Cartoon Surprises Week achieves a huge success in terms of providing fun, happiness to the little ones by way of many workshops and competitions

Dubai, July 14, 2004: The Cartoon Surprises theme week, organised by the Dubai Ports Authority (DPA), came to a close yesterday after a week of fun-filled toon activity around the city.

The cartoon spirit, however, has still not died down as the Captain Hamad Cartoon City, located in the Dubai World Trade Centre Hall No. 5 and 6, will remain open until July 23, 2004.

Mana' Al Mana', Manager (Customer Service) at DPA, said that the Cartoon Surprises Week was very successful in showcasing a world of entertainment and knowledge to the little ones by way of a vast array of innovative events held in shopping malls and the Cartoon City throughout the past week.

He added that the reception to the various activities was really good from the children who participated in the workshops at the shopping malls where children gained a lot of new skills connected to their favourite cartoon characters -- especially from the workshops 'Make Your Own Cartoon Character' to 'Cartoon Mask Workshop' and 'Puppet Workshop'.

Mr. Al Mana' also pointed out that the Cartoon Characters like Tweety and Sylvester Game, Hockey Maze and Teletubbies Ludo Board Game, who participated in the competitions organised during the week, were highly popular with the little ones.

The cartoon characters, who walked around in the malls, added an atmosphere of fun, frolic and entertainment to the children who always wanted to meet them, offering them a chance for meet and take pictures with them.

Mr. Al Mana' said that the Captain Hamad Cartoon City has been a highly popular venue with children since the beginning of Cartoon Surprises week, wherein a vast array of events have been lined up in 12 different zones. "Considering the tremendous response to the City is an indication of the huge success that the City has achieved in its first year during Dubai Summer Surprises. The Committee will now strive to make it better in the next edition of DSS," he added.

Mr. Al Mana' talked about the efforts that the working committee had put in making the Cartoon Surprises week a grand success. "We, at DPA, went through minute details supervising all the preparations going into organising the event. Here, we would like to thank the DSS Office for the constant support and encouragement, which helped in making DPA more confident in handling the event in such a successful manner," he said.

The Captain Hamad Cartoon City will be open till July 23, daily from 2pm to 10pm. Entry per head is Dh5. This venue is sponsored by LG and by Dubai World Trade Centre.

Dubai Summer Surprises 2004 enters the Flower Surprises, which is being organised by Dubai Municipality till July 21, followed by Heritage Surprises by Dubai Customs from July 22-28, Adventure Surprises by Dubai Police from July 29-August 4, Knowledge Surprises by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry from August 5-11, Back-2-School Surprises by the Department of Economic Development from August 12-18 and ends with Colour Surprises by the Department of Health and Medical Sciences from August 19-27, 2004.

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For further information, please contact
Hessah Sultan Aurbaya,
Corporate Communication Coordinator,
Dubai Summer Surprises,
Tel: +971-4-202 0510;
Fax: +971-4-222 1110,
Email: haurbaya@mydsf.gov.ae

© Press Release 2004