What You Can Do for FREE at CocCay! Royal Caribbean's Private Island of Perfect Day Cococay
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2024
- If you are heading to Royal Caribbean's Perfect Day CocoCay, you may have noticed a multitude of things you can buy. From water parks, water matts, adults only areas, and beach clubs! All of these add-ons to CocoCay can make the island seem expensive and have many wondering what they can do that is actually free!
In this video, I do a deep dive into everything that you can do for Free at Perfect Day CocoCay! CocoCay is an amazing island and there is no reason to purchase any of the pricey add-ons if you don't want to and still have a Perfect Day!
Filmed onboard Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas.
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What questions do you have about going to Perfect Day CocoCay?
So glad the restrooms are complimentary
hahaha, and I'm glad someone actually got my sense of humor on that one!
A lot better than seeing a baby ruth go floating by 😂
Brandon, what a great idea for a video! These days it seems that there are fewer and fewer things that don’t cost extra related to cruising.
Thank you, Brandon, great information, hope to see you on a weekend cruise soon!
Thanks Brandon, nice to know there are still activities that are free.
Great information!
Thank you!
Let the cookies sit out in the sun 😂😂
This was a great video - I've seen so many videos recently that talk about how expensive Coco Cay is - it's good to see that it's not a rip off all around!
Right?!?! Still love the free options and you don't have to buy into all the marketing!
Great information thank you 🙏🏼
Great information. Thank you.
My 9 and 10 year old son really enjoyed splash away bay. 🎉
Thank you , so helpful !
Great information!
Great video❣️
Channel worth every bit of information!, Great stuff and will keep following and watching!
Aww thank you! Glad you found it to be good content and thank you for subscribing!!! Love being able to educate people on what they can expect :-)
Thank you Brandon, will be there on my may 4th-10th cruise on symphony of the seas.
Perfect timing. I am getting on Freedom today with my niece and her 4 year old twins and will be at PDCC tomorrow. They are looking forward to the kids water park area. We will probably take them on the tram as an activity!
hahah however you wear out the kids! Love the free tram rides!
Wow!! - Thanks SO much for the very comprehensive (and very helpful) list, descriptions, and video shots. I will be doing my first-ever visit to PDCC since the rebranding in a few days (13 to be exact *IF* I was counting) and I did book Hideaway for the first cruise and then deciding if I'll repeat the following month. I intend to walk as much as possible and see as much as possible, so I was glad to know about the Nature Trail area. On most private islands I tend to seek out the hammocks, so I was glad you pointed out that options, albeit limited.
I completely ignore a few items that appear on island buffet lines, including chocolate chip cookies, so I had to chuckle at your solution/suggestion about using the sun . . . and will definitely try that while there. Thanks for that great advice.
Of course, all of my planning will depend on the current mood of Mother Nature that day, but I'll hope for the best. Thanks, again!!!
My pleasure and hope you have a blast in 12 days!! :-)
Hey Brandon. Getting off Radiance of the seas tomorrow in Los Angeles, did a back to back just got my first crystal block on this cruise. 2 cruises away for me till I’m diamond plus. Still got a long way to pinnacle but I will get there eventually. Have 8 cruises booked into 2025 and 2026
Careful Willy! Pinnacle is going to sneak up on you!
I'm SO glad they still have the nature trail! In my personal old guy opinion, I think they completely ruined CoCo Cay when they did all of the development back before the pandemic hit, then continued with the development of the adults-only area. I do understand that Royal Caribbean is ultimately a business whose primary objective is to make money and return the highest possible amount to its shareholders (I am a shareholder, so that part of it is nice 🙂), but I prefer the CoCo Cay of 2010 when we first went there. Anyway, thank you for all of the content you create and share, and happy cruising!
My pleasure Patrick and I was glad too! If you are adventurous and liked the "old" CocoCay, you would love MSC's Private Island of Ocean Cay. It's my new favorite.
Omg, why did they get rid of the DJ at Oasis???? That was one of my favorite things at CocoCay. 😢
Thank you, been there now three times, just found the jungle trail :-) Only thing you forgot was all the fresh air 🙂
hahaha Breath in all that amazing island air! It is special!
Are the cocktails included with the onboard alcoholic drink package?
Brandon, I had no idea RCCL still had complimentary anything on the island! Lol! So Oasis Lagoon no longer has a DJ? That is great news. The south beach used to be super quiet and relaxing back when we went there in 2017. Very much like Ocean Cay today. With all the additions lie the water park etc at Coco Cay I noticed the sound from all the other active areas carries pretty far when we were there in February of this year although we didn't venture to south beach. The island isn't that big. Was South Beach still tranquil?
