Qatar's New Meryal Water Park is Absurd

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  • čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
  • On a remote island in the Persian Gulf is a tangled mess of plastic and steel that is part of Qatar’s largest water park and is strangely themed to oil and gas. What even is ‘Meryal’ Water Park and will it open any time soon?
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Komentáře • 936

  • @ReviewTyme
    @ReviewTyme  Před rokem +103

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    • @PorterStats
      @PorterStats Před rokem +1

      I don’t think it’s good because fossil fuels are damaging our planet and they make out as if it was a good thing

    • @Pinkbunnylaw
      @Pinkbunnylaw Před rokem +10

      I think this will go the way of Dubai's islands of the world. First who is supposed to use this? Not locals they are poor except the Royal family. Not female visitors as they have a strict religious code that would make it a little awkward to wear a hijab on that. Not to mention no skin allowed to show. Visitors? Nope. Qatar will impose their restrictions with the entire world watching. Not very welcoming. Besides tourism isn't their thing. The journalist suddenly dying during the games is a huge scandal. I doubt it will ever open especially having missed the games deadline. May be it will be dismantled and sent to little Qatar aka Florida. It will be a huge success in Orlando.

    • @TheHOBBIES20
      @TheHOBBIES20 Před rokem +5

      Super Cool 😎

    • @scottywills124
      @scottywills124 Před rokem

      if it was all one color sceme it wouldn't look so terrible.

    • @muhammetalicicek879
      @muhammetalicicek879 Před rokem

      @@Pinkbunnylawder er r ❤eerereto

  • @bigredjanie
    @bigredjanie Před rokem +1576

    It looks like something Phineas and Ferb would build, especially that minigolf course they did.

  • @jacob-magnuson
    @jacob-magnuson Před rokem +2463

    4 years max before this place becomes an episode of Defunctland

    • @michaeltaylor1603
      @michaeltaylor1603 Před rokem +27

      YiKeS!!!!!!!!

    • @fadbob_
      @fadbob_ Před rokem +73

      at least appreciate the risk they're taking of using such a unique theme

    • @dacksonflux
      @dacksonflux Před rokem +93

      WhiteSunFilms presents "Bankrupt."

    • @ionageman
      @ionageman Před rokem +6

      My thought exactly

    • @tangyorange6509
      @tangyorange6509 Před rokem +4

      Dude it’s the video under this one he’s ready

  • @ethanol1586
    @ethanol1586 Před rokem +571

    The design looks like someone dropped a pile of tangled wires on the floor and called it a day

    • @sparklight0964
      @sparklight0964 Před rokem +8

      To think this is the same country holding the fifa World Cup rn.
      Edit: not hating on the people but the country needs to reevaluate this

    • @bretton_woods
      @bretton_woods Před rokem +2

      Pretty sure I saw this exact design at IAAPA (amusement park rides trade show) just a few weeks ago

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 Před rokem

      Level Fun’s hidden level

  • @MarkDillon-dv7pg
    @MarkDillon-dv7pg Před rokem +398

    The theme is kind of genius. If upkeep ever falls behind, they can just say that the sun-bleached sandblasted aesthetic is intentional.

    • @liamcollinson5695
      @liamcollinson5695 Před rokem +23

      I honestly believe that is why Merlin UK always go for a themes like saw as a example so when it's in disrepair they can just claim it's part of the theme

    • @thedman1696
      @thedman1696 Před rokem +9

      Works for Merlin
      Or at least they think it does. The audience can tell the difference between painted dirt and rust, and the real thing

  • @crazcraz8908
    @crazcraz8908 Před rokem +344

    My main issue would be that this huge slide tower only has 2 elevators... And they have to move soaking wet people as well... I don't see that going well in the long run.

    • @homer3189
      @homer3189 Před rokem +18

      Probably not a normal elevator

    • @drebk
      @drebk Před rokem +41

      The most easily solvable issues plaguing this monstrosity.
      2 very large, very fast elevators. Interior lanes per floor to speed up offloading.
      And those raised rubber floors to keep parkgoers up above standing water.
      It's a dumb idea, don't get me wrong.
      The elevators just aren't the main problem. Or even a particularly difficult one to solve

    • @stopthethreat
      @stopthethreat Před rokem +31

      Or that the park is themed after two substances that don’t go well together. Can’t get the image of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill out of my head. Makes me sick to my stomach. How in the world someone is going to market this is beyond me.

    • @stellathefoxgirl3648
      @stellathefoxgirl3648 Před rokem +10

      Yeah... I don’t think they’ll last... sure I bet the electronics are water proof but, they’re still metal, and if there’s a lot of people then how will they manage?
      Looks fun tho

    • @jo3ld0wn
      @jo3ld0wn Před rokem +8

      I don't reckon you'll stay wet for long in Qatar

  • @luvondarox
    @luvondarox Před rokem +599

    Considering how many Mining or Gold Rush themed tourist attractions I see in my neck of the United States, seeing park built to the theme of oil refinery honestly makes sense. It's weird to me personally, but only because of the massive aesthetic change from SuperFuturistic Chic to Rust Everywhere! Celebrating a historical source of power and regional stability is just... eh. Is human thing.

