Cabanas in Labadee

[NewSalt]

I just need to read a post about cruising, not one that deals with cruising in the Era of Covid. 
 

Can anyone explain the differences in the cabanas in Labadee?  There are the over-water and water-front cabanas at Nellie’s beach and beach cabanas and beach bungalows. What are the pros and cons of each location?  We swam at one beach and found it too rocky to walk comfortably.  Was that Nellie’s?

[TravelerThom]

The the water on the East side of Labadee peninsula is pretty rocky. The West side (South of and in sight of the pier) is generally sandy. Nellie’s is one of the nicest sandy beaches.  

[chaswelf]

Every time we are in Labadee we get an over-water cabanas.   They are the ones that are right one the ocean and sometimes have stairs that lead from the Cabana to the water and they are the most private.   The waterfront cabanas are the ones that are on the beach but sit back from the water and you have all the loungers in front of you so there are people walking by most of the time.

[Ashland]

We've had a hill top cabana at Barefoot beach...I think the bungalows at Columbus cove looked nice too.

[Cruise a holic]

We typically sail in a suite and love barefoot beach cabanas.  If not, we love Nellies beach water front cabanas- they are great- in addition to the cabana, your attendant will set up chairs for you on the beach.  The over the water cabanas are also nice- but you can be very high up and have to walk on a rocky path to the water.  Have also had a "regular" cabana on Nellies beach, but the down side is that it isn't on the beach- and typically people are walking on a path close to the entrance of your cabana-

 

All Cabanas are really nice!

 

 

[ahughes517]

We've done the Columbus Cove beach bungalows (Columbus Cove is the beach furthest from the ship). We thought they were super nice. We liked having a private sand area, attendant and personal space for our beach day with our then three-year-old son. We would absolutely book one again, though the price can fluctuate quite a bit (we paid somewhere in the $250-299 range).

 

We've done Labadee without a reserved bungalow, and it wasn't as fun. Granted, there are plenty of spots along the beach...we just didn't want to have to scout one out.

 

We were looking forward to trying the suite area this past August, but COVID cancelled our cruise.