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Disneyland Abu Dhabi will be indoors – but how will this be achieved? Disney Last week Disney announced that its first theme park in the Middle East is coming to Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Since then, fans haven’t just been guessing about the rides which will be in the new park but also how it will handle the heat in the region. That question has now been answered. Disney’s announcement confirmed the news that this author broke the previous week following a tip off from outside the UAE. As my report forecast, the Abu Dhabi venture will not follow Disney’s usual model of owning and operating its theme parks. Instead, Disney has entered into an agreement with Miral, which operates the most-visited theme parks in the Middle East. Miral will fund, develop and build the new park which will use Disney’s characters and Intellectual Property under a license. In return, Disney is expected to receive royalties based on a percentage of the tickets and merchandise sales. Disney will also provide operational oversight though the new park will be operated by Miral which is contracting Disney’s Imagineers – architects named after their imaginative use of engineering – to design it. The model is a win-win as Disney doesn’t have to invest any capital in the development or construction of the new park and it also benefits from Miral’s operational expertise in the Middle East. In just the past 15 years Miral has built up a world-class collection of three theme parks and one water park on Abu Dhabi’s man-made Yas Island. The site is the spiritual successor to a plan put in motion almost precisely 60 years ago by Walt Disney. Called the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, Disney developed plans for a community sitting on…

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