Well.. past through T3 Nov 19th.. So here's a quick view..
Arrive from MEL at a gate in T1. Planned to stay in Dubai for a day, however, after 14hour flight, i needed a smoke. Firstly, there are no smoking in T3, other than business class .. i believe. So i had to trek to T1. Took me an hour to get out of T3, reason being i decided to goto the duty free before i leave the airport.
So instead of following the sign to arrivals, i went to transfers. But let me tell you.. hard to leave the transit area, finally found it after asking people who kept giving different directions.
quietest place in the T3 is next to Pauls, close to the T1 walk way.
T3 wasnt really busy, however, i i believe when it get really busy, more problems will arise, wonder how they will handle it..
Didnt like the electronic duty free in T3, like T1 better.. but IMO T3 sucks and really no better than T1. All that money paid for T3 and this is what they can come up with??? But then again, I guess this is only temporary until the new airport is completed in 5-10years.