BREAKING: Disneyland Tehran plans “on hold”
Things are a “wee bit volatile” at the moment.
BURBANK, CA — Sources tell Uncle Walt’s Insider that plans for the first Disney theme park in the Middle East, to be located in Iran’s capital city, are “on hold” for the moment.
“The situation over there is just a wee bit volatile right now,” Bob Iger our source tells us. “Tehran’s government is out of control, there’s unrest and violence everywhere you turn. It’s a mess. No place to build a family theme park.”
Iger Our source continued, “Really, it’s almost as bad over there as it is in California. But we’re already there, so…”
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