Celebrity Coming to CocoCay?

[MichiganMan4]

Just received the following from Celebrity… does this mean their ships are coming to CocoCay soon and sharing with Royal?

 

(yes I know it’s the same parent company)

Edited June 26, 2023 by MichiganMan4

[RFerrington]

😵

[nelblu]

2 minutes ago, MichiganMan4 said:

Just received the following from Celebrity… does this mean their ships coming to CocoCay soon and sharing with Royal’s?

 

(yes I know it’s the same parent company)

Wonder what scheduling problem if any. 
 

Kids friendly cruise line vs non on the island. 

[acuprulez]

9 minutes ago, nelblu said:

Wonder what scheduling problem if any. 
 

Kids friendly cruise line vs non on the island. 

Agreed,  I don't think the usual celebrity crowd will particularly enjoy the island when there's an oasis class full of families there as well.

 

Wonder if this will continue to drive up the stupid prices for the activities/cabanas

Edited June 26, 2023 by acuprulez

[Vera/Lee]

😲

 

[cruisegirl1]

If you look around, there is little, if any RCCL branding.  Perfect for other ships or lines to use the place.  

 

Folks on the Celebrity board don't seem upset.  In fact, many are hoping that will be the announcement.

 

They often say that X is trying to get younger passengers, sound familiar?

 

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Edited June 26, 2023 by cruisegirl1

[smokeybandit]

There are enough days where there's only one ship in port. But wouldn't that be a bit of a logistics nightmare, especially for the bars and drink packages?

[HBCcruiser]

I wouldn't doubt it. Royal is opening up the adult only area "Hideaway Beach" soon...

[ONECRUISER]

Celebrity and even 1-2 other lines have stopped at Royal Private Islands in the past

[luv2sailAgain]

9 minutes ago, HBCcruiser said:

I wouldn't doubt it. Royal is opening up the adult only area "Hideaway Beach" soon...

This was exactly what I was thinking.

[twangster]

With Celebrity's upscale pricing model maybe they figure they can upscale PDCC prices more with X guests.

[smokeybandit]

1 minute ago, twangster said:

With Celebrity's upscale pricing model maybe they figure they can upscale PDCC prices more with X guests.

Or even better, Celebrity guests pay 2x as much as RC guests for various things.

 

As always, anything you hear on a ship should be taken with a grain of salt, but on a recent cruise one of the officers told me RC wanted to build another pier to have more than 2 ships at a time.

[Oceansaway17]

Folks on X ships like to go to beaches too.

 

Hey Carnival stops at Half Moon Cay that is usually HAL

[twangster]

2 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Or even better, Celebrity guests pay 2x as much as RC guests for various things.

 

As always, anything you hear on a ship should be taken with a grain of salt, but on a recent cruise one of the officers told me RC wanted to build another pier to have more than 2 ships at a time.

 

I've been waiting for a pier announcement.  It's just a matter of the right size bribe, I mean lobbying fee, to the right official.  

[Another_Critic]

21 minutes ago, ONECRUISER said:

Celebrity and even 1-2 other lines have stopped at Royal Private Islands in the past

 

Stopped at Coco Cay on Celebrity in Sept 2004 and Feb 2011.  My first stop on Royal was April 2014.

[nelblu]

51 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said:

They often say that X is trying to get younger passengers, sound familiar?

How young.🤣

[Jerseygirl1416]

Well there goes the neighborhood 😂

[orville99]

Would be interesting logistically considering the RCL has two ships there every day already.

[notscb]

I wouldn't be surprised, especially since Celebrity is owned by Royal Caribbean Group and that little island has made them a pretty penny, especially over the past couple of years. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a ship like Apex or Beyond stop there and even tender folks in (those ships have the really nice lifeboats that even seem luxurious).

[smokeybandit]

2 minutes ago, orville99 said:

Would be interesting logistically considering the RCL has two ships there every day already.

Not as often as you'd think. In July, there are two ships there on only 14 of the 31 days. 16 of the 31 days in August.

[OCSC Mike]

6 minutes ago, orville99 said:

Would be interesting logistically considering the RCL has two ships there every day already.

 

Not everyday. Off the top of my head (due to several bookings), Wonder is there alone... a lot.

[ONECRUISER]

25 minutes ago, orville99 said:

Would be interesting logistically considering the RCL has two ships there every day already.

Few yrs ago Labadee had 3 Ships stopping there multiple times. Think one would Tender in. Can't remember all the Lines that stopped at Royals 2 Islands but Carnival was one of them

Edited June 26, 2023 by ONECRUISER

[RFerrington]

Can they still dock a tender at PDCC ?

[Ourusualbeach]

2 hours ago, ONECRUISER said:

Celebrity and even 1-2 other lines have stopped at Royal Private Islands in the past

Even Disney so I hear.

[Anton]

56 minutes ago, RFerrington said:

Can they still dock a tender at PDCC ?

No.