Essel World
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Gorai
Gorai is a village in the North-western part of Mumbai, India. Gorai is accessed more usually by a ferry crossing the Manori Creek which separates Gorai from the island of Salsette or otherwise by the overland route through Bhayander....
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, India. It is spread over 64 acres (258,999 m²) of land and attracts 10,000 visitors everyday. It can be reached from the suburbs of Borivali
Borivali
Borivali or Borivli a suburban area located in the north-west section of Mumbai island. Borivali is approximately from Mumbai Airport and from Churchgate Railway Station...
or Malad. Essel world was started by Subhash Chandra
Subhash Chandra
Subhash Chandra is a onetime rice exporter-turned media baron and Chairman of Essel Group, that launched India's satellite television revolution. The Zee chairman dropped out after standard 12. His pioneering channel Zee TV competes with, among others, Sony Entertainment Television and STAR Plus...
of the Essel Group
Essel Group
Essel Group is a media conglomerate company headed by Subhash Chandra based in Mumbai, Maharashtra .The companies under the group are:*Media** Zee Entertainment Enterprises** Zee News** DNA *Technology** Dish TV...
in 1986. The Water Kingdom section was added in 1998.
There are 34 major rides not including the coin operated games and the rides involving water.
It actually consists of two parks - Essel world proper and Water Kingdom (a water park
Water park
A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds , lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments...
). It was the first amusement park in India. After starting in 1986, it took five years for it to break even but its annual turnover in 2001 was 35-40 crores rupees and is now called a "huge success".
Theme Park Attractions
.The attractions at Essel World include:
- Aqua dive
- Arctic CircleArctic CircleThe Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. For Epoch 2011, it is the parallel of latitude that runs north of the Equator....
:Ice SkatingIce skatingIce skating is moving on ice by using ice skates. It can be done for a variety of reasons, including leisure, traveling, and various sports. Ice skating occurs both on specially prepared indoor and outdoor tracks, as well as on naturally occurring bodies of frozen water, such as lakes and...
RinkRinkRink may refer to:* Ice rink, used for ice skating* Ice hockey rink*Curling rink, used to refer to both a curling team and the playing surface*a roller rink, used for roller skating or roller hockey... - Big AppleBig Apple"The Big Apple" is a nickname for New York City. It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J. Fitz Gerald, a sports writer for the New York Morning Telegraph...
- CaterpillarCaterpillarCaterpillars are the larval form of members of the order Lepidoptera . They are mostly herbivorous in food habit, although some species are insectivorous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered to be pests in agriculture...
- Children's boat ride
- ConvoyConvoyA convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support, though it may also be used in a non-military sense, for example when driving through remote areas.-Age of Sail:Naval...
trackTrackTrack or Tracks may refer to:* Trail, an informal road or pathway* Animal tracks, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walk across* A Conference track is a group of talks on a certain topic that are usually made in parallel with others... - Crazy cups
- Cricket Zone
- EnterpriseEnterprise (ride)The Enterprise is an amusement ride, manufactured primarily by HUSS Maschinenfabrik in 1972. The ride was an adaptation and improvement of a design produced earlier that year by Schwarzkopf, with an increased passenger capacity. Despite not owning the original incarnation of the ride, HUSS was...
- Happy sky
- Haunted hotel
- Hedge mazeHedge MazeA hedge maze is an outdoor garden maze or labyrinth in which the "walls" or dividers between passages are made of vertical hedges.-History:...
- Highway Cars
- Hoola loop
- Junior carousel
- Junior dodgem
- Junior go Kart
- Kinder carousel
- Mini telecombat
- Monster
- Playport
- Prabal -the killer
- Rainbow
- Riki's Rocking alley:Dance Floor and bowling alley
- Rio grande train
- Rock & roll
- Rock climbingRock climbingRock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...
- Senior Dodgem
- Senior telecombat
- Slam Bob
- Thunder
- Tilt-A-whirl
- Virtual WorldVirtual worldA virtual world is an online community that takes the form of a computer-based simulated environment through which users can interact with one another and use and create objects. The term has become largely synonymous with interactive 3D virtual environments, where the users take the form of...
- Yard train
- Zipper dipper
- Zyclone
Water Kingdom park attractions
- Humunga-Kowabanga
- Gang-a fall
- Bobble bogie
- Black Demon
- Turbo Thriller
- Lemon drops
- What-a-Coaster: Claims to be "One of the longest & tallest Coaster Slide in the World"
- Elephant Safari
- Rock and Roll Safari
- Serpent Safari
- Goofers lagoon
- Drifting river
- Zoomroo
- Jungle beach
- Love boat
- Cascade caves
- Bay watch tower
- Aquadrome: A wet and wild Dance Zone with overhead rotating showers and water sprinklers on the floor, variety of lighting effects and 7,000 Watts of non-stop pulsating power music
- Coco beach
- Mama Miya