I'm sure by now everyone has heard of the Marvel theme park opening lat 2011 in Dubai.
Some news on it:
Now, before Disney bought Marvel, a joint venture happened between US-based Marvel Entertainment and property developers the Al Ahli Group in Dubai to build a $1 billion Marvel Superheroes theme park. Yes, $1 billion theme park. It will be situated in Dubailand (entertainment complex 20x bigger than Walt Disney World), a mega area filled with other theme parks from Universal Studios to Sea World to Ferrari World & so many more. Marvel Superheroes is scheduled to open in late 2011. It's been under construction, Disney will have no hand or ownership either!
Euro Disney will have ownership over the one set to open right outside of Paris. It’s been a while since Disney acquired Marvel. If you’ve been wondering what sort of superhero goodness the company may bring, consider for a moment a Marvel theme park brought to life by the amazing Disney Imagineers. That’s precisely what Euro Disney is considering as they ink a brand-new 20-year agreement with the French government for the undeveloped land surrounding the park in Paris.
This recent deal would allow Euro Disney not only more time to develop the land in Marne-la-Vallée, just outside of Paris, by extending the deadline from 2017 to 2030, it would offer the resort a way out of the economic downturn that has impinged on attendance in recent quarters. President of Euro Disney Philippe Gas, and the operator of Disneyland Paris, has gone on record to say that the idea for a ‘superheroes park’ is a long-term vision that could come as late as 2020. If work on the Disney Studios park is completed, it could be even sooner.
You may recall that the original agreement with the French Government required that Disney would only be allowed to purchase additional plots of land once previous plots had been fully developed. As one of France’s first public-private development partnerships, the expanded agreement brings Euro Disney’s available land up to 2,230 hectares, plenty of room for a Spider-Man ride that hurtles park visitors from web to web in a life-size recreation of NYC.
Plus the Marvel section at Isalnd's of Adventure isn't going anywhere soon, so Marvel could be seen at theme parks across the globe pretty soon.
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