Novelist warns of Vega City ‘hellhole’

A FLORIDA-based, best-selling novelist, who has written extensively on the impact of large theme parks on his home state, says it sickens him to think a plan such as Vega City is even being considered by the people of Dublin.

Carl Hiaasen, a newspaper columnist with the Miami Herald and author of 17 books, including Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World, described the area around Orlando, where Disney World is based, as an "ugly, congested, sprawling hellhole".

"If that's what people want in Dublin, then may God have mercy on all of you," he said.