In the United States we have Disney World, Disney Land and other theme parks where families can enjoy all different rides, games, food. But there is really no such a place in Poland yet…There are plans to open one soon though.

Plans have been unveiled for Poland’s first Theme Park, Adventure World Warsaw, due to open in 2014. The park is situated approximately 30 minutes from the city center. It is expected to create approximately 1000 jobs, and attract 2 million visitors a year.

The heavily themed resort will include a hotel, water park and restaurants. The designers are aiming for the park to draw comparisons with Alton Towers, Efteling and Europa Park.

Others have tried and failed, but Peter Jan Mulder, chairman and CEO of Les Palm sp zoo, believes the time is right to develop Poland’s first theme park resort.

The Dutch project developer, now settled in the country with his Polish wife Sylwia, has secured a 240-hectare site in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, 50km from Warsaw, and assembled a team of experts to help him realise his dream.

The park will be located at the crossroads of the new highway from Berlin to Warsaw and the highway from north to south (Gdańsk to Katowice).

Who is behind the project? PJM – Adventure World Warsaw is a brand name of Las Palms sp zoo, which has been founded to develop and operate the park and resort. The project will be entirely financed by a Luxembourg-based international consortium of private and institutional investors. The total investment of stage one is €400 million, but because the consortium is based in Luxembourg the investors will remain silent.

Phase one of Adventure World Warsaw is projected to open in spring 2014 comprising a theme park, waterpark, entertainment village and two hotels comprising 800 rooms. The waterpark will be an undercover operation, which together with the hotels and other resort facilities will be open year-round. The theme park (tematyczny park rozrywki) will be a seasonal operation featuring five themed islands with working titles such as Polski Plaza, Adventure Harbour, Creature Harbour, Castle Island and Lost Legends.

Can’t wait to take my kids there on our next trip to Poland. Hopefully it will open in 2014, although they may be a little delay…it happens.

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)