Latest news as from the 25th March 2011.
The Paramount Resort vision was unveiled yesterday by Jesus Samper, president of flagship projects in the Region of Murcia on which the regional government is promoting the park along with executives from Paramount Licensing, which yesterday unveiled the master plan of the park and showed pictures for some of the attractions that will feature in the new theme park.
The forecast of annual visitors will be around 5 million visitors, a figure which studies show will continue to grow over the next 30
The Paramount Park will be the 'envy of Europe " .....
the park project, will be completely different from those currently operating in Spain and Europe, including a unique area in the master plan defined as ‘Lifestyle Center’ in which will include an outdoor auditorium with capacity for 15,000 people, and the largest convention center in the region, with a building capable of accommodating 3,000 people in its main hall.
It will also feature hotels inside the park: two will be five stars, three hotels four star ratings and a further three will be three stars, also included will be entertainment areas and a shopping center such as 'street mall', ie shaped as if it were a city.
Four major areas
The master plan was featured on a presentation video.
The first area is called 'City Adventure', and will include three major attractions. One of them, based on 'Titanic', displaying a huge reproduction of the legendary ocean liner of the White Star Line. Next to this the equally legendary iceberg that sent Titanic to the bottom of the North Atlantic in 1912,
This area also includes one of the three roller coasters in the park, based on 'The Italian Job' and a thriller ride based on the Mission Impossible movies with plenty of virtual reality and fireworks.
From there visitors can access the Lost Valley, where there is a water ride that mimics the Congo River and its dangers, in addition to the reproduction of a crypt-style 'Tomb Raider' set, and a new roller coaster in the legend Beowulf, with dragons included.
To relax the mind and especially designed for children is "Woodland Fantasy", an area dominated by a giant tree with attractions that are less adrenaline filled than the rest.
Magic workshops, interactive adventures in the world of 'Spiderwick Chronicles' and a tavern of a more adult based theme on the legend of the headless horseman 'Sleepy Hollow'
The 4th area is to be called "Space", featuring 'Star Trek' this is going to be in Plaza Futura, the cutting edge of the park. There, in addition to the more modern-motion simulation feel that controls the Enterprise, will also be located a spectacular recreation of 'The War of the Worlds movie', with a battle against aliens with plenty of action.
For those people that like to be terrified you can walk down the passage of terror, which in this case is modernized and updated based on the penultimate success of Paramount, 'Paranormal Activity'. The makers warn that the realism makes this attraction not suitable for people that are frightened to easily.
The centerpiece of the park will be occupied by a large avenue flanked with the hotels and catering areas.
Employment. 10,000 direct jobs in the construction of the park, and at least 700 workers for its operation.
Visitors. The estimates refer to a period of four to five years with an average of between 2.5 and 3 million per year, which would rise to 5 from 2020.
Economic impact. It is estimated that in the tourism sector, growth will be 33% to 15% register with the regional GDP.
Courtesy of Simply Networking March 18th 2011 t´s been announced in the press today, that Proyectos Emblemáticos has now been granted a 30 year licence to build and operate the Paramount Resort Murcia, the Paramount theme park which is to be built in Alhama de Murcia.
The contract has been signed between the Murcian based company and the American multinational in Los Ángeles for a figure believed to be around 2 million euros. the official presentation for the project is 25th March. Construction work should begin later this year, we will have all the latest news and pictures right here!
This week (1st March) a multidisciplinary team from the American Multinational Paramount Pictures have been in the Region of Murcia working with representatives from Proyectos Emblemáticos to develop the master plan of the projected Paramount Murcia theme and leisure park.The name of "Paramount Resort" has been mentioned for the first time in the press coverage of the topic recently, which seems a good name so we´ll refer to the park as the Paramount Resort Murcia from now on.....
The team visited the proposed location at Alhama de Murcia yesterday, which sits on the corner of the the Autovia between Alhama and the Campo of Cartagena, the 602, a total site comprising some 170 hectares.
At the moment it´s a mixture of cultivated almond and citrus trees, some dead almonds and cleared land, indistinguishable from the fields which surround it.
According to the reports which have come out this week there are a number of options being considered about how the park will be structured?
One thing, however, is certain; that this park will be unlike any other park which currently exists, the focus being on new generation technology, innovation and creating an interactive experience for visitors, a worldwide first.
Scale of the construction elements
The land on option covers 170m hectares.
The park complex itself is anticipated to cover 109 of these, leaving space to amplify the park, car parking or accommodation as required
The main park will cover 36.5-37 hectares, with allocations of between 4.8 and 8.8 for each of four hotel complexes. This will be supported by to parking zones of 45 hectares .
A water park of 8.8 hectares could be included in the project
It´s thought at this stage that the park will be roughly the same size as Euro Disney, and the initial plans proposed were for a central park structure with four hotel complexes, each designed to suit varying budgetary requirements surrounding it, very much along the lines of a traditional leisure park structure.
However, other ideas are being considered this week which include amplifying the size of the park structure and locating just one large hotel inside the park structure, and positioning the others slightly further back.
The original visitor figures mooted for the park were a target audience of 4.5 million visitors a year, although again, this week figures of 6 million a year have been mentioned as being achievable, several times more than the visitor figures currently enjoyed by the region.
Inevitably there will be a significant volume of "day user traffic" as well as catering for the residential traffic using hotels within the complex.
The main park area is being projected as covering approximately 37 hectares ( 370,000 square metres) and indications are that it will comprise four distinct leisure zones, one of which may be what´s called an interactive fantasy forest.
The principal feature of the park will be the cinematographic products of Paramount Pictures, at the moment it ´s being said that this could be based around the films Lara Croft, Titanic, The Italian Job and Congo, the visitors actually becoming part of the film experience through the use of the latest audiovisual technology.
Of course, none of this will be confirmed until the plans are formally unveiled.
There´s also discussion about whether a waterpark will be included within the complex, adding an additional 8.8 hectares of attractions into the leisure offering. The region already has one waterpark, based at the Terra Natura site on the outskirts of Murcia, but this is only open for the summer months when the demand from tourist visitors is highest, and is always very busy and well usedduring open time.
Pedro Cruz today said in an interview that the master design will be unveiled at the end of the month, on the 25th March, when Michael Bartok from Paramount Licensing is due to visit the Region.
Along with everyone else, we await the presentation of the master design with a great deal of interest.
