Z Park: Dragon Ball themed park is being built in Peru

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Z Park: Dragon Ball themed park is being built in Peru

Post by Tian » Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:24 am

https://www.tvlaint.com/2026/02/peru-es ... n.html?m=1

The Municipality of San Antonio from Peru has informed on their Facebook page that "Z Park" was conceived with the intention to boost tourism in the area and the objective of family entertainment.

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What are your thoughts about this, guys? Do you want to go someday?
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Re: Z Park: Dragon Ball themed park is being built in Peru

Post by Dragon Ball Ireland » Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:37 am

I'd love to go, and Peru would be a far more desirable location than Saudi Arabia.

One thing I don't understand is why it has to be called "Z Park"? Wouldn't the organizers want to appeal to fans of the entire franchise (not to mention Latin America didn't skip 140 episodes of the original series before Z). I also assume with the Super Saiyan Blue statues the park is being built with Super fans in mind too at least.

Another thing that would be neat is with global superstars like The Weeknd coming out as fans of the franchise recently I hope someone like him would be willing to perform at the opening ceremony for one of these parks. Although that may be out of the question due to budget. And yes I suspect there are more celebrity Dragon Ball fans out there we're not aware of yet.
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Re: Z Park: Dragon Ball themed park is being built in Peru

Post by Tian » Thu Feb 12, 2026 12:05 pm

Dragon Ball Ireland wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:37 am I'd love to go, and Peru would be a far more desirable location than Saudi Arabia.
I personally think it is great that is being built in Peru. It is like a second home to me since I've got family there (My mom is Peruvian) and I've been there twice for vacation.

My uncle Richard (He loves Dragon Ball a lot) must be in shock right now :lol:
One thing I don't understand is why it has to be called "Z Park"? Wouldn't the organizers want to appeal to fans of the entire franchise (not to mention Latin America didn't skip 140 episodes of the original series before Z). I also assume with the Super Saiyan Blue statues the park is being built with Super fans in mind too at least.
I guess they thought "Dragon Ball Park" or "Dragon Park" would be generic, so they came up with a name that could still be associated to the franchise.
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Post by Kid Buu » Thu Feb 12, 2026 12:19 pm

Dragon Ball Ireland wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:37 am I'd love to go, and Peru would be a far more desirable location than Saudi Arabia.

One thing I don't understand is why it has to be called "Z Park"? Wouldn't the organizers want to appeal to fans of the entire franchise (not to mention Latin America didn't skip 140 episodes of the original series before Z). I also assume with the Super Saiyan Blue statues the park is being built with Super fans in mind too at least.
Well isn't Z the most popular DB brand, even in countries that got the original DB first?

Agree that would rather visit Peru than Saudi Arabia.
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Re: Z Park: Dragon Ball themed park is being built in Peru

Post by Koitsukai » Fri Feb 13, 2026 9:01 am

That last one of Cell wrapped in plastic looks like he just regenerated his entire body.

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Re: Z Park: Dragon Ball themed park is being built in Peru

Post by Jord » Wed Mar 11, 2026 11:09 am

I wonder what kind of rides it's gonna have. It doesn't have to be a big park to be fun. The DB zone in Tokyo's Sunshine City's mall is pretty small but the cast costumes, atmosphere and recreated props from the show make it a great experience.

I also wonder when we're gonna hear more about the DB theme park in Saudi Arabia, since that seems to be higher budget and was announced two years ago. Not to mention that that region seems like it's becoming a great place to go for theme park fans. There already is an amazing WB/DC theme park, Disney is building a park there and this week there was also a Harry Potter park announced. Stiff competition could mean that the DB park will needs to up their game.

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Re: Z Park: Dragon Ball themed park is being built in Peru

Post by Saiya6Cit » Thu Mar 12, 2026 12:57 pm

I wonder if this is licensed by Toei Animation.

In Mexico we have had fairs themed as Dragon Ball and mechanic games but it was bootleg, and not very expensive stuff. I wonder if they plan to charge as much as SixFlags or Disneyland...

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