Comments on: New LEGOLAND to open in Dubai in 2011 [News]

By: Nathan Proudlove

Nathan Proudlove — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:22:30 +0000

They also have a restaurant with the entire interior made of ice, dishes, chairs, tables and all.

By: Mainman

Mainman — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:57:53 +0000

The location doesn’t surprise me at all. _Everything_ is being built in Dubai, so why not the world’s greatest building toy?

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:49:24 +0000

Actually, because Dubai is a coastal city, its not as hard as you may think; It sits right on the Persian Gulf.

By: Tim David

Tim David — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:46:28 +0000

And that hotel has an underwater restuarant, reached by a submarine!

Mind you, as it all built on desert, it takes a hell of a lot of resourses to keep it going

By: David

David — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:37:51 +0000

If you don’t know of the city of Dubai you live under a rock. It is an amazing place, but frankly if I go there there is a lot more to see than some silly LEGO park. They have indoor skiing (It’s 120 there), they have islands shaped like the world, there have two different groups of islands shaped like palm trees and they have the worlds only 6 or seven star hotel that has a huge sail as a wall, that is also built on a man-made island.

By: Tim David

Tim David — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:10:34 +0000

Strange that Lego is pushing in a predominately Muslim country (where representation of people is frowned apon) especially after the danish cartoon saga. However Dubai has the best bet if they are going to.
I’ve not been there since 2000, but it is an amazing place.
I think they will need a lot of tan brick to build miniland

By: Gambort

Gambort — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:16:13 +0000

Dubai’s future plan = rich holidaymakers going for luxury and ‘brand’ experiences. Seems like a good spot to me.

Tim

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:14:40 +0000

Weird. The spam filter was apparently getting aggressive due to the link (which is weird, since you’ve already been approved). Found it, though. ;)

By: Rocko

Rocko — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:05:10 +0000

Weird. My comment disappeared. :s

By: Rocko

Rocko — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:30:27 +0000

It figures. Half the people in Dubai are foreigners. No way would they put a Lego anything there if it was like the rest of the middle east. All the female minifigs would have to look like this except the green might be a bit too seductive looking.

By: PorscheCm2

PorscheCm2 — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:14:48 +0000

I try to keep up with Dubai, so this doesn’t surprise me. Lego already has a store there, IIRC.

Cm2

By: Lord_Of_The_LEGO

Lord_Of_The_LEGO — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:11:04 +0000

Duwhat?

I feel slightly guilty for not knowing of the place, but slightly better that my fellow Brothers haven’t either.

Anyway, any new LEGOLAND is a good news.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:34:02 +0000

This surprised me at first, but then I got to thinking about it. Dubai is fast becoming a major hotspot, so it makes sense.

By: Nannan

Nannan — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:44:31 +0000

Oh wow, I never even heard of Dubai and imagine how shocked I am to find it being such a hotspot (not for conflict) in the Middle East.