The film was delivered to theaters under the code name "Heart of the Desert".
The dress Carrie wears to dinner when Big picks her up from her old apartment is the same one she wears when apologizing to Natasha, Big's ex-wife, for her and Big's affair in "What Goes Around Comes Around" (Season 3).
Katie Holmes was considered to play a role.
It was erroneously reported that due to a product placement deal with the studio Carrie Bradshaw would own a Hewlett-Packard laptop instead of her ubiquitous Macintosh laptop. Bradshaw's laptop is the same PowerBook G4 seen in the previous film.
The government of Abu Dhabi did not allow filming, calling the film "too sexual."
In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Penélope Cruz mentioned that she shot her cameo in two hours. She said that she wanted to do it because she was a fan of the show and Sarah Jessica Parker.
The airport when the ladies arrive in the Middle East is not the Abu Dhabi Airport. It is the airport of Marrakech, Morocco, famous as well for its architecture.
Kim Cattrall occasionally came to the set wearing a wedding dress to throw off paparazzi photographers. Her character does not get married in the film.
Penélope Cruz mentioned in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres that she shot her cameo in two hours, and said that she wanted to do it because she was a fan of Sarah Jessica Parker and the show.
Victoria Beckham reportedly wanted a role.
The airport where there 4 friends are picked up in the Maybachs is not the Abu Dhabi Airport. It is the airport of Marrakech, in Marokko, famous as well for its architecture (as well as the very original and wonderful Abu Dhabi Airport). It seems it was impossible to ship 4 Maybachs in time to Adu Dhabi, so Marrakech was used as a location.
The blue Manolo Blahnik pumps that Carrie leaves in the penthouse in "Sex and the City," and that Big uses as the "diamond to seal the deal," can be seen over her left shoulder when she's in her closet packing for Abu Dhabi.