Angry Birds Park to open Friday in JB

JOHOR BARU - South-east Asia's first indoor Angry Birds Activity Park will be opened to the public on Oct 31.

Fans of the animated bird game will be delighted to find fun-packed games, activities and entertainment such as the Lazer Bird Shoot, Red Bird Goal, Piggy Shooting Gallery and Captain Black Bird Ship at the park located within the Komtar JBCC shopping mall here.

At the media preview session here on Sunday, Damansara Asset Sdn Bhd executive director Yusaini Sidek said the park was a joint venture with the founder of the bird game Finland-based Rovio Entertainment Ltd.

"Fans in Malaysia and neighbouring countries can now immerse themselves in the world of Angry Birds through fun and interactive physical and educational activities," he said.

Tickets are priced at RM75 per entry but for MyKad or MyKid holders, the tickets are priced at RM60. A variety of tickets from a single pass, family passes to unlimited annual passes are available.

The park is located at the mall's third floor and will be opened from 10am to 10pm daily. Children below 10 years old must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Angry Bird Park is the third theme park to be open after Legoland theme park and Hello Kitty theme park at Nusajaya.

Source: http://news.asiaone.com/news/travel/angry-birds-park-open-friday-jb

New Theme Parks in Iskandar Malaysia

New Theme Parks in Iskandar Malaysia

Iskandar Malaysia IRDA CEO Iswan said recently on 8 Nov that the authority is in the progress of seeking foreign investment from Europe Theme Park and North America Theme Park players to have their businesses setup in Iskandar Malaysia. In order to balance the development at Iskandar Malaysia area, new theme park location need to be and will be located at Mersing, Desaru or Kulai.

Iswan replied after attended to Iskandar eco-tourism submit. New theme park can be setup at area outside of Iskandar Malaysia, example like Mersing because if too many theme parks located in same location, it is inappropriate in businesses context and strategy. We will make sure transport connectivity within these theme parks accessible easily and well connected.

Iskandar IRDA CEO Iswan also noted that the new theme parks targeting to adults customers given that currently Legoland and Sandrio Hello Kitty theme park already cater and targeted customers of ages from 3 years old to 11 years old. Therefore the IRDA hopes that the new theme parks to attract customers of different range of ages.

Iswan doesn’t disclose the theme parks they are negotiated with. In the current stage, Iskandar Malaysia already has Legoland from Denmark, Sandrio Hello Kitty from Japan, and the Angry Bird theme park from Finland which will be operated next year May at JBCC, Iskandar Flagship A Johor Bahru.

There do have newspaper release previously stated that Six Flag, which headquarter in America New York plan to have their first Asia theme park foray in Iskandar area. In the near future, we can expect that Iskandar Malaysia as a new Special Economic Zone in Malaysia with Johor State government dedication to transform and attract foreign direct investment to establish their businesses present here, and its strategic location next to rich and advanced country Singapore just separated by a causeway, Iskandar Malaysia will become brilliant and vibrant city in international standing. The model of Hong Kong-Shenzhen and Macau-Zhuhai will find its similarity at Singapore - Iskandar Malaysia.

Legoland Theme Park

Sanrio Hello Kitty Theme Park

Sanrio Hello Kitty Theme Park