Disneyworld in Spain??

[jojo]

Has anyone heard about this?? Rumours around my area (Andalucia) are that there are plans afoot to build a big Disneyworld type park on the scale of the US?? Also there are rumours about building a formula1 track near Malaga airport??? Both ideas would certainly solve a few employment and financial problems but is it just nonsense??

Jo

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by jojo

Has anyone heard about this?? Rumours around my area (Andalucia) are that there are plans afoot to build a big Disneyworld type park on the scale of the US?? Also there are rumours about building a formula1 track near Malaga airport??? Both ideas would certainly solve a few employment and financial problems but is it just nonsense??

Jo

They have been talking about Disney Land over here for many years firstly rumoured at Benidorm where Warner Broethers own some of the theme parks afaik, and also Murcia, Manilva .... who knows

[chris(madrid)]

I was once told a story by a guy I worked with. Came to him (he claimed) 1st hand. They turned up without a translator expecting everybody to speak English. The Spanish mayor equally expected Disney to speak Spanish.

Eventually a translator was found.

I was told that Disney had eyed up a huge plot and that in general everybody was pretty much for it - except one old chap who had his olive grove SMACK in the middle. For what ever reason he would not budge - the mayor refused to pressure - Disney lost patience and popped off to Paris.

Frankly I'm rather glad they did. Folk I know in Florida are less than kind at times about mouse-ville. I've had the (mis)fortune to attend conventions in mouse-ville. Should be razed to the ground - I'd rather have an Olive grove too.

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by chris(madrid)

II've had the (mis)fortune to attend conventions in mouse-ville. Should be razed to the ground - I'd rather have an Olive grove too.

Hell no
Its great to visit

Bit like other peoples kids ...... its great when you can give them back

[chris(madrid)]

Originally Posted by Stravinsky

Hell no
Its great to visit

Bit like other peoples kids ...... its great when you can give them back

My point exactly - Want that next door?

Spain is for me a place where "natural" things are the real joy - Mouse-ville is so artificial.

It's great in Florida if you can get chatting to the taxi drivers etc - most are Spanish speakers - and once they see you're "one of them" - you'll pay them less - get taken to cheaper places with a better price/quality ratio. You'll also get less "we love the mouse" bull....

[jojo]

So it looks like its all just rumours and hearsay! I kinda get the impression that alot of people are using this stuff to try to "big up" the area as it all seems quite depressing here at the mo, no jobs, house prices fallling and high inflation.... My OH who is spending a lot of time (too much time!) in the UK at the moment is of the opinion that the bubble is bursting in Spain and we should cut our losses and go back, I dont want to and love it here, but I dont want him to be proved right!!

Jo

[Big Pete]

Originally Posted by jojo

So it looks like its all just rumours and hearsay! I kinda get the impression that alot of people are using this stuff to try to "big up" the area as it all seems quite depressing here at the mo, no jobs, house prices fallling and high inflation.... My OH who is spending a lot of time (too much time!) in the UK at the moment is of the opinion that the bubble is bursting in Spain and we should cut our losses and go back, I dont want to and love it here, but I dont want him to be proved right!!

Jo

Dont you worry your pretty little head jo jo If its bad in Spain i can guarantee its nothing to how the UK is going to go , its starting already a lot lot deeper than even the press realise , so its tighten the belts where ever you are at least there you can laze in the sun and reduce costs that way and ride the storm ..

I have just got back and boy oh boy its cold ! I am sitting with the heating on and its June maybe i just havent re climatised ? But in Mallorca i used no heating and would of been sitting on the terrace costing me zilch !!

Here i am sat indoors Colombo on the Telly laptop on me lap with heating on ..
Lights will be on about 8 ish no doubt , so i am burning money just by being here , now in Mallorca i would of been outside with no expense at all

[jojo]

Originally Posted by Big Pete

Dont you worry your pretty little head jo jo If its bad in Spain i can guarantee its nothing to how the UK is going to go , its starting already a lot lot deeper than even the press realise , so its tighten the belts where ever you are at least there you can laze in the sun and reduce costs that way and ride the storm ..

I have just got back and boy oh boy its cold ! I am sitting with the heating on and its June maybe i just havent re climatised ? But in Mallorca i used no heating and would of been sitting on the terrace costing me zilch !!

Here i am sat indoors Colombo on the Telly laptop on me lap with heating on ..
Lights will be on about 8 ish no doubt , so i am burning money just by being here , now in Mallorca i would of been outside with no expense at all

Sorry to be a misery, I think I'm having a bad day, probably cos OH has been in the UK longer than he said he would and, I think he's prefering it. He's very much of the opinion that although the UK is in a bad way, Spain is worse and doesnt have the experience or ability to dig itself out, unlike the UK - I disagree, but I'm not as financially in tune as he thinks he is!!!!!

Jo

[Big Pete]

Originally Posted by jojo

Sorry to be a misery, I think I'm having a bad day, probably cos OH has been in the UK longer than he said he would and, I think he's prefering it. He's very much of the opinion that although the UK is in a bad way, Spain is worse and doesnt have the experience or ability to dig itself out, unlike the UK - I disagree, but I'm not as financially in tune as he thinks he is!!!!!

Jo

How can he prefer it
As soon as its time to come back i get a wave of sadness come over me and the moment i get back on the UK roads i hate it .. The traffic jams the noise the air the cruddy bumpy filled in roads , the way the lawns shoot up and weeds go berserk heck i hate it ..

Cant wait to get back to Mallorca sooner the better ..

Why does he go back to UK is it work ?

[jojo]

Originally Posted by Big Pete

How can he prefer it
As soon as its time to come back i get a wave of sadness come over me and the moment i get back on the UK roads i hate it .. The traffic jams the noise the air the cruddy bumpy filled in roads , the way the lawns shoot up and weeds go berserk heck i hate it ..

Cant wait to get back to Mallorca sooner the better ..

Why does he go back to UK is it work ?

Yeah, and cos of the recession/credit crunch thing going on, he's having to spend more time watching whats going on there. He's never been one for ehjoying the heat, he's very fair skinned and prefers the English climate. He also feels safer (mentally) in the UK cos he knows the language, the way things are done and the life style, he keeps saying its so nice to go into a shop and chat to the sales assistant, to be able to understand whats going on around him. Of Spain, he says, so far the Brits he's met out here all seem to be trying to rip each other off and he doesnt understand the language or the mentality of the Spanish and feels out of his depth. Also he's concerned about the economy in Spain

As you can tell we've had "words" on the phone this morning and he's seriously considering trying to convince me to go back to the UK!