Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian bet big on private islands

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All three cruise lines (along with Disney and MSC Cruises) have been working to improve their private islands.

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00:00Hello Cruisers, I am Dan Klein, Executive Editor of Come Cruise With Me.

00:04That is comecruisewith.com, comecruisewith.me.

00:07You already know that. We are the most read cruise website in the world.

00:09Sitting next to me, here at Great Stirrup Cay, with the famous Norwegian lighthouse in the background.

00:14Don't think it actually works as a lighthouse.

00:16We want to talk a little bit about, this is Dennis Post.

00:19Should have introduced Dennis.

00:20We want to talk a little bit about private islands.

00:23So, this is a sort of a relic of a private island, as we have to take a tender.

00:27That won't be the case soon. That is a small ship that brings you from the ship.

00:30Most private islands are docked.

00:32But Dennis, can you explain how cruise lines have made private islands more a part of the experience?

00:36How large the ships are?

00:38Yeah, so now that they have, a lot of them have piers now.

00:41So they can take up to two ships usually.

00:44They make it easier to float, to go on the island.

00:47Modernization, swimming pools, other activities and stuff out there.

00:51Which is amazing.

00:54This one, like you said, it's an older island.

00:57There's still some niceties about it.

01:00So it's very crowded today. There are two ships here.

01:03But something Norwegian has done that's really nice, is there are little carts dotted all about.

01:07There's one right over there that just sells hot dogs, or gives away hot dogs.

01:10There's a Starbucks cart, there's a water cart.

01:12So there are some long lines, but you don't have to wait long lines.

01:15And because the big ships can't stop other places,

01:18you're seeing Royal Caribbean building a second perfect day at Cozumel.

01:22They're building the beach clubs they're building at, not at Cozumel, at Costa Maya.

01:25They're building a beach club in Cozumel.

01:27They're building a beach club in Nassau.

01:29Basically, these are heightened beach days.

01:31If you like the beach, you're going to have a good time.

01:34If you don't like the beach, instead of complaining about how the islands are no longer pristine,

01:38just stay on the ship. No one's at the ship.

01:40The pools are empty, the bars are open.

01:42Dennis, any final words?

01:44Yeah, that tower behind us is a staple for Norwegian.

01:48That's their zipline tower, and Guy Harvey painted.

01:51Guy Harvey, the godfather of the Norwegian escape.

01:53Let me spin this around here real quick.

01:55I can show you what we're looking at.

01:58There's your beach for you.

02:00Yeah, you cannot do better than this.

02:02Take a look at the beach.

02:03I am Dan Kline. He is Dennis Posey.

02:05Come cruise with us soon.

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