The Walt Disney Company and Miral, an Abu Dhabi-based leisure and entertainment company, have announced an agreement to create a Disney theme park | The waterfront resort, to be developed by Abu Dhabi-based company Miral,

Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, home of Disney's newest planned theme park, has boomed over two decades into one of the biggest consumer economic engines in the world.

Could a Disney vacation in Abu Dhabi be a bargain compared with the American equivalent? Travelers may think of the Middle Eastern destination as a place of unbridled luxury, replete with Michelin-starred restaurants and hotels whose rates can run as high as $1 million per week.