Dubailand: The Gargantuan Theme Park that Never Was 

Ironically I stopped listening to an audiobook to watch this.

Can I pay you actual money so that I never hear/see another ad on your content?

Yeah... But did you see *what* my hand was doing....??? You wouldn't be saying thanks then....!!!

Audible is part of the world economic forum, you job hating Satanist!

Oh yes the Dubai booggy man comment- yes, when you break the law you can’t leave…. Crazy concept

I've always wondered why would anyone just abandon their expensive supercars. The old saying "If it sounds too good to be true..." always holds true.

@@DecrepitBiden nobody abandoned the their sport cars since the 2008 recession

@@Zaabi Fantastic, so fraud is legal in Dubai? Those guys were conned.

@@zaco-km3su isn’t fraud illegal everywhere?

Ahhh "classic NJ politics" strikes again....

Touche'... At least the Mall of the Emirates was crowded when I visited several times..... Quite a crowd was seen skiing ........ However .... I seen several reports the American dream mall is practically vacant.... Do you need a calculator?

The American Dream Mall is a myth, an urban legend. I work two miles from where this mall supposedly exists but I've never seen or met anyone who's seen it. It doesn't even generate traffic. How does a mall that size not generate traffic?

​@@jbard9892 Have you ever gone to look for it, or seen it yourself?

@@zaphodthenth I drive right past it every day to get on route 3. In theory I could clearly see it if I turned my head slightly to the left, but why bother? If there was a large mall there it would generate traffic. Just today I had to drive down to the Chase bank in East Rutherford because I'm buying a condo in Little Ferry and I had to get something notarized. I saw all kinds of signs for it, I was on Paterson Plank Road, how could I possibly miss it? Or at least feel its presence in the massive amounts of traffic that would be generated by such an enormous mall. On a Friday. It doesn't exist.

Did you get paid for it at least?

Cuz the new sheikh's management doesn't live up to his papa's Money isn't everything, you need to know how to manage it

Most of Dubai is a failure unfortunately, I’ve been 3 times now and apart from places that are free or the shopping malls and outdoor spaces everywhere else is completely deserted including all of the major theme parks that are out there including the ones in Abu Dhabi

I've seen this poem posted with any number of Insane Gulf State Megaprojects, and it _always_ fits.

I met someone who knows about copy and paste

@@appleid3151 I know. I should've typed it out. Silly me.

@@WaddedBliss I wasn't talking about you

Wow! Awesome!

I understand that lol

Im envious

I was lucky enough to stumble upon that for an Into Shadows video not too long ago (the schizophrenia one) and it made my day for sure and possibly my weeek

Try 3 years of this abuse! He and his creative team are literally the eminent force on RU-vid when it comes to informative content on virtually everything! Genuinely hope to meet him and shake his hand one day 🙂

Congratulations?

Yeah how's the Yu-Kyung Hotel project going?

Commie freak

They didn't call fifa

This cannot be real but you know maybe

I was told your grandfather invented theme parks. When he was nine years old, he designed a park centered around a castle with various areas devoted to theme like the future, wild west, and fantasy worlds. He personally came up with plans for all the rides and infrastructure. Then some imperialist dog named Disney stole the Great Leader's idea.

That’s because it actually is a fully functional theme park. Along with Legoland waterpark, Bollywood and Motiongate. It’s one of my favorite places to hang out with the kids, especially Motiongate.

In those days taxis were cheap.

Plebs like us are not welcome anyway. If you have to ask what it costs you can't afford it. You know restaurants that don't have prices on the menu? All of Dubai is in that philosophy. You don't talk about money you have it.

Just remember to not follow the examples of Californialand.

Tons of AC, then don't need to care about global warming either

That was what I was wondering too! Plus all those rollercoasters, etc. outdoors are going to heat up, which surely makes them unusable after some time. The maintenance of rollercoasters and everything else outdoors would have definitely not been easy (and I can't imagine what sand could do to them, especially if there's a sand or dust storm). Did they even planned to have enough infirmaries everywhere for people suffering heat strokes, dehydration, etc.? I can't even imagine how many maintenance technicians, attraction operators, etc. they would have had to hire to make everything run smoothly. All these people would have needed the proper training (and likely previous work experience) AND would have wanted to live in Dubai (possibly with their families, so there would have been a high demand for international schools where their children could go to). I can't imagine how this would have been even remotely a success. Most of the world population can't afford to travel to Dubai for a few days and this theme park sounds incredibly expensive and like you need to stay at least for a week or two to experience most of it. I could probably go to Disneyland Resort Paris at least 4 times for the same amount of money this would probably cost and I'd choose Disneyland over this for multiple reasons, one would definitely be the weather and how close to my home country it would be, plus the beneficial treatment I get there for having a disability (I'm autistic and not having to wait in lines makes it all a much better and less stressful experience). I'm sure they wouldn't have been really inclusive of people with disabilities. I'd also prefer to stay in a country where their laws protect me and treat me equally to men and not like a second class citizen or something. 😬

Alcohol is everywhere in Dubai

Arabs have been corrupted by Money so indulge in all types of unIslamic decadence

I have some doubts. Saudi Arabia doesn't like theatres. If they try something like that there's going to be some religious extremists that will kill themselves. It happened in the past, it will happen again.

It's in the basement

Except for the part where he referred to Walt Disney World as a theme park.

It was in the works for many years..

The Dubai leaders are " stinking" rich; they don't care if Dudailand was really going to be built or not.

Not to mention the slave class they hold prisoner there.