News Disney and Miral Announce New Seventh Theme Park Planned for Abu Dhabi

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Lilofan

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JMcMahonEsq said:
Not really an issue with most large scale construction projects in region actually. Not because of any human rights issues, but more because of the availability of the number of skilled workers you need for any project getting up over a billion dollars. You have some local hire requirements sure, but most of the time for mega projects like this you are building up a man camp as part of your mobilization and importing a captured labor force.
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The immigrant workers will live in their own basic housing , dining areas and even restaurants to cater to them. Anthony Bourdain did a segment in the Gulf Region where he visited the Indian and Pakistani construction workers where they lived and ate and joined them for a meal.
 
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JMcMahonEsq

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Lilofan said:
Just like if you are in the Navy as one example the chow has to be good on the ship or sub to keep up crew morale.
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I always heard food on a sub was some of the best around.

True. Also its been our experience that considering our labor force is generally coming from a completely different geographic/cultural place, it was better to not only have quality food, but of the type they liked/were used too. Also helps as most projects of this size you are running 2/3 shifts, and you need food facilities that are open 24/7 and serving off time meals, like dinner at 1 AM, ect.
 
UNCgolf

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marni1971 said:
Absolutely it is beneficial either way for TWDC. I meant the wider project / beneficial also for Miral and the wider region.

Sea World and Ferrari will also be grinning no doubt.
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That's not necessarily true -- Saudi Arabia, e.g., has been willing to throw money at things via their Sovereign Wealth Fund with little or no ROI basically in the hopes that it will eventually lead somewhere (as opposed to crunching numbers). Obviously the UAE, and Abu Dhabi specifically, aren't the same thing as Saudi Arabia, though, and I also don't know if Miral actually operates more like an independent business as opposed to Saudi Arabia's Sovereign Wealth Fund.

Regardless, there's very little downside for Disney beyond the potential for brand damage if something goes horribly wrong.
 
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JMcMahonEsq

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Nubs70 said:
That happens around here.

Share your thoughts... if it gets deleted, you know it had been read and most likely hit the intended target.
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Or you know you've been an and violated ToS or the rules of the forum.

It's not like the moderator doesn't give express statements on what is allows and what's not, and doesn't tell people when they come close to the line and fair warning they are about to cross it.
 
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doctornick

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'Disney Will Be Indoors': Abu Dhabi Developer Confirms Plan for New Theme Park

Disneyland Abu Dhabi is going to be the Mouse's first indoor theme park as it enters the Middle East region.
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Never heard of this website, so I don’t know how reliable it is, but they are reporting the park will be indoors.
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I'm skeptical. Maybe each "land" will be largely indoors and/or have pavilions with multiple stuff (attractions, merch, food, whatever) together but I would think they want to have the typical outside buildings, landscape, rockwork, etc to show off and market and "wow" guests as they see it.
 
Mr Ferret 75

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doctornick said:
I'm skeptical. Maybe each "land" will be largely indoors and/or have pavilions with multiple stuff (attractions, merch, food, whatever) together but I would think they want to have the typical outside buildings, landscape, rockwork, etc to show off and market and "wow" guests as they see it.
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Perhaps it might be something like an Epic park where there is an open central hub with castle and various "portals" leading to covered lands ?
 
BrianLo

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doctornick said:
I'm skeptical. Maybe each "land" will be largely indoors and/or have pavilions with multiple stuff (attractions, merch, food, whatever) together but I would think they want to have the typical outside buildings, landscape, rockwork, etc to show off and market and "wow" guests as they see it.
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Same. Maybe I’m reading too much into what is unplanned concept… but I’m envisioning future world. Large separate pavilions. Some might be cool architecture and some might be rock work facades that open into a night time pandora setting. Some of the park should be outside, it’s not like you cannot have anything external in Abu Dhabi. They just need good landscaping and no queues that are not climate controlled. Which frankly should be Florida in July.
 
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