Jerudong Park

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Jerudong Park is an amusement park in Brunei. It is the largest and most expensive amusement park in South East Asia, built and funded by the rich Bruneian government for $1 billion.

It is notable that during its first few years of operation, Jerudong Park featured no admission fees and free rides. It is currently larger than phase 1 of Hong Kong Disneyland. The public only had to queue up for rides. However, recently the number of visitors and tourists has dropped significantly and the administration has started a one time BN$15 admission fee, and allride ticketing system. According to the park's website, many of its rides are for sale.

In August 2006, the company began to implement a revitalization program. It started with the re-launching of the GIGGLES, their in-house entertainment team. The team is composed of 7 entertainers from the Philippines and supervised by Wilhelm Bayona (and subsequently works as the Events and Entertainment Coordinator for the Park). They revitalized a program of visiting schools as an outreach activity, then moved on to accepting bookings for private functions and mall events.

In December, management initiated the weekend special program for December featuring local artists as the main performers. The program received good feedback from the local crowd, attracting more than 6,000 people on a single evening.

In 2007, the Park became the venue for a series of activities called Kids' Day. Although the main target was children, it drew families as well because of the "family" factor - the games involved adults such as moms and dads as well. The Giggles also began appearing regularly during activities at the Mall and at Hua Ho, two of the local malls in the country.

By the end of 2007, the Giggles had surpassed their performance in terms of output in 2006 with 36 school visits, 30 bookings and appearances.

In December 2007, a major activity called the Dazzling Lights Festival, which helped in renweing the public interest in the Park, and further estbalished it as the event capital of Brunei. In fact, in 2007, several corporate events, go-kart races, and private functions were hosted in the Park,also with the help of Engineers from Philippines and Headed by Engineer Robert R. Loresca.

[edit] Future

The Board of Directors of the park said they will invest in new rides within the news

[edit] Attractions

Amphitheatre: in which such famous artists as Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston have performed.
Musical Fountain show featuring hits by Ricky Martin, Michael Jackson, and several Disney Classics
F1 and F2 go-cart attractions.
Kiddie Rides such as:

Carousel, Pedal Boat, The Juniors - Pirate Ship, Skydiver, and Bumper Car, the Adult Bumper Car, The Shooting Gallery, Caterpillar.