With Hideaway open, South Beach is a lot more chill. It is still my favorite beach to go to on the island.
I was there Tuesday on Freedom out of Miami.. it was breezy and the water wasn't fully comfortable. Made it in up to my belly and found a big live conch wandering under water.. it was interestingly heavy.
I wandered some of the island.
Saw the chickens and peacocks, seagulls.. no iguanas. And the absurdly priced cabanas.. The free umbrella worked just fine.. 😉
You must live near a southern port. My closest port is\was Baltimore.. RIP for now at least..
That is devasting for Baltimore cruisers! Not sure what the future holds! Yes, I live beside Port Miami and makes weekends very easy.
In my opinion...when you see a baby shark...a Mama shark isn't too far away!!! lol
hahaha now I am singing "baby shark"
Great video Brandon! We're booking again w/RC Oasis and one of the stops will be Coco Cay. Just to be sure, the Snack Shacks and your grilled chicken sandwich, there is a charge there or not??
There is no charge for the food at the snack shack. Love the mozzarella sticks and funnel cakes!
Beth got it, no charge for anything at the Snack Shack.
Brandon: Are there any souvenir shops on the island? Is so, are they run by Royal Caribbean?
Hey there! Yes! They do have a small "straw market" you can buy all sorts of things at. Shirts, magnets, sunscreen etc. The ones in the middle of the island are owned by the Bahimian people running them. Royal Caribbean will also have two booths to sell their merch. One right after you cross the bridge to chill island and the other at the back entrance to the water park behind Captain Jacks.
Brandon, I have a question! We are about to sail on Liberty for the first time, are the seapass cards punchable on Freedom class? We've only been on Quantum & Oasis class and put them in a clear pouch. Thank you!
Hey there! Yes, keycards on Freedom and Liberty are both punchable as they are the old school system if having to insert the key into the door. No RFID chip to worry about.
@@TheWeekendCruiser thank you!!!!
I got scolded one time for crossing the yellow line! Does the drink package work at Coco?
It sure does work there Java!! Drink Away! #rulebreaker
Where is the food food Brandon?
hmmm, not sure what food-food is? Help me out on this one (still drinking my coffee).
If you have a drink package on the cruise ship does it work on coco cay?
It sure does! Drink away!
It sure does!
Are there shopping
The straw market is still there! Didn't know if I should include that or not. Shopping is free until it isn't 😂
I thought chill island was good. Very empty compares to hideaway beach.
I just wish they had an additive in the pool that emits color when people urinate in the pool.
I just can’t think folks can sit and drink without leaving the pool unless…..
Chickens? Okay
Iguanas? Nope
I still can’t get excited about an over glorified water park.
The fact that you said the ‘free parts’ have been freed up by cruisers going to the new, new ‘paid’ areas just leaves me ‘meh’.
It’s cruise to a nowhere location devoid of culture, history or interest for me. I hate that I have to pay a port fee when they stop there. :
The port tax for Royal Caribbean's (RCL) Perfect Day at CocoCay, a private island in the Bahamas, will be $62 for Nassau and Coco Cay stops starting in January 2024. This includes $30 for Nassau, Freeport, and Bimini stops, and $32 for private island stops. Some cruise lines may charge these new fees even if the cruise is fully paid for.
Your comment about lack of culture and history is also a pet peeve of mine. It bothers me that many people's first experience out of the US is to the Bahamas via cruise ship but they never experience the Bahamas. One reason I am not a fan of the new beach club in Nassau.
We were there years ago and it has exploded in size since then. I don't believe "free" is an accurate term since everyone paid RC thousands of dollars for the privilege. Included or complementary might be more fair. It feels very "bait and switch" when you go on a cruise and find out that most of the good stuff is extra. I'm thinking about bringing the extended family on a cruise but this tactic makes it very difficult to project costs.😒
Hey Greg, you are not wrong on the lingo! "Complimentary" just took too much space in the thumbnail lol You are very much so paying for a cruise that includes the private island. It is very bait and switch or deceptive marketing as I call it. You sing up for a cruise but you literally have hundreds of potential add ons in price. A $500 cruise can easily cost someone $1,500 or more.
Teh crib gonna go somewhere little zesty sounding buckaroo
Need to remember these things are not "free". They are INCLUDED. You've already paid for them.
To be honest, you should not spend a dime on coco cay. It has so many great beaches and pools that are complimentary, I don't see any point in spending extra money. My kids love the pools and waterpark there. Then they run to South Beach (thanks to one of your old video!). To my surprise, Labadee was wonderful too. I felt very sad that Royal stops going there
Very glad to here!! Yes, Perfect Day CocoCay is a perfect day even without spending money! You don't have to upgrade it to perfect ha