Atlantis Hotel in Dubai

The Palm Atlantis Hotel is due to open its doors to the public in September 2008.

The new 1,539 room mega-resort has been accepting reservations since February 2008.

Room rates will start at around Dh1,600 per night and guests will find around 3,500 staff on hand to make their stay more pleasant.

A 30 meter high Ziggurat will house seven waterslides in the Atlantis' 17 hectare water park



Some of the tanks will only house fish native to the UAE.



The resort is surrounded by marine lagoons and will be home to more than 65,000 marine animals.



Dubai residents will be able to use the hotel's facilities if they buy a day pass.



The hotel says its Dolphin Bay will also serve as 'the first marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation centre in Dubai.



Fish will be housed in tanks containing more than 42 million liters of saltwater.



A team of 165 marine workers will be working in the underwater tanks each day.



The Atlantis water adventure system uses 18 million liters of desalinated freshwater.



The resort has been modeled on the already world famous Atlantis resort in the Bahamas.