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Indoor skiing in Dubai...
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were all the poison control faces really necessary? I can understand one, but five? Come on.
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I have been over to SkiDubai a few times but haven't tried it yet. Being from the Lake Tahoe region and growing up on skis, I do need to try it. Perhaps when the weather heats up and its too hot to go outside.
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I saw the making of that on Extreme Engineering on the Discovery Channel. Was pretty cool.
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you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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I think it's absolutely ridiculous.
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iMac 20" C2D 2.16 | Acer Aspire One | Flickr
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Think of all that wasted electiricty they have to use for AC!
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I think it's absolutely ridiculous.
That sums up Dubai nicely. ;-)
Think of all that wasted electiricty they have to use for AC!
Actually it is well thought out. The snow is used to cool the entire mall (second in size to only Mall of America) and the melt water is used to irrigate the surrounding area. It took two months to cool it down, but it is well insulated and keeping it cold is not nearly as hard now as cooling it in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Trygve
The snow is used to cool the entire mall (second in size to only Mall of America) and the melt water is used to irrigate the surrounding area.
Uhhhhh...well, Mall of America is itself third in size in the world, behind the West Edmonton Mall in my town and a shopping centre in Beijing I think.
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EDIT: after Googling to fact-check, it seems no one knows who has the largest mall. There's multiple claims for first, second, third, etc. place. 
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Originally Posted by Trygve
I have been over to SkiDubai a few times but haven't tried it yet. Being from the Lake Tahoe region and growing up on skis, I do need to try it. Perhaps when the weather heats up and its too hot to go outside.
I was just in Dubai a few years ago. Beautiful city. Didn't see this, but I saw the Burj al Arab. B E A yootiful hotel.
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Looks like a lot of fun. Just goes to show what happens when you have too much money. Luxury of the rich. 
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