We spoke with Royal Caribbean’s lead undertaking developer to get an thought of what passengers will be capable of do on the new large new non-public seaside expertise in Mexico.
Good Day Mexico is a daring new non-public island expertise (though it isn’t an island), however the announcement didn’t reveal many particulars.
Royal Caribbean’s Senior Vice President and Chief Product Innovation Officer Jay Schneider gave Royal Caribbean Weblog an summary of what is coming, with bits of element hidden all through the announcement.
There’s two the reason why we do not know a lot but about Good Day Mexico: the cruise line continues to be within the planning part, and an even bigger announcement will likely be coming within the spring.
Good Day Mexico is about 200 acres in dimension, with about half that preserved for environmental safety.
There’s nonetheless a whole lot of time earlier than anybody will get to go to Good Day Mexico, because the undertaking will not open till 2027 (and it is extra more likely to be later within the yr).
This is a breakdown of what we all know thus far is coming to Good Day Mexico.
Seashores
A lot of what we learn about Good Day Mexico relies on what has been on the core of the success of Good Day at CocoCay, and that begins with seashores.
It is secure to say most individuals that e-book a Caribbean cruise have an attractive seaside in thoughts, and that is going to be on the coronary heart of what Good Day Mexico has to supply.
CocoCay has a number of seashores that passengers can select to go to. Most are included with the cruise fare, though there are a couple of additional value seashores too.
There will likely be a seaside membership, much like the Coco Seaside Membership at CocoCay. The seaside membership is a restricted entry seaside, that options some upgraded facilities and comes with an additional value.
Swimming pools
Entry to water in Good Day Mexico may also embody a pool.
Royal Caribbean added an enormous freshwater pool at CocoCay with Oasis Lagoon, and we all know that Good Day Mexico has plans for a pool too.
Their plans do not simply name for any previous pool. Their mantra with this concept has been, “nice seaside, nice pool, nice meals” and there is an emphasis on the phrase “nice”.
Royal Caribbean is not prepared to supply any additional particulars on the pool(s) and even dimension of them, however did promise there will likely be a chance sooner or later to share extra info.
Water park
Mr. Schneider was capable of affirm there’ll certainly be a water park at Good Day Mexico.
The water park will likely be an additional value venue the place company can take pleasure in all types of slides. The park has been a giant success in CocoCay, and Royal Caribbean needs to hold that over.
One element we do know concerning the water park is Royal Caribbean bought the present Misplaced Mayan Kingdom water park that’s close to the port. All Mr. Schneider would say is that land will likely be a part of the long run Good Day Mexico property, however did not touch upon what, if any, a part of the park will stay.
It stands to purpose that the water park, very similar to all the Good Day Mexico undertaking, would want to accommodate the quantity of passengers coming ashore on any given day.
Since Costa Maya has 4 piers, that provides it double the ships that CocoCay can deal with, and thus, there is a good probability the water park in Mexico will likely be larger than Thrill Waterpark in CocoCay.
Adults-only space
One other profitable thought coming to Good Day Mexico is an enclave for adults.
Earlier this yr, Hideaway Seaside opened at CocoCay, which is a gigantic adults-only zone. We are able to count on one thing related in Mexico.
Not like CocoCay, there won’t be phases to the opening. The adults-only space and all of the neighborhoods will open directly, and that is as a result of they need to be open for the utmost quantity of attendance within the first yr.
“This won’t be phased. We’ll construct the whole lot suddenly,” Mr. Schneider mentioned.
Helium balloon experience
One other exercise getting back from CocoCay is the helium balloon experience.
The Up, Up and Away helium balloon takes company 450 ft above Good Day at CocoCay, offering the best vantage level in The Bahamas.
Not solely did Mr. Schneider point out the balloon, however it’s included within the teaser brand for Good Day Mexico.
It is an additional value exercise, and is gives wonderful views of the encircling space.
Mr. Schneider indicated they may place the balloon someplace to optimize for the winds, because the balloon can not go up if it is too windy, “Hopefully it’s going to function extra hours in several situations based mostly on the place we’re really placing it on the location.”
Mexican meals
Nice meals is without doubt one of the mantras that Royal Caribbean needs included into Good Day Mexico.
No specifics got on what eating will likely be there, however Mr. Schneider made it clear they need to be true to the Mexican tradition they’re embracing.
“in Mexico, People have a really clear view of what Mexico is, they usually count on that out of no matter we might go do in Mexico.”
Transportation heart to do different issues
Whereas Good Day Mexico is on the coronary heart of the undertaking, you may nonetheless do your individual tour or e-book a shore tour to enterprise out.
A transportation hub will likely be situated close by so passengers can get on a tour bus or head to Mahahual.
The port itself will stay open to different cruise strains, so passengers on one other cruise line will bypass Good Day Mexico and head on to the transportation hub to get on their tour.
“We’ll construct a boardwalk to the native village, so we’ll make the group accessible to different cruise strains.”