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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A firsthand look at Celebration Key on Grand Bahama Island, one week into its grand opening to cruise ships. This is Carnival Cruise Line's latest $600 million development.

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0:20.0	Hey, how's it going?
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0:24.8	Going to discuss Celebration Key today with staff writer Richard Sims.
0:29.9	This is how it played out.
0:31.2	I was over there for the grand opening on July 19th, but I had a bum ankle.
0:36.8	So I asked if I could fly over there on my own
0:40.7	dime and be there with a cruise ship to check out an authentic guest experience and also get more
0:47.1	of photos and video because I just couldn't navigate it all in the short time I was there
0:51.7	on July 19th. They said yes, so I went over there.
0:55.1	We'll jump right to it with staff writer Richard Sims. Hey, man. Hey there. Okay, so first of all,
0:59.6	let's just note the subtle brag of, oh, yeah, I've already been there twice and most of you
1:04.3	haven't been there at all. Good job. I also think it's important that we note that while you
1:10.3	did fly in and then take a cab over, that is not something that people can do. This is not like some resorts where you can come in from the outside. You do have to be a carnival cruise line passenger in order to visit. Am I right?
1:26.2	Correct. And if you want to know the backstory, so a couple of days before
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