Comments on: Studios, Theme Parks Go to Dubai

By: majortom1981

majortom1981 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:48:12 +0000

Instead of a castle couldnt disney use the palace in Aladdin instead? Considering it is the middle east. Have an aladdin dark ride and everything. I would go there to see that . :)

By: Ceronomus

Ceronomus — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:18:10 +0000

No thanks, I wouldn’t go. But I’d love to see concept sketches of Jasmine’s Palace. ;)

By: wordvixen

wordvixen — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:47:53 +0000

I know hubby would never go- even if he were willing to fly. But, I’d love to see Bollywood dance shows!

Still, as the other comments state, there would have to be a lot of changes in how the middle eastern countries treat visitors, or it’ll flop. There’s no way the theme parks would fly on a Disney level (though Six Flags type parks would work) without tourism playing a part.

By: Ken Pellman

Ken Pellman — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:31:11 +0000

Yes, that is certainly a concern. I don’t know enough about Dubai to go into all of those possible problems that Westerners might face.

I’d like to know what the official and unofficial tolerance levels are towards Jewish people and homosexual people. Certainly, there are people at all levels in film studios and theme park design firms that claim those identities. And what about women and how they dress/behave? What about devout Christians?

But, I didn’t want that to be a focus of the blog entry itself/

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:32:09 +0000

I used to think Dubai would be an interesting place to visit, but then I read these horror stories about people being arrested for “‘possession’ of three poppy seeds on his clothing after he ate a bread roll at Heathrow.””

http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/news/article3333905.ece

No thanks.