Check out Dubailand proposal

[JerrySchauer]

http://www.eldesoky.net/gallery/DubaiLand

After an article in todays paper on Nakheel's The World and the Paln in Dubai. I came across this link. resarch has been fun...

 

[TheOneVader]

Yea, that place is amazing looking isn't it? Here are some more pics: http://www.halcrow.com/download/feb04_dubailand.asp

 

[Wannabe Walt]

Is this place Disney? Or what? I've never heard of it before

 

[stitchcastle]

Doesn't seem to be disney...if it were we'd have probably been hearing of it for a long time now...it is kinda interesting though

 

[DarkMeasures]

Dubai has to probably be the smartest Middle-Eastern country on the planet. The people of the country have realized that their economy based almost entirely on oil is eventually going to die out. But like most Mid-east countries, there is no other natural resource really availible (silicon actually I would say but I have yet to see a mid-east computer giant). So, Dubai decided to spend billions upon billions of dollars to turn their country into the number one resort area of the planet. This means building huge man-made islands seen from space, huge skyscrapers, huge hotels, and huge theme parks.

So basically, it is probably one of the few middle-eastern countries that will welcome everybody. But obviously Dubai will have theme parks. But if I were Dubai, I would have Disney build a Disney there. It is the most stable of all Middle-eastern countries.

 

[goonie007]

They now have a video if anyones interested its 26 min long go to http://www.dubailand.ae/I just wonder how they can show bits and pieces of WDW and US in their promo video

 

[The Mom]

I've known about this project for a while, as someone we know is the A/C contractor for it. It obviously will have many problems, especially cooling the ski area. :animwink:

 

[NeXuS1000]

I think the problem with Dubailand is that they're going out of proportion. Like, they want it to be big, but some of the things they're doing too grand and that simply won't work...

Well, that's my 2 cents at least...

 

[DarkMeasures]

They can afford going overboard. They have billions upon billions of dollars to spend. I mean they already built 2 manmade islands visible from space.