Ras Al Khaimah ushered in 2026 with a 15-minute New 12 months’s Eve spectacle of drones and fireworks, setting a brand new Guinness World Data title for the biggest aerial show of a phoenix fashioned by multirotor drones.
The spotlight of the New 12 months present was a record-breaking phoenix, a legendary image of renewal and rebirth, created utilizing 2,300 drones.
These included 1,000 pyro drones that illuminated the phoenix’s wings, making a flame-like impact because it appeared to soar throughout the sky.
Ras Al Khaimah fireworks and drones present
The drone sequence additionally featured a second formation titled “The Welcome,” depicting a human determine rising from the ocean with open arms, symbolising Ras Al Khaimah’s spirit of hospitality and openness.
As midnight approached, the drone present transitioned right into a exactly timed fireworks countdown, culminating in a six-kilometre-long show stretching alongside the shoreline from Marjan Island to Al Hamra.
A whole bunch of fireworks have been launched in synchronised waves, lighting up the shoreline in a choreographed show of color and sound.
Hundreds of residents and guests gathered throughout beachfront resorts and on the New 12 months’s Eve Pageant to observe the celebrations, which additionally included stay stage performances and leisure all through the night time.
Earlier within the night, households within the emirate loved a further fireworks show at Corniche Al Qawasim.
Phillipa Harrison, Chief Govt Officer of the Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Improvement Authority, stated the celebration was designed to deliver the neighborhood collectively whereas marking a yr of progress for the emirate.
“New 12 months’s Eve in Ras Al Khaimah is about bringing individuals collectively. With this yr’s present, we wished to create a celebration that could possibly be shared by our whole neighborhood and everybody visiting Ras Al Khaimah at this particular time,” she stated.
She added that the occasion was additionally a chance to mirror on the emirate’s improvement and to welcome the yr forward with optimism.
