The Jerusalem Post

In time for Sukkot, big new amusement park opens in Maaleh Adumim industrial zone

- • By ZEV STUB

Israel’s newest amusement park opened this week in Ma’aleh Adumim, just in time for Sukkot.

The Magic Kass indoor amusement park is located next to the DCity mall that the Kass Group opened last month. The mall is considered the largest and fanciest designer mall in Israel, with 200 stores, more than 150,000 square meters of shopping space, a luxury hotel and a piazza built as a replica of the famous Venetian Resort in Las Vegas.

The new amusement park, built with an investment of NIS 500 million and located on 1.3 hectares of land, is located in Park Israel, the area formerly known as Mishor Adumim (Ma’aleh Adumim’s industrial park), which has been significan­tly upgraded with the addition of the complex.

Magic Kass offers 12 advanced fun and extreme rides, with the main attraction being a roller coaster more than 20 meters high, which overlooks the Dead Sea. Among other rides are hot-air balloons, flying saucers and a sky tower. The compound also hosts 150 video games in gaming halls, a wellequipp­ed Gymboree zone, VR spaces, a stylish, experienti­al dining floor, and an innovative shopping level.

The park is one of only nine indoor amusement parks in the world, and seeks to offer a glamorous experience emulating the likes of Disney, Cartoons Network and Nickelodeo­n, the owners said.

There is also a large theater hall offering shows every day. During the park’s opening festival, the show includes 10 actors who change nearly 100 costumes and masks throughout the performanc­e, along with dancing, singing, magical tricks, clips and laser effects accompanie­d by an original score composed especially for the show.

Admission to the park and all the rides is NIS 99 for a threehour pass. A similar pass that also includes a show is NIS 145. Other options are available on the Magic Kass app, which will also offer video and game content to enrich children’s experience at the park.

Upon entering the park, visitors receive a digital bracelet they must wear throughout their stay. Users can upload money to the bracelet with cash for easy spending, and it allows parents to set spending limits for their children.

The Kass Group has shown an impressive level of ambition with the mall and amusement park, building with high levels of design and innovation. The mall next door aims to become a mecca for Israel’s entire home design industry, with everything for design or renovation­s in one place. It also offers high-level entertainm­ent options, with live performanc­es nearly every day.

“We are thrilled to inaugurate the Magic Kass Amusement park following years of planning and constructi­on,” said park CEO Karin Larom. “Israel’s largest indoor amusement park provides an unpreceden­ted fun and content experience to children of all ages and parents. We invite families to spend a day at the park and benefit from our rich attraction offering.”

The park is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and on Friday from 9 a.m. until two hours before Shabbat starts. Free bus rides to the complex are available every half-hour across the street from Binyanei HaUma in Jerusalem.

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