{{Short description|Theme park in Phuket, Thailand}} {{Multiple issues| {{More footnotes needed|date=September 2018}} {{Cleanup rewrite|date=August 2016}}}} {{Infobox company |name = Phuket FantaSea |logo = FantaSea.png |logo_caption = The ultimate cultural theme park |image = Phuket FantaSea (6548117563).jpg |image_caption = The park in December 2011 |location = [[Kamala Beach]], [[Phuket]], [[Thailand]] |area_served = 60 acres (20 ha) |owner = Phuket FantaSea Public Company Limited |website = {{URL|http://www.phuket-fantasea.com/}} }} '''Phuket FantaSea''' is a Thai nighttime cultural theme park located on the island of [[Phuket]], in the south of the country. The park covers an area of 60 acres (20 ha) and includes a Thai culture theatrical show, a theme buffet restaurant, and a shopping street. The park was created at a cost of over THB 3,500 million (US$100 million) and was opened to the public on 20 December 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.triptemptation.com/My-Amazing-Travel/Articles/2015/04/15/Phuket-The-Asian-Luxury|title=Phuket: The Asian Luxury|website=Triptemptation.com|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref>
==Contents== ===Fantasy of a Kingdom' show=== A Thai cultural show infused with illusion techniques and special effects. The show is approximately 70 minutes in duration and performed inside a purpose-built theater called 'Palace of the Elephants', a reproduction of a Sukhothai era stone elephant palace. Taking up an area of approximately 10 rai (4 acres) and 3 floors, it has a seating capacity of 3,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phuketwan.com/entertainment/phukets-fantastic-party-top-phuket-parties-13780/|title=Phuket's Fantastic Party to Top All Phuket Parties - Phuket Wan|website=Phuketwan.com|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=10 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310182954/http://phuketwan.com/entertainment/phukets-fantastic-party-top-phuket-parties-13780/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Golden Kinnaree buffet restaurant== The Golden Kinnaree Buffet Restaurant is designed in an Ayutthaya-era architectural style, occupying an area of 5,220 m2 (approximately 1.3 acres), with a capacity of 4,000 seated guests and is one of the [[List of largest restaurants|largest buffet restaurants in the world]].<ref name="uspa24.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalnews.uspa24.com/bericht-2183/stepping-into-a-mystical-dream-world-at-phuket-fantasea.html|title=Stepping into a mystical dream world at Phuket FantaSea - Ilse Gibson - United States Press Agency News (USPA News)|website=United States Press Agency News (USPA News)|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref>
==Festival Village shopping street== Festival Village is a street with a variety of shops. There are also a game town, an a la carte restaurant, a fast food eatery and bars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://russianmind.eu/content/thai-culture-phuket-fantasea|title=Thai Culture In Phuket at FantaSea|website=Russianmind.eu|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804045614/http://russianmind.eu/content/thai-culture-phuket-fantasea|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==Further reading== * {{cite web | title=Kittikorn planning a second theme park | website=[[The Nation]] | date=August 24, 2002 | url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com//Kittikorn-planning-a-second-theme-park-64663.html | access-date=June 15, 2016}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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