Why Carnival Limits You to One Meal at Celebration Key and No Beverage Packages

This previous weekend, Carnival Cruise Line opened their new non-public resort in The Bahamas, Celebration Key.

Cruise Fever was there on opening day to see what this new port was all about. You possibly can examine what I assumed right here.

Our picture put up on Fb of Celebration Key has obtained over 1,600 feedback thus far. Whereas the overwhelming majority of them have been optimistic, many cruisers don’t perceive why Carnival limits company to only one free meal and why they will’t use their ship’s beverage package deal (CHEERS!).

For a lot of cruise line non-public islands, a lot of the meals is limitless and you should use your ship’s beverage packages whereas having fun with the island.

So why does Carnival Cruise Line restrict company in these two areas? It comes down to at least one easy truth, they don’t run the meals and beverage shops at Celebration Key.

Let me clarify in additional element. If you go to CocoCay as an illustration, Royal Caribbean’s non-public island in The Bahamas, all meals and drinks come from the ship. If you go to a bar to order a drink, you’re served by a crew member from one of many ships in port that day. The island is an extension of the ship.

Celebration Secret’s positioned on the biggest island in The Bahamas, Grand Bahama Island. The port just isn’t an island, why it’s known as Celebration Key and never Celebration Cay. Right here, companies run all of the bars and meals shops. No meals or drinks come from the ship, however from native companies on Grand Bahama.

Each meals and beverage outlet on the port is a 3rd occasion partnership with Carnival, this fully totally different than how non-public islands are run. This permits native Bahamians to revenue from the port, not simply the cruise line.

Carnival’s Model Ambassador, John Heald, posted on his Fb web page as we speak saying that 1,500 native Bahamians work on the port. If you go to a bar to order a drink, you aren’t served by a crew member from the ship. You might be served by an area Bahamian. The identical is true with all meals shops.

He additionally talked about how the port is a non-public vacation spot, not an out island. It’s much like ports like Isla Tropicale (previously referred to as Mahogany Bay), non-public ports constructed by Carnival Company however they don’t seem to be an extension of the ship.

At Isla Tropicale or Amber Cove, it’s important to pay further for all meals and drinks on the port. Celebration Key is rather like that with one exception, Carnival is definitely providing you with one free meal or you may get a 25% low cost at one of many premium eating institutions.

Whereas I fully perceive that many don’t like how meals and drinks are handled right here, I hope this helps you perceive why it’s this fashion at Celebration Key.