    • @TwatMcGee
      @TwatMcGee Před rokem +57

      Yeah, i dont mind the oil theme, but i think its kinda strange for a water park. For a regular thrill ride park oil makes sense as a theme to me, but a water park themed after oil just feels icky for some reason.

    • @BrokenRealityYT
      @BrokenRealityYT Před rokem +9

      Inside the Silver Legacy in Reno, there’s a huge gold mining rig. Huge missed opportunity to make it a roller coaster.

    • @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934
      @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 Před rokem +1

      True

    • @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934
      @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 Před rokem

      @@BrokenRealityYT 🥰😂😁what a lovely droll remark I love it…picturing this beastly roller coaster in mining rig shape..delicious 😏

    • @dazedandenthused8559
      @dazedandenthused8559 Před rokem

      I guess Baron 1898 is kinda like that.

  • @hollum1648
    @hollum1648 Před rokem +302

    This looks like something from a dystopian dark comedy film, right down to the 3D mascot named Oily

    • @Pinkypiemm2
      @Pinkypiemm2 Před rokem +44

      "Oil Slick Lagoon" is straight out of The Simpsons.

    • @kshillingford4921
      @kshillingford4921 Před rokem +16

      because it is.

    • @randonsplays00
      @randonsplays00 Před rokem +3

      Looks like a Jurrasic Park but with nothing to counter-measure the "I did not spare expenses" like dinoussaurs.

  • @Silvarret
    @Silvarret Před rokem +286

    I don't think the park looks like a mess at all. The theme is original and seems well excecuted, and the slide tower looks like it'll be by far the best in the world.
    I'm just baffled that they decided to build it on an unstable man made sand island years after similar projects in dubai have failed spectacularly. Then there's the kafala system in Qatar which makes it likely that foreign workers were flown in, underpaid and possibly even died building this. And it's going to be pretty ironic that this oil themed park will eventually but definitely succumb to the rising sea levels that global fossil fuel consumption is largely responsible for :)

    • @Gamer606YT
      @Gamer606YT Před rokem +7

      i agree i honestly think the icon tower looks really cool

    • @christineanderson487
      @christineanderson487 Před rokem +15

      besides being clausterphobic going threw tubing so tight and long. if you get trapped in there its over for you.

    • @Gamer606YT
      @Gamer606YT Před rokem +5

      @@christineanderson487 how will you get trapped i mean you can juist like crawl through the water slide?

    • @christineanderson487
      @christineanderson487 Před rokem +12

      @@Gamer606YT its a plastic tube that goes on for miles. if that tube collapses somewhere when your in it. you will suffocate or drown as water would back up in there. it would take hours to get you out. i would never go in it ....scary! they showed the inside.

    • @bustersales6921
      @bustersales6921 Před rokem +7

      @@christineanderson487 trapped..? What’re you talking about?

  • @expensivepink7
    @expensivepink7 Před rokem +107

    That’s Class Action water park!!

    • @analinrose
      @analinrose Před rokem +15

      there's nothing in the world like (class) action park!

    • @Irreve-rsible
      @Irreve-rsible Před rokem +7

      Action park! Beautiful name, sure remember it from something!

    • @Danube-TV
      @Danube-TV Před rokem +4

      @@analinrose Get Wild, Get Wet, Get Wasted!

  • @Spindash54
    @Spindash54 Před rokem +318

    It will either not open and sit abandoned despite being near complete, or will be a local flop and close shortly after.

    • @SuperNuclearUnicorn
      @SuperNuclearUnicorn Před rokem +76

      So like every other ambitious project in the Middle East?
      All the asshole oil barons and royalty think "let's build the craziest thing ever", then pay people to say yes to everything even if it isn't a good idea or actually possible
      Then it takes so long that there's a financial crisis and suddenly building a 10km tall golden penis doesn't seem like a great idea

    • @Yourgurtisgood
      @Yourgurtisgood Před rokem

      Lets be real, a 10km golden penis tower is worth it.

    • @melonmusk7502
      @melonmusk7502 Před rokem +5

      It will be relatively popular

    • @popularprosperity
      @popularprosperity Před rokem +15

      Unbelievable how envious and negative so many of you are. Yes, 90% of startups fail, but that is the case anywhere in the world. At least in the Middle East the dreams are bigger, and a 10% success rate for bigger dreams is still an overall greater achievement than a 10% success rate for small dreams. The tallest skyscraper, the largest mall, the most luxurious hotel, and the 4 tallest hotels - the middle east has achieved it all.

