Royal Caribbean is simply months away from opening its first seaside membership, and it is anticipated to be an unbelievable seaside choice for cruise company.
Opening in December 2025, Royal Caribbean is making an attempt one thing completely new with a personal seaside day expertise accessible completely to Royal Caribbean passengers (and native Bahamians). It is not a personal island day, however as a substitute affords an elective buy for the day.
Royal Seashore Membership Paradise Island is described by cruise line executives as “the final word seaside day” and progress is transferring swiftly now with building taking a speedy tempo.
Whereas the official opening with paying company ought to start round December twenty first, a ribbon slicing occasion will happen on December 13, 2025.
I used to be invited by Royal Caribbean to tour the energetic building website and get a way of the size of the plans they’ve, together with an early glimpse of what a day right here is all about.
Jay Schneider, Royal Caribbean’s Chief Product Innovation Officer, walked with me via the world to explain what we’ll finally see.
Tender trip to get to the seaside membership
The brand new seaside membership is a brief tender trip away from the place cruise ships dock.
Visitors that bought a move will stroll midway down the pier to a gathering location. At present, it is a generic white constructing the place excursions meet, however sooner or later, will probably be the embarkation level for these tenders.
Royal Caribbean constructed a fleet of colourful tenders to take company to the seaside membership and again. The tender rides are included within the admission, and so they run constantly all day.
Tenders will drop off at one in all two spots. Given the 17 acre measurement, it isn’t very extensive however is kind of lengthy and choosing the proper cease might save a whole lot of steps later.
When full, there might be a a 43-foot Crown & Anchor brand, even taller than the one on the facet of Star of the Seas.
Three neighborhoods, three experiences
The seaside membership will mix fashionable facilities with a way of historical past.
“The design concept is tremendous enjoyable. It’s form of a misplaced Bahamian seaside membership, as if it’s been round for 50 years. You’ll discover it, the colours are beautiful. The expertise goes to be actually super.”
The brand new seaside membership has three major zones.
Chill Seashore
The thought right here is to supply a serene space for having fun with a day within the water.
In comparison with Get together Cove, this lacks the power of that neighborhood, however that does not imply it is a quiet space both.
“The seaside is simply gorgeous,” Mr. Schneider defined. “The cabanas might be gorgeous. The swimming pools might be gorgeous. That is the chilliness seaside pool. Each pool has a swim-up bar.”
Get together Cove
If you need music and dancing along with your seaside day, head to Get together Cove.
It will likely be dwelling to the world’s largest swim-up bar, and has a two stage occasion constructing. On the high is the DJ, with rentable occasion zones on both facet.
“This factor is an engineering marvel. There’s actually just one producer on the planet who can bend metal on this arc,” Mr. Schneider identified.
Household Seashore
Envisioned as an space for teenagers and fogeys to take pleasure in collectively, Household Seashore nonetheless has nice seaside and water, however steps down the occasion ambiance.
“Beautiful seaside, nice cabanas, beautiful views. Nice zero entry swimming pool on each side.
That is additionally the place you will finally discover the Final Household Cabana.
The muse for it’s all we see immediately, however Mr. Schneider thinks it is going to be jaw-dropping for anybody prepared to pay for it, “form of that actually premium, opulent, over-the-top cabana expertise with some devoted slide and devoted plunge pool.”
Heaps to eat and luxuriate in
Past the swimming pools and seaside, there’s nonetheless quite a bit to take pleasure in across the seaside membership.
Admission into the seaside membership will get you foods and drinks included, because it’s an all-inclusive expertise.
There are three Paradise Grill places, the place you’ll be able to order from, “an important mixture of Bahamian-inspired meals in addition to American classics.”
I used to be significantly comfortable to listen to all of the swimming pools might be heated, which is vital on these winter cruises.
Shifting ahead with building
Building hasn’t been with out setbacks. Schneider famous how Hurricane Erin compelled rework on sure components of the positioning.
“The storm surge introduced the ocean up onto the island. And so we’ve needed to make some changes. Among the belongings you construct, you need to rebuild earlier than it’s even open.”
In line with Schneider, about 500 individuals are engaged on the island and progress is beginning to take a speedy tempo.
Come for the seaside, keep for the views
In strolling from finish to finish of the membership whereas in numerous phases of building, one factor is evident: Royal Seashore Membership Paradise Island might be a surprising location for a seaside day.
All through my go to, I noticed crystal clear blue water round me, and the inspiration for what I believe might be an incredible pool day too.
The size of this seaside membership is far greater than I anticipated primarily based on renderings and aerial photographs.
This is not being constructed to be a Royal Caribbean seaside, moderately, they’ve set their sights on it being the flagship instance of its new “final seaside day” idea.
With heated swimming pools, iconic constructions, various neighborhoods, and Royal Caribbean’s trademark aptitude, Schneider made clear this might be excess of simply one other cease in Nassau.
I believe the distinction maker for this seaside membership over some other tour alternative round is that this membership will incorporate all the teachings discovered from Excellent Day at CocoCay. Given how wildly well-liked CocoCay has been, there is a good likelihood lifting and utilizing that have in Nassau must be a win for passengers.
The purpose is easy: ship an unbelievable expertise that gives cruisers one thing heads-and-shoulders above what’s accessible in Nassau immediately.
Day passes start at $139 per individual
The price to get in will begin at $139 per individual, per day for a day move, however count on costs to go up from there primarily based on demand.
For example, my January 2026 go to is priced at $250 per individual, per day.
You may spend extra and lease a cabana or a celebration deck to incorporate extra folks along with your day, together with reserved facilities.
When the membership is absolutely operational and able to admit company, they count on it to host about 1 in 3 Royal Caribbean company in Nassau.
Within the first weeks, count on capability to be decrease as they ramp up the operation.
