Adults Only... No Kids Allowed
July 3, 2025
Perfect Day at Coco Cay, Bahamas
I LOVE Hideaway Beach at Coco Cay!
Morning
Our alarm went off at 8AM and were out the door by 8:25AM. We opted to try the Solarium Café for breakfast and there were no lines. This café offered sandwiches and burritos and reminded me a lot of the Café @ 270 found on the Anthem of the Seas from a few week prior. The food was fresh and hot and we enjoyed this breakfast. We were off the ship and in route to Hideaway Beach Club before 9AM.
It's Thursday and our last day... NOOOOO!
We are ready for a day of rest, relaxation and NO KIDS!
Good Morning Coco Cay- We love you!
The Celebrity Reflection and Jewel of the Seas!
We booked the Adults Only Hideaway Beach Club for an additional cost. We explored this venue on our Independence of the Seas cruise in Summer 2024 and we LOVED it. TIP- Royal Caribbean uses dynamic pricing and we paid $48/per person for access to this Adults Only area. The original price is $89/ pp. We believe this is WELL WORTH it.
Once we arrived at Hideaway, we made our way to the pool and placed our stuff down on the beach chairs and then made our way to the Swim Up Bar. This is the largest Swim Up Bar in the World and is SO MUCH fun. All of the bartenders at this bar LIVE on the island and serve 3 months on the island and 1 month off. We were even able to reconnect with 2 from our Indy cruise last summer.
The Hideaway Beach Club pool and Swim Up Bar.
We spent all day in the pool chairs... We loved it!
Hello Coco Cay and Hideaway Beach Club!
We spent all day lounging in the pool chairs and enjoying the way less crowded pool and lagoon area. TIP- We were in port at Coco Cay with the Celebrity Reflection which holds 3K passengers and our ship held just over 2K so this was a very light day for Coco Cay. We met some fellow cruisers and talked to them for quite a while before getting lunch at Slice of Paradise. This pizza joint is solely located within the Hideaway Beach Club and offers really great (and weird) pizza options. We loved the BBQ and I especially liked the Bahamian Seafood pizza. It sounded weird but it was REALLY tasty!
The Slice of Paradise Menu had something for EVERYONE and it was so good!
The BBQ and the Seafood pizza slices!
We also tried the beef and the chicken empanadas.
This area was extremely nice and well kept!
Afternoon
We spent the majority of the rest of the afternoon in the pool and lounging in the pool chairs with sunscreen breaks in between. Before we left Hideaway to go back to the ship we stopped at the Snack Shack for one more order of Mozzarella sticks (ok two) and another funnel cake. I swear these are literally addictive and SO GOOD!
It's time to say goodbye but we LOVED spending our day here!
See you next time Hideaway!
We got on the tram back to the Jewel of the Seas around 3:45PM as all aboard time was 5PM. We were in port with the Celebrity Reflection and our entire tram was packed with some very "rowdy and lively" passengers from the Reflection! We had a blast getting all the way back to the ship and met some friends in the meantime.
Just 12 hours left in our Back to Back adventure... We are NOT ready for it to be over!
Once back onboard we showered and got ready for our last night on board. I started to do some packing and noticed Chris fell asleep so I decided to give him some rest and go and get coffee before watching sail away. TIP- Café Latitudes did not have great coffee but they offered Starbucks Refreshers and they were SO GOOD. Reminder- These are INCLUDED in your Refreshment and Ultimate Drink Package.
In 26 cruises, we have seen a LOT of towel animals but never seen one on the TOILET!
Haha.. we called asking for our luggage tags and our room steward said "check the wash room". We were literally LOL! #Memories
The Celebrity Reflection set sail before we did at 5:10PM and the Jewel of the Seas set sail back to Ft. Lauderdale at 5:20PM. I watched another sail away from Coco Cay from the outside of Deck 5 and really enjoyed watching the crew get the island ready for the next day of cruisers. Coco Cay sees 8-12K passengers EVERY DAY and a ship is in port every single day!
