Kuwait Entertainment City, Amusement park in western Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Kuwait Entertainment City was a one-million-square-metre amusement park in Al-Doha, split into four zones: Arabian World, International World, Future World and the Regional Garden. Arabian World held a domed-station narrow-gauge railway and a replica of Sinbad's yacht; International World recreated Wild West buildings, the Eiffel Tower and Dutch windmills; Future World had a 110-metre rotating observation tower. A miniature lake with a model Kuwaiti fishing boat stood at the centre.
The park opened in 1984 and was one of the first major amusement parks in the Middle East region. During the Iraqi occupation from 1990 to 1991, many rides were damaged and removed.
The Arabian World Zone recreated Arabian customs, with a domed railway station decorated in traditional Arabian patterns and a replica of Sinbad's sailboat that visitors could board for a simulated voyage. The International World Zone held 19th-century Wild West buildings, replicas of the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Dutch windmills, a Baghdad mosque and Ancient Greek temples.
The site sits in the Al Doha area on Kuwait City's western outskirts, and the old park was fully demolished by October 2020, so there is nothing of the original rides to visit. The Amiri Diwan's New Entertainment City is under construction on the same property, with no opening date given in the sources.
The railway's original locomotive and cars were built by Crown Metal Products of the United States in the 1980s for 3 ft (914 mm) track. Iraqi forces took them during the 1990-1991 occupation, and they ended up at Al Zawra'a Dream Park in Downtown Baghdad. The line later ran with a Severn Lamb 4-4-0 Lincoln locomotive from the UK, custom-built for the same gauge.
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