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?





Answer :
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.





Answer :
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)