Fun City — Attraction in Doha

We went here yesterday for a few hours, I would describe it as "ok". But there are many reasons you just shouldn't bother.

Eye-wateringly expensive, price-gouging ex-pats as usual

Plus point is that it's on the Entertainer app so you spend 100 QAR and get another 100 QAR for free. This only slightly numbs the pain. If you do not have the Entertainer app, you may need to re-mortgage your house in order to enter without fainting.

The pricing "system" is deliberately confusing in order to monetise parents. They have: 'normal' level rides and games 'bonus' level rides and games machines which require a completely different currency ('tokens') what I like to call "let's monetise you when you turn up" rides where you pay extra eg. soft play/trampolines etc.

What's completely mind-numbingly money-grabbing about this "system" is that (a) you cannot check your balance on your card by any other way then traipsing back to the Front Desk and (b) there's no way to track your spending other than to pay for something. I am suspicious that my actual Spending Statement does not reflect what we actually purchased.

The main plus point here: bottle of water...

A lot of games, very nice for kids BUT they are selling 'Bonus' : when you buy credits, you have some bonus on your card. After 2 months I ended with more than 200 Riyal of bonus so I decided to stop buying credits and use bonus until they are finished. I came a Tuesday, unfortunately tuesday it's a special day with games at 2 Riyal so my bonus wouldn't work as an employee told me. I came back a Thursday at 11 AM. First of all, most of employee were hidden or speaking to each other (we were a few clients) and werre not in front of the games to welcome guests, the games my young kids like don't accept bonus (giant slides, ball pool or fun rides). The bonus can only be use for individual small cars or planes. So kids are doing 1 one ride and then they are bored. Really annoyed to have 200 RQ that I cannot use, I decided to stop coming here. I still had 300 tickets on my card to have a gift at the shop, but nobody was here too. I waiting 10 minutes and then give back my card at the front desk. What s the point to give bonus if kids cannot use them on all games? No more Fun City for my kids, now it's CircusLand at the...

We're extremely disappointed as a supplier who worked with Fun City. As a leading advertising company in Qatar, we were initially invited to modify their entrance design which was not too engaging. We submitted some designs, which they were happy with. Later, they requested modifications, and we completed them on time whenever asked. This process continued for around 2 years. Finally, they were very pleased with our design. Afterward, we communicated with them multiple times to start executing the design, but unfortunately, they ignored our calls and didn't respond. A few months later, we sadly discovered that they had executed the exact same design in the same location with another supplier, without even consulting us or paying us a single riyal. This experience serves as a lesson for us, and we're sharing it to warn others not to waste their efforts and time if you are a...