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Postby Forever Blue » Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:47 am

I am off to Dubai tomorrow night for 10 nights,for the very first time with the family, so I won't be hardly on here, but I know the mods will as usual do a fantastic job :thumbright: :thumbright: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:


Anyone ever been to Dubai?
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Postby footiexmadx » Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:51 am

Yes go every year just came back last week what hotel you going to? Make sure you go to Cheesecake Factory for food there's one in dubai mall and one on jumereigh beach
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Postby Forever Blue » Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:57 am

footiexmadx wrote:Yes go every year just came back last week what hotel you going to? Make sure you go to Cheesecake Factory for food there's one in dubai mall and one on jumereigh beach


Staying in the Atlantis, booked it 8 years, but my wife fell pregnant, so we cancelled, then it doubled in price due to Simon Cowell going there, I refused to pay double :lol: and so waited for a better price :lol: :thumbright:

Yes I will def visit Cheesecake factory as I love my food :D
Jumereigh beach sounds good :thumbright:

Dubai Mall, sounds like spending money and its my wifes birthday :cry:

Thanks for the advice :thumbright: :thumbright:
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Postby adamt958 » Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:25 pm

footiexmadx wrote:Yes go every year just came back last week what hotel you going to? Make sure you go to Cheesecake Factory for food there's one in dubai mall and one on jumereigh beach


Been to both of these. Fantastic place.

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Postby worcester_ccfc » Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:49 pm

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Postby footiexmadx » Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:50 pm

I always stay in Sofitel which is next to Atlantis. You ll love the water park the big green slide is good
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Postby Forever Blue » Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:50 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:Enjoy Annis :thumbright:


Cheers Ned, keep me updated on here, I will log in and see what the latest news is :lol: :thumbright: :thumbright: :bluebird: :bluebird:
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Re: ' Dubai '

Postby worcester_ccfc » Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:57 pm

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worcester_ccfc wrote:Enjoy Annis :thumbright:


Cheers Ned, keep me updated on here, I will log in and see what the latest news is :lol: :thumbright: :thumbright: :bluebird: :bluebird:


We'll try to keep it under control, and not too much of a mess when you come back :lol: :thumbright:
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Re: ' Dubai '

Postby Bluebird For Life » Sat Jun 24, 2017 1:59 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
footiexmadx wrote:Yes go every year just came back last week what hotel you going to? Make sure you go to Cheesecake Factory for food there's one in dubai mall and one on jumereigh beach


Staying in the Atlantis, booked it 8 years, but my wife fell pregnant, so we cancelled, then it doubled in price due to Simon Cowell going there, I refused to pay double :lol: and so waited for a better price :lol: :thumbright:

Yes I will def visit Cheesecake factory as I love my food :D
Jumereigh beach sounds good :thumbright:

Dubai Mall, sounds like spending money and its my wifes birthday :cry:

Thanks for the advice :thumbright: :thumbright:


some nice parks in Dubai, but personally I enjoyed Fujairah the best of all of the Emirates.
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Postby Forever Blue » Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:06 pm

Bluebird For Life wrote:
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footiexmadx wrote:Yes go every year just came back last week what hotel you going to? Make sure you go to Cheesecake Factory for food there's one in dubai mall and one on jumereigh beach


Staying in the Atlantis, booked it 8 years, but my wife fell pregnant, so we cancelled, then it doubled in price due to Simon Cowell going there, I refused to pay double :lol: and so waited for a better price :lol: :thumbright:

Yes I will def visit Cheesecake factory as I love my food :D
Jumereigh beach sounds good :thumbright:

Dubai Mall, sounds like spending money and its my wifes birthday :cry:

Thanks for the advice :thumbright: :thumbright:


some nice parks in Dubai, but personally I enjoyed Fujairah the best of all of the Emirates.


Never been to either before.
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Re: ' Dubai '

Postby Sven » Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:12 pm

Forever Blue wrote:I am off to Dubai tomorrow night for 10 nights,for the very first time with the family, so I won't be hardly on here, but I know the mods will as usual do a fantastic job :thumbright: :thumbright: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:


Anyone ever been to Dubai?




Have a great time, Annis. I know a few people working out there (nearly did myself two years ago for reasons that are currently ironic) and they say it's a great place to be. Enjoy and catch up soon :thumbright: :ayatollah:
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Postby Forever Blue » Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:16 pm

Sven wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:I am off to Dubai tomorrow night for 10 nights,for the very first time with the family, so I won't be hardly on here, but I know the mods will as usual do a fantastic job :thumbright: :thumbright: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:


Anyone ever been to Dubai?




