The Palm Jebel Ali is the middle-sized island of the three Palm Islands and is located on the Jebel Ali coastline. The island is also 50% larger than the Palm Jumeirah and covers an area of 11.9km2. Construction began in October 2002 and the first residents are expected to move in at the end of 2010. The Palm Jebel Ali will include six marinas, a Busch branded water theme park and sea world. The Bush Gardens project will be situated on a section of the crescent shaped to resemble a killer whale Water homes built on stilts between the fronds and the crescent. The crescent has been modified at the tips, with 'fingers' at the end of the crescent and. These will be home to luxury apartment blocks, capped by two smaller 'pocket islands,' at each end of the crescent, each with their own shopping malls. The Palm will house 1060 water homes constructed on stilts. The water homes will form a 12-kilometer (7.5 mile) chain between the fronds and the crescent. Viewed from above they will form a verse of a poem written by His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The verse will be written in Arabic and translates as “Take wisdom from the wise people; not everyone who rides is a jockey.