Originally Posted by
JessicaTam
I am in the Al Dhabi lounge in the old terminal 1. Nothing has changed since my last visit BC. I even think the menu has stayed the same. Note that the lounge visit is limited to 3 hours. So I am here as deigned by my J seat. In three hours I will go and 'enter' again courtesy of my PP card.
(6 hour transit).
I was in the new Pearl lounge, the non-Etihad facility, today - its first day of operation. VERY different in every way to the tired, dumpy old lounge. Not exactly opulent, but spacious and airy. There's an internal buffet area, and a very large terrace and bar - sort of open-air with the terminal.
No mention of a three-hour limit to stays.
STOP PRESS. i missed a whole maze of rooms hidden away behind the main buffet - including yet another bar, another buffet and some private rooms/meeting rooms. A very proud manager showed them off to me 😊
There are showers and bag-dumps, but no sleeping rooms.