Round up nine of your closest friends and prepare for an epic beach day with one of Carnival Cruise Line’s newest cabana variants.
Dubbed as supervillas, they accommodate up to 10 people and offer a host of amenities. You can find them at the line’s new private beach destination, Celebration Key, set to open next summer on the south side of Grand Bahamas Island in the Bahamas. They are the largest private charter sites for cruise lines at sea or ashore.
Don’t need something quite big? Celebration Key will offer a variety of villas, daybeds and cabanas to accommodate your group size and budget.
Carnival announced the new fee-for-hire along with news about other exclusive areas on the island, including an adults-only beach club with its own infinity pool, beach and restaurant.
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Celebration Key Supervillas
These private escapes from the regular crowds will come in two variants, both the Starfish Lagoon family-friendly area and the Calypso Lagoon adults-friendly and adults-only areas, offering various perks to passengers.
Over-the-Lagoon Supervillas
Price: $1,999.99 for up to 10 people
Celebration Key’s largest cabana-style offering is the over-the-lagoon Supervilla. You will find two at Calypso Lagoon and two near Starfish Lagoon.
Visitors can expect shaded seating including sofas and chairs; dining table for eight; Cabinets for locking valuables; minifridge with water and soda; and plenty of outdoor seating in the form of sun loungers, swing chairs and hammocks.
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Fresh fruit will be ready for you upon your arrival, and lunch is included and delivered by the cabana attendant. But perhaps the best part is the private waterslide that will take villagers straight into the lagoon.
Beach Supervillas
Price: $1,799.99 for up to 10 people
The slightly less expensive beach supervillas — two at Calypso Lagoon and two at Starfish Lagoon — have slightly less space and offer much of what the over-the-lagoon supervillas do. You won’t find a slide or much seating, but you will find shaded sofas and chairs, a dining table for eight, sun loungers, a hammock, a fridge with cold drinks, lunch delivery and accommodation. Lock up your valuables.
Other Celebration Key Kabana Types
If you want your own private or semi-private space on Celebration Key without paying big bucks, Carnival has plenty of options to serve as your home base for the day.
Big cabanas
Price: $899.99 for up to six people
Located around the Calypso and Starfish lagoons, the large cabanas include four sun loungers with umbrellas, locking cabinets, a sofa with four chairs and a dining table, privacy curtains, a ceiling fan, fresh fruit on arrival, lunch delivery and a minifridge filled with water. Soft drinks.
Over-the-lagoon cabanas
Price: $739.99 for up to four people
This cabana is located on a peninsula on the Starfish and Calypso Lagoons. They offer the same functionality and amenities as regular cabanas but with a ceiling fan and a private sun shelf (a poolside platform where loungers can be placed in shallow water).
Cabanas
Price: $599.99 for up to four people
Available at several locations around Starfish and Calypso Lagoons, standard cabanas include sofas, armchairs and two sun loungers, as well as a cooler with cold water bottles, private locking cabinets and privacy curtains. Fresh fruit and other refreshments are available on arrival.
Aquabanas
Price: $449.99 for up to eight people
Aquabanas are sturdy, comfortable floating cabanas found in the family-friendly Starfish Lagoon. A floating table allows the whole family to sit with their feet in the water as they relax and spend time together, and steps provide easy access to the freshwater lagoon.
Water Daybeds
Price: $149.99 for up to two people
Water daybeds include “cool” lounging on a sun shelf in the Calypso Lagoon.
Daybeds
Price: $119.99 for up to two people
Located at Calypso Lagoon and Starfish Lagoon, daybeds provide a plush place to relax with pillows, a canopy for shade and privacy curtains.
Another exclusive area – for adults only
Passengers looking for other ways to find exclusivity during their visit to Celebration Key can pay for admission to the Pearl Cove Beach Club, an adults-only area for guests 18 and older. Located at the beach destination’s westernmost point, it will offer an 11,000-square-foot infinity pool with sun shelves, a private beach, swim-up bar and water loungers, as well as sun loungers with umbrellas and a pool-area. bed
A DJ will play tropical lounge music, and food and beverage service is available from a dedicated restaurant with an elevated menu. The bar and lounge area allows visitors to choose to sit inside or outside.
There are three levels of entry, each of which includes different features from basic to more inclusive.
- Option 1: This least expensive option allows for club access and one drink for $99 per person.
- Option 2: For $139.99 per person, you’ll score admission plus an open bar (up to 10 drinks).
- Option 3: For $179.99 per person, you can include food from Pearl Cove Restaurant with your entry and open bar.
Carnival Cruise Line is currently taking reservations for cabana and villa rentals and access to the Pearl Cove Beach Club.
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