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Local currency is best, didn't see anybody accepting western money when was out there earlier in the year.
Taxi's readily available from the cruise terminal in Dubai and all over the city for the return including from the malls.
Muscat was our favourite place, absolutely stunning and the people in Oman were so friendly.
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We did the 7 night Royal Caribbean cruise from Dubai in Feb this year and can highly recommend taking a cruise to get a feel for this part of the world (wasn't massively impressed with RCI though, but this really was a cruise about the destinations). Oman is absolutely stunning and people were so welcoming, somewhere I'd very much like to go back to and explore further. Abu Dhabi was also extremely interesting, Sheikh Zayed Mosque just has to be seen to be believed. It was also my first time in Dubai and would suggest to any other first time visitors to have a few extra days pre or post cruise here as there was a lot to see and very easy to get about jumping on and off the metro.
Hard to say on transfer time from DWC to the port, found traffic to be hit or miss in Dubai. But if doing a cruise only and arranging own flights, then much better going into DXB as much nearer the port (huge choice on flights from UK with direct flights available with: BA, Virgin, Emirates, Qantas & Royal Brunei.) To alleviate the op's concerns, flights generally go across Europe, Northern Turkey and then turn South-East across Iran towards the Gulf.
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We are heading over from the UK for the 1st March cruise on the Sun. Also sharing same concerns of the OP. Was under the impression that Spring Break was from mid-March onwards. (My fault for not researching properly)
Whilst families traveling with kids are no trouble to us, would like some reassurance that have not signed up to a week long 'booze cruise'! :eek:
Dubai Cities of Gold
in Marella Cruises (formerly Thomson)
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Yeah local currency for each place, which can be a pain when visiting two or three places over the course of a trip. But found a bit of forward planning as to what we wanted to do in each port helped us gauge amounts to take, also booked as much as possible online before departure which reduced amount of cash needed.