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Looks like the Disney effect is starting to kick in! https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/national/disneyland-abu-dhabi-rents-to-increase-hotel-rates-to-rise-by-up-to-25/ar-AA1EyfCt

I think Disneyland AD is kind of a giant weenie for the area. It will certainly bring more people to Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Many of these will travel on Etihad or maybe Emirates airlines and stay in a hotel owned wholly or partly by Miral or another company linked to the the AD government...

Plenty of time to save up for the trip😀

I’m British and I’ve been to Dubai in the UAE. It was a nice holiday. We didn’t have any issues, I stayed in a room with my parents as three adults. We didn’t plenty of tourist things like a desert safari, wild wadi water park, palm island, visiting the Burj hotel for afternoon tea etc. we had...

Interesting- I wonder if the concept art is going for a mirage like effect of a flower in the desert. Its hard to see but it also looks like the park could be surrounded by high rise buildings which would make for a unique central park like setting

Maybe the pavilion type structures in the concept are large indoor air conditioned spaces to cope with the climate while still allowing some outside space. The original discovery mountain plans in Paris were a bit like that. You could have indoor lands with internal and external connections so...

Does anyone think the Abu Dhabi park will make OLC do something big to compete or will they see it as something outside their market and ignore it? It will be interesting to see if two franchises create FOMO

I think Abu Dhabi Disneyland sounds better than Disneyland Abu Dhabi myself. Disneyland Arabia would probably be more acceptable than Euro Disney was. In Europe, Euro has a lot of political meaning s but Arabia is basically part of the name of the UAE

Abu Dhabi is probably an interesting choice. Peak tourist season is likely to be the northern hemisphere winter which actually complements some of the other resorts so it might not impact Paris as much as some think. As plenty of others have said the park becomes a desirable destination for...

This area would be perfect for an Aladdin magic carpet dark ride, maybe use the kulka arm on a track or the overhead peter pan style ride system

It is just over an hour from st pancras to Bedford. The resort will have a new station just before that so about an hour but depending on where you stay in London that could double

It will be sad if aquatopia goes, I know its nothing special but I just love it, its a fun ride. I’m surprised that they would lean into steampunk for port discovery its too similar to mysterious island. You could have leaned more into the mid century googie look and it would have been a better...

Interesting article- the key points I took from it were: Universal aren’t planning any further resorts in Europe, they looked at other locations on the mainland before picking Bedford They have a lot more land after phase one for development They don’t commit to what further development would...

Great idea. You could play off the whole early sci fi vibe and pop culture from when Pluto was discovered in the 1920s. Not sure how practical but you could try and stack the land. Have an indoor pandora, like mermaid lagoon in Tokyo with the observatory on top the whole thing themed to the...

I think cost cutting has a role as well. The park was built with sheltered areas like the gazebo in town square, the souk, or the stage in videopolis for performance and several cast members still have outside jobs in winter with suitable costumes and rotation to keep them warm. Florida might...