Disney's newest theme park will be in Abu Dhabi

The Walt Disney Company announced connected Wednesday that the seventh Disney taxable parkland volition beryllium successful Abu Dhabi. This rendering shows the plans. Disney hide caption

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A spiraling castle that looks similar it's made of crystal is featured astatine the halfway of renderings of a caller Disney taxable parkland planned for Abu Dhabi, wherever the caller destination volition articulation a monolithic amusement analyzable that already holds respective different taxable parks, including Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, which opened successful 2018. Concept creation besides shows a fig of waterfront attractions.

Development connected Abu Dhabi's Yas Island began little than 20 years ago, but it's grown to go a planetary taxable parkland destination, with some of the astir technologically blase attractions successful the world. Existing parks see attractions specified arsenic a 3D movie theater, the fastest roller coaster successful the world and the coaster with the highest non-inverted loop. SeaWorld Abu Dhabi besides holds a Guinness World Record arsenic the planet's largest indoor marine taxable park.

The Walt Disney Company plans to spouse with a institution based successful the United Arab Emirates called Miral, which developed each of the different taxable parks connected Yas Island.

"This seventh Disney taxable parkland edifice volition harvester Disney's iconic stories, characters and attractions with Abu Dhabi's vibrant culture, stunning shorelines, and breathtaking architecture," Disney said successful a statement.

Miral advertises itself arsenic "being progressive" connected its location leafage and touts its societal work strategy. The planetary enactment Human Rights Watch lists a fig of profoundly repressive practices successful the United Arab Emirates that see imprisoning academics, activists and arresting LGBTQ+ people.

"We did survey the portion precise carefully, and we cognize we had galore opportunities," Iger said during an net telephone connected Wednesday. "Obviously, gathering a taxable parkland successful a determination is simply a immense endorsement of the location."

A Disney spokesperson did not instantly respond to a petition for further comment.

The Walt Disney Company has been criticized, including by its ain employees, for not taking stronger stances against anti-LGBTQ+ policies successful Florida, the location of the monolithic Walt Disney World Resort and the firm office of a fig of its ventures, including Disney Cruises. All are portion of the company's "experiences" sector, that includes taxable parks and cruises. "Experiences" marque up a large portion of Disney's business, accounting for 60 percent of yearly nett adjacent during the existent epoch of economical uncertainty, according to an net telephone connected Wednesday.

A day for the opening of Disney Abu Dhabi has not yet been announced.