However, there are obvious design implications when it comes to building a theme park in Abu Dhabi. Orlando gets hot, but summer temperatures in the United Arab Emirates can pass 50°C (122°F). As a result, Miral says that, like its other theme parks on Yas Island, Disneyland Abu Dhabi will be entirely indoors.

Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, home of Disney's newest planned theme park, has boomed over two decades into one of the biggest consumer economic engines in the world.

Could a Disney vacation in Abu Dhabi be a bargain compared with the American equivalent? Travelers may think of the Middle Eastern destination as a place of unbridled luxury, replete with Michelin-starred restaurants and hotels whose rates can run as high as $1 million per week.