Abu Dhabi - grand mosque, Ferrari world (I think it’s over rated but if you want to ride the world’s fastest roller coaster, this is the place)
I'm pretty sure that the city tour that we have booked with a 90 min mosque tour is for the grand mosque.Dubai - Burj Khalifa, go to the top
Tickets are booked! - eat dinner outside in the evening and watching the fountain show
- if you’re looking for traditional Emirati food
- Al Fanar Restaurant - we went once to have the experience
- Al Marhabani - we went many, many times and loved the
chicken and lamb mandi. You eat on the floor with your hands
and share a big platter.
- I’ve heard good things about the cultural center meal and talk
but never got over there.
- we enjoyed the camel farm one time. It’s very small but you can
get on a camel and walk a bit. They have camel milk you can try.
If you’re pressed for time, I would skip this.
- the Dubai aquarium is in the Dubai mall
on the list - drive out to Atlantis on the palm
Staying here! - there’s also a nice water park at Atlantis
Definitely doing! - if you like Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants, there is Bread Street
and Hell’s Kitchen
- from Kite Beach you can get a good look/photo of Burj Al Arab
- Global Village is interesting. I went once and that was enough.
- La Perle puts on a good show. Both my kids enjoyed it (at the
time 15 and 6)
There’s so many things to do with kids that are like amusement parks and such. So it depends on if you want to feel like you’re in the UAE and do cultural things or if you want to just have fun. I’ll post a layout I did of Al Fanar. It has a list of what to order there.
ETA - check to see if camel races are happening. They are usually super early in the morning but it’s interesting.
