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Dubai: Atlantis Aquaventure waterpark
Posted by daveb on November 14th, 2008
Yesterday, a foot-long spanner was thrown into the works of our roadtrip: our passports are at the Indian embassy awaiting visa processing. The snag is, here in the UAE tourists must–by law–present their passports upon check-in to a hotel or hostel. Obviously this stopped the show for us yesterday, so we returned to the safe haven of my sister’s apartment to have a rethink. We’ve got this hire car for a week, but won’t have our passport for a few more days.
Naturally, when faced with such a difficult backpacker travel situation, we did the only thing that we could: we drove up to Dubai and paid nearly £100 on a day out at the new Atlantis hotel Aquaventure waterpark — wayhey! We feared big, marauding crowds. Not so, being the middle of the week the park was really quite quiet. In fact, only once did we have to queue for more than fifteen minutes to get on a ride. Our favourites included: the thirty metre near-vertical drop into the shark tank from the top of the ziggurat; the not-so-lazy river, with rapids and floating entrances to rides (why walk up stairs lugging your ‘tube’ with you, when you can remain in your tube and be whisked up on a travellator; and, our big favourite, the tube ride where you go up more than you go down (helped by some really powerful water-jets).
The only real downside is the cost. It’s not cheap. The entrance fee is 220Dhs (£35), the optional locker is a non-refundable 50Dhs (£8) and a sandwich, drink and crisps comes in at 49Dhs (a shade off £8). Our advice to fellow tourists wanting to go here? Definitely go on a weekday (the working week is Sunday to Thursday here, remember?). It’s amazing, if a little unfinished; there was nowhere except the floor of the changing rooms to put your stuff — no hooks, benches, etc. We were told that you cannot take food and drink into the park. While it might not be allowed, there were no bag checks and it would have been no trouble to enter the site with cheaper foodstuffs. We shared one locker between us and in fact only really needed a locker because I was carrying my cameras. If you only take towels, flip-flops and suncream, you’d likely be OK just leaving it on a sun bed for the duration — although obviously management do not take responsibility for personal items, etc.
A great day out, and probably the best thing we’ve done in Dubai.
Finally a note to the managers at Atlantis: Please, please, please release the whale shark that you “rescued” (read: captured). It’s really not on. We would not have visited you had we had known about this beforehand.
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Comment from Salim Abdul
Time: December 18, 2008, 11:38 am
We are a Dubai tour operator from India,and also have an office in Dubai. We were always waiting for Dubai to come up with fascinating development,so that we could entice our guests and bring them over to Dubai for a tour other than any other countries. Looking at the picture of Atlantis and Aquaventure,we are just thrilled, because it looks too good to be true. I have been living in Dubai for the past 18 years and I am so proud about the place where I have sweated to develop my career
Comment from Muneeb
Time: May 30, 2009, 4:34 pm
Hi can you tell me how much the entry to the Aquaventure cost?
Also is there any other entry fees to pay? Like entering the Island itself?
Also what about the other places in the Palm? Like the Aquarium and other attractions?
Any idea how much they cost? I am trying to financially evaluate my holidays actually :)
Thnaks
Comment from www.laserpics.co.uk
Time: July 23, 2009, 8:21 pm
Hi,
I am very excited about visiting Dubai again and especially Atlantis. Wild Wadi was fantastic last time and I can only assume this is going to be bigger and better.
Dubai is where my business idea started and it has always had a warm welcome for me.
If you are thinking about visiting, stop thinking and book your tickets – you’ll love it :)
Comment from rajesh kumar thakur
Time: December 22, 2009, 9:52 am
pls tel me the Aquaventure cost & the detail of Aquaventure
regards
thakur
Comment from minnu
Time: November 17, 2010, 1:37 pm
can u pls tell me what is the entry fee for atlantis
Comment from Meryem Kholti
Time: April 1, 2011, 11:35 pm
Thank God Sammy the female shark is free from 2010
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Time: July 3, 2011, 2:38 am
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