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with no connection to one another or to anything outside
This absolute claim overstates how KidZania works. KidZania’s own materials describe citywide links between activities through a shared currency and bank, and links to the outside world through official brand partnerships.
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While KidZania is clearly more structured than the kind of miniature city the author prefers, the phrase "no connection to one another or to anything outside" is contradicted by KidZania's own official descriptions.
First, KidZania says children earn kidZos when they work and can spend them on items and activities throughout the city, and that they can open an account at the Central Bank of KidZania. That is an explicit citywide system connecting different activities and institutions to one another, rather than isolated roles.
Second, KidZania's official partnerships page says brands can become official partners and that, through the role-play activities, children will associate those brands with their real-world industries. That directly contradicts the claim that the roles have no connection ... to anything outside.
So even if one thinks KidZania is overly scripted, the stronger factual claim here is inaccurate: KidZania officially presents its activities as interconnected internally and tied to outside commercial partners.
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- What is KidZania | KidZania Dubai
With every job they perform, they'll be paid in kidZos - the currency of KidZania - and can spend their money on items and activities throughout the city. Your kids can also open an account at the Central Bank of KidZania.
- Partnerships | KidZania Dubai
Give your brand unique exposure to hundreds of families every day by becoming an official partner of KidZania... Through exciting role-play activities, children will associate your brand with whatever sector you operate in.