If Royal Caribbean retains including locations like this, they could find yourself with an ideal week. The cruise big has introduced the enlargement of its “Excellent Day” model with what might be a brand new personal vacation spot on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.
It’s referred to as Excellent Day Mexico, and it’ll be a part of the corporate’s present Excellent Day at CocoCay in The Bahamas.
Whereas it is not going to be a personal island as such, it will likely be a completely personal vacation spot within the city of Mahahual, with signatures like a waterpark, a number of swimming pools, eateries, lounges and reside music, amongst different facilities.
It’s a part of what Royal Caribbean is now calling the “Excellent Day Assortment,” in keeping with a press release from president and CEO Jason Liberty obtained by Caribbean Journal.
The primary Excellent Day, a $250 million undertaking, first opened within the Berry Islands chain of The Bahamas again in 2019, and it’s confirmed to be an enormous hit for the model (and even now receives calls from Royal Caribbean’s sister model, Celeb.)
Royal truly has one other personal vacation spot in Mexico in improvement, with plans for a Royal Seashore Membership on Cozumel. That one is slated to open in 2026.
The “Royal Seashore Membership” is one other increasing franchise for Royal, which can be growing one on Paradise Island in The Bahamas.
All of this progress isn’t a shock in the event you’ve been following the cruise business. Whereas pandemic offered the most important menace to cruising in historical past, cruises have truly by no means been extra widespread. Within the years since cruising reopened, demand continues to surge, each for conventional giant cruises and, more and more, small-ship and luxurious cruises. The latter has seen extra manufacturers enter the market, together with historically land-based resort manufacturers like Ritz-Carlton (which already has two ultra-luxe small ships crusing the Caribbean) and 4 Seasons, which is planning to debut subsequent yr.
As for Royal Caribbean, it stays the worldwide chief, with a rising portfolio, notably within the all-important Caribbean area. You may be taught extra in our information to the corporate’s cruise ships.
So when is Excellent Day Mexico opening? The corporate says 2027. Given typical cruise reserving home windows, it will likely be seemingly be one other yr or so earlier than you can begin reserving an itinerary that features it.
Are you planning a cruise trip to Mexico proper now? Right here’s the place to seek out Royal Caribbean cruises that embrace no less than one (or a number of) stops within the nation.
