Universal Studios Dubai

[Don Pacho]

This is the latest update I've heard of:

Courtesy of Imre, SSC:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com

19/January/2010

Universal Studios,Dubailand

It seems they wont open in 2010

 

[Dr. Emmett Brown]

It's nice to see that construction is coming along. Pause. Not.

 

[ralphoutloud]

I literally LOL'd.

 

[Dr. Emmett Brown]

I literally LOL'd.

I was hoping someone would catch the reference.

 

[Jmaff]

You are referring to Borat...correct?

 

[Dr. Emmett Brown]

You are referring to Borat...correct?

Indeed.

 

[Mark_Gers10]

This just hasnt went of topic lol

 

[Rock'nRoller]

Any more pics?

 

[UNIrd]

I hope it never gets built, honestly. I never really wanted there to be a Universal there.

 

[Mark_Gers10]

why wouldny u want a park built there i think its a great place better place than the parks getting built in asia imo

 

[Splatter]

Over saturation. See Hong Kong Disneyland. Then when the other parks suffer the ones that are already successful and existing suffer as well. People come from all over the world to the Orlando and California parks. They don't need to 'franchise' and lose focus like Disney has done at times. Hong Kong.....yeah.

Think of it like a great resturant chain that starts sucking in service after it branches out.

Dubai's increased amazing jump in Economy was a flash in the pan. As ours gets better, theirs will go down.

 

[Don Pacho]

Any more pics?

You've asked for them !! ound:

Courtesy of Imre, SSC
http://www.skyscrapercity.com

at least camels still there

19/November/2009

Dubailand

 

[UNIrd]

why wouldny u want a park built there i think its a great place better place than the parks getting built in asia imo

Because all the projects are falling through in Dubai and I'm not sure those are the kind of people that I think Universal should be in business with anyway. Yeah, I said it.

 

[ChrisFL]

Because all the projects are falling through in Dubai and I'm not sure those are the kind of people that I think Universal should be in business with anyway. Yeah, I said it.

What kind of people are you referring to?

 

[UNIrd]

What kind of people are you referring to?

Homophobic, mostly, and it's a place with strange laws and is ultimately pretty unsafe.

 

[ChrisFL]

Homophobic, mostly, and it's a place with strange laws and is ultimately pretty unsafe.

homophobic, that is understandable. The laws are only strange to strangers to their land

I've never been to the middle east or dubai, just playing devil's advocate

 

[UNIrd]

homophobic, that is understandable. The laws are only strange to strangers to their land

I've never been to the middle east or dubai, just playing devil's advocate

Exactly. With tourists, by definition, all being strangers to the land, I don't think it's the best place for a Universal theme park.

 

[Tbad556]

A little bit more info from Screamscape:

It’s not much, but check out the concept art on the wall behind the guy in this photo. I’m told that’s all stuff for the queue for the King Kong themed coaster planned for Universal Studios Dubailand where guests wander around creepy jungle ruins past giant bats and huge slug creatures before they make their way to the coaster itself, which is a copy of Dueling Dragons from Islands of Adventure.

Here is the picture(the Kong queue concept art is on the wall in the background):

 

[Mark_Gers10]

i was looking forward to this ride but tbh it sounds crap now that its a copy of Dueling Dragons

 

[violarum]

I hope that they don't follow through with this. Like, I REALLY hope they don't. When Dubai's majestic glory falls, so will all of its planned projects. Disney can recover easily from something like this since their pudgy with money, but it'll be harder on Universal :/