NEWSLETTER
When you step on a private island of the cruise line, and maybe not the first after the ship arrives, the site can be discouraging. Yes, it is beautiful, but there are people everywhere and every seat you can see already has a towel.
It seems that the island is full, something credible when two large ships are in the port. That, however, is generally not reality.
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Islands like the perfect day of Royal Caribbean in Cococay and Norwegian's great stirrup have more space than it seems. Yes, you can buy access to more private spaces, but you don't really need to do it.
All these islands are larger than they seem. It can take time to find what you are looking for, but even in the busiest days it is probably there.
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How not to spend money on the private islands of Cruise Line
Transcription:
And kline: Good afternoon, cruises or good morning, or good night. I don't know where you are. My name is Dan Kline. I am the executive editor of Cruise with me. That is comecruisewith.com or comecruisewith.me. I am next to Dennis Post.
We are suffocating under the sun here in Great Stirrup Cay, but I want to give advice. Dennis, we have been in private islands many times together. Is it so fair to say?
Dennis post: Yeah.
Kline: Now, you can pay more for Cabañas, you can rent chairs in certain cases, but I have been in Coco Cay, I have been on Carnival Island, I have been on the island of Disney. There is a secret advice that I think is really important in a day full of people. Do you know what that is, Dennis?
He does not.
Keep walking. No one goes to the other end of the island.
There are always chairs there. You can see open chairs here, and people look around. The chairs that are closest to the ship will be claimed first, so if you are looking for a place to sit down, just walk.
In many ways, it's like the old Disney advice. What goes to the back of the park and advances forward, because everyone puts themselves in Epcot, are put online in SpaceShip Earth, and the line is two and a half hours, then at five o'clock the line is 15 minutes. So keep walking.
He doesn't have to pay more, and it really is a lovely experience, whether he is in Great Stirrup Cay, whether he is in Cococay, whether he is in celebration Cay soon. I don't even remember what the island of Disney is called, but that was lovely.
Have a good day, but don't complain about not finding a seat.
There are always seats. I am Dan Kline. He is Dennis Post.
Come navigate with us soon.
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