Have a great time, Annis. I know a few people working out there (nearly did myself two years ago for reasons that are currently ironic) and they say it's a great place to be. Enjoy and catch up soon :thumbright: :ayatollah:


Thanks Chris and look forward to seeing you down the City in August :thumbright: :bluebird: :ayatollah:
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Postby Sven » Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:32 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
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Forever Blue wrote:I am off to Dubai tomorrow night for 10 nights,for the very first time with the family, so I won't be hardly on here, but I know the mods will as usual do a fantastic job :thumbright: :thumbright: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:


Anyone ever been to Dubai?




Have a great time, Annis. I know a few people working out there (nearly did myself two years ago for reasons that are currently ironic) and they say it's a great place to be. Enjoy and catch up soon :thumbright: :ayatollah:


Thanks Chris and look forward to seeing you down the City in August :thumbright: :bluebird: :ayatollah:




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Postby Forever Blue » Sat Jun 24, 2017 3:27 pm

Sven wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Sven wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:I am off to Dubai tomorrow night for 10 nights,for the very first time with the family, so I won't be hardly on here, but I know the mods will as usual do a fantastic job :thumbright: :thumbright: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:


Anyone ever been to Dubai?




Have a great time, Annis. I know a few people working out there (nearly did myself two years ago for reasons that are currently ironic) and they say it's a great place to be. Enjoy and catch up soon :thumbright: :ayatollah:


Thanks Chris and look forward to seeing you down the City in August :thumbright: :bluebird: :ayatollah:




Looking forward to the new season for the first time in a while :thumbup: :ayatollah: :bluescarf: :bluebird:

It's been a chore in recent seasons but if I'm being honest I think we had it so good for so long after Sam's arrival that we became a little spoiled (maybe even complacent) because I never felt like that during the really bad years when we were in the bottom divisions (when I actually loved the frequent promotion/relegation battles) :thumbup:


Chris, At times we were spoiled after years and years of struggling.

Personally I am very very excited about this coming season :thumbright: :thumbright: :bluebird: :bluebird:
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Re: ' Dubai '

Postby Welshman in CA » Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:09 pm

adamt958 wrote:
footiexmadx wrote:Yes go every year just came back last week what hotel you going to? Make sure you go to Cheesecake Factory for food there's one in dubai mall and one on jumereigh beach


Been to both of these. Fantastic place.

My old man has just come back from working out there for three years.



Hope you have a great time & expect a report when you get back, would love to go to there one day myself.

A quick question to the two posters above, are these special Cheesecake factories or am I just jaded having one 10 minutes down the road?

I'm asking because my mother, sister & step mother all wanted to go to the Cheesecake Factory when they were here (not together) and it was always the first place they mentioned.
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Postby Bluebird For Life » Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:05 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
Bluebird For Life wrote:
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footiexmadx wrote:Yes go every year just came back last week what hotel you going to? Make sure you go to Cheesecake Factory for food there's one in dubai mall and one on jumereigh beach


Staying in the Atlantis, booked it 8 years, but my wife fell pregnant, so we cancelled, then it doubled in price due to Simon Cowell going there, I refused to pay double :lol: and so waited for a better price :lol: :thumbright:

Yes I will def visit Cheesecake factory as I love my food :D
Jumereigh beach sounds good :thumbright:

Dubai Mall, sounds like spending money and its my wifes birthday :cry:

Thanks for the advice :thumbright: :thumbright:


some nice parks in Dubai, but personally I enjoyed Fujairah the best of all of the Emirates.


Never been to either before.


Can't remember the name of it but there is a big park in Dubai which was very nice and Fujairah is only a couple of hours drive and is a lot quieter than Dubai. Its worth checking out the other emirates if you have time as they are all a bit different to each other.
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Postby skiprat » Sat Jun 24, 2017 10:20 pm

Spoiled pmsl .hideous rebrand .still no trophy in the cabinet .no spell in the top flight.if that's being spoilt id hate to think what failure would be like.
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Postby RYANBLUE » Sun Jun 25, 2017 6:59 am

Atlantus is lovely hotel but for me too far out. Thats my own preference. Id either stay jumeriah beach or even downtown just to be more central but monorail us fantastic to get about
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:08 am

Bluebird For Life wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Bluebird For Life wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
footiexmadx wrote:Yes go every year just came back last week what hotel you going to? Make sure you go to Cheesecake Factory for food there's one in dubai mall and one on jumereigh beach


Staying in the Atlantis, booked it 8 years, but my wife fell pregnant, so we cancelled, then it doubled in price due to Simon Cowell going there, I refused to pay double :lol: and so waited for a better price :lol: :thumbright:

Yes I will def visit Cheesecake factory as I love my food :D
Jumereigh beach sounds good :thumbright:

Dubai Mall, sounds like spending money and its my wifes birthday :cry:

Thanks for the advice :thumbright: :thumbright:


some nice parks in Dubai, but personally I enjoyed Fujairah the best of all of the Emirates.


