Essel World is an amusement park in Gorai, Mumbai, India. It is spread over 64 acres (260,000 m2) of land and attracts 10,000 visitors everyday. It can be reached from the suburbs of Borivali or Malad. Essel world was started by Subhash Chandra of the Essel Group in 1986. The Water Kingdom section was added in 1998.
Essel world is the first amusement park in India. It consists of two parks - Essel world proper and Water Kingdom(a water park). After starting in 1986, it took five years for it to break even but its annual turnvover in 2001 was 35-40 crores rupees and is now called a "huge success".
There are 34 major rides not including the coin operated games.