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Royal Caribbean's CocoCay versus it's Labadee, Haiti destination
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2/22/2025
The cruise line has one private destination in a country that the U.S. government says not to visit.
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Good afternoon, cruisers. I am Dan Klein, executive editor of Come Cruise With Me.
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That is comecruisewith.com or comecruisewith.me, but you probably know that
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because you're already here watching this video. I am with Dennis Post, our
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travel agent partner, and we are in the beautiful Labadee, Haiti. This is a Royal
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Caribbean private destination, but it's a little bit different than Coco Cay. So
00:21
at Coco Cay, they've built the beach club, they've built hideaway, they've built a
00:25
pool. It's not really a natural paradise the way it used to be. Now, there's still
00:30
a lot of areas that are left untouched, but Dennis, why don't you talk a little
00:33
bit about what's here in Labadee and how it's a little bit different than sort of
00:37
the new model for cruise line private islands. Yeah, this is a peninsula in Haiti,
00:42
beautiful, right off the side of a mountain, very controlled, very serene.
00:46
This is all natural behind us, and then over here, there's in front of us, there's
00:51
rocks and coral and just a beautiful beach area, but right behind us there is
00:56
coming out of, straight out of the mountain, you might see zip liners going
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by. This is just paradise. They just worked on a joint venture with Haiti and
01:05
created this beautiful paradise for Royal Caribbean. So mostly, you have three
01:09
sides of beaches. We're actually sitting in the pavilion where there's a barbecue.
01:12
I've always complained there's no Haitian food. I'd like to try a little
01:16
griot, a little more authentic Haitian food rather than a burger, but
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that's a minor complaint. You've got beaches on three sides. There's an
01:22
inflatable water park. There is a dragon roller coaster, which isn't really a
01:27
roller coaster. You're kind of sitting on like a little you-control-it, like, pad
01:31
with wheels and brakes. My son really loved it, and there's a water slide, but
01:36
for the most part, it is a beautiful beach day, and I know it is a level four
01:40
do-not-travel from the US State Department, but we are nowhere near Port
01:44
of Prince or where the danger is happening. There's actually, you're
01:48
significantly closer if you're at the Carnival Port in the Dominican Republic,
01:51
which is also perfectly safe, but that is much closer to Port of Prince, so this is
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a private destination. You have to be on a Royal Caribbean ship to come here, and
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it is absolutely safe. I am Dan Klein. He is Dennis Post. We will have more from
02:04
Labadee, Haiti. Stay safe, everyone. We've got zipliners coming. Pretty awesome.
02:12
You can come in and try it out.
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