- I spent an afternoon at Hideaway Beach, the new adults-only area of Royal Caribbean’s private island.
- The cruise brand has invested $350 million into Perfect Day of CocoCay, launched in 2019.
- About two-thirds of Royal Caribbean’s guests are expected to stop at the private Bahamas island this year.
What do you get when you cross a Las Vegas pool club with a cruise ship and a private island? You get Royal Caribbean’s new Hideaway Beach.
In January, the popular cruise line unveiled the newest extension of its Perfect Day at CocoCay private island in the Bahamas. And in a maybe unexpected move from its family-friendly image, the new Hideaway Beach is adults-only, loud, and boozy.
Like, very boozy.
When I visited the recently completed section during a short complimentary press sailing on Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Icon of the Seas’, in late January, I immediately got flashbacks to my first and only encounter with an Atlantic City, New Jersey, pool club. (Before you ask — no, it wasn’t my idea).