Never been to either before.


Can't remember the name of it but there is a big park in Dubai which was very nice and Fujairah is only a couple of hours drive and is a lot quieter than Dubai. Its worth checking out the other emirates if you have time as they are all a bit different to each other.



Thanks, love exploring :thumbright:
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:16 am

RYANBLUE wrote:Atlantus is lovely hotel but for me too far out. Thats my own preference. Id either stay jumeriah beach or even downtown just to be more central but monorail us fantastic to get about




I've only ever heard good things about the Atlantis, so excited about going there tonight :thumbright:
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Postby Gareth (Wilts) » Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:45 am

skiprat wrote:Spoiled pmsl .hideous rebrand .still no trophy in the cabinet .no spell in the top flight.if that's being spoilt id hate to think what failure would be like.

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Postby AfricanBluebird » Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:08 am

I frequently travel through Dubai and on a few occasions extended my transit time between flights to have a good look around and take a bread from work for a few days. Dubai is definitely the place to do that!

The plus points is that there really are some amazing places, the waterparks are extraordinary and you could probably spend days in the waterparks alone.. Atlantis.. wow! The global village is a must. I also heard that the ski park is a great experience but never been. Truthfully for a family you can easily fill up ten days - that seems about the right amount of time for family break.

On the downside... some things are very expensive and people talk about Dubai as being a shopping heaven.. and it is, but can be expensive. although my shopping experiences are generally confined to Asia where everything is cheaper (and knocked off).

Also while I enjoy the achievements of man being able to create such an amazing place... it does all feel too man made and lacks natural beauty

You'll have a great time.. I would love to take my kids there
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:11 am

AfricanBluebird wrote:I frequently travel through Dubai and on a few occasions extended my transit time between flights to have a good look around and take a bread from work for a few days. Dubai is definitely the place to do that!

The plus points is that there really are some amazing places, the waterparks are extraordinary and you could probably spend days in the waterparks alone.. Atlantis.. wow! The global village is a must. I also heard that the ski park is a great experience but never been. Truthfully for a family you can easily fill up ten days - that seems about the right amount of time for family break.

On the downside... some things are very expensive and people talk about Dubai as being a shopping heaven.. and it is, but can be expensive. although my shopping experiences are generally confined to Asia where everything is cheaper (and knocked off).

Also while I enjoy the achievements of man being able to create such an amazing place... it does all feel too man made and lacks natural beauty

You'll have a great time.. I would love to take my kids there


Thank you for all the info and taking the time, I will def let you know what my family and I thought about Dubai, it does sound exciting, flying tonight :thumbright: :thumbright:
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Postby Dobbin » Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:16 am

Annis - have a good trip mate :thumbup:

Only been to Qatar for five days watching England v Brazil in a friendly and it was a top place to go. Always wanted to go to Dubai so looking forward to your thoughts on it :thumbright:
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:19 am

Dobbin wrote:Annis - have a good trip mate :thumbup:

Only been to Qatar for five days watching England v Brazil in a friendly and it was a top place to go. Always wanted to go to Dubai so looking forward to your thoughts on it :thumbright:


Thanks Dobbins, I've never been to this type of country, will def update you :thumbright: :thumbright:
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Postby RV Casual » Sun Jun 25, 2017 10:01 am

Safe trip mate, always fancied going out there to go to Meydan for the races, let us know how you find it :thumbup:
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:46 am

RV Casual wrote:Safe trip mate, always fancied going out there to go to Meydan for the races, let us know how you find it :thumbup:


Will do Steve, Cheers :thumbright: :thumbright:
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Postby TopCat CCFC » Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:33 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:Enjoy Annis :thumbright:


Happy Hols Annis - Hope you have taken some of your books - It's market day on WEDNESDAY ;)
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Postby Forever Blue » Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:36 pm

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Happy Hols Annis - Hope you have taken some of your books - It's market day on WEDNESDAY ;)

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Tony, Cheers but I've taken other people's books :ayatollah:

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Postby North Wales Blue » Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:03 pm

My work head office is in Dubai :)) Enjoy the heat, its ridiculous at the moment. 1.3m people were heading out of Dubai this weekend due to their long weekend!!!
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