Believe it or not, a 70,000 square foot warehouse near London is going to become a Charles Dickens-inspired theme park. It will be called Dickens World, and the total cost of building this unique theme park will be $125 million. Opening day is May 25, 2007.
According to the article, "Visitors who pay the $25 admission charge — $15 for children — will have the chance to see the Ghost of Christmas Past in Ebeneezer Scrooge's haunted house, be hectored by a schoolmaster at Dotheboys Hall — the dismal school from "Nicholas Nickleby" — and peer into the fetid cells of notorious Newgate Prison."
Dickens World has an official website, and looks like it is really going to try to become a main attraction in the UK.
Now, to be fair, the theme park has already had a major problem. Opening day was supposed to have been this week, but due to a glitch with the "4D animatronic theater show" about Dickens' life and work, it's been delayed a month.
Does this mean anything for the future? Only time will tell. But for now, there are still (if you'll pardon the pun) great expectations about Dickens World.
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