First Walibi park outside Europe for Morocco!

[KristofWB]

There were rumors for a longer time, but those rumors are confirmed now. Compagnie des Alpes will open their first Walibi-park outside Europe in 2013. Former Sinibad Park, close to Casablanca, will transform into the first African Walibipark.

French CdA will not build a complete new park, but will renovate the small Sinibad Park at the coast of Casablanca in Morocco, that closed its doors in 2008. The local gouvernment was looking for a new investor the past two years to give the closed park a new destination.

Together with 4 other investors, CdA will pump over 225 million EUR in this project. Other than the park, the Sinibad Park will also get a zoo, a museum, nature-project and a residence for Morrocan people. The park is supposed to open its doors at the end of 2013!

Source: Pretparkbeest.be

 

[Jake]

Cool! Casablanca is nice, if a little grotty, but it could do with something like this. I believe there aren't any operating creds in Morocco ATM, so theres definately a gap in the market.

The park will probably suck though (as would anywhere full of moroccans!).

 

[Martyn B]

This is great an all, but when are CdA going to start pumping that amount of cash into their UK park?

 

[Thekingin64]

^And which park would that be?

 

[Martyn B]

The almighty Pleasurewood Hills. They bought it in 2005, and they said it would become the 'Walibi World of the UK'.....

 

[gavin]

^You've got a repainted, relocated boomerang, haven't you? Stop your whining.

 

[andrus]

They could sure start to pump some money into their Belgium and Netherlands parks as well! According to rcdb the last addition of a (functional) coaster (Goliath) to either of the parks was back 2002..