16 Jan 2023
Booking and transfer went smooth and easy. However, the advertised times were different (pickup at 6pm, then pickup at 7pm, start of the cruise 8pm, then 9pm, then 9:30pm...). Actual start was after 9:30pm, apparently, they had to wait for the food to be delivered. There was no information provided when the cruise would actually start. "Unlimited Softdrinks" means: water served from bottles into small plastic cups once in a while, a "cocktail" mixed together from water, lots(!) of sugar and some powder and cola/sprite served once, again in small plastic cups - no self service on drinks. The food was good and the employees very kind. People were asked to go to the buffet table by table, which avoids long queues. There are a number of Dhows there and each of them tries to play the music louder than the other - even if that gives that scratchy noises in the speakers. My advice: try to sit as far away as possible from the speakers - you might end up temporarily deaf otherwise. The dance show was impressive and the tour along the Dubai creek is very nice. Overall: something you probably have to do once as a tourist visiting Dubai. The tour operators could make it a lot better with little things like decent sound volume, more information and better planning/communication, though.