BuyRiteTV Posted March 28, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Just a quick question, how often does the Anthem of the seas stop at the private island? Leaving 4/7/2018 and been watching the last few weeks and seems they have skipped & gone to Nassau early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom.to.2 Posted March 28, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Just a quick question, how often does the Anthem of the seas stop at the private island? Leaving 4/7/2018 and been watching the last few weeks and seems they have skipped & gone to Nassau early. I'm on that sailing too. Fingers crossed we make it to Coco Cay! I don't have an answer to your question, but anecdotally, I have a 1 for 3 record of actually making it to Coco Cay on the Explorer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SummersOff4Me Posted March 28, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 28, 2018 I was on this year's March 9th sailing of the Anthem. It was a beautiful sunny day. We arrived at Cococay and we were all ready to head to the tenders when the captain announced that he felt it was not safe enough to use the tenders, so we did not get to go to Cococay. Nassau already had all the berths filled for that day, so we weren't able to dock in Nassau until around 7:00 that evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananawindnj Posted March 28, 2018 #4 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Just a quick question, how often does the Anthem of the seas stop at the private island? Leaving 4/7/2018 and been watching the last few weeks and seems they have skipped & gone to Nassau early. This happens whenever the winds are in excess of their safety limit. They are building a pier that eventually will enable then to dock almost always. This is just a windy time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted March 28, 2018 #5 Share Posted March 28, 2018 If you mean CocoCay, about 20% of the time. If you mean Labadee, it is rare. ETA: but now I see that you mean CocoCay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cally671 Posted March 29, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I was on Anthem last week and we made it to Coco Cay. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom.to.2 Posted March 29, 2018 #7 Share Posted March 29, 2018 If you mean CocoCay, about 20% of the time. If you mean Labadee, it is rare. ETA: but now I see that you mean CocoCay. 20% miss or 20% make it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted March 29, 2018 #8 Share Posted March 29, 2018 20% miss or 20% make it? 20% miss is our experience, about 1 out of 5 times we miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom.to.2 Posted March 30, 2018 #9 Share Posted March 30, 2018 20% miss is our experience, about 1 out of 5 times we miss it. I like those odds! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 30, 2018 #10 Share Posted March 30, 2018 This happens whenever the winds are in excess of their safety limit. They are building a pier that eventually will enable then to dock almost always. This is just a windy time of year. As there is no shelter for the dock they will still miss the port if the winds are high. They won’t miss it as much as they do now but they will still miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smosh Posted March 30, 2018 #11 Share Posted March 30, 2018 As there is no shelter for the dock they will still miss the port if the winds are high. They won’t miss it as much as they do now but they will still miss it. why would a lack of shelter make a difference? The ship is still going to tie up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted March 30, 2018 #12 Share Posted March 30, 2018 This happens whenever the winds are in excess of their safety limit. They are building a pier that eventually will enable then to dock almost always. This is just a windy time of year. This is probably true, but the captains that stop here have pretty good intel and experience. On my last Majesty cruise we were due to be back on board at 4pm, but in the morning before departure they scaled that back to 3pm because of forecast conditions. On our trip back, I got a good taste of how difficult it is to tender as the waves get higher. It was difficult, but you could see the crew was experienced. There were no people in wheel chairs on my tender, that would have been an experience to watch them handle those in conditions like we had. As others have said, the new pier is coming. So far I'm 5 for 5 making it on Majesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniDanielle Posted March 30, 2018 #13 Share Posted March 30, 2018 We missed it twice and probably will never get there. It was disappointing especially when it looks beautiful outside. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1cruiseaholic Posted March 30, 2018 #14 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Our Coco Cay experience is 2 out of 5 times we make it. At this point we never count on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted March 30, 2018 #15 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Our Coco Cay experience is 2 out of 5 times we make it. At this point we never count on it. On a totally unrelated note, I' m a PA native that had to look up Finleyville. I hope to have some of the first pictures of the completed pier this fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted March 30, 2018 #16 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I have a great video that I took from the tender as we ATTEMPTED to get back to the ship. I know how to post pictures, but not video. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 30, 2018 #17 Share Posted March 30, 2018 why would a lack of shelter make a difference? The ship is still going to tie up... In most ports the docks are sheltered by natural breakwaters and therefore there are few if any waves at the dock. With the pier at CocoCay there are no breakwaters and if there are strong waves the ships will not dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted March 30, 2018 #18 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I have a great video that I took from the tender as we ATTEMPTED to get back to the ship. I know how to post pictures, but not video. Can anyone help? upload to youtube and post a link? If you don't want to do that, I could post it on a webpage of mine and post a link to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted March 30, 2018 #19 Share Posted March 30, 2018 In most ports the docks are sheltered by natural breakwaters and therefore there are few if any waves at the dock. With the pier at CocoCay there are no breakwaters and if there are strong waves the ships will not dock. True, but if the wind is from one direction or the other, one side SHOULD be protected. However if the waves are coming straight at the end of the pier it could be rough on both sides. It should improve most people's success rate a lot though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaHappy Posted March 30, 2018 #20 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I'm one for two. It's sad when they cancel the Coco Cay stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom.to.2 Posted March 31, 2018 #21 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I was on Anthem last week and we made it to Coco Cay. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Cally, how warm was it on Cococay last week? We leave next Saturday, and I'm debating whether I should pack the wetsuits. Seriously. You can stop laughing now:) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cally671 Posted April 1, 2018 #22 Share Posted April 1, 2018 It was around 80 ish in Coco Cay. The water was a bit chilly though Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom.to.2 Posted April 1, 2018 #23 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle5129 Posted April 1, 2018 #24 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Just off the March 24 sailing on Anthem. We arrived at Coco Cay - and then the announcement came that we would not be able to tender. So we sailed to Nassau, where we arrived around 1pm. A suggestion...have a plan in case this happens to you. I knew there was a good chance it would be cancelled, but I had not done any real research into what to do in Nassau as we were doing the Atlantis Aquaventure the next day. As soon as the announcement was made, tons of people (myself included) rushed to book shore excursions. My boys really wanted to go to a beach, and the only beachy excursion offered was Balmoral Beach for $69 pp. I grabbed the last four spots. It was ok, but my teenagers became bored with the place very quickly. We were only there for about 90 minutes. In hindsight, I wish I had looked into various beaches as a backup so that I would have been more comfortable with just grabbing a taxi to some beach. Instead, I made a split-second, uninformed decision while standing in the excursion line! Oh well! The boys really loved Atlantis, so that was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1cruiseaholic Posted April 1, 2018 #25 Share Posted April 1, 2018 On a totally unrelated note, I' m a PA native that had to look up Finleyville. I hope to have some of the first pictures of the completed pier this fall. Where were you from in PA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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