Is Perfect Day CocoCay Losing it's Energy? | Royal Caribbean's Private Island 

They will say the cabanas are a flat price and if you have a party of 4 or 5 or more people etc the cost per person is cheaper. LOL. I don't see the benefit. I don't see the value for what they post the price at.

It's too expensive

I just looked at a Chill Island cabana and it will cost me $805. My whole cabin was only $700 and I got an exterior balcony.

haha, this is very true! They are still crazy expensive but for this sailing instead of a cabana being $1,500 it was $800 (cheaper but def not cheap). Though, the price is this high because enough people actually pay it!

I say this about the drink package all the time too! But it is very true. Cabana's can cost as much as the room sometimes! insane!

You always have the nicest things to say and thank you! To be grouped with Emma and Gary is a huge compliment and I can only wish for the level of success they have had! I get asked often if I run out of ideas and I never have. I just have thoughts where I learn something or experience something and go "others needs to know this" and the ideas keep coming and I remember to write them down lol

you and me both!

That’s exactly what I would like to experience there very very very sleepy I’m in!!!!

hahah right?

Hope you are having a blast Suzan!

You and me both Judi! I love it like this but know it will eventually change :-(

haha I have to throw a little shade every now and again ;-)

Cococay is large enough where you can get away from the music. There are some quiet areas.

@@Determination212 Definitely! But if you want to go to a free pool, your only choice is the party pool.

Luckily, it isn't as party as it used to be! The keep the volume on the play list at a reasonable level. Granted, the people on the ship will dictate the atmosphere at the swim up bar. Sometimes it is boring and others it is lit!

Hey Trent! Great question! In thinking of the naming of this video, I wanted to use language people wanted to click on the video to find out more (some mystery). Some would already consider CocoCay to be "peaceful" or "quite" and wouldn't highlight the true change that had happened. Sleepy was the word that came to me while on the Island and that was how the video idea was born. With ALL that being said, viewers on RU-vid at a significantly higher percentage click on thumbnails that have a negative connotation to it. I can make the BEST content but if people don't click on it, it doesn't go anywhere. I am not one who tried to click-bait folks but genuinely believed it spoke to my two points around it being sleepy 1) CocoCay was sleepy and loosing energy and 2) I enjoyed that it was sleepier and had less energy. Hope this wasn't too long of an explanation of my thoughts.

Awww, sorry to hear that Mia! Try to still go with an open mind of how much fun you can have and maybe a portable speaker to bring your own party ;-) With 50 people, yall are going to bring a strong energy anywhere you go!

Thank you Scott & Laura! Always love when you pop up in the comments!

100% Esp for people like me who love to travel and are limited by money! I count my penny's and can't afford these items. It's literally another cruise payment! Sometimes, a house payment!

I loved it pre perfect day too! It was sooo relaxing and a great experience with the tender. I don't avoid it but I def do not look forward to it as much.

It should! It will certainly help level the playing field.

I loved the dj party! Is it gone for good ?😢😢😢

@@kimhughes4133 i was there in feb and the vibe in the island was definitely not the same. from what i understand the dj will only be at the new hideaway adult area. no more family friendly party at the lagoon pool. which it suck it was fun to hang out by the pool with the dj a bunch or drunk people and at the same time kid could be playing ect..

@@kennethhodge5482 thx Guess I need to go there!!

It is moved to Hideaway Beach Adults only for a fee. :-(

Shame on RC that now we have to pay even more money to enjoy a pool party. I’m 50 I love my relax time and there are many places to achieve that on that island but sometimes I want a real party and the Oasis Lagoon was that for me. Now we have to pay for that experience at Hideaway Beach. Any way they can profit from us they will. They are just being greedy now.

Depending on the ships in port, it is here for a bit!

You make a good point on the upcoming competition for private islands. It has been unique to Royal but that is changing as every cruise line is getting into this market now. Will be interesting how it levels out the playing field.

they really do... and people pay it!

I am with you! I have actually called it the new Nassau where more people are staying on the ship because "they have been there, done that" already.

haha I know. The tides will change on this but as long as there is one Celebrity ship in port, it should still be manageable. Two Oasis class right now and I stay on the ship.

haha that is a subjective statement. Which way is the mispronunciation? ;-)

@@TheWeekendCruiser cay, key, and quay are all pronounced the same way. They all sound like “key”. Perfect Day at Coco “key” just doesn’t have the same ring for marketing purposes.

I just left Coco Cay docked alongside Celebrity. Staff were standing around looking bored I was on B2B. First leg was two Royals Second leg was Royal and Celebrity. Vibrance gap was significant

That is awesome! I actually booked one of y first Carnival cruises too for next year!

That will certainly change it! That is like having 3 more Reflection ships there when I was there!

haha have to throw some shade every now and again ;-)

haha if you sail with Royal Caribbean, that is quit the accomplishment!!!

Ha, this is one of the downsides of only being able to do weekend cruising. The options are VERY limited. Luckily, some smaller ships with a Key West port which I have been loving recently!

I'm more hoping they will stabilize and stop going up :-) It's also why I never spend money on the ship.

Thanks Brian and greatly appreciate that! Anytime I am lumped with Emma, I am always honored!

That's a good call out! Summer months when the kiddos are out of school might be a game changer during the season...

Now that is when CocoCay Beach Club is worth every dollar!

I think the new pier is def going to be happening. Celebrity will be pushed out by Oasis class ships eventually but if they see the revenue spike with this port, they will def find a way to get them there or another island.

Hey Grant, you are not alone in feeling it is over commercialized. It is one reason that Ocean Cay Marine Reserve with MSC is one of my favorite private islands! I think the day will come when we see 40,000 people at CocoCay (4 Oasis Class ships) but they have some work to do to make that happen. Past that, they will need to buy another island. Seems all the cruise lines are trying to build out their private island network.

Same! Monitoring to see if this changes but I am not thinking it will.

That is lucky Kayla!! Hope you liked it a little more sleepy!

That is changing! The pier is a huge improvement on the ability for the ship to dock. We used to call CocoCay CocoCan't hahaha

YES! Literally, the island prob has 6,000+ chairs. It's insane. I'll make a video of me counting each one next time I am there ;-)

Hey Rick! If you have not tried the CBC, you might as well! Just qued up a video to compare CBC to Hideawy that should be out in two weeks to help decide! Nothing wrong with giving it a whirl but you can def enjoy other ares.

Thanks Brandon. Will look for tbe video! Hope you are well!

There are a lot of free options there. It is more an offer for you to volunteer to be price gouged. You def don't have to sign up for it! (I don't). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZmSvZWVbvzc.html

It sure is these days! A paid party.

@@TheWeekendCruiser we used part of an onboard credit to get our passes so if we don’t like it, I won’t feel that bad

This was one of my observations when Celebrity announced they were going to CocoCay. I was like, where are all the Celebrity folks asking to go here? It didn't make sense.

Don't blame you for not spending the extra money. No need to do that!

For the most part yes. We went with our 2 kids (3, 8) and they loved it. They have 2 areas for them to play for free, slides, and an awesome splash pad, and a pirate ship for the littler ones. If you want to go into the water park the price jumped up in the last 3 years but still not TOO bad I guess. That's got the large water slides and wave pool etc. Then hideaway I think cost money and cabanas. But everything else is free. Free area for food, and another area you will have to pay for different food. But again almost everything else is free.

Outside of paying for your cruise, CocoCay is free with MANY opportunities to spend extra money. Here is a good video I made on all there is to do free there! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZmSvZWVbvzc.html

Hey Long Luu! I am not sure what FK means? Can you help me out on that?