Goodbye Celebrity Reflection- We will see you in the morning!
An empty Coco Cay- A rare sight!
I seriously LOVE this island... It may now be my favorite port!
Evening
I enjoyed more live music in the Centrum before Chris met me to do one final round of blackjack in the Casino before cashing in our chips for the cruise. Overall we ended $12 ahead and that is a WIN! We turned in all the cash towards our On Board Spending account and ended the cruise with a $7 bill so again, that is a WIN!
We enjoyed drinks at Schooner Bar and played one more trivia of American Anthems and won this trivia as well. This would make 4 wins for this cruise! After trivia we went back to the room and got all of our suitcases ready to put outside the room at 10PM. TIP- We opt for the luggage assist program that allows you to disembark the ship without having to deal with your luggage the next morning. The only kicker... you have to have everything packed and ready by 10PM the night before disembark!
We enjoyed our last dinner in the Main Dining Room and the service was the best of our time in the MDR this cruise. Our waiters, Jay and Pat, went above and beyond and we really appreciated all they did to make our experience one to remember. The food was much better on this menu than the previous night as well.
The Taste of Italy menu in the Main Dining Room
Chicken Parmesan- 2.0
The chicken was REALLY dry and overcooked!
Mushroom Risotto- 1.5
Why would I have been thinking it would be similar to the Giovanni's? I think that set me up for failure but Chris agreed it was nowhere near as good.
Crème de Pot-3.0
Great flavor and texture.
We had hoped to go to the Crazy Quest for our night entertainment but the Safari Lounge was PACKED so we opted to enjoy the piano man and a last round of drinks at the Schooner Bar. Once again, Raj and Simon were some of the best bartenders we have had and we LOVED getting to know them!
We decided to walk on the outside deck 5 one more time and were shocked the helicopter pad was open so we ventured up there around 11PM. We noticed bright lights of a "city" and assumed we it was Miami. We took a video and pictures but when we got back to the room the Map Channel said we were pointing due west so those lights would have been "Bermuda"... UMMMM NO! That was Miami! I would die on that hill! But proves we were just going in circles to get back to Ft. Lauderdale!
There's no way you can tell me this IS NOT Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.
It is clearly a city and there's not other place nearby that would put off that much light!
This was maybe 5-7 minutes later on the TV in the stateroom. It has not updated yet... We were sailing south and that was Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.
We LOVED this day at Hideaway Beach and Coco Cay!
We will be back... SOON!
We LOVE Coco Cay and really enjoyed getting to visit this private island TWICE during this Back to Back adventure! We cannot wait to take the kids in Summer 2026!
Disembarkation & Travel back to God' Country
We had a 3:50PM flight back to Houston out of Ft. Lauderdale so we were in no rush to get off the ship. Our alarm woke us up at 7AM and we got ready for a long day back to Texas. We ate in the Main Dining Room and the service and food were good. We went back to the stateroom to get all of our belongings shortly before the 8AM deadline. We then went and waited at Café Latitudes until the last group was called to get off the ship around 9AM. We were some of the very last passengers to exit the Jewel of the Seas and honestly, it was completely stress free. We grabbed our luggage and then made our way out of terminal 19 to grab an Uber but a private driver of an airport shuttle was available and he took us to the airport. TIP- This service was available for only $12 per person and a great option for families or people with a lot of luggage. We arrived shortly before 10AM and wondered what we would do but Southwest offered all day bag check outside. We checked our bags in and then went and sat in the airport for the next 5 hours. We grabbed lunch in the terminal and it was a long and boring day but we survived. Our flight was a delayed due to storms in the area but we were back in God's Country by 6PM and in route to home by 6:15PM.
This cruise was special and we really enjoyed adding a Back to Back to our list of cruising adventures. Not to mention, we LOVE Coco Cay and getting to visit twice was PERFECT.
Up Next... a possible Fall Break cruise and then Harmony of the Seas with the kids for Winter Break!
God is Good... ALL THE TIME!
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