The Coolest Hotel Room View In All Of Dubai?

The Coolest Hotel Room View In All Of Dubai?

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I’ve been to Dubai well over a dozen times, but up until this visit I’ve never actually been to the Mall of the Emirates. When I visit Dubai I tend to usually not go far past the downtown area, since I find Dubai Marina to be rather boring. Even in downtown Dubai there are some great views, like from the 123rd floor of the Burj Khalifa.

Burj-Khalifa

However, yesterday I finally visited the Mall of the Emirates. The mall itself is quite boring — I prefer Dubai Mall — but it has one really unique feature. It’s home to Ski Dubai, which is an indoor ski slope. Because when you’re in the middle of the desert, who wouldn’t want a winter wonderland?

Ski-Dubai

Most exciting to me wasn’t the ski slope as such, but rather the nightly Frozen singalong and photo ops with Olaf — he’s my spirit animal snowman (he must be especially happy in Dubai, given his climate preferences). Almost worth the hefty price of admission in and of itself!

Ski-Dubai-1

While glancing at Ski Dubai yesterday I noticed that there seemed to be hotel rooms facing the ski slopes. Now, I know the Kempinski Hotel is attached to the mall, though I didn’t realize that they actually have some rooms facing Ski Dubai.

They’re called “Ski Chalets,” and they literally just have a view of the indoor ski slope. Here’s a picture from the hotel’s website:

Ski-Chalet-1

The Ski Chalet rooms are described as follows:

1 King bed with views over the amazing Ski Slope. These unique rooms invite to comfortable living in an Alpine atmosphere. All rooms include an elegant service pantry and generous dining area, a luxurious marble bathroom with oversized vanity, separate W/C and bidet, separate shower stall and free-standing bathtub. The rooms are equipped with high-speed wireless internet access, flat-screen TVs, DVD player, in-room safe and mini-bar. Maximum occupancy is 2 adults and 1 child in existing bedding. The rooms measure 45 sqm (490 SF).

I was curious whether these were actually considered “premium” rooms. On one hand for a specific type of audience it seems cool, but does the average person really want a view of ski slopes in Dubai, especially since there’s no privacy for these rooms when the curtains are open?

Well, the room does indeed come at quite a premium over a standard room. A standard room is ~1,200AED per night:

Kempsinki-1

While the ski chalet retails for ~1,900AED per night:

Kempsinki-2

So, am I the only one that desperately wants to stay in a ski chalet in Dubai?

Hands down the “coolest” view in the city! 😉

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  1. No Name Guest

    Still got video ads Lucky, back between your twitter and categories on the right hand side of the screen.

    http://www.viki.com/player/1032149v?il=en&sl=en&autostart=true&autoplay=true&volume=0

  2. Leah Guest

    Have you stayed in the one with the swimming pool balconies?

    1. lucky OMAAT

      @ Leah -- Where is that?

  3. Ken Y. Guest

    Will this be like the Standard in NYC? Only the audience in this case will be families, most of them muslim?

  4. No Name Guest

    It's one of those hotel rooms that look spectacular in pictures, but is not a good idea in real life.

    Like this in Singrapore
    http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/Homepage/HotelsAndSpa/OceanSuites
    Until you read the somewhat mixed reviews
    http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g294264-d1447341-r195951397-Resort_World_Sentosa_Beach_Villas-Sentosa_Island.html

  5. Mohammed Guest

    I stayed there few years ago, it's horrible! you can hear kids screaming all day long and when they close at night, the loud snow machines start working!

  6. M Simons Member

    Spent more time in Qatar than Dubai, but thought the area really isn't worth even a second trip. Maybe just wrong time, but for those prices in general there's plenty of places I'd rather be. The only incentive to go is for a trip on one of the many A380's that frequent the route.
    Liked Olaf too, and the view room neat idea.

  7. Abdel Rahim Abdallah Member

    The Ski Chalet is, however, 130 square feet larger. So perhaps that's where part of the 700 AED are.

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lucky OMAAT

@ Leah -- Where is that?

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No Name Guest

Still got video ads Lucky, back between your twitter and categories on the right hand side of the screen. http://www.viki.com/player/1032149v?il=en&sl=en&autostart=true&autoplay=true&volume=0

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Leah Guest

Have you stayed in the one with the swimming pool balconies?

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