ATLANTIS THE PALM

We used Dubai as an excuse to break up our long haul flight between flying from the United Kingdom to New Zealand. We stayed 2 nights at the Atlantis, The Palm. What an absolute phenomenal resort! As soon as you arrive you know the service is going to be out of this world (we tipped our bellhop, although it's not customary to do so in Dubai but well appreciated), the check-in was smooth and they even upgraded our room and with early check-in too! Then guided to our room it was just luxury in every sense of the word, with fantastic amenities & views to match! Highlights; The Water Park (let your inner child free adults!) The Royal Beach/Pool (awesome late at night when the park has closed) The Aquarium (sharks, stingrays etc) Nightlife (we went to all of the clubs/bars that were at the Atlantis. Tip: even though your in holiday mode a high dress sense is required) Buffet breakfast (OUT OF THIS WORLD there is just too many stations to name but definitely go there hungry haha) In all honesty, we will be back! The only con was that we didn't spend as much time there as we would have loved to!

We stayed here half board lovely hotel. Can get very busy. Lebanese restaurant was really nice, Was our favourite Ayaman. Third time stay here kids love the water park the most. Hotel rooms are really nice and spacious for a family of 4.

We headed over to the Atlantis the Palm for our first family vacation during September 2017 and honestly we wish are still there. It is somewhat magical, a perfect blend between relaxation and family entertainment to the full. We checked in on the 8th September 2017 at about 02:30 hours and were welcomed into this mystical lobby with a enthralling 18 meter tall hand blown glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly right in the middle of the reception. Cordial receptionists checked us in and the porter accompanied us to our family deluxe room in the West Tower, where to our surprise we found a birthday cake and accompanying greeting card inside. My son was turning seven throughout the vacation. Since we landed in Dubai through the night, past a late breakfast, we planned to spend our first day relaxing in the Royal Pool and Zero Entry Pool, and so we did. Had breakfast at the Saffron and hit the water. Throughout the following days, we visited the mesmerizing Lost Chambers, the kids zone, but spent most of our in-stay at the Aquaventure Water Park. As from the beginning we instantly came to notice that all the staff around us had this great positive attitude, all smiling and are naturally cordial and friendly in their approach with the guests, so much so we made new friends throughout our stay. Safety – there is a high level of security throughout all the resort. Security officers check that the people walking through the guest areas are in fact all guests and an exorbitant amount of lifeguards are present with posts at every 10 meters or so of the pools, rivers and rides. This gave us a great sense of safety. Professionalism all throughout even on humble things. My son lightly scratched his toe in the water and a resort paramedic was called in to see to him. Casper the paramedic from South Africa came in a breeze, blinked to us and jokingly set by my son stating that its best to cut the toe off and feed it to the sharks, whilst medicating him. My witty son grasped the joke and smiled too. Palm Jumeirah (the Palm shaped manmade island where Atlantis is) the Beverly Hills of the Middle East is centrally located to most of the touristic destinations one would tend to visit, like the Malls, Downtown and other attractions like, Desert Safari’s and Legoland Dubai. What I didn’t like... No big deals but in particular, I didn’t like the room doors, the shower room and washroom tiles. They seem to be older than the Atlantis despite that the resort turned only 9 years old on the 15 September 2017. I considered such not so complimentary with the 5 star luxury resort. A suggestion would be that like the Lost Chambers, more contemporary Arabian touches will be introduced. There’s lots more to explore in this resort….Looking forward to a next stay... As stated initially, we wish we never left in the first place, but now we are so wishing to going back when the new Royal Atlantis Hotel will be opened in 2019.

We spent two nights at Alantis the Palm after a long flight from Sydney Australia on our way to Tanzania. We travelled with our 2 children ages 11 and 14. Stayed in a deluxe family room with two Queen size beds. The room was a great size for all four of us. Ocean view amazing. Staff and service amazing, waterpark amazing, aquarium amazing,food amazing!!! Our only tip would be to stay longer than two nights, we didn't leave the resort and could have spent a lot more time exploring the rest of the resort or would have liked to have a day or two to head in to the city and explore the rest of Dubai. The Lebanese Restaurant Ayamna was super special all 4 of us loved the food, atmosphere decor. We'll be back , but next time will stay for a week. Thanks Atlantis the Palm!!

We arrived at 8.30am and our room wasn't available, it had been a long 24 hours and we just wanted to chill out but we couldn't get into our room until 3pm as it wasn't ready. We got complimentary use of the spa for a shower and some chill time but we were still a bit disappointed at not having appropriate clothes on to enjoy our first day. I upgraded to a swim up room for 4 days of our holiday (we were staying for 8 days but planned to do all of our tourist attractions in the first 3 days so didn't think we would benefit otherwise) the swim up room was amazing, we laid out all day, our balcony was large with access straight to our pool, it was quiet, clean and definitely worth it (£280) equally the hotel pool was great too, with a pool bar, small shop and restaurants a stroll away, food was good and service 100%. I am already looking into booking this again next year, there is also a man who serves cocktails from his boat!!