The next Disney park, which will be built in Abu Dhabi is going to be a bargain for the company, and is not going to cost it a cent. La Razón: The Arab Grupo Miral will give life to the park with Disney’s licenses, and these will only be dedicated to collecting money.
Goodbye to the usual Disney. The park’s approach will not arrive free of problems: after months of speculation, Mohamed al Zaabi, CEO of the Miral, has come out to stop the rumors: the outdoor park would never work.
If almost completely interior, it is a change of paradigm: all of the six parks that Disney has active have closed spaces, but most of its attractions are outdoors.
Because. A theme park in Abu Dabi sounds very good until the average temperature of the place comes into play: it exceeds 30 degrees from May to September and 35 in July and August. And what is worse, has maxims of 40 degrees or more than June to September, which makes the enjoyment to the outdoor.
According to Al Zaabi, what Miral now raises is a hybrid Disney park. This means that it will have external areas and interior areas. The leader states that it is still early to decide, but believes that “a good percentage will be on a roof.”
In Orlando, headquarters of one of the Disney World, the National Meteorological Service Extreme heat alert when 45 degrees are exceeded. In Abu Dhabi, the temperature exceeds 43 degrees. The problem is the thermal sensation at that temperature: more than 54 degrees.
This is the mastodontic Ferrari World who will be a neighbor of Abu Dhabi’s Disney, almost completely covered.
The model to follow. In Miral they know the land well and how to ensure that the experience in the parks is pleasant. On the island of Yas, a place that houses the Formula 1 circuit, and it is planned to build the new park, they already have SeaWorld, Ferrari World and Warner Bros. World.
The latter are striking and known for their mastodontic size, but above all for hosting almost all their attractions inside, with a great ally, the air conditioning. According to the Ferrari Park questions and answers:
“Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is a theme park covered with air conditioning. (…) which makes it an ideal world destination regardless of season or weather”
Other historical changes for petrodollars. In a publication a month ago to Zaabi already mentioned that “everything we do here, we do it differently.” And the reality is that yes, bringing large events to the countries in the area has forced draft changes. As a great example is Catar 2022, the first soccer World Cup that had to be held in November for high temperatures. It is so hot in the country that the government had to install air conditioning on the street. Speaking of differences, we cannot forget those of the conditions of the workers.
The high temperatures were also the key reason that Formula 1 began to be held at night in circuits such as Abu Dhabi. In Baréin in April, whose Grand Prix was held during diurnal schedule from 2004 to 2014, the ambient temperature during the race often exceeded 35 degrees.
And what is worse, the asphalt temperature of the circuit, built in the middle of the desert, oscillated between 48 and 56 degrees. The minimum value was 13 degrees higher than that of the asphalt of the Montmeló circuit, for choosing an event that is held near dates.
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