    • @seraphimconcordant
      @seraphimconcordant Před rokem

      @@popularprosperity What? Dreams are bigger?
      Yeah dreams are bigger when you have SLAVES. Qatar is a SLAVE OWNING nation. Get real, muhammed. Middle east hasn't achieved shit, they pay exorbitant amounts for western companies to design their shit for them, then move in slaves from india to finish the projects they started. Some "region"

  • @toadscoper4575
    @toadscoper4575 Před rokem +259

    They’ll probably make an asbestos themed amusement park next

    • @ianloeb1672
      @ianloeb1672 Před rokem +14

      Nah save that for Pakistan

    • @yetekt6953
      @yetekt6953 Před rokem +6

      Comparing oil to asbestos is a bad comparison.

    • @carguynewb7856
      @carguynewb7856 Před rokem +6

      Or amusement park made of asbestos

    • @norkshit
      @norkshit Před rokem +5

      @@carguynewb7856that would be disney

    • @edwardbtown2766
      @edwardbtown2766 Před rokem

      I wouldnt doubt it at all,with pcb"s in the water to

  • @Marcha-
    @Marcha- Před rokem +83

    I’ve literally had a nightmare in something that looked exactly like that since I was little! It even had the oil/gas theme. It’s terrifying inside.

  • @PrettyFilthyCreature
    @PrettyFilthyCreature Před rokem +77

    im honestly surprised i havent seen anyone talk about what a nightmare it would be to be in those tubes if you are easily claustrophic... true nightmare material

    • @gendoruwo6322
      @gendoruwo6322 Před rokem +11

      i suspect there's real chance that you could be just... gone... disappear somewhere lost in this maze, they can't find you, ... since you're accidentally transported into another dimension where everything is oil.

    • @Josie2013
      @Josie2013 Před rokem +6

      Imagine getting trapped in one of those tubes. My worst nightmare.

    • @phishlipsable
      @phishlipsable Před rokem +2

      the true crime in it all! horrifying

    • @fatpinkteddy
      @fatpinkteddy Před rokem +5

      I agree looks like death trap. Someone will die on it.

    • @bg8006
      @bg8006 Před rokem +6

      If you are claustrophobic, why would you go there in the first place?

  • @TimEssDub
    @TimEssDub Před rokem +31

    The park reminds me of an AI art image "Brutalist Amusement Park"

    • @dsgorham
      @dsgorham Před rokem +3

      Which makes me want to go even more

  • @JellyJerryy
    @JellyJerryy Před rokem +576

    Thanks for this coverage, cannot believe something this ridiculous is being built somewhere in this world lol

    • @Pinkypiemm2
      @Pinkypiemm2 Před rokem +11

      Uh, hello Abu Dahbi.

    • @farhadhamza6001
      @farhadhamza6001 Před rokem +8

      Why is it ridiculous?

    • @jamesm3471
      @jamesm3471 Před rokem +14

      I think I like it! Extremely unique, kinda honest, looks like a level in Sonic the Hedgehog. But this is Qatar, so if the exploitation of foreign workers that build the World Cup facilities was at play here, kinda ruins the whole thing…

    • @free4fire
      @free4fire Před rokem

      And yet sadly on the list of "planned extremely dumb mega projects build by oil money or money that doesn't really exist" it probably barely cracks the top 10 right now.

    • @tiffanydegoya
      @tiffanydegoya Před rokem +5

      @@jamesm3471 lol it does look like a level of sonic the hedgehog 😂

  • @yupyup8305
    @yupyup8305 Před rokem +53

    This looks dystopian but I'm sure I'd have a blast there.

  • @NotCroutons
    @NotCroutons Před rokem +80

    Great video. That tower looks terrifying. Not sure I'd want to go on it.

    • @johnninocovers
      @johnninocovers Před rokem +5

      It’s probably structurally sound but visually it looks like its about to give out any minute

    • @MoneyManHolmes
      @MoneyManHolmes Před rokem +8

      It looks really cool, but with all that tangled mess (I realize it was a design choice) it will be hard to inspect. And being right against a body of water, the metal components will be more susceptible to rust and corrosion.

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 Před rokem

      It looks like you have to climb to the top, just to ride all the water slides!

  • @Spiderific
    @Spiderific Před rokem +36

    As a person that can't do waterparks anymore because of all the stairs, I would love if more parks here did that elevator thing. I miss going on the slides!

    • @dacksonflux
      @dacksonflux Před rokem +7

      There's a reason that they don't

    • @Spiderific
      @Spiderific Před rokem +1

      @@dacksonflux Money?

    • @huntrrams
      @huntrrams Před rokem +7

      @@Spiderific no, maintenance.

    • @ron3557
      @ron3557 Před rokem +1

      ​@@huntrrams so money? Cause you know, maintenance costs money

  • @erikaarnold4780
    @erikaarnold4780 Před rokem +27

    These designers stole my nightmare. I literally dreamed of a terrifying place like this. Knowing that it is real is pretty freaky.😱

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 Před rokem +1

      Partygoers:” Guess what? We’re going to Qatar!”

