buddy it's Bruce here with traveling with Bruce today's video is called how
much money our cruise ship passengers paying to sail to the Bahamas in 2019
since the 70s in the 80s we've been going out of Miami port port canaveral
Fort Lauderdale and having a wonderful time in the Bahamas beautiful a place
700 islands great cities but nowadays in 2019 it's all different it used to be
you were just going to Nassau into the downtown core and enjoy yourself per day
there and the sail around the islands and then work your way back to Florida
today's families they want more today's couples they want more and they're
looking for relaxation they're looking to unwind de-stress and they're prepared
to pay for it so I put together a couple of cruise ideas here balcony rooms from
Florida to the Bahamas what will it cost you per night to enjoy the Bahamas in
2019 well we'll start off with NASA the cheapest deal you can get to the Bahamas
is a cruise that'll stop in downtown Nassau
it is the cheapest one to get anywhere from about $90 a night to about a
hundred and thirty dollars a night for a balcony you can get a room the problem
with downtown Nassau is there's a travel advisory it's a level 2 from the US
State Department there have been a number of incidents in Nassau lately
last few years really have jetski operators they've had problems with
these guys they might pick pockets in the downtown area late robberies
Bohemians aren't happy about it neither are cruisers
cruise ships still come but the cruise lines cannot get top dollar if the
cruise line is gonna stop in downtown Nassau that is the fact and that is too
bad so what's happening well cruise lines have built out private resorts and
islands and here's one right here Half Moon key this one is operated by Hall in
America and by Carnival this particular spot right here if you're on a seven-day
cruise and you've got a balcony room you're gonna spend one day here you're
gonna be paying between 135 and 200 dollars a night free
Kruse per person in a balcony just a human idea that kind of premium we're
talking about to not be in downtown NASA Half Moon Cay it's beautiful and it's
got everything but there's a premium to be paid same can be said with princess
key princess key is run by Carnival which which owns princess cruise lines
of course 150 to 200 owners a night will get you a night here on any of those
cruises for princess and for Carnival same thing beautiful spot they just had
a fire here a little over a week ago a major damage four days later they
repaired it they were back in business this island is not going to be stopped
at any price it just gonna keep on going because it's very valuable to the cruise
life Royal Caribbean they operate Coco key now Coco key is to be a sleepy long
beach getaway for 170 to 250 a night you could get a balcony room on a Royal
Caribbean cruise ship this is about to change
Coco key has got a 200 million dollar transformation happening to her right
now and over the next six months through
2019 this little island is going to become a major water park and
entertainment area for a con for Royal Caribbean expect to be paying $150 a day
just to go here the next Island is great stirrup key operated by Norwegian Cruise
Lines a one-day stop here on that cruise ship there you're talking two hundred
twenty two three hundred dollars per person per night for a balcony room they
give an idea the kind of premium that people are paying to enjoy these private
beach getaways but it's only one day out of seven that's the way it is another
one that's uh really dominating has been dominating that the Bahamas for years is
Disney Disney has been running castaway EK since probably 2010 or so and it's
extremely popular with families the cost to be on a Disney cruise in a balcony
room for family of four per person 250 to 350 a night for the adults and
probably half that much for the kids it's a fortune not uncommon for for a
family of four to pay almost $1,000 a day for a seven-day cruise on a Disney
Cruise Line which includes one day at Castaway Cay
Disney is adding to their Bahamian properties by creating another getaway
called lighthouse point that'll pre-op rating in a couple of years here's
another one that's coming up MSC Cruise Lines out of Switzerland they've got
more and more ships coming to the Caribbean and in the Bahamas they're
building their own island from scratch and a cost hundreds of millions of
dollars but they're gonna be offering their passengers a full-day getaway with
full security and no problems here whatsoever it's all gonna be enjoyable
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