Sorry if this has been posted before, but I couldn't find a similar thread.

I've just realised that we (2 adults, 3 children) have an 8-hour wait in transit at Abu Dhabi airport on a flight through to Europe (arrive 6am, leave 2pm).

I don't know this airport, but have heard that it's smaller than Dubai - is there anything to do there? Has anyone out there rented a dayroom at the transit hotel? We will arrive after a 14-hour overnight flight from Australia, so I'm not quite sure how we'll feel when we get there.

Any experiences/opinions would be most welcome.

Many thanks!