    • @4t0w3
      @4t0w3 Před 5 měsíci

      Irl when you are standing on it it’s actually quite amazing

  • @AnotherSwissYoutubeUser
    @AnotherSwissYoutubeUser Před rokem +348

    This would be really cool if it weren't built by some exploited construction workers, where some of them even died.

    • @megmcguigan3857
      @megmcguigan3857 Před rokem

      Thank you!! Screw that country, they are never getting a cent from me.

    • @cwarts5461
      @cwarts5461 Před rokem +6

      Where did you get the information about them dying? I have no doubt about the slavery

    • @mstsp9546
      @mstsp9546 Před rokem +59

      A Guardian report from February 2021, citing records from national embassies, claimed that more than 6,500 workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka had died in Qatar by the time of its report, since the Gulf nation was awarded the World Cup hosting rights in 2010.

    • @known4709
      @known4709 Před rokem +2

      @@mstsp9546 Qatar said the number was the normal death in Qatar last 10 years

    • @Rob-cy8xc
      @Rob-cy8xc Před rokem

      All of Swiss wealth is from exploiting Africans for gold? How many have them have died for your countries wealth?

  • @joshseibert
    @joshseibert Před rokem +578

    I mean I understand the importance oil has played in their history. But it’s undoubtedly tacky to celebrate and theme around something that is actually destroying the planet before our eyes and the reason for many wars.

    • @TheOnlyBongo
      @TheOnlyBongo Před rokem +49

      I feel I wanted to say the same thing, but then I remember the plethora of US-based theme parks I enjoy that are centered around similar ideals of theming itself to the local industry or history, which may or may not be problematic depending on who you ask. Two of Knott's Berry Farm's most well-loved attractions, the Calico Mine Ride and Timber Mountain Log Ride, revolved around gold mining and logging resource extraction. Hersheypark in Pennsylvania has origins in being the entertainment complex for the company town of Hershey, PA, and Dollywood's history going back to Silver Dollar City and the Rebel Railroad has been covered by others I believe.
      Although I still agree the idea is absolutely tacky for such an entertainment complex to be built and celebrate an industry such as that, and what that has done to both the globe as a whole as well as internally with local politics and culture of Qatar.

    • @joshseibert
      @joshseibert Před rokem +1

      @@TheOnlyBongo Oh, absolutely! Don’t forget anthracite-everything at Knoebels.

    • @muffinknight8101
      @muffinknight8101 Před rokem +14

      Personally I kind Of like the theming it’s just so different

    • @ThemeParkBeast98
      @ThemeParkBeast98 Před rokem +23

      Ehh not their fault their land sit on a huge surplus of oil, not their fault other countries go to war over it. If that's what made them so wealthy they should be proud of that.

    • @bassjasinski
      @bassjasinski Před rokem +3

      Humans are destroying the planet not oil. With no humans the oil would just sit in the ground for another billion years till the sun went red dwarf

  • @danzena4059
    @danzena4059 Před rokem +17

    This looks like something a kid would make in a theme park simulator game.

  • @Porsmond
    @Porsmond Před rokem +18

    Maintenance team - we’re here to do maintenance on one of your slides on the slide tower
    Qatar - good luck 😂😂

    • @Infernal_Elf
      @Infernal_Elf Před rokem +1

      Yeah gonna be Tricky have to dismantle 2 other rides before Maintenance or repairs.

  • @madmax2010ok
    @madmax2010ok Před rokem +26

    As far as the theming... I thought oil and water don't mix...?

    • @user-bv1oy7pe8n
      @user-bv1oy7pe8n Před rokem +1

      frrrr

    • @ryanne.5172
      @ryanne.5172 Před rokem +1

      And even if they did, why would you want to swim in it? This theme is so surreal.

  • @jdraven0890
    @jdraven0890 Před rokem +5

    That tower looks like something Josh would make on Let's Game it Out

  • @ProfMannion
    @ProfMannion Před rokem +7

    Oil theme is just like all those "Gold Rush" coaster themes in every park in America.

  • @sentosaco
    @sentosaco Před rokem +33

    A place that exists off of oil, building an oil-themed water park, made with oil. At least they're owning up to their truths. It looks hysterical, I kind of love it. 😂

    • @StephenBekker
      @StephenBekker Před rokem +4

      Rising oceans due to global climate change will complete the oil theme, and flood that island

    • @atlandfrisk
      @atlandfrisk Před rokem +2

      @@StephenBekker not just climate change i believe. I heard that man made islands just doesnt go well and i think they get smaller/break off every year

    • @Rob-cy8xc
      @Rob-cy8xc Před rokem +1

      Qatar isn’t built of oil at all 😂 it’s less than 5% of there output? Please learn the facts before writing this rubbish.
      The export LNG. Oil is Iran and the like. NOT qatar

    • @sentosaco
      @sentosaco Před rokem +4

      @@Rob-cy8xc There's this website called Google where you can check your facts. Or do you think the decision on the theme of a 200 million dollar water park was just a random brain fart?

