Great Stirrup Cay (Cruise Line Private Island), Bahamas Port Reviews

There were 2 ships tendering to the island. Just people wandering and lines 20 deep for everything. It wasn’t something we wanted to deal with so we ended up going back to the ship bc at least there we had chairs and no lines. We ended up having a great time on the ship that day so not a huge deal.

Free beach day with decent lunch. Bar lines took forever and seemed understaffed. Lots of beach chairs available. Will be better when tendering is no longer needed, lots of wasted time.

Have been on 2 different cruises the last couple of years that were supposed to stop here and didn’t due to seas. It’s so sad especially when you are told “sorry but enjoy your day at sea” while you watch all the Royal Caribbean guests getting off their docked ships to enjoy CocoCay. NCL being cheap on this one.

Couldn't visit due to weather.

Go to the drink shack by the bbq spot. STRONG drinks!! Better than the ship!

Visited: Mar 05, 2022

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Such a nice private island. Did not realize how close it was to Royal Caribbean's private island. Well designed and very relaxing. Would visit there again. The only negative is the tendering (they are supposedly working on getting a cruise ship dock built). It takes so long and is hot.

Way too many chair hogs and shouldn't have to pay extra for a little bit of shade. Umbrellas should be free of charge in my opinion.

Excursion was cancelled

Pay for shade? Umbrella $25 , shell $50 Come on! Do the right thing: have more shade and make it free.

The beach was nice but the island is in very poor condition. There was construction everywhere!!!

Visited: Sep 16, 2011

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