Monday, August 18, 2008
Siam Park to open September 15th
Rumour, actually, a news item in Diario de Avisos on August 14th (via the Proyecto Siam Park blog) claims that, finally, a date for the inauguration of Siam Park in Tenerife, has been fixed for September 15th.
According to the report, presiding over the ribbon cutting ceremony will be HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (pictured), second daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej from Thailand, as well as Loro Parque boss, Wolfgang Kiessling and his son, Christoph Kiessling, director of Siam Park.
(Understand that I'm taking care not to infer that I actually believe it yet.)
Frankly, it is easy to believe that the perpetually "not quite finished" park, subject, it has been joked, of "the longest running mystery since The Mousetrap", or as Joe Cawley says, "vying with Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia for the award of "most overdue completion date" would never open!
The Tower of Power, tallest water slide and you'll get fit climbing up the 256 steps to get up there.Goodness knows what a real Thai person and royalty at that, is going to make of a "cardboard stone" pastiche version of her country in Tenerife, but we can't help thinking that it's more than apt, after the longest ever run up to an opening event in the history of, well, theme parks, is that they've managed to get the princess with the longest ever name to do it.
So bear in mind if you were thinking of inviting Her Royal Highness to your after party that you'll need long invitations to print her full name and title, which is "Somdet Phra Theppharat Ratchasuda Chao Fa Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Ratthasima Khunakon Piyachat Sayam Borommaratchakumari".