    • @Rob-cy8xc
      @Rob-cy8xc Před rokem

      @@sentosaco you’re wrong you fool 😂 I lived there 7 years. I literally worked in their sectors.
      This is problem with the world today, the internet making people dumb and they just think they know stuff and believe anything they hear and read from their mate who tells them.
      Let me guess Dubai also has oil 😂
      Go back and actually look, they have large gas fields - they export that - the previous ruler ( current rulers father) changed their fortunes when he modernised their gas plants.
      There you go, you have learnt something today.

  • @SWExplore
    @SWExplore Před rokem +145

    Thank you for producing this interesting video on the Qatar water park. Personally, you wouldn't catch me anywhere near this country or any other that treats women like property, hires and abuses migrant works and other disgusting stuff. I wished that the FIFA World Cup had never selected Qatar as a host in 2022.

    • @StephenBekker
      @StephenBekker Před rokem +10

      no rainbows allowed, how modern...aint nobody got time for that

    • @RickyRicardo03
      @RickyRicardo03 Před rokem +18

      Yes, everything about makes me want to throw up. I can’t believe this is themed to the terrible use of oil. But then again, it’s Qatar. And they don’t really care what anyones thinks.

    • @eventusvantos1905
      @eventusvantos1905 Před rokem

      They don't treat women like property not do they abuse migrant workers. What's disgusting are your lies

    • @MayaMaya-tj7kw
      @MayaMaya-tj7kw Před rokem +20

      I assume women won't be allowed in this theme park or be forced to wear layers and layers of clothes

    • @SWExplore
      @SWExplore Před rokem +10

      @@MayaMaya-tj7kw From my understanding Qatar's woman-hating culture, women would definitely not be allowed into the water park. Are cultures that repress women's right in any form telling us that they are really homosexual? I think there might be a dark truth to this question.

  • @d-fender4489
    @d-fender4489 Před rokem +3

    You know, every now and then you see something you just can’t believe is real. This is one of those moments.

  • @carpeXnoctem12
    @carpeXnoctem12 Před rokem +8

    Looks like something I'd throw together in Roller Coaster Tycoon.... And that's never good design.

  • @shortycareface9678
    @shortycareface9678 Před rokem +3

    "The Oil Slick Lagoon" had me, lmao
    And that part about making the quests feel as though they're the oil being extracted... I would've loved to have a replay of my expression when I heard that... just whaat?

  • @traciecombs7030
    @traciecombs7030 Před rokem +45

    Could cultural restrictions/dress codes etc have a negative impact on a water park? While progressive in some ways(by Middle Eastern standards) Qatar still imposes very modest expectations on its population in public....

    • @dacksonflux
      @dacksonflux Před rokem +12

      Just look up Muslim woman bathing suit

    • @ColdNorth0628
      @ColdNorth0628 Před rokem +7

      @@dacksonflux did what you said. Its a whole coverall with even a headbit.
      The amount of drag that would cause with even the dress bit.

    • @toogud7918
      @toogud7918 Před rokem +7

      @@ColdNorth0628I’m a lifeguard at my local ymca. Since it’s a non-profit ymca memberships are often packaged with health care and I see many Muslims in my area use the facility. The girls have no trouble swimming with the special aquatic veil and the mothers also don’t mind. Everybody loves water parks even if you have to where something moderately annoying when it comes to swimming.

    • @ColdNorth0628
      @ColdNorth0628 Před rokem

      @@toogud7918 glad to know it does not drag.

  • @hobog
    @hobog Před rokem +10

    How is that tangle of plastic supposed to survive the sun and salt out in the Gulf?

  • @AmusementLabs
    @AmusementLabs Před rokem +5

    So they designed a park in a place where new parks are frequently abandoned...to look abandoned?....alright.

  • @AceAviations2
    @AceAviations2 Před rokem +19

    Looks like an irl version of my Micro Park that I made in RCT Classic, but instead of coasters it's waterslides.

  • @TheRyanjones
    @TheRyanjones Před rokem +5

    It's kind of sad there isn't a mention of the what amounts to slave labor used by Qatar to build their infrastructure and projects. Considering how many die there every year stuck in that country its a big deal.

    • @known4709
      @known4709 Před rokem

      After the new rules no one deid

  • @alexandersims1613
    @alexandersims1613 Před rokem +6

    'Oil slick lagoon' is next to 'butt mud bay'

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 Před rokem

      This reminds me of Homer Simpson’s favorite water slide, The Devil’s Deluge

  • @tymccarthy9661
    @tymccarthy9661 Před rokem +28

    I feel like maybe 1 or 2 of the rides could oil/gas themed, but not a whole park. Sorta misses the direction the rest of the world is headed in trying to go green... I wonder if this will age well?

