Real Madrid World Dubai

Real Madrid World is the world's first theme park dedicated to Real Madrid football club. It is part of the Dubai Parks and Resorts complex, next to Motiongate and LEGOLAND, 30-40 minutes' drive from central Dubai. It mixes rides, including the region's first wooden roller coaster, with exhibits on the club's history and spaces where children can play football.

I book open-dated tickets below the box-office price. Prices for every park are in the table on the theme parks page.

Main attractions

• Hala Madrid: The Coaster: the park describes it as the region's first wooden roller coaster, with the most zero-gravity moments.
• Stars Flyer: a swing ride that lifts you 460 feet (about 140 metres); the park calls it the world's tallest swing-chair ride.
• Goal Coaster: a racing coaster where you compete against rival teams and fly through a goal arch.
• Hands Up!: a mini drop tower.
• The Factory of Dreams: a virtual-reality experience that puts you in the Real Madrid starting eleven.
• Bernabéu Experience: a walk through recreated spaces of the Santiago Bernabéu stadium: the locker room, the pitch and the trophy cabinet.
• White Hearts and Meet the Stars: an exhibition on the club's culture and victories, and a digital hall with life-size figures of Real Madrid legends for photos.

With children

The calmer rides suit the whole family: The Wave - La Ola is a family roller coaster, the Champions Bus is a white double-decker on a tour past Madrid landmarks including the Cibeles Fountain, and on La Fábrica Training Pitch children play football. The Real Challenge has physical and digital sports games, arcade machines and photo spots; shoes are required there. Height limits are posted at each ride, and I can tell you in advance what suits your children. Children under three enter free.

For those who don't like intense rides

Much of the park is about football rather than speed: Bernabéu Experience, White Hearts, Meet the Stars, the Champions Fountain Cibeles square and the Real Madrid store.

Tips

• Real Madrid World is a single park within Dubai Parks and Resorts. A two-park, one-day ticket is better value if you want to add Motiongate or LEGOLAND: 375 AED with me, 395 AED at the box office.
• The Cibeles Fountain square recreates the one in Madrid where Real Madrid fans celebrate the club's wins.
• Food is inside the park: Hala Madrid Restaurant, Academy Café, Snack Corner and kiosks with bocatas, patatas bravas, waffles and churros.
• Weekdays are quieter than weekends. A fast pass (QFAST) can be bought inside the park, from 150 AED to 250 AED per person depending on the park.