun – Duhok
Currently under construction and due to open 2015 in Duhok the latest Family Fun park is set to open a Boomerang coaster moved from Karolinelund in Denmark. It appears the coaster is already on site and constructed.
Fun City – Kirkuk
Another small park this one is home to a small galaxi style coaster. Its possible this coaster was relocated from Baghdad as Its tough to find mention of the one that used to reside there. However it is Iraq so it’s possible its a different coaster entirely.
This is certainly not the end of coasters in Iraq. Al Zawra’a Dream Park in Baghdad is currently expected to add a Vekoma SLC this year which will be the tallest and fastest ride in the country as well as featuring the most number of inversions.
I've tried to make the info in this post as accurate as possible but if there are inaccuracies then please let me know.
There's a load more pics on http://vhcoasters.com/2014/02/04/theme-parks-in-iraq/ and I've included the tons of sources I used. But these are the most important
http://kurdistanskyscrapers.com/topic/8262524/1/
http://fposts.com/fbpost/60303981637307 ... 5082128549
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/46148804
http://www.shafaaq.com/en/community/630 ... hotos.html