    • @FirstKingPotato
      @FirstKingPotato Před rokem +4

      Why would a country that got rich from fossil fuels make anything not promoting the use of fossil fuels?

  • @Iamthelolrus
    @Iamthelolrus Před rokem +2

    Not sure how hot it gets there, but enclosed tube slides in direct desert sun in summer are not fun, they can get too hot. It's like being in a rice cooker, hopefully they chill the water.

  • @gabeouellette912
    @gabeouellette912 Před rokem +11

    It's pretty sick they just need to lighten up some of the paint colors

    • @StephenBekker
      @StephenBekker Před rokem +4

      Rainbows are illegal in QT, ask German football team.
      50 shades of beige.

  • @SaintsAwayOllie
    @SaintsAwayOllie Před rokem +3

    I stayed right next to this, for the World Cup. My accommodation was a tent on that island 😂

  • @thegadflygang5381
    @thegadflygang5381 Před rokem +1

    Nothing is more aesthetic when looking for a place to slide down more than ruster metal

  • @snarkus63
    @snarkus63 Před rokem +6

    This makes Dismaland look warm and friendly.

  • @ian_does_things6586
    @ian_does_things6586 Před rokem +7

    Feels like I’m looking at an alien hive ship.

  • @luvondarox
    @luvondarox Před rokem +6

    That hellacious snarl of water slides and tubes looks like it would be a nightmare to maintain.

  • @Pluckee13
    @Pluckee13 Před rokem +2

    An amusement park themed around gas and oil. This sounds like something from a comedy movie. This is real?

  • @thebluetarp
    @thebluetarp Před rokem +12

    How is there enough people in the area to support a place like this?!? I know Qatar is a vacation destination but is that enough??

    • @known4709
      @known4709 Před rokem +3

      Qatar has 7 theme park its too much for the country

  • @detroitdiezel7856
    @detroitdiezel7856 Před rokem +3

    I only have one word for this: bizarre.

  • @Trashious12345
    @Trashious12345 Před rokem +10

    It looks like the perfect place to get tetanus. Practically how will lines work on a tower that has the same location and elevators for 12 slides? That sounds like a logistic nightmare.

    • @john40539
      @john40539 Před rokem +1

      My guess is they will have some sort of system like Universal's Volcano Bay, where you virtually enter the line and are notified when it is time to actually ascend by a smartwatch looking wristband.

  • @DiegatusStudios
    @DiegatusStudios Před rokem +3

    Someone took the sandbox waterpark builder to a next level

  • @AdventuresWithParker
    @AdventuresWithParker Před rokem +7

    Such an interesting concept! It honestly sounds like an RCT or Planet Coaster park come to life 😅 I’ve heard of this place but thought it only consisted of Icon Tower… the rest of the park sounds fantastic! The edutainment component sounds really interesting, and the fact that the park will also include a coaster is very fun!

  • @Robchacha
    @Robchacha Před rokem +9

    Maybe they should dye the water to simulate swimming in oil and gas.

  • @randolphwilliams2365
    @randolphwilliams2365 Před rokem +6

    A great potential site for a horror movie.

  • @iammighty7678
    @iammighty7678 Před rokem +8

    I’m Qatari and I wanna say as a Qatari it’s wierd but it looks fun definitely going there when the heat comes back

    • @bedourm3210
      @bedourm3210 Před rokem +1

      I was in Qatar last week , i don’t think the heat ever left man

  • @nickgavis0305
    @nickgavis0305 Před rokem +4

    This looks really weird but really cool at the same time lol

  • @huntrrams
    @huntrrams Před rokem +3

    The icon tower looks like something I would have made on Dalle•2. That looks so unreal yet amazing.

  • @CatBatss
    @CatBatss Před rokem +5

    This is probably the most dystopian thing I've ever seen. It's like making a theme park based on slavery 😬

    • @ryanne.5172
      @ryanne.5172 Před rokem +2

      Disney has actually gotten dangerously close to doing that on occasion

    • @ryanne.5172
      @ryanne.5172 Před rokem

      Disney has actually gotten dangerously close to doing that on occasion

    • @ArcFixer
      @ArcFixer Před rokem

      Absurd comparison.

  • @radbricks8298
    @radbricks8298 Před rokem +49

    that tower is amazing something that would probs never happen in Australia as aussie parks seem to be very careful and the size of that tower would probs get a lot of locals complaining. looks awesome

    • @johnsmeith3913
      @johnsmeith3913 Před rokem +10

      Well Australia has proper safety regulations, and doesnt allow thousands of migrant workers deaths to build it. So id take an aussie park anyday.

    • @radbricks8298
      @radbricks8298 Před rokem +2

      @@johnsmeith3913 is there any proof workers died/were not safe during construction?

