Boo Boo Laand, the indoor family entertainment brand that opened its first UAE venue at Dubai Mall in 2024, is heading to the capital. Its second UAE location will open at The Galleria Al Maryah Island this August, on the mall’s 3rd floor, marking the brand’s next step in a wider regional push. It is a sensible move: The Galleria already anchors a cluster of large branded children’s attractions, so Boo Boo Laand walks into an established family crowd rather than trying to build one from scratch.
What will be at Boo Boo Laand Abu Dhabi?
The Abu Dhabi venue will carry the same immersive play concept as the Dubai original, with a mix of interactive attractions, imaginative play zones and activities built for young children. Boo Boo Laand has confirmed five signature attractions for the capital: Boo Boo Jungle, Stadium, Snow Pool, Car Racing and Farm to Table. That spread covers movement-based play, sport, snow play and role-play, which is the formula that made the Dubai Mall site popular.
Beyond the daily play offer, the venue will host birthday parties, private events and school programmes, so it is being positioned as a full-day family destination rather than a drop-in play corner. A café concept, built in partnership with a renowned café, will give parents somewhere to sit while the children work through the attractions. Both Curly Tales and Secret Abu Dhabi have reported the opening as a giant indoor play experience aimed at keeping children engaged for hours across a broad age range, which makes it a workable option for siblings and group playdates.
How does it compare to the Dubai Mall original?
The Dubai Mall flagship is the clearest guide to what Abu Dhabi families can expect, since Boo Boo Laand has framed the new venue as bringing the same style of themed play. The Dubai site, in Chinatown at Dubai Mall, opened in 2024 and runs a wider spread of attractions including a snow park, super slide, football stadium, princess dress-up area and arts-and-crafts workshops, alongside live performances and mascot meet-and-greets, as The National documented in its round-up of UAE indoor play areas.
The confirmed Abu Dhabi attractions map neatly onto that mix, with the Snow Pool, Stadium, Car Racing and Farm to Table echoing Dubai’s snow play, sport and creative role-play zones. If you have visited the Dubai venue, the Abu Dhabi one should feel familiar: an indoor, climate-controlled space with several themed areas and event services, designed for a few hours of play. Families who prefer books to ball pits might note that Dubai Studio City also has the returning Big Bad Wolf book sale for a different kind of school-holiday outing.
What can UAE families act on now?
Right now, the only firm Abu Dhabi facts are the location and the opening month: The Galleria Al Maryah Island, 3rd floor, this August. No Abu Dhabi ticket prices, booking links or operating hours have been published, and the brand has said the official opening date and launch activities will be announced soon.
For families who want to experience Boo Boo Laand before then, the Dubai Mall venue is open and priced now. Two-hour visits start at AED 150 for toddlers aged 1–2 and AED 190 for children aged 3–15, while day passes are AED 210 for toddlers and AED 280 for children, with babies under one entering free and one adult admitted free per paying child on a two-hour visit. The Dubai site currently runs 10am to midnight Monday to Thursday and 10am to 1am Friday to Sunday. Those figures are Dubai-specific and are the best benchmark until the capital’s own details land.
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