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Major City firms have pledged to bankroll a £2.6billion theme park in Kent which is being dubbed the UK s answer to Disneyland .
Funding documents for the London Resort near Dartford show it has lined up investors to finance the construction of the giant attraction in two phases through a mix of investment and debt.
More than £75million has already been invested by Middle Eastern businessmen led by Kuwaiti tycoon Dr Abdulla Al-Humaidi, owner of Ebbsfleet United Football Club.
Spectacle: How Disneyland-on-Thames near Dartford may look once it is opened
The London Resort is run by chief executive PY Gerbeau, the former boss of the Millennium Dome, and chaired by Steve Norris, a former Tory MP and Transport Minister.