Is Carnival Charging Ridiculous Prices for Celebra...

With the grand opening of Celebration Key lower than a month away, Carnival Cruise Line friends are excited to be taught what they will anticipate after they go to the brand new Bahamas vacation spot.

The cruise line has teased a variety of particulars, from the centerpiece that’s the 10-story Suncastle to the Starfish Lagoon and Calypso Lagoon, the biggest freshwater lagoons within the Caribbean.

Eating, Bahamian-centered paintings, and festive touches have all been revealed to keen friends.

What hasn’t been introduced loudly, nonetheless, are the costs these friends might want to pay for the enjoyable at Celebration Key.

It’s definitely no shock that entry to key areas of the personal vacation spot would require a separate price. This isn’t unusual, notably for what are certain to be widespread sections of the resort-like space.

For instance, entry to the adults-only Pearl Cove Beach Club will begin at $99.99 per particular person, the place friends will discover plentiful loungers, a quieter pool, a full-service restaurant, and personal seashore entry.

For a price of $139.99 per particular person, friends can improve to an open bar together with all of the Pearl Cove Seashore Membership facilities.

This can be a reminder, in fact, that Carnival Cruise Line’s Cheers! beverage package won’t be accepted whereas at Celebration Key (it is going to nonetheless work onboard the docked cruise ship, simply not on the island).

One of many extra surprising charges for entry to Celebration Secret is the $14.99 per particular person price to benefit from the two racing waterslides of the Suncastle, the Flash Flamingo and the Mach 3 Marlin.

These side-by-side physique slides function greater than 350 toes of turns, twists, and drops as they move by way of and across the Suncastle earlier than splashing into the Starfish Lagoon. They won’t, nonetheless, be free for friends to get pleasure from.

The $14.99 price is an all-day, limitless move, and contemplating the excessive value of some leases on Celebration Key, it’s not a nasty cost. It’s, nonetheless, only for two waterslides.

This sort of cost isn’t unprecedented, in fact. Royal Caribbean’s Perfect Day at CocoCay prices a lot greater charges – beginning at $50 per particular person and going to $150 and better relying on date and capability – for entry to Thrill Waterpark.

That waterpark, nonetheless, does have 14 slides in addition to the biggest wave pool within the Caribbean, the obstacle-laden Journey Pool, a complimentary Snack Shack (attempt the hen sandwich or mozzarella sticks!), and loads of loungers.

Maybe essentially the most outrageous cost at Celebration Secret is $19.99 (not a typo) for – await it – a pool noodle rental. Sure, rental. You don’t even get to maintain the froth noodle, the very same kind that you will discover at any low cost retailer for lower than $5.

These costs have been seen simply days after Carnival Cruise Line introduced record profits and unprecedented demand for sailings. The second quarter 2025 outcomes have seen $8.5 billion in buyer deposits, the very best within the firm’s historical past, with income at a document $6.3 billion.

Extra Celebration Key Rental Prices

A variety of different rental charges for Celebration Key options may also elevate eyebrows – or they won’t.

For instance, the completely different cabanas and villas vary from $599.99 to $2,799.99 per rental, with the flexibility to accommodate 4-10 friends. The precise value is dependent upon the situation of the rental, with greater costs on the adults-only Pearl Cove Seashore Membership.

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These leases do include some unique options, similar to lockers, coolers, snacks, an open bar, personal attendant, and extra. Some additionally embrace the Suncastle Racing Slides, so not less than friends don’t should additionally pay the additional $15 price.

For less complicated however nonetheless unique house, friends can get pleasure from a luxurious daybed for $149.99 for 2 friends, although it doesn’t embrace additional facilities.

The cabana and villa rental costs are just like equal choices out there at RelaxAway, Half Moon Cay, the personal island vacation spot visited by Holland America Line ships: a sister cruise line to Carnival, and likewise beneath the Carnival Company & plc umbrella.

How a lot are you prepared to pay to get pleasure from Celebration Key? Share your ideas on the Cruise Hive boards!