2 Disney ships at Castaway Cay at same time?

[KevinFL]

Does this ever happen?

Happening on any set future dates?

 

[NAB]

There is only room for one ship at the dock at Castway Cay.

Plus the island couldn’t handle that number of people at one time.

 

[happycamper47]

That's why they're developing the new Island.

https://lighthousepointbahamas.com/

 

[Marc D]

Does this ever happen?

Happening on any set future dates?

It's not technically possible. There is only one berth and no tendering facility. Even if tenders were a possibility to bring guests ashore, all the consumables on the island (food, drinks, merchandise) and personnel need to be disembarked from the ship, prohibiting tendering.

 

[dcassetta]

Sometimes when you are at CC other ships will be nearby. We have seen both the Dream and the Fantasy from the beach at CC. But, as others have said, two ships cannot dock.

 

[tvguy]

It's not technically possible. There is only one berth and no tendering facility. Even if tenders were a possibility to bring guests ashore, all the consumables on the island (food, drinks, merchandise) and personnel need to be disembarked from the ship, prohibiting tendering.

NCL has been tendering in all their consumable to their out island Great Stirrup Cay for over 35 years, so that isn't an issue if a tendering facility was built. Or the other ship that is docked could be responsible for offloading all consumables for both ships.
Right now the lack of a second berth, or tendering facilities would be the issue as others have mentioned. And now sure the current facilities on Castaway Cay could handle twice as many guests.

 

[John VN]

CC can ONLY COMFORTABLY SERVICE the designed limits, i.e. - think 10 pounds of apples in a 5 pound bag even if the needed additional consumables/crew could be tendered in with the additional guests.

 

[cvjw]

I would hate to see serenity bay if 2 ships were at CC. We have been at serenity bay when all the loungers were full from just one ship.

 

[Ralph&Pam]

Crowds would be a problem Also, can you imagine the issues managing the booking of cabanas on the island if two ships were docking at the same time?

 

[revdon64]

Plus the island couldn’t handle that number of people at one time.

The island will tip over, amirite?

 

[Capt_BJ]

can you imagine the issues managing the booking of cabanas on the island if two ships were docking at the same time?

Royal is able to manage it at Coco Cay . . .

 

[Girl of the South]

The chance of getting a cabana with one ship at Castaway Cay is about 2%. With two ships it’s 1%. Let’s face it, odds are pretty slim in either scenario.

 

[Mommb]

can you imagine the issues managing the booking of cabanas on the island if two ships were docking at the same time?

Royal is able to manage it at Coco Cay . . .

Castaway Cay has room on the island for guests from two ships, but the area that is developed for guests is not large enough to accommodate more than one ship’s worth of people. Disney could have expanded the guest area (as they did when the Dream launched) but chose to develop an area on another island instead.

 

[happycamper47]

Disney could have expanded the guest area (as they did when the Dream launched) but chose to develop an area on another island instead.

Maybe, maybe not. The Bahamanian Govt also has a say in what is or is not developed and how a second pier would be constructed.

 

[Capt_BJ]

Disney would need to do significant additional dredging to be able to expand the dock at CC



and if you know how to read a nautical chart you'll see that the water gets really deep really fast just off the dock so anchoring is not an good option

 

[holula]

Castaway Cay has room on the island for guests from two ships, but the area that is developed for guests is not large enough to accommodate more than one ship’s worth of people. Disney could have expanded the guest area (as they did when the Dream launched) but chose to develop an area on another island instead.

The agreement with the Bahamian government on CC is that they are only allowed to develop a certain percentage of the island. Disney are apparently almost at that percentage, hence the new island.

Otherwise I think they would have just developed the other side of the island. Would have been cheaper.

 

[anricat]

can you imagine the issues managing the booking of cabanas on the island if two ships were docking at the same time?

Royal is able to manage it at Coco Cay . . .

Have you been to Coco Cay? It's huge. There are a LOT of different areas and amenities and they are able to spread people out over a much wider area. They have that whole waterpark, multiple beaches, and a huge pool area.

 

[tvguy]

Have you been to Coco Cay? It's huge. There are a LOT of different areas and amenities and they are able to spread people out over a much wider area. They have that whole waterpark, multiple beaches, and a huge pool area.

Only been to Labedee with RCCL. And that was before they added any amenities. It was heaven. Not a fan of the current state of many of the cruise line islands that have lost their Gilligan's Island feel.
Castaway Cay was nice, and I hear a number of the outside vendors/ excursion operators have not returned to Castaway Cay since the pandemic. That would be nicer IMHO.

 

[insureman]

Only been to Labedee with RCCL. And that was before they added any amenities. It was heaven. Not a fan of the current state of many of the cruise line islands that have lost their Gilligan's Island feel.
Castaway Cay was nice, and I hear a number of the outside vendors/ excursion operators have not returned to Castaway Cay since the pandemic. That would be nicer IMHO.

Actually many of the off island vendors and excursion workers came from Great Abacos Island which was devastated from hurricane Dorian in 2019 so that never fully recovered even today.

 

[Shikedants]

It's not technically possible. There is only one berth and no tendering facility. Even if tenders were a possibility to bring guests ashore, all the consumables on the island (food, drinks, merchandise) and personnel need to be disembarked from the ship, prohibiting tendering.

I suppose you could tender from the anchored ship to the other ship that's at the dock, and walk out the other side of that docked ship. First you have to get the tenders, of course. It's a bad idea all around.