So the other day I was talking about the Aladdin Las Vegas being renamed after Planet Hollywood and how there are so few Planet Hollywoods even in existence anymore (see Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino???).
Also on the same day I talked about the diamond robbery at the Wafi City Mall (see Dubai Diamond Heist).
Well now I'm bringing it all together. Think of this as collaborative learning. Integrated curriculum.
Now, I haven't been to that mall yet, so of course I haven't been to the restaurant, either. But according to my pals at wikipedia it's one of eighteen Planet Hollywoods left in the world.
United States:
Honolulu
Las Vegas
Myrtle Beach
New York - Times Square
Orlando - Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World Resort
Guam
The Rest of the World:
Acapulco
Bali
Cancun
Disneyland Resort Paris
Dubai
Jakarta
Kuala Lumpur
London
Niagara Falls
Paris
Riyadh
Tokyo Disney Resort
Oddly enough, we're going to London, Paris and Disneyland Resort Paris in two months. If we hit Wafi City Mall in Dubai first, that's four out of eighteen Planet Hollywoods in the known universe that we could see.
I think we have to do it.
It's a little like Planet Hollywood is on the endangered species list, you know? And even if we don't we want to save endangered things, don't we at least want to see them before they go away?
Okay, maybe you don't, but I love me some pop culture. I mean, one of my biggest regrets in Los Angeles was never eating at Steven Spielberg's Dive! restaurant at the Century City Shopping Center before it closed.
That's a true story.
But honestly, when I'm in Paris I think I'll want some good, authentic French food. Same at Disneyland Resort Paris.
