CocoCay, Cash and passports

[jhmoore143]

Not including the mini- straw market - but basically dealing with the snorkel vests, locker rentals and drinks - are they all charged to your seapass card? If so, is there any reason to bring cash off the boat (unless you wanted to go the mini-straw market?

 

Also, since this is a private island - are passports required? from what I have read, it isnt like you have to clear customs or anything like on Nassau. So, if I dont need cash or passport, then I can leave the boat with nothing more than my seapass card. . .

 

Am I correct in thinking this way?

[cb at sea]

No--there's no use for cash at all, since Coco Cay is the same as being on the ship. As long as you don't plan to purchase anything at the market, no cash is needed.

 

You do NOT need to bring a passport---for all purposes, you're still on the ship! (Even Nassau doesn't require you to have a passport--none of the countries do) It's our OWN country that is making us have a passport---not the cruiseship or the Caribbean countries!

[Silvery Seas Cruiser]

You don't need a passport on Coco Cay but you DO need your Sea Pass. That is the way the ship keeps track of who is on board and who is on the island and who has come back to the ship. So as you leave the ship and as you return, your Sea Pass will be run through that machine with the funny bell sound.

 

You will need cash if you want to buy souveniers at the Bahamian Straw Market. Dollars are fine. Other things on the island such as the famous Coco Loco drinks, you use your Sea Pass.

 

I hope you like Coco Cay as much as I do. It is such a special place.