DUBAI PARKS AND RESORTS
“ It has 12 separate attractions within the building alone , it ’ s a theme park within a theme park and we definitely want to use that to our advantage in the summer months ,” says Machamer .
With the park fully operational and visitors experiencing what there is to offer , this is a key shift in the paradigm of designing , constructing and preparing to operate a theme park of this magnitude .
“ When you open a theme park it takes a few months to really burn in the right systems , attractions and let the operators and the maintenance teams to get comfortable in their roles ,” says Priddy .
“ You can practice all you want but it ’ s not the same in practice where its polite , it ’ s predictable . The real experience comes with real guests , experiencing different nationalities , different cultures .”
But before any of this can be put into practice , both Brian and Matthew had to ensure they had the right team , from the people in the offices working alongside them to the people out in the field , facing
114 May 2017