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From the Dept. Of Stupid Ideas: Dubai Marvel Theme Park

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Looking back to 2007, you'd think the idea of creating a Marvel Comics Theme park in Dubai would seem both "why there" and "why"? At the time Dubai was the hot spot of the world. But there here are designs for crazy Marvel Dubailand. And yet, Dubai was so flush with cash, any stupid idea went. Snow and skiing inside in the middle of a dessert. A man made island shaped like palm tree. Man made island shaped like worldMarvel Comic Theme park. Air conditioned bus stops. And of course the fun is always building in Dubailand. Spiked has a punch and definitive post about how stupid all of this was:

"Let’s be frank: a lot of the proposed real estate schemes were, frankly, shit. Do you want to live in a bungalow surrounded by animatronic dinosaurs? Then City of Arabia is for you. Fancy a flat in the world’s largest, largely Dubai-themed theme park? Try Dubailand (not to be confused with Dubai World). A gated community in the shape of a falcon, festooned with replicas of the seven wonders of the ancient world and a larger than life-sized copy of the Eiffel Tower? Step forward, Dubai Falcon City."

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