    • @MayaMaya-tj7kw
      @MayaMaya-tj7kw Před rokem +1

      You're kidding right

    • @johnsmeith3913
      @johnsmeith3913 Před rokem +1

      @@radbricks8298 I can’t find the link, as Qatar probably bribed the EU to remove the video, but DW Germany (the German national broadcaster), had a German language article about a month ago highlighting how 8% of the abused workforce that built the FIFA stadiums and infrastructure in Qatar, were re allocated to this water park, where conditions were even more deadly and brutal than the World Cup construction, due to the lack of international attention on a water park. Nobody knows how many migrant workers died building this shithole oil reserve water park, but it’s definitely more casualties than the US, Canada, Western Europe, Oceania, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, or Thailand combined have ever had constructing a tourist water park. But hey, I’ll give Qatar and the Qataris (ironic )credit, Qatar has managed to murder and force migrant workers to work to death more than even genocidal China, so in terms of being a reprehensible country, Qatar is moving up and challenging North Korea, Russia, and China, as the worst countries on planet earth

    • @ColdNorth0628
      @ColdNorth0628 Před rokem +1

      @Central Intelligence Agency we would believe you if you had the blue checkmark mr CIA

  • @eggtastic9933
    @eggtastic9933 Před rokem +2

    this slide tower looks from something out of my nightmares

  • @audreyschomer8357
    @audreyschomer8357 Před rokem +20

    I have alway love a good waterpark, but even though the rides look fun I think I'm being drawn away by the design and theme. It looks dirty and run down making me feel like it's not safe or could be contaminated in some way. I don't know if others feel this way but I hope the theming doesn't make the park flop.

  • @Jalmaan
    @Jalmaan Před rokem +3

    If they won't put black dye in the water I don't wanna go

  • @Jakepearl13
    @Jakepearl13 Před rokem +2

    It’s like something out of waterworld

  • @melasnexperience
    @melasnexperience Před rokem +2

    This feels like it should be a particularly acidic parody of sponsored edutainment attractions, yet it’s… not.

  • @joebenzz
    @joebenzz Před rokem +3

    This would be the perfect fort for raiders to settle after a nuclear apocalypse.

  • @willshad
    @willshad Před rokem +3

    Looks like one could spend the whole day there and have a lot of fun. Although a lot of times the declines on the slides don't look steep enough, pretty much straight across at many points, and sometimes even inclining back up . I picture people getting stuck in these tubes like crazy.

  • @mosh1986
    @mosh1986 Před rokem +1

    looks strange but with that so many slides, probably also the best waterpark ever.

  • @tommyz1082
    @tommyz1082 Před rokem

    An oil themed water park, a mascot named Oily, guests riding in oil barrels, this is Daniel Plainview's "wet" dream come true.

  • @funecheeseofficial3576
    @funecheeseofficial3576 Před rokem +6

    Everyones saying it looks ugly, well imo this is cool as heck!

  • @Faesharlyn
    @Faesharlyn Před rokem +3

    Maintenance? Rescue? This cannot be real.
    Edit: yes, I see that it exists and is actually a physical thing
    The water park cannot be a real business. It has to be a tax shelter or money laundering front. Nobody is going to ride the rides or eat the food.

    • @known4709
      @known4709 Před rokem +2

      Didn't you know if Qatari wants to make a project the government helps 80% of the project money so it won't be that expensive

    • @Faesharlyn
      @Faesharlyn Před rokem

      @Known I'm talking about after it's built.. it won't make enough in gate to keep the park in water

    • @known4709
      @known4709 Před rokem +1

      @@Faesharlyn It will there are also similar projects like Aqua Park ,Maha theme park And angry birds park

  • @d.k.1394
    @d.k.1394 Před rokem +2

    On a windy day it looks like it will blow down

  • @TimmyME
    @TimmyME Před rokem +3

    They chose a theme they never have to repaint. Smart because there wont be money for it.

  • @bluecat2991
    @bluecat2991 Před rokem +5

    Honestly, I want to go to this park once it opens. And that's saying something as I've only ever left the US to go to the Bahamas, English territory.

  • @liamcollinson5695
    @liamcollinson5695 Před rokem +3

    I saw a model of this monstrosity at iaapa and thought it would never be built until I watched this video today

  • @akwio8489
    @akwio8489 Před rokem +1

    Just looking at the photos, in mind head im screaming, "WHERE ARE THE TREES, THAT SHIT PROBABLY HOT AS HELL I'D TOAST ALIVE."

  • @phoenix5054
    @phoenix5054 Před rokem +2

    It's just $270 million!? That's like 1/3rd of one of their stadiums that will be used for 1 month.

  • @colbystearns5238
    @colbystearns5238 Před rokem +8

    Yes because if there's one thing I'd love to think about when swimming at a water park in the middle of the desert, it's the thought of flaming petrol. Great theming guys! 👍

  • @zach1810
    @zach1810 Před rokem +23

    This park looks like a blast. Theming is original, and not tired and worn out like so many parks here in the US.
    When you mentioned it having dark rides I was reminded of a water park in Denver, CO that had 2 water rides which had animatronics in a dark ride. Very next gen ideas.

