Space Toon Galaxy in Dubailand planned

Staff Report

Dubai :
Space Toon Galaxy, a new recreation and educational project, will be launched soon as part of Dubailand.

The project, worth more than Dh3 billion, will be financed by Arab and foreign investors in addition to foreign and international banks.

A city will be built which will have two hotels, one of them for children only, and it is considered the first of its kind in Middle East.

Ten planets will be also built, each one with recreation and education centres, such as universities, schools, hundreds of villas and residential apartments and three shopping centres. The project is expected to attract more than 1.5 million visitors during its first year.

"The project will be carried out by international contractors in two phases. Five planets worth $500 million will be completed in the first phase, and the second phase will include the setting up of the rest of the $300 million planets," said Ayman Samawi, executive chairman of Board Rig and Oddment Parks Group.

The city will hold competitions, entertainment and educational activities, which it will broadcast live on the International Space Toon TV, which is watched by more than 93 million people.

planets? how will the project look like??

One hotel for children only? I think we know where wacko jacko will invest :D

BTW how does a hotel for children make sense?

maybe this is just a place for the parents to leave their children for two days while staying at BAA ;)

Doesnt make much sense to me ^ theres no way people can leave their children at a place for 2 days. or watever.. UNLESS maybe its a camp sorta thing?

Ya why a hotel for children, doesn't make sense. Am not sure parents are willing to leave their children alone in a hotel, most atleast.

^ why not, they send them away to camp and stuff for weeks on end in America and I would think a comfy hotel would be safer than that.

However, I think it means a hotel aimed at families, with lots of activities for children but the parents will be able to stay there as well perhaps going off to explore the rest of Dubailand (or at least some of it, unless they have about 4months :D) while their children have the hotel activities.

sounds fake.

i mean who the hell wants a degree from 'space toon university'?

its a badly written press release, which suggests stuff it seems unsure of, no serious company would do this.

would be interesting to see such a thing though

^ why not, they send them away to camp and stuff for weeks on end in America and I would think a comfy hotel would be safer than that.

However, I think it means a hotel aimed at families, with lots of activities for children but the parents will be able to stay there as well perhaps going off to explore the rest of Dubailand (or at least some of it, unless they have about 4months :D) while their children have the hotel activities.

Camp is different than a hotel. Plus, what's the freakin point, hotels are for everyone, why children. Ya space toon is the project but aim it at families not kids only. Most families will go with their kids to this place rather than just send their kids around.

this should be moved to never built section

:lol:

LOL, I don't think making a child-only hotel would make a lot of sense either. I mean, leaving a bunch of kids unsupervised in a huge building is just a recipe for disaster. Maybe they meant that the hotel will have a certain theme that appeals to kids? I have no idea.

Kidzania is just for kids and is supervised by Kids. Perhaps if they had a Kidzania hotel it might worx