Dubailand Theme Parks

Does anyone think a huge dubailand style collection of theme parks could be built in the United States?

Dubai seems cool but it is far away for Americans to travel, not to mention it's in the middle east. For those of you who don't know what Dubailand is, it's supposed to be the largest collection of themeparks in the world, with a resort that spans like 100 miles. It would be cool to have something like that here, but could it be possible?

Public Comments

1. That sounds awesome!!! But I don't think we even have the room for something like that anymore.
2. From what I have read and seen Dubailand isnt just a bunch of theme parks. So far the only theme park I have heard that is going in is Universal though there is mention on theme parks in the plural. This is supposed to be your one stop resort destination with just about anything anyone would want to do. It will be interesting to see who throws their hat into this game other than Universal, I would expect Disney to jump in at some point, especially since the Paris park is owned in part by a Saudi Shiek. I would expect some locals to possibly build a theme park also. see whats planned here http://www.dubailand.ae/home.html As far as going there goes, well the midlle east is way too unstable for me to even consider a trip there, not to mention I saw a program on TV and it was 115 F the whole time so its not a pleasant sounding place. Can this be done here in the states, well yes, Disney has already done it just on a smaller scale with Walt Disney World and they have lots of room to expand in Florida. There are other parts of the country that would be suitable for a project like this also, but your talking about a bunch of money, Disney does it pretty much all themselves in Florida. If you could get together enough different companies to all build in a given area it could be done but I dont think it will ever happen here. The middle east doesnt strike me as having too many places for a vacation where here in the States we have lots of places, they may be primed for something like this and I would expect a lot of people from Asia to travel there also due to proximity alone. I think Orlando Florida is already what they are trying to achieve there, with Disney, Universal, Busch, Shopping, Cape Canavral and everything else the area has to offer. LA/Orange County/ San Diego California is the same way, they are just spread out a little more but both are major tourist destinations. You can look at The Dells also as a much smaller version.