PortAventura World

PortAventura World is an entertainment resort in Salou and Vila-seca, Tarragona, on the Costa Daurada in Catalonia, Spain. It was built around the PortAventura Park theme park, which attracts around 5.3 million visitors per year, making it the most visited theme park in Spain and the sixth most visited theme park in Europe.
In 2017, with the opening of a third park, Ferrari Land, the resort rebranded to PortAventura World, which manages all three theme parks, six hotels, a convention center, and an RV park. Reus Airport lies within 15-minute drive, and Barcelona Airport is within an hour. The train station Salou-Port Aventura is 750m from the resort entrance and features line R17 trains to Barcelona and Tarragona.

History

When Port Aventura opened in 1995 in Salou, The Tussauds Group owned 40.0% of the park, while La Caixa had 33.2%, Anheuser-Busch had 19.9%, and FECSA had 6.7%. In 1998, the majority of Tussauds Group's shares in the park were sold to Universal and the park was rebranded as 'Universal's Port Aventura', which made it the first Universal Studios theme park in Europe.
In 2002, a water park and two hotels were constructed, and the resort was further rebranded as 'Universal Mediterranea'. In 2004, NBCUniversal sold all interest in PortAventura. It is owned and operated by La Caixa Banking Group's investment vehicle Criteria, but as of 2005, the Universal name has been dropped from the branding, and the resort was once again named 'PortAventura'. In 2009, the resort hosted 3,310,000 visitors.
In December 2013, private equity firm KKR picked up a 49.9% stake in PortAventura from Investindustrial, which still owned 50.1%. In 2016, the resort was renamed 'PortAventura World Parks & Resort'. The second theme park, Ferrari Land, was inaugurated on April 7, 2017. PortAventura Dream Village, opened in 2017.

PortAventura Park

The park features five theme areas based on civilizations, and one theme area based on Sesame Street. Mediterrània is the main entrance area of the park.
;Main rides

Furius Baco, an Intamin Accelerator Coaster with winged seating, which opened in June 2007. It has a top speed of 83.9 mph.
Stampida, a dueling wooden roller coaster.
Tomahawk, a junior version of Stampida and which runs parallel to it.
Silver River Flume, a traditional log flume.
Grand Canyon Rapids, a whitewater river rapids ride along the Grand Canyon.
Hurakan Condor, an Intamin drop tower ride. This ride is one of the tallest in the world at 330 ft.
El Diablo – Tren de la Mina, an Arrow Dynamics mine train roller coaster. The top speed of the coaster is around 60 km/h.
Dragon Khan, with 8 inversions this formerly held the record as having more inversions than any other roller coaster. It also held the world record for the tallest vertical loop on any roller-coaster. The ride built by Bolliger & Mabillard was one of the two roller coasters that Port Aventura had when it opened. It consistently ranks among the world's best roller coasters in polls.
Shambhala, this B&M hypercoaster beat three European records as it was the fastest and tallest roller coaster in Europe. It is 76 m tall and had longest drop in Europe at 78 m.
Angkor, a large splash battle themed in the Angkor ruins that opened in 2014.
Tutuki Splash, a Shoot the Chute themed along an erupting volcano.
Tami Tami, a roller coaster for children.
Street Mission, an interactive Sesame Street dark ride.
Ferrari Land

InvestIndustrial and Ferrari signed a deal to build a new area themed to the Italian sports car brand in the PortAventura resort covering 60,000 m², including new rides, restaurants, shops and car racing simulators. Ferrari Land is the resort's second theme park, separate from PortAventura Park. The park was opened on 7 April 2017, after an investment of more than €100 million.
Its entrance is adjacent to PortAventura Park's main entrance. The Mediterranean theme is common to both entrances, as Ferrari Land is inspired by Italy, including recreations of Venice's Piazza San Marco and Rome's Colosseum. The main ride of Ferrari Land is Red Force, a 112 m tall vertical accelerator coaster that surpassed Shambhala as the tallest coaster in Europe and is also the fastest coaster in Europe. Ferrari Land opened a kids area in 2018.
Ferrari Land is the second amusement centre themed to Ferrari in the world, after Ferrari World Abu Dhabi.

