Year 5, Day 81, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 7/20/2025 DAY 4 of 29 day Florida, Caribbean, SeaWorld and Disney World trip. – Day 2 of 6 night Adventure of the Seas Western Caribbean and Perfect Day. Perfect day at CocoCay. Utobia of the Seas is already docked as we arrive.
Woke up and had a nice hot shower in room 6264 with plenty of water. I had to stack all the paper advertisements. They were left all over the desk/make up table. This was necessary in order to use it. What a waste of resources. The QR scan code for the compass will be used use everyday. I feel bad about the excess paper. But, I have to admit I do read every little piece of paper left in my room. Royal Caribbean knows you will!!
Headed into the Windjammer for a buffet breakfast with an Elvis washy washy washy song. Then off the ship for some hot Hot HOt HOT fun in the sun. We headed to Chill beach early by 8:30am. We always head to the left over the bridge through the craft/souvenir huts. Then stop and get that perfect picture on the bridge. On your left as you cross the bridge is a great view of the water and the ships docked. There are usually cruise line photographers stationed there. On your right is a view of Harbor Beach and a water fountain. After that, we walked past the snorkel gear rental hut. Then, we passed the first aid building. Finally, we went onto Chill Beach.
The water was warm but filled with sea weed. People were also saying they were seeing jelly fish and the girl sitting behind me was stung by one. Staff sprayed it with vinegar. She sat was holding her arm all morning. She was saying it was really really itchy. Okay please give me a pool, but I did go in the water. From the water looking back at the island is a beautiful view of your docked ship and lovely palm trees. You can almost forget the crowds of people.
It was pretty quiet when we first got there, but by noon time it is packed with cruise passengers. These life guards have a tough job! There are three lifeguards at this beach watching hundreds of people. All day we watched employees drive up and down the beach raking seaweed, picking it up and carting it away. If constant maintenance wasn’t taking place this beach wouldn’t be so perfect. Steve says CocoCay reminds him of the Jersey shore in the summer – crowded. Our ship holds 3,807 passengers and Utopia is docked with us here today. Utopia holds 7,968 passengers. Sitting at this beach we can see The Norwegian Gem anchored off of Great Stirrup Cay.
Perfect Day at CocoCay is Royal Caribbeans island. They transformed Little Stirrup Cay, Bahamas, in May of 2019. It is adjacent to Norwegian’s Great Stirrup Cay. It is one of the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. CocoCay is 125 acres and 1.57 km wide (east to west) by 0.43 km long (north to south). I read that they are set up for 13,000 passengers per day. Wonder how many beach chairs they have. Oasis Lagoon is located in the center of the island. It is the largest freshwater pool in the Caribbean. The lagoon features a large swim-up bar. If you want to you can walk the whole island, but it is hot. There is a complimentary tram service that can take you to all corners of Perfect Day at CocoCay. There are five free beaches here. They are Chill Island, Harbor Beach, South Beach, Breezy Bay at Chill Island, and Cove Beach. Then there are two beaches you pay a fee to use. They are Coco Beach Club and Hideaway Beach. We have three cruises on this trip. They are scheduled one right after the other. We will be coming to CocoCay on all three. We will be heading to Hideaway Beach on the last cruise. The casino gave us free passes when we booked the cruise.
We ate at the buffet on the island it was excellent. The seagulls were very watchful and take your food if you don’t watch it. They are very aggressive. Watch your food!!
After lunch we head back onto the ship. You need your room card key to get off the ships. It is also required on the dock to get back near the ship. Then to the Crown Lounge, where I grabbed a cup of coffee to go. Then spent a little quality time in the casino sipping my coffee. Life is great!! The casino is open at this port.
Here is a weird weather fact. At 4pm, it is 88 degrees Fahrenheit and feels like 100 at home in Kentucky. Here in the Berry Islands it is 86 degrees Fahrenheit and feels like 94. Who would have thought.
At 6:30pm we are still at CocoCay, Bahamas due to a medical emergency. Our departure time was 5pm. We ate dinner in the Windjammer Buffet with a great view of CocoCay.
We watched the Norwegian Gem pull away earlier. Love my guarding puppy dog.
Here is a link to more information and other visits CocoCay. https://deestimes.com/bahama-ports/
Here is a link to a Youtube video of our Balcony stateroom 6264
Cruise Compass for Day 2:
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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