joshedwards.com » LEGOLAND http://joshedwards.com Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:15:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Dubailand Update http://joshedwards.com/2010/05/12/dubailand-update/ http://joshedwards.com/2010/05/12/dubailand-update/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 11:30:05 +0000 Josh http://joshedwards.com/?p=774 Just saw this article from Dubai’s Gulf News about the famed Dubailand complex: “Dubailand project continues as it adapts to new market realities.”

Reality?

Dubai?

I’m … shocked!

Dubailand was the conglomerate of theme parks that was always touted as “twice the size of Walt Disney World” using phrases such as “45 mega projects” and “5 billion square feet” – even though right now it’s all desert. I railed on it quite about over at Newlywed in Dubai.

Anyway, here’s today’s key quote:

Theme parks still on the list include Universal Studios, Six Flags and Legoland, [Khalid Al Malek, chief executive officer of Dubai Properties Group] said.

No mention of the other parks, which include (but are not limited to):

Warner Bros. Movie World
Dreamworks Animation Theme Park
F1-X Theme Park Dubai
Marvel Superheroes Theme Park
Dubai Snowdome
Astrolab

Huh. Reality.

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Well now it turns out that Dubai actually owns a little less of them than we thought: “Dubai Firm Sold Part Of Merlin Stake“.

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