Ferrari World - wtf?!
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cuda

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271 months

Tuesday 10th March 2015
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Just went to Ferrari World here in Abu Dhabi. Oh my god - what were they thinking?! It cost £100 for two of us to gain entry - and the first sign of trouble was as we walked in and saw a 458 described as a 488. Really. The rest of Ferrari World consisted of some crappy rides and indoor (electric!) karts and a few simulators. There was a little nod to some Ferrari history but none of the classics we were expecting to see! Exit was, in true Banksy style, through the gift shop, lowering the marque to a clothing and nicnac brand. How could Ferrari ever be associated with such kitsch?! At least we got our money back afterr politely voicing our disappointment! Do not bother - especially if you are a true fan of the marque.

Benbay001

5,895 posts

188 months

Tuesday 10th March 2015
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Im not even moderately a Ferrari fan, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_488

Asterix

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259 months

Tuesday 10th March 2015
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Ferrari are wes when it comes to this sort of thing - they were paid an obscene amount of money by Mubadala for the rights.

There are Ferrari stores in every main mall here (of which there are loads) and they are always, even at the weekends and holidays, completely empty bar a few staff and a security guy. The rest of the mall can be heaving, the Fezza shops are always empty.

Lordbenny

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250 months

Tuesday 10th March 2015
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Benbay001 said:
Im not even moderately a Ferrari fan, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_488
confused

k-ink

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210 months

Tuesday 10th March 2015
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Luckily we have Mercedes World locally which is free.

Chlamydia

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158 months

Tuesday 10th March 2015
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Lordbenny said:
Benbay001 said:
Im not even moderately a Ferrari fan, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_488
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That confused me too biggrin

Benbay001

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188 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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cuda said:
and saw a 458 described as a 488.
I assumed the OP didnt know about the new model.

Hitch78

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225 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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I think it is a fair assumption, would not be surprised if it was an early 488 demo.

cuda

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271 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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Hitch78 said:
I think it is a fair assumption, would not be surprised if it was an early 488 demo.
Doh - course I know about the 488 - that's my point..! It was a 458.

optimal909

198 posts

175 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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cuda said:
Just went to Ferrari World here in Abu Dhabi. Oh my god - what were they thinking?! It cost £100 for two of us to gain entry - and the first sign of trouble was as we walked in and saw a 458 described as a 488. Really. The rest of Ferrari World consisted of some crappy rides and indoor (electric!) karts and a few simulators. There was a little nod to some Ferrari history but none of the classics we were expecting to see! Exit was, in true Banksy style, through the gift shop, lowering the marque to a clothing and nicnac brand. How could Ferrari ever be associated with such kitsch?! At least we got our money back afterr politely voicing our disappointment! Do not bother - especially if you are a true fan of the marque.
Ferrari became the automotive Walt Disney.

DonkeyApple

70,793 posts

200 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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k-ink said:
Luckily we have Mercedes World locally which is free.
Merc have this sort of thing sown up. Any time of day you can phone a number and within 10 minutes they will have a Mercedes outside for you to look at. Even better is that their driver will then take you out for a spin to show you how well it can cut corners, swerve across lanes without indicating and make utterly random manoevres seem like child play. And then on top of that, they'll drop you off right outside your favourite pub and then come and take you home. I love Mercedes.

Re Ferrari World, it is perfectly pitched for the people who go. It's not really aimed at car enthusiasts but brand enthusiasts.

anonymous-user

85 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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hehe very good

Matt UK

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231 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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DonkeyApple said:
Merc have this sort of thing sown up. Any time of day you can phone a number and within 10 minutes they will have a Mercedes outside for you to look at. Even better is that their driver will then take you out for a spin to show you how well it can cut corners, swerve across lanes without indicating and make utterly random manoevres seem like child play. And then on top of that, they'll drop you off right outside your favourite pub and then come and take you home. I love Mercedes.
hehe

XB70

2,494 posts

227 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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cuda said:
Just went to Ferrari World here in Abu Dhabi. Oh my god - what were they thinking?! It cost £100 for two of us to gain entry - and the first sign of trouble was as we walked in and saw a 458 described as a 488. Really. The rest of Ferrari World consisted of some crappy rides and indoor (electric!) karts and a few simulators. There was a little nod to some Ferrari history but none of the classics we were expecting to see! Exit was, in true Banksy style, through the gift shop, lowering the marque to a clothing and nicnac brand. How could Ferrari ever be associated with such kitsch?! At least we got our money back afterr politely voicing our disappointment! Do not bother - especially if you are a true fan of the marque.
Thanks - saves me a trip then. Even with the Entertainer discount vouchers does not sound like worth it.

There is also a Lamborghini shop just opened in Dubai Mall. Echo Asterix's comments - there never seems to be anyone in the F-stores here

k-ink

9,070 posts

210 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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Ok very amusing hehe They do / did make some interesting cars worth looking at - AMG, 300SL Gullwing, 6x6, race cars etc. They are not all silver taxis biggrin

DonkeyApple

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200 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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k-ink said:
Ok very amusing hehe They do / did make some interesting cars worth looking at - AMG, 300SL Gullwing, 6x6, race cars etc. They are not all silver taxis biggrin
AMG make awesome cars. Mercedes make commercial vehicles, limos, minicabs, minivans, vans, lorries, SAGA GTs for pensioners, military vehicles etc wink