Cruises or not, it looks like Royal Caribbean's private island in the Bahamas has a new look for its pier.
Celebrity Cruises Captain Kate McCue shared a video on TikTok of the Celebrity Edge docking at the private island recently, and the pier definitely looks different than the last time cruise ships visited with passengers.
CocoCay pier in 2019
CocoCay pier in 2021
The new look features either painted textures or decals affixed to the ground in a multitude of colors that lead all the way from where the cruise ships dock to the island itself.
Previously, the pier's ground was not painted and only had multicolored umbrellas along the way.
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In looking at the original concept art for the Perfect Day at CocoCay makeover, it does appear the pier was designed to have both decorations on the ground and umbrellas.
In August 2020, Royal Caribbean International President and CEO Michael Bayley said some minor work was still being done at CocoCay during the cruise shutdown.
In addition to finishing up some landscaping and painting work, there was a pressing need for a repair to Oasis Lagoon pool.
"We've also been conducting a fairly significant repair that we had to do on the Oasis Lagoon."
"We were struggling enormously with having to make a repair on the lagoon and we could never figure out when we could do it, but we knew we had to get it done at some point."
'We could never figure out when to do it because of Covid, obviously we have plenty of time, so that works."
According to Mr. Bayley, the island has an operational team to maintain things.
Read more: Who is maintaining Perfect Day at CocoCay while there are no cruises?
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