England and Wales fans will have their ups and down at the World Cup....on the world's tallest water slide.
Tourist chiefs have unveiled a host of new attractions for the expected 1.2m visitors to Qatar.
Star attraction promises to be the 85m high (278ft 10in) slide known as 'The Icon Tower'. It stands in the brand-new Qetaifan water park in Doha.
The city will also boast 50 new hotels, including a Waldorf Astoria, an 'iconic' Fairmont Raffles and the Lusail Winter Wonderland.
There will be a kitesurfing resort for water sports, a yacht club, and a state-of-the-art, eco-friendly desert resort at the most expensive tournament in history.
This World Cup has cost an eye-watering £185bn, dwarfing the £10.7bn bill for Russia 2018, and the previous most expensive - £15bn for Brazil in 2014.
Unveiling details of the entertainment and fan fest at The Ned in London, Berthold Trenkel, Chief Operating Officer of Qatar Tourism, said: "The water slide is the tallest in the world.
"Canadians design them, and it is 85m tall, a world record. There is one in the US, one in China and now this one in Doha.
"It is a hell of a ride."
Promising fans an 'amazing experience', he added: "Rumours that there are no rooms are exaggerated. There are plenty of rooms but you have to have a ticket.
"The stadiums are amazing. This will be the last time a World Cup is played in one country, and the last time it is played in a country the size of Qatar. The biggest distance between stadiums is 86.2km.
"That is how close the stadiums are, the closest are four to five kilometres away, from each other, a short walk.
Temperatures will be brilliant because it is winter - during the night it will be 16C, during the day it will be 24C.
"All this nonsense about air conditioned stadiums, it will not be needed for the players because the temperature on the pitch is perfect."
He added: "If you see rain, then consider yourself lucky, we have not seen any rain for six months." England are expecting around 10,000 fans, with 3,000 ticket holders from the UK boosted by expats from around the world. Wales have also sold around 3,000 tickets.
Paul Corkrey, of the Football Supporters' Association Cymru added: "We took 50,000 to the 2016 Euros in France so the response has been muted mainly because of the location and time of year it is being played."
Tournament organiser Fifa has issued a top-10 list of ticket sales by country of buyers, with Qatar on top and England fourth.
Qatar is the smallest country to ever host the tournament, the first in the Middle East, with eight stadiums in an area around the size of Yorkshire, and half the size of Wales. There will be 110 metro trains and 4,000 buses a day to ferry supporters around.
Tourist chief Brett Stephenson said they wanted to show 'the soul of Qatar'. The legendary Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo will be a poster boy for the tournament - and they have some fun at his expense after Italy failed to qualify.
Mr Stephenson added: "We have taken this beautiful sultry Italian man. Unfortunately his team has not qualified for the World Cup.
"But he does not have to worry because he experiences everything Qatar has to offer."
