Is Aquaventure (Atlantis, The Palm) Dubai, close to Port Rashid (Cruise Terminal)?

How long would it take in a taxi to go from Port Rashid, to Aquaventure (Atlantis the Palm) Dubai?
Would it be easier to go to Wild Wadi Water Park? How close is Wild Wadi to the Port Rashid?
Any idea how much would a taxi cost to go to Aquaventure and Wild Wadi from the Port?
Do you get a day pass to the parks? or isit just a couple of hours?
And what are the entrance fees to the waterparks?

Also you don't have to answer this (just a random question) onboard the Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas (Dubai Cruise) is there a lot of Americans onboard or is the majority British?





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Wild Wadi is closer to Port Rashid compared to Aquaventure. But its just a 10-15 minutes drive from wild wadi to Aquaventure. From Port Rashid Via Sheikh Zayed Road it will take you around Dhs 50 and to aquaventure it will take you around Dhs 60-65. It takes around 30 minutes to be there in normal traffic conditions. If you take X 25 from the bus station towards Mina Al Siyahi, you can get down at Wild Wadi bus stop and it will take you around 45 minutes after you get into the bus. And if you plan to go Aquaventure, get down at the next stop from wild wadi and take a cab to aquaventure to a cab to the monorail and then the monorail. But taking a cab to aquaventure directly will be a bit cheaper compared to the monorail specially if you are more than 1 person.





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may be 30 or 40 minutes via Jumeirah road (lots of traffic lights) , it may be less thru SZR (longer route) but you could get stuck in highway traffic depending on time of day.
Next to port Rashid is Ghubaiba bus station , and you can just take the Sufouh bound bus , there is a bus stop in front of Wild Wadi. WW is not far from the Palm , but you need a car/bus to go between them. You can also reach the Atlantis Aquaventure by riding the Palm monorail from Nakheel building , which is where the Palm base starts. This building is just before the Royal mirage hotel on Sufouh road.

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If you don't have any luggage you may simply take the metro feeder bus to Bur Juman (mall) underground station (few KMs from port Rashid) , and ride the metro going west to Mall of Emirates station (it will cost less than 6 AED for the whole leg), then from MOE station you can take cabs and buses going to either wild wadi or the Palm. You may actually want to go inside MOE first to check out the indoor Ski facility there. This way you see more stuff , go faster than the bus (which makes stops & slowed by traffic lights!), and pay less even.
If you choose to use the Palm monorail it costs 15 AED one way or 25 round trip to Atlantis. (each leg of the track is 6 KMs)

Wi-Fi OnBoard Royal Caribbean?

I am planning to go to a cruise around europe on the royal Caribbean i am going to take my laptop and i was making sure on the site that they have WI-Fi but they said " Windows " and i have a macintosh am going on Brilliance of the seas .. if anyone has any information please let me know as soon as possible
Thanks.





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You should be fine. Wifi works the same one all types of computers. It was designed that way.

Its probably just something they didn't really think about.





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They have wifi. They also have a bank of computers you can use, They charge by minute. Best bet is to purchase a bunch of minutes. Sometimes you can track down discount coupons for WiFi minutes. Check their web site for them. You will also be able to use your Cell phone. Att minutes are cheaper on Royal Caribbean than Verizon cell minutes. Both are cheaper than using your room phone to phone home.

What do you think of my short story-im not sure how to paragraph and will find out so please bear with me?

I was searching through my attic yesterday and found this very old painting.It was of a seascape and looked remarkably beautiful.It showed a lighthouse in the distance and a ship at sea.I felt maybe it was done for an ancestor of mine or maybe an ancestor even painted it.Either way i had to learn of the mystery surrounding it asap. I left it alone and went down to my kitchen and picked up a magazine.As i was flipping through the pages i saw what appeared to be the painting but it was mildly different. I looked at the artist who did this work and wrote her name down.As i searched the net i found a website for her and contacted her on this prized art of mine to see if she had actually drew it or had commissioned it. She said she hadnt and it was another good artist with similar tastes as i had sent her a scan of it.Well she then called back a day later and announced she had a hit of the artist as they won a contest in the same magazine i mentioned with a grand prize of 5,000.This was the annual award for best new artistic talent.It was a relative of mine who had passed away a short time ago.She never had any real artistic ability as far as i remembered.So it was a strange thing indeed. She somehow managed to make such a fabulous and visually stunning work that i thought it looked professional enough to be sold at a top art gallery.I even tried to paint the scene myself and im a good amateur artist but nothing even close to this brilliance. So after putting down the canvas and paints i decided to ask my family if they knew Aunt Milly to be an artist as it was def her work.Or someone pretending to be her.I could tell by the many samples left behind which werent bad but not even as good as this work.They were not sure as i had them over for coffee.The six of us chatted for about an hour as to the art and her life.After many hugs we departed and that was that for the family reunion. Still i needed to know how she came up with this awesome painting.I then decided to look in the attic again for any valuable clues.As i opened a sock draw i came across an envelope and it had a letter inside. It read,Dearest Gertrude,i hope all is well when you read this letter.I had a hunch you would one day find this letter as the painting was in an obvious place.Keep it all the days you live and cherish it as its from my heart to yours.I painted it all myself but enlisted in art lessons to aid me in this endeavor.Im not the artist type at all but did practice for several moths before finally getting a fine line for drawing,love milly.So that solved the caper and even if it hadnt anything to do with her hand id still call it a keepsake and never sell it,some things you just cannot assess a pricetag on or swap for anything.






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hops about too much - trying to cram too much in - language seems a bit juvenile

Can you bring pets on cruise ?

especially brilliance of the sea from royal caribbean cruises.





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No. Certified assistance dogs with the person they assist are allowed on board with the proper documentation, but pets of any kind are not allowed. The only exception for pets is with Cunard ships for Trans-Atlantic crossings, and the pet must stay in the kennel 100% of the time.




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No. No pets are allowed aside from registered service animals that have been pre-approved with RCL.

Think about all the extra problems that could come with allowing pets - including all the extra cleaning that would need to be done. Wouldn't be fun, even if it was allowed.





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I doubt it ....although when i went on ncl sky i did see a man withn a dog but i think it was for aa medical condition...he was blind.





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probrably, if you supply it with its needs like food and water, and definatley bring a cage