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London Entertainment Resort: All Discussion

Many holiday parks sell holiday cottages for people to buy, and I think even Disney sells hotel rooms on its property at WDW through Disney Vacation Club, so it’s not unheard of in the tourism & leisure sector.

Admittedly I’ve never seen one selling rooms before it’s open, let alone before it’s even filed for planning permission, but my point still stands. They clearly have a lot of faith in it succeeding!

Also, £370,000 admittedly seems somewhat expensive for a hotel room, given that you can buy a decent size family home for less than that in certain parts of the country.
 
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Matt N said:
Many holiday parks sell holiday cottages for people to buy, and I think even Disney sells hotel rooms on its property at WDW through Disney Vacation Club, so it’s not unheard of in the tourism & leisure sector.

Admittedly I’ve never seen one selling rooms before it’s open, let alone before it’s even filed for planning permission, but my point still stands. They clearly have a lot of faith in it succeeding!

Also, £370,000 admittedly seems somewhat expensive for a hotel room, given that you can buy a decent size family home for less than that in certain parts of the country.
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In this instance you'd be purchasing ownership of a room that they will rent on your behalf, with the owner receiving profits and then a profit share after some time. Disney Vacation Club is a timeshare style scheme.
 
I like that they're already planning a second gate before they've even started on the first.

Running before one can walk comes to mind.
 
This seems to be quite common with any big project in the UK, government or private. Not sure whether it is the case outside the UK or if we are the anomaly then why?
 
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I honestly lost track over what was going on but yes I guessed they still haven’t sorted that out. The most important thing to actually settle and they still haven’t bothered to buy it.
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They are just stalling for time. Clearly haven't got the cash and wanting to get investors on board.
 
Every time I see something related to London Resort.

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Blooloop's promised update from PY Gerbeau has appeared, as part of a virtual expo they're doing:

https://blooloop.com/news/london-resort-py-gerbeau-exclusive-updates-video/

It includes a few images of a particularly naff virtual flythrough - which could have been put together 25 years ago:

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Gerbeau's really pushing the e-sports thing again - suggesting that visitors will be able to play against gamers while queuing for attractions - while he wants people entering the charge-free Downtown Disney-esque area to be able to pay for one or two rides in the main theme park, without paying for a full entrance ticket. Go figure.

If you're less interested in "pie in the sky", over the road at the Bluewater shopping centre, construction's started on an outdoor activity park - which will include England's fastest and tallest zip wire, opening next year:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/record-breaking-adventure-park-set-for-kent-235452/
 
This ''project' gets more and more ridiculous by the day.

Their latest art work for the 'first gate' suggests they're planning at least 12 to 13 rollercoasters in that park alone. There's actually 14 but given you can't account for tracked rides from concept art alone I think 12 to 13 is a fair estimate.

Not to forget the super expensive water based looking attractions, Indoor dark ride / movie based attractions and everything else they have got on there. This park would no doubt rival Tokyo Disney Sea for total cost looking at the plans.

Where is all this money coming from? Just feels like some Theme Park Enthusiast's fantasy that has got out of control at this point.

Interestingly the '2nd gate' is where this project gets even more bizarre. On the plans it seems to have a French flag over the entrance building. Are they actually taking the mick? The French culture isn't exactly popular with Brits, despite me having no issue with it at all, and if you want to go experience France it's hardly very far from London is it? You can hop on a ferry, drive through the tunnel or catch a cheap flight and be there in no time.

I want this park to be built so badly as the UK theme Park industry needs a kick up the backside so much. However with everything they release it seems more and more pie in the sky each day.
 
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