Dubai Mall is just one of the mind-boggling malls in Dubai where you could spend the entire day shopping, dining and enjoying amazing places of entertainment. This is the world's largest mall in terms of total area (1,124,000m²) and it has 1,200 stores including the world's largest candy store. The mall opened in 2008 and since then has set records for the most visited site surpassing many top attractions across the globe. The mall's many attractions include DubaiDino a giant dinosaur skeleton. KidZania is an award-winning interactive edutainment venue where kids can dress up as any of 80 roles e.g. surgeons, nurses, mechanic etc. and play as if they are adults in a mini adult world. Reel Cinema is the malls 22 screen cinema complex. SEGA Republic is a 7060m² complex with 14 attractions and more than 170 games, simulators and virtual experiences. The theme of the whole venue is the SEGA games hedgehog. Kids will also love Big Fun World, a play area for children. At the Emirates A380 Experience you can enter an airplane cockpit for a 30-minute simulation and be a pilot for a while. The mall has a football themed arena called GOAL! The mall's main attraction is the Dubai Ice Rink. Visitors can rent skates and skate on the Olympic size rink. The mall is the site of the Dubai Aquarium and Underground Zoo (separate listing). Here you can see more than 33,000 marine animals through the world's largest viewing panel (32.8 meters by 8.3 meters). Outside the mall is the huge man-made Burj Khalifa Lake where you can see the Dubai Fountains (separate listing) dancing to music and lights. The mall is also at the foot of the Burj Khalifa (separate listing) where you can enjoy the breathtaking views from the observation deck on the 124th floor.