One huge hack for cruise line private islands

If you do this, you don't need to pay extra to have a positive experience at places like Royal Caribbean's Perfect Day at CocoCay.

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00:00Good afternoon, cruisers, or good morning, or good night, I don't know where you are.

00:03My name is Dan Klein.

00:04I am the executive editor of Come Cruise With Me, that is comecruisewith.com or comecruisewith.me.

00:10I am next to Dennis Post.

00:12We are sweltering under the sun here at Great Stirrup Cay, but I want to give a piece of

00:16advice.

00:17Dennis, we've been to private islands a lot of times together.

00:18Is that fair to say?

00:19Yes.

00:20Now, you can pay extra for cabanas, you can rent chairs in certain cases, but I've been

00:25to Coco Cay, I've been to the Carnival Island, I've been to the island here, I've been to

00:29the Disney Island, there is one secret piece of advice that I think is really important

00:35on a crowded day.

00:36Do you know what that is, Dennis?

00:38He does not.

00:39It is keep walking.

00:41Nobody goes all the way to the far end of the island, there's always chairs there.

00:46You can see open chairs here, and people are looking around.

00:50The chairs that are closest to the ship are going to get claimed first, so if you're looking

00:54for a place to sit down, just keep walking.

00:56In many ways, it's like the old Disney advice, which is go to the back of the park and work

01:00your way forward, because everyone gets off at Epcot, gets in line at Spaceship Earth,

01:04and the line is two and a half hours, then at five o'clock, the line is 15 minutes, so

01:08keep walking.

01:09You don't have to pay extra, and really, it is a lovely experience, whether you're at

01:13Great Stirrup Cay, whether you're at Coco Cay, whether you're at Celebration Cay coming

01:17up soon.

01:18I don't even remember what the Disney Island is called, but that was lovely.

01:22Have a good day, but don't complain about not finding a seat.

01:25There's always seats.

01:26I am Dan Cline.

01:27He is Dennis Post.

01:28Come cruise with us soon.