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Royal Caribbean has stated “perfect day” is a brand to them and something they can do at multiple places, so it is possible celebrity could be creating their own version of that somewhere in the future. However, for now I do think it will be coco cay (that island prints money for the company) Who knows, maybe they got jealous of what princess announced, and will be adding ropes courses and roller coasters to all ships as well as sponsoring NASCAR.

It’ll be an additional charge. I know in an interview they mentioned that it’ll fit less than the capacity of their ships. So I wonder if celebrity ships will even be offered to go there or not.

To me Labadee or any private island is a “free” and relaxed day similar to a sea day. I wouldn’t book a cruise only because it is going to Labadee, but I’d prefer to go there over Freeport or Nassau.

I was looking through cruises and noticed that sometime late 2024 and beyond, Celebrity will start sailing to Labadee. I’m curious everyone thoughts on this. I personally love Labadee and think it’s a good fit for the demographic, with a good mix of chill and adventure options, but nothing over the top like CoCo Cay.

Yes, but Royal Caribbean got their system approved by the IMO before covid was even a thing, so as long as everyone follows the system Royal has gotten approved there’s no reason to go back.

I’m not sure about Carnival, but Royal Caribbean had their new muster system in development and approved by the coast guard a month before covid hit, so if anything I think Carnival would just have to pay for the rights on the royal system, vs the one they made that may fall under any kind of temporary exemption. I don’t see a world when any major cruise line goes back to old school muster full time. (DCL has so many kids on board it may be different for them)

The BCC reps are very inconsistent when calling, I got an offer for a free cabin, called to get pricing for 3 people including myself, fully expecting to pay for the 3rd person. The first rep told me $500 all in, which is just taxes and fees. Had to call back after getting the pricing to confirm with my family. The 2nd Rep told me the 3rd person alone would be $1700 (they were going to make the 3rd person pay double occupancy) Hung up on that call and called again and I got the pricing of $500 all in again for a crusie only fare for 3 people in one cabin. Now I really do think I should’ve paid something like an extra $500-800 for the 3rd person but the reps are not trained well enough to understand how to price situations like this. After booking I emailed just normal celebrity about how much it would be to upgrade to the all included fare, it would have been $1700 extra for 3 people, which is not worth it for my group as we are not heavy drinkers.

Sadly it’s the small things like this that bring down my desire to go on this ship significantly, Especially considering this ship is more than almost any other cruise line right now. (Yes I know drinks are included but I don’t drink enough to make me buy a drink package on other cruise lines so that isn’t a fair comparison for me) I wish they would go the RCLL route on quantum class and allow everyone one free reservation to Tee time and darts (or free open hours) and then if you want to go again, or during peak hours you must pay.

I can’t seem to find this posted anywhere and I know everything is subject to change, but is there a list of activities that are included and what are extra? I am most interested if the tee time mini golf is extra or included, along with the darts. I know go karts will be extra.

Go to the restaurant as soon as you board and put the request in, they should be able to accommodate. My mom is GF so in the past she has requested desserts from other speciality restaurants on various cruise lines since GF options are almost always limited and they are more than happy to help.

Yeah! I love it so far, I’ve started by going to theme parks and my next step is cruising.

I will be 22 for my first solo cruise in January, I just started solo traveling this summer since no one else my age has the money/desire to do the trips that I want to do.

I will be on the NCL Escape January 7th