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I visited both resorts with family - Margaritaville in 2022 and Baha Mar in 2023. 
- Margaritaville is less expensive and a short walk from the pier (did not go through RCL).   The water park is small, but fun to hang around for the day.   Beach was nice.  Food was pricey.   
- Baha Mar excursion was more than Margaritaville (but less than Atlantis) --- I booked through RCL -- with transportation included.  BIG water park!  We loved the many slides and the wave pool --- beach seemed small.  Food was expensive, BUT a lunch was included.  Try the Mediterranean chicken wrap -- it was incredible.   
Both are good -- if you are looking for laid back/relaxing -- Margaritaville will check the boxes and not break the bank.  Baha Mar is larger and a lot more to do.   (I never visited Atlantis, so I cannot compare).   

Details are so sketchy on these cabana/villas. It’s frustrating.  I reached out to Royal Caribbean about this one also and got no helpful information and the pictures I requested never arrived. After being at the resort I still don’t know what/where these cabanas were but agree the picture leads me to believe they are on the 2nd floor of the villa.  Who knows 🤷‍♀️ Sorry I couldn’t be more help.  Report back if you sort it out. 

Thank you YET AGAIN.   
I love the Beach Club at PDCC but the Cabanas are almost $4k for my cruise.  Mid August is one of their busy times---so dynamic pricing is intense.   I think the Turquois Villas do not have a lot of press and have not been selling, so they are being discounted ($1300 currently) - I think the VIP passes have increased.   
We debated when in Star class whether to even get off the ship! 🙂      This August we are trying Sky Class on ICON.   Ship will be at capacity, so any extra space with a big family would be helpful.    

Good for you. Then I would do it.  In my case the villa was $1599.00 and definitely didn’t compare to the overwater cabana at PDCC. I think I paid $145 pp for the VIP so it was quite a price difference for the 3 of us. 
Beach was nice enough; we walked in the water but that was the extent of our water adventure. lol My expectations were low and it was fine, not great. Not sure anything would compare to PDCC but I went into this knowing that. 
 
I love Oasis; we had Shane as our genie who was the best! Oasis has great genies.  We definitely get spoiled by our genies. Star class perks are definitely not recognized on excursions. Closest we got was receiving messages from Berty checking to see how we were doing. lol  
 
Yes, you are at the resort for 4 hours. Travel is about 45 each way. I was worried about the trip over there based on the warnings in the cruise planner but thankfully we had a good driver. No harrowing corners or drop offs. The bus ride was very squishy but it had AC. 
 
I stuck with bottled water and soft drinks but there is a good selection of drinks. 

THANK YOU!   That is the MOST information I have seen about the Villas.  (Quite odd -- you would think they would advertise it more)
About the resort---how is the water/beach?   Is it like CocoCay? 
ALSO -- is it 4 hours THERE or 4 hours with the bus trip included.  
And the food was  not great....but how were the drinks?  (I may need a few lol)  
I reserved it for a decent price -- not much of a difference from the VIP ticket + have your own bathroom/shower.   
 
BTW - I was in 9730 (same as you---diff ship) on Oasis 8/22.   Its a magical room!    Derrick was our Genie --- What an AMAZING Experience.   I can see how island food does not compare when you are a STAR! 🙂   

We were here over Christmas and stuck with the VIP excursion.  I was glad we didn’t spend more for the villa. By the time you arrive you only have 4 hours so the cost is harder to justify. It’s not like at Coco Cay when you have from 8-5pm to enjoy. The service in the VIP area was excellent but food options and food quality were not great. Food choices in the VIP area are very limited and the server was not able to bring food from the non VIP menu (hotdogs, burgers, fries etc)  Both my son and I ended up going to the main dining area to eat lunch. Hubby stuck with the VIP food and regretted it; we think it was the lobster,  regardless it wasn’t good and our genie alerted the excursion manager.  Thankfully something tasted off and he stopped eating it. Here are some pictures of the villas, located behind the VIP area. I felt the VIP was overpriced for what we got and I grabbed it for a pretty good price. On the plus, we were there over Christmas and it was not over crowded in the VIP area like many other beach excursions;  plenty of loungers, umbrellas and