Partial list of rides and attractions

Roller coasters

Flat rides

Name	Manufacturer	Height	Speed	Length	Location	Opened
Kon-tiki Wave	HUSS Park Attractions				Polynesia	1995
Serpiente Emplumada	Schwarzkopf				México	1995
Yucatán	Mack Rides	–	13 revolutions per minute		México	1995
Hurakan Condor	Intamin				México	2005
Maranello Grand Race	C&S	–			Ferrari Land	2017
Thrill Towers	S&S Worldwide	180 feet			Ferrari Land	2017
Street Mission	Sally Corporation, ETF	–			SésamoAventura	2019

Water rides

Name	Manufacturer	Speed	Height	Length	Location	Opened
Tutuki Splash	Intamin				Polynesia	1995
Silver River Flume	Mack Rides				Far West	1995
Grand Canyon Rapids	Intamin		–		Far West	1995
Canoes	Zamperla		–		Polynesia	1995
Angkor	Mack Rides		–		China	2014

Amusement rides using motion pictures

Name	Manufacturer	Height	Length	Location	Opened
Dino Scape 4D	Thinkwell Group, Universal Creative			Polynesia	2000
Flying Dreams	Brogent Technologies			Ferrari Land	2017
Racing Legends	Simworx			Ferrari Land	2017
Street Mission	Sally Corp, ETF Ride Systems			SésamoAventura	2019

PortAventura Caribe Aquatic Park

PortAventura Caribe Aquatic Park is a water park which is adjacent to PortAventura Park. It has an area of 50,000 m2, which includes 16 attractions and slides, as well as over 8,500 m2 of water-covered surface area. It is themed to the Caribbean, with beaches, palm trees, and Latin and reggae music, and it also includes shops and restaurants.

Rides

King Khajuna – Europe's tallest free-fall slide of 31 meters and 55-degree descent by ProSlide. Opened in 2013.
Ciclón Tropical – MultiBUMP slide by ProSlide opened in 2013.
Rapid Race – ProSlide ProRacer opened in 2013.
The Mambo and Limbo – Two corkscrew waterslides by ProSlide. Opened in 2002.
El Tifón – Two ProSlide body waterslides opened in 2002.
El Río Loco – Lazy River opened in 2002.
El Torrente – A ProSlide Mammoth river with four-passenger round tubes, opened in 2002.
Barracudas – A pair of ProSlide tube chutes with two-passenger inline tubes, opened in 2002.
Kids rides
Zona Indoor with Junior Slides – Indoor play area including pool and slides by WhiteWater West. Opened in 2002.
La Laguna de Woody – Woody Woodpecker-themed play area by WhiteWater West. Opened in 2002.
Resort hotels

The resort features six themed hotels:

PortAventura Hotel PortAventura: Mediterranean theme
PortAventura Hotel Caribe: Caribbean theme
PortAventura Hotel El Paso: Mexican theme
PortAventura Hotel Gold River : Western theme
PortAventura Hotel Colorado Creek: Rustic Western theme
PortAventura Hotel Mansión de Lucy: Victorian-style Western theme

The resort also features four off-property hotels operated by their own brand, Ponient Hotels, which also include free-transfers to the park. These are:

Ponient Vila Centric by PortAventura World
Ponient Píramide Salou by PortAventura World
Ponient Dorada Palace by PortAventura World
Ponient Marinada by PortAventura World
Seasonal events

During seasonal events like summer nights, Halloween and Christmas, PortAventura Park opens seasonal walk around rides or shows, including the mazes: , Horror in Penitence, La Selva del Miedo and the nighttime Halloween show Horror en el Lago.