Originally Posted by BENLEE

I was at the new Atlantis The Royal ( the more upscale version of the Atlantis, not to confuse with Atlantis the Palm ) for dinner and took the opportunity to tour the hotel room and facilities and share some photos here. Despite being market as an upscale luxury property, the hotel 800+ rooms and huge crowds at the public areas kind of call into question this. It's really more like an all in one resort.

I asked the reception staff if they can show me one of the room and I was shown what I believe is their standard rooms facing the Palm Jumeraih, which is quite large with sitting area and walk-in closet.

Will I stay here? Probably not, ok maybe one night for the novelty factor and the view but that's also a big question mark. The problem is not that the hotel is not luxurious enough, it's the crowd that is here, both visiting and staying guests. Everyone, or at least a large majority of them, seems to be obsessed with ostentatious display of wealth, with full gold and diamond watches, jewellery, logo covered clothings and Hermes birkin bags or similar luxury bags. And also ladies in super tall high heels and very revealing clothing. Also some guests have no etiquette at all, freely walking through the public lobby in their swim suits and bath towels. 🤦🏼‍♂️ It's also too very crowded at most times especially the lobby and gets worst in the evening, with more than it's fair share of seedy characters. I supposed none of the regulars in this forum will find this particularly appealing. Just my personal opinion and YMMV.

I am now staying at the Lana and will share some photos later.