  • @InsaneCoasterPOVs
    @InsaneCoasterPOVs Před rokem +1

    The water slides from RCT3 soaked has become real

  • @kencarpenter1363
    @kencarpenter1363 Před rokem +1

    It reminds me of something that you would make in a theme park sim.

  • @mr.meloetta1939
    @mr.meloetta1939 Před rokem +4

    *LET'S RIDE THE MECHANISM*

  • @3ngi_n33r
    @3ngi_n33r Před rokem +1

    An oil rig themed theme park? Aight. Make it more mad max looking. And maybe more dinosaurs. That slide though!! 👍🤨

  • @acidalex420
    @acidalex420 Před rokem +2

    I wonder what waterslide they will build when the oil runs out 🤣

  • @Homer4prez
    @Homer4prez Před rokem +6

    I'm not a Qatar fan but this is neat and makes me want to visit.

    • @Ra99y
      @Ra99y Před 11 měsíci

      How come ur not a Qatar fan?

    • @Homer4prez
      @Homer4prez Před 11 měsíci

      @@Ra99y Because of the way they treat the migrant workers that are the ones that do the building there.

  • @JustinCoasters
    @JustinCoasters Před rokem +6

    Its like theming a park to VHS Tapes nowadays

  • @Thelift2013
    @Thelift2013 Před 7 měsíci

    thats why the tower looks like an oil rig
    first of all because both the tower and the oil rig are very packed,
    second of all, it is actually themed like it

  • @abraxis7292
    @abraxis7292 Před rokem +1

    Its wild how everywhere there is so much land and money (looking at you Dubai) they always make the most outlandishly goofy af structures

  • @azariahazariah4493
    @azariahazariah4493 Před rokem +3

    Lets ride the mechanism!

  • @yayarea2415
    @yayarea2415 Před rokem +3

    If it was in the states my kids and I would definitely hit it up, but across the world it’s too far. Looks like a damn good time though, people who visit it will surely enjoy themselves.

    • @bustersales6921
      @bustersales6921 Před rokem

      How is it “too far”..? It’s like two planes rides. Just get on a flight and go

    • @esvete844
      @esvete844 Před rokem +5

      @@bustersales6921 those tickets for 3 people would be $5000+

    • @yayarea2415
      @yayarea2415 Před rokem

      @@esvete844 Exactly! Thank you.

    • @bustersales6921
      @bustersales6921 Před rokem

      @esvete ...and..? Budget correctly. That money will get spent somehow. Be flexible with dates/plan the trip further out. Flying isn’t as expensive as it used to be, this isn’t the 80s lol

    • @willshad
      @willshad Před rokem

      @@bustersales6921 Do you spend thousands to go to a water park? lol

  • @bBersZ
    @bBersZ Před rokem

    Taking a dip in the oil slick lagoon sounds super refreshing

  • @jacksonsylvester4666
    @jacksonsylvester4666 Před rokem +1

    There’s so much going on with all those slides it’s almost fear inducing

  • @videosammy
    @videosammy Před rokem +3

    I kind of remember a show or movie that showed a person who made like and attraction about oil and how good it was while simultaneously enslaving 100s of people to work for him to mine it 🤔
    Cant remember the name but thats the impressiom that got imprinted on my brain xD
    Might of even made it up with my brain somehow

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 Před rokem +5

    I love odd unique things like this. Some people might get all tight up about things but personally I can fully enjoy something like this while equally driven for a oil/fossil fuel less reliable future. We gotta learn to not be so uptight and get that vibe of the weird 90's era again. I'm the biggest science geek but I also love me some wacky Creative strangeness and our world needs way more of it TBH.

  • @ChonkyCats
    @ChonkyCats Před rokem +1

    Seems like a fun & intriguing experience

  • @gl9tched
    @gl9tched Před rokem +1

    yeah we're definitely gonna see this on Defunctland or Bright Sun Films soon enough

  • @absynth909
    @absynth909 Před rokem +3

    Capitalistic Hellscape.

  • @omegaman1409
    @omegaman1409 Před rokem +3

    These people got so much money they don’t know what to do with it other than create a great mess.

  • @5amH45lam
    @5amH45lam Před rokem +1

    Looks like it belongs in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian sci-fi movie. Elysium, perhaps.

  • @chefizzy2238
    @chefizzy2238 Před rokem +1

    This Defunctland EP about to be crazy Fr

  • @FlapJacks7
    @FlapJacks7 Před rokem +6

    Oil and gas being the items that will undoubtedly cause the park to be underwater some day.

    • @Jordan__Sloan
      @Jordan__Sloan Před rokem

      Oh fuck tell me you don’t believe that. Didn’t they say we were going into the the next ice age 50 years ago?

    • @FlapJacks7
      @FlapJacks7 Před rokem

      @@Jordan__Sloan maybe you are right. Maybe you are wrong. We will see