Columbia Pictures Aquaverse water park to open in Chon Buri next month

[PeteC]

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/co ... next-month

The new Columbia Pictures Aquaverse water park in Chon Buri is officially opening to the public next month after plans were delayed due to Covid-19. The themes for attractions are based on popular movies and animations like Jumanji, Ghostbusters, and Hotel Transylvania. The water park also offers the world’s first wave pool cinema, allowing guests to watch movies on a massive screen while chilling in the pool.

The opening of the 80-acre theme park, run by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Amazon Falls, will be divided into two phases. Columbia Pictures Aquaverse will open on April 8 and Wonderverse is expected to open by 2024.

Columbia Pictures Aquaverse is opening under the support of the Eastern Economic Corridor to offer both Thai and tourists from all over the world the theme and water park at the international standard. This water park aimed to draw tourists’ attention, especially families, to boost Thailand’s tourism after the pandemic.

SOURCE: National News Bureau of Thailand | Columbia Pictures Aquaverse

[handdrummer]

Will there be a two-tier entrance fee? (That's a joke, son.)

[joelle]

Opening rescheduled

[handdrummer]

I wonder why anyone would invest in that sort of tourist attraction in this time of a pandemic?

Will Thailand never wake up to the fact that you can't support a country with tourism?

[HHTel]

Aquaverse isn’t being built from the ground up. Instead, an existing amusement park is being retrofitted with IP from Sony-owned Columbia Pictures. Sony is only licensing its brands, which have inspired attractions at other theme parks, such as Universal Studios in Orlando and Motiongate in Dubai.

So it's a rehashed existing park.

[PeteC]

They've taken over the "Cartoon Network" facility apparently. For all I know Columbia may have owned them from the start. It's a good park, well built and kept very clean. Had good times there when daughter younger 6-7 years ago.

https://columbiapicturesaquaverse.com/

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