I know it looks like something out The Jetsons or Star Wars, but when I tell you a little bit more about this place, you're going to want to save your money to stay at this brand new hotel! I just hope it's on my RCI timeshare list after it's built because it looks amazing!
So, this long-awaited undersea hotel in Dubai seems to be finally set to be built. Agreements were unveiled this week and it looks like this dream hotel is going to be underway and underwater! The Water Discus Hotel won't be totally submerged in water, as previous plans suggested, but will be a disc-like structure with part of the building being built above water while the rest will be below the surface.
The 21 rooms are expected to be submerged up to ten meters below the surface of the water, with huge windows offering a sea view from the bed and an external 'explorer' robot which can be controlled from the room to allow guests to interact with marine life! I'm getting giddy just writing about this! Although, I did see Jaws 3D, and we all know how that underwater thing turned out!
Anyway, according to Deep Ocean Technology, the company which owns the water discus hotel concept, a restaurant, spa, and reception area would be hosted above the waterline, with guests descending below the surface in glass-walled tunnels to their rooms. This is so freaking cool!
There's no specific opening date planned yet, but observers will be watching closely whether this plan comes any further than previous attempts to build underwater hotels in Dubai, which ended up stalling or quietly disappearing when the country faced economic ruin. For the first three months of this year, hotel analysts found that Dubai hotels were nine percent more expensive than the same time in 2011 thanks to a 'surge' in visitor numbers. Boo! They need to build this hotel! What did they say in Field of Dreams? Build it and they will come! A hotel as cool as this one, I believe they will come! As long as the prices are affordable, but to build something like this, that's not likely! (sighs) A boy can dream right?
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