Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro told USA TODAY the new theme park will be “like no other park that we've built before.”

The planned Disney theme park will be located on the Yas Island entertainment district in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Walt Disney Co. announced plans on May 7 to create a new theme park in the United Arab Emirates. When built, the park will be Disney’s seventh worldwide and the first–ever in the Middle East.

Walt Disney announced plans on Wednesday to open a Disney theme park in United Arab Emirates' capital Abu Dhabi in collaboration with regional developer Miral Group, representing its first major new theme park in nearly a decade and its first in the Middle East.