Atlantis The Palm day pass: AED 150 for a pool and beach lounger on the dates read, from AED 280 for Aquaventure

The hotel sells its own pass from the pools and beaches page, under the heading «Pool & Beach Day Passes», set apart from «Resort Inclusion», the section that gives all resort guests the pools and the private beach. Its Book button opens a SevenRooms calendar named «Pool and Beach», which lists 4 options by arrival time; the price and terms of each appear once a time is chosen, and they are the ones the calendar loaded on 11 October 2026 for Wednesday 14 October 2026. A sun lounger was AED 150 an adult and the whole amount can be spent on food or drinks during the day. A day bed for 2 was AED 200 on the same terms. A family cabana for up to 5 people was AED 500 and a large cabana for up to 8 was AED 650; each cabana comes with 6 bottles of water, 6 soft drinks, 3 children’s juices and a fruit platter.

What the pass opens is, in the hotel’s words, «the resort pools and private beach». The Palm Pool is the lagoon-shaped pool that runs through the middle of the resort, open from 8am to 7pm; Palm Beach is the hotel’s own shore, over 2 kilometres of it by the hotel’s description, open from 7am to 6pm. The pass itself is listed from 9am to 6pm every day. On the booking calendar, arrival times for a lounger ran every half hour from 9am to 4pm, and for day beds and cabanas to 5pm. Imperial Club Beach, a secluded stretch with its own bar, stays reserved for Imperial Club guests.

The price did not move with the day of the week on the dates we read. For Wednesday 14 October and for Saturday 17 October 2026 the booking data carried the same 4 figures. For Saturday 26 December 2026, in the Christmas week, the lounger was still AED 150 and the cabanas AED 500 and AED 650; the day bed was not on the list for that date, and the data gives no reason. No other date was read, so look at the calendar for yours. The fine print is short: showers and changing rooms are unavailable and an outdoor shower is provided, discounts and vouchers cannot be used, and a cabana booking «only includes private access to the cabana and use of its amenities».

The waterpark is a different purchase, made on Aquaventure World’s booking site. On 11 October 2026 it listed the Waterpark Day Pass from AED 280, the pass with the Lost World Aquarium from AED 300, the pass with a Dolphin Encounter from AED 549 and a 7-Day Pass from AED 420. The plain day pass gives a full day with more than 105 slides, attractions and experiences, the park’s private beach, the Surf’s Up wave rider and a Dolphin Discovery Presentation, the last one only for tickets bought on the official site or at the gate. The hotel’s FAQ adds that counter prices change with the season, that anyone taller than 1.2 m pays the adult price, and that a visitor who already holds a waterpark ticket can add the aquarium for AED 55.

A third way in runs through AWAKEN, the hotel’s spa. Its Wellness Daycation costs AED 650 a person and joins a 1-hour massage or facial to the spa’s own facilities, the gym, pool and beach access and a complimentary session at the Atlantis Explorers Club. Someone who has booked any other treatment can add «A Day of Wellness», a pool and beach pass for the same day from AED 300 on weekdays and from AED 350 at weekends, when there is room; it names the Palm Pool, the Family Pool and Palm Beach. A second text gives the same higher figures: the confirmation that Saffron’s booking page loaded on 12 October 2026 for a breakfast on 17 October 2026 offers a «Pool & Beach Sun Lounger Pass» at AED 300 an adult and AED 200 a child of 4 to 12 from Monday to Thursday, AED 350 and AED 250 from Friday to Sunday, and links to the very booking page that showed AED 150 with children free. Nothing we read explains the gap, so check the price shown at the booking step and ask the hotel to confirm it.

Who may buy the pool and beach pass is the one thing no page says outright: nothing we read uses «non-residents» or «day visitors» for it. We take it to be a pass for people staying elsewhere on 3 grounds. The pools page sets it apart from what resort guests already have; its text reads «Your day pass gives you access to the resort pools and private beach», which a staying guest holds without a pass; and the booking data tags the sun lounger «In house: External» and «Upgrades: Day Pass». The sister resort’s booking data, on the same system, prints the words the Palm’s leaves out: «Day Visitors» and «Resort Guests». Against that, the hotel’s own FAQ still says «The hotel pool and beaches are exclusively for hotel guests», in its answer about dolphin and sea lion experiences, and its list of what visitors may do stops at the restaurants, the spa, Aquaventure, the aquarium and the dolphin, sea lion and diving programmes. Both were on the hotel’s site on 11 October 2026. If you are staying elsewhere, ring +971 4 426 2626 before paying, and keep the confirmation number the booking gives you: the confirmation text itself asks for that.

Atlantis The Royal, the sister resort on the same Crescent Road, describes The Royal Pool and The Royal Beach as «Exclusively for guests of Atlantis The Royal». Yet the Reserve button on that page opens a booking calendar whose data, read on 12 October 2026 for Wednesday 14 October 2026, prices a sun lounger for «Day Visitors» at AED 250 a person and makes it complimentary for staying guests; a pool day bed was AED 500 a couple for day visitors, AED 200 of it redeemable on food and drink. The pools page also lists 2 adults-only clubs: Nobu by the Beach, for guests of 21 and over, open daily from 9am to 7pm and free to those staying in the hotel, and Cloud 22, whose own page read «Venue is currently closed» when we opened it on 11 October 2026 and printed no hours. For a visitor’s price at either club, ask the hotel.

At Address Sky View, facing the Burj Khalifa, the Deck Too Day Pass works the way the Palm’s lounger does: AED 200 a person, all of it redeemable on food and drink, daily from 8am to 7pm, free for children up to 10. Address Beach Resort, at JBR, charges for entry alone: an Address blog post of 2 May 2025 gives its Beach & Pool Pass at AED 200 from Monday to Thursday and AED 250 from Friday to Sunday, with AED 150 for a child of 6 to 12 and no food credit.