What should we do with the kids?

Set an age, the weather and a budget, and this suggests three real Dubai places to choose between — indoors when it's scorching, wallet-friendly when you want it.

This suggests activities. It does not plan a route. The three places are picked for age, weather and price, then spread across different parts of Dubai for variety — so they are often nowhere near each other, and no opening hours, travel times or meal breaks go into the choice. The straight-line distance shown under each stop is the real gap: read it before you set off, and use Shuffle until the day is tight enough to be worth doing.