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Abu Dhabi’s entertainment venues that families with both young and older children can enjoy. Here is a list of just a few of the top places to go while you are in the city.

Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi
a theme park designed in the Warner Bros. Studio aesthetic. Six sites, dubbed Warner Bros. Plaza, Dynamite Gulch, Bedrock, Cartoon Junction, Metropolis, and Gotham City, total 29 attractions. In the future, this area is anticipated to host the first Harry Potter theme park in the Middle East.

Visitors to Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi are greeted by animators dressed as their favorite movie characters. The park also features daily kid-friendly entertainment programs as well as animation and movie screenings.

Ferrari World
On Yas Island, there is a well-known theme park with 40 activities suitable for visitors of all ages. Ride restrictions are based on the rider’s height, which must be at least 2.9 feet tall.

In addition to the Formula Rossa, the fastest coaster in the world, visitors may also enjoy the Flying Aces, Formula Rossa Junior, Mission Ferrari, Turbo Track, Turbo Tower, Speedway Race, and Flying Wings roller coasters. At Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, visitors can also experience the multisensory simulator Viaggio in Italia, karting for kids and adults, and the 4D adventure Speed of Magic. Children have access to Nello’s Adventureland, a soft playground, and the Junior Training Camp climbing facility for active recreation.

Abu Dhabi’s Yas Waterworld
One of the most well-known water parks in the area, built in the manner of classical Arabic design. The mythology of the lost pearl, which was developed based on the history and culture of the emirate, serves as the basis for the entire park.

AMWAJ, the largest wave pool in the area, the Marah Fortress splash pads, the 984-ft Al Raha River, and Water Wars water projectiles are just a few of the park’s more than 40 water slides and attractions. Liwa Loop, Hamlool’s Humps, Dawwama, Jebel Drop, and Slithers Slides are the most well-known slides. The slides can only be used by kids that are 2.6 feet or taller.

SeaWorld Abu Dhabi
a marine hub with almost 100,000 residents. Due to eight interesting zones, including Abu Dhabi Ocean, One Ocean, Antarctica, Arctic, Tropical Ocean, Rocky Point, Endless Ocean, and MicroOcean, visitors will be able to journey from the poles to the tropics. Under one roof, you may find dolphins, flamingos, sea lions, seals, sharks, turtles, walruses, stingrays, otters, and many other species.

Sea World Abu Dhabi’s Endless Ocean Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the world, allows guests as young as 12 to take scuba diving courses and as young as 10 to take wetsuit underwater walks with an adult.

Abu Dhabi CLYMB
A sports and entertainment complex where guests as young as three years old are welcome to try out the world’s largest covered camera for skydiving, which is located at a height of 105 feet. At 138 feet, CLYMB Abu Dhabi’s indoor climbing wall is the highest in the area. It is open to visitors as young as 4 years old, although they must be supervised by a parent or guardian until they become 18.

Both novice and seasoned athletes can purchase tickets. AED 315 (USD 86) gets you access to three indoor climbing walls for 60 minutes, two flights, teacher supervision, and equipment rental.

Abu Dhabi Snow
one of the largest indoor snow parks in the world, with an enchanted forest-inspired design. Here, the temperature is kept at minus 2°C, and there is 19.6 inches of snow cover. On Al Reem Island, the complex is situated on the second level of Reef Mall.

The Polar Express Train, the Crystal Carousel, the Flight of the Snowy Owl, the Snowflake Garden, the Enchanted Tree, the Ice and Floes Toboggan Race, and Grauppel’s Summit Escape are just a few of the 20 activities available to visitors. In Snow Abu Dhabi, there are cafes, restaurants, and an event space.

“Manarat Al Saadiyat”
On Saadiyat Island, the gallery is situated in the Cultural District. All ages are welcome at the center’s year-round exhibitions, film screenings, performances, and seminars. Three galleries for transient exhibitions as well as an art studio and a picture studio are available at Manarat Al Saadiyat.

The establishment also provides a venue for self-expression, such as self-portrait, drawing, engraving, and ceramic art classes for kids and adults. The facility has a 100-seat theater, an outdoor terrace for special events, a cafe, and a restaurant.

Louvre Abu Dhabi
Louvre’s Children’s Museum Louvre Abu Dhabi, where interactive exhibitions are held, is located in Abu Dhabi. On the island of Saadiyat, there is a museum.

Visitors can view the three-story “Picturing the Cosmos” exhibition, which is open. Guests are invited to travel from Earth to Mars, stopping at the International Space Station along the way.

You can take in works of art that were inspired by the cosmos throughout the exhibition and look at tools that have been used to research the cosmos throughout time. A spacesuit for an astronaut and two ancient meteorites are also on display here.