Sir Bani Yas Island Beach

[UK Cruiser2]

We will be visiting the island on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Is the beach close by and walkable form the cruise dock ?

[Skoobdo]

20 minutes ago, UK Cruiser2 said:

We will be visiting the island on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Is the beach close by and walkable form the cruise dock ?

There's no cruise dock. You'll use a tender. The beach is on the entire coastline of the island.

[UK Cruiser2]

15 minutes ago, Skoobdo said:

There's no cruise dock. You'll use a tender. The beach is on the entire coastline of the island.

OK thank you

[Skoobdo]

By the way, you'll really like it there.  Very peaceful and relaxing.  They'll serve buffet lunch, 3 bars and have music/dancing/exercising.  Lots of beach loungers.  Have fun!

[UK Cruiser2]

On 1/5/2020 at 5:38 PM, Skoobdo said:

By the way, you'll really like it there.  Very peaceful and relaxing.  They'll serve buffet lunch, 3 bars and have music/dancing/exercising.  Lots of beach loungers.  Have fun!

Sounds like just what we want.

[Skoobdo]

16 minutes ago, UK Cruiser2 said:

Sounds like just what we want.

All the meat is barbequed (open flame), not actually barbeque sauce. They have BBQ chicken, burgers and ribs, yes ribs, both times I've been there.

[Skoobdo]

11 hours ago, UK Cruiser2 said:

Sounds like just what we want.

I just realized that your experience may be different than mine, because I was with a different cruise ship company.  So, maybe expect something different from what I described.

[Artemis]

The Royal Caribbean setup is similar to what Skoobdo described--but no ribs, 😪and not sure about the open flame BBQ! 

 

It's a really pleasant beach break from all the big cities...pack some water shoes if you have them. The beach isn't fine sand, more of a sand with small rocks and shells. So it can be tough walking for tenderfoots!

[little britain]

Info and updated map on this thread

 

[Skoobdo]

6 hours ago, Artemis said:

The Royal Caribbean setup is similar to what Skoobdo described--but no ribs, 😪and not sure about the open flame BBQ! 

 

It's a really pleasant beach break from all the big cities...pack some water shoes if you have them. The beach isn't fine sand, more of a sand with small rocks and shells. So it can be tough walking for tenderfoots!

I'm talking about the process in which they cooked the meat, not that you will see them cooking the meat on an open flame, as the entire kitchen is completely enclosed so you can't see it, but you can definitely taste the meat was barbequed and not grilled on a stove top.  It was a very welcoming surprise considering I love bbq.  And the potato salad was just awesome.  

[Skoobdo]

Went to Sir Bani Yas today. 3rd time. Here's a photo of one of the two bbq pits they use.

[Skoobdo]

And here's some miscellaneous photos.  You can see the ship tendered in the background on the first photo.

 

MSC Yacht club gets the covered cabanas/loungers. And are escorted around in a golf cart.

 

When I was here this time, the wifi was down.  The WiFi password is....

"sbycruisebeach" in case they say it's down and don't supply the password. It still might work for you. 

 

For instance, I'm typing this post from my cabin on the ship's WiFi that has been hit or miss, and I haven't sign up for any internet packages. Not sure why it's connecting, but good for me😊