The world's weirdest theme parks

Tuesday 25 February 2014 15:27 GMT

The Holy Land Experience in no other than Orlando, Florida. The theme park recreates scenes from the Bible, with architecture modelled on the ancient city of Jerusalem (AP)

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Love Land, South Korea

This outdoor sculpture park in Jeju Island is dedicated to sex, featuring 140 sculptures representing humans in various sexual positions. It describes itself as 'a place where love oriented art and eroticism meet'

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The Kingdom of Little People, Kunming, China

Opened in 2009, The Kingdom of Little People employs a number of dwarfs to perform variety shows for punters

The world's weirdest theme parks

Shijingshan Amusement Park, Beijing, China

A poor man's imitation of Disneyworld, this Beijing theme park has a fake Sleeping Beauty Castle and various characters which look similar to Disney's trademarked own

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The world's weirdest theme parks

The Holy Land Experience, Orlando, Florida

Set in Orlando Florida, the home to theme parks, The Holy Land Experience recreates scenes from the Bible, with architecture modelled on the ancient city of Jerusalem

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Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Dolly Parton's very own theme park features thrill rides and traditional crafts and music of the Smoky Mountains area

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Dubailand, Dubai, UAE

The theme park promised to be the most ambitious in the world, with a budget of $64.3 billion. But the project was put on hold at the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008

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Dickens World, Chatham, Kent

Although Dickens was only a brief resident of Chatham as a child, the theme park features buildings, places and people of the Medway Towns which the writer drew inspiration from

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Diggerland, England

Billed as the 'ultimate adventure park experience', Diggerland allows children and adults to drive full-size construction machinery

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Harmonyland, Japan

Essentially a Hello Kitty theme park, Harmonyland offers family-friendly rides adorned with plenty of Hello Kitty memorabilia

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Nurburgring Roller Coaster, Germany

If going on a rollercoaster wasn't dangerous enough, try this one directly next motorsports compex Nurburgring

The world's weirdest theme parks

Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi

Where else but the capital of bling would you find Ferrari World, 'the largest indoor amusement park in the world'. The park also claims to host the world's fastest rollercoaster, Formula Rossa

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