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Atlantis - Some Interesting Facts
• Atlantis the Palm’s current footprint on the Palm Jumeirah is 46 hectares or the size of 64 Wembley football pitches. This includes 1.4km of beachfront. • Atlantis signatures Bridge suite- the most luxurious in the resort- measures in at 924 square meters and boasts floor to ceiling views off all of Dubai. One night stay in The Bridge Suite costs $ 25,000 per night. • The resort’s two Lost Chambers Suites, whose bedroom and master bathroom windows look directly into the Ambassador Lagoon, stretch over three floors. • Atlantis, The Palm is home to over 65,000 marine animals including Anchovy, Baby Stingrays, Arapaima, Moon Jellies, Brown Sea Nettles, Moray Eels, Giant Cuttlefish, Lobsters , Batfish , Snapper Hammour Cobia, Golden Trevalles, Piranha, Lionfish, Anemones, Giant Grouper, Blue Damsels, Manta Ray and Sunfsih. • 100 team members care for the marine animals. Their jobs include aquarists, veterinarians and even chefs, preparing 220kg of restaurant quality seafood each day for the marine species meals. • The viewing pane in the Ambassador Lagoon which holds 11 million litres of sea water – is 10meters long and 70 meters thick. • The 27.5 meter vertical drop from the top of the Ziggurat makes Aquaventure’s Leap of faith the tallest freefall water slide at 9 storeys high. • 58,000kmof steel bars were used in the construction of Atlantis; The Palm - over nine times the length of the Great Wall of China. • There are 100,000 lights through out Atlantis • There are 60,000 Trees/ Palms ad Shrubs around Atlantis. • Over 2,250 tons of marble and stone were used to create the walls, fountains and magnificent floors throughout the resort. • The priceless Dale Chihuly sculpture in the Grand Lobby of Atlantis was created using 3,000 hand blown pieces that were individually placed by hand to create the 30-metre-high entry centerpiece.|
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