Essel World
Essel World is an amusement park in Gorai, Mumbai, India. It is spread over 64 acres (260,000 m2) of land[1] and attracts 10,000 visitors everyday[2]. It can be reached from the suburbs of Borivali or Malad. Essel world was started by Subhash Chandra of the Essel Group in 1986[3]. The Water Kingdom section was added in 1998[3].
There are 34 major rides not including the coin operated games and the rides involving water[1].
It actually consists of two parks - Essel world proper and Water Kingdom (a water park)[4]. It was the first amusement park in India[5]. After starting in 1986, it took five years for it to break even but its annual turnover in 2001 was 35-40 crores rupees[6] and is now called a "huge success"[2].
Theme Park Attractions
. The attractions at Essel World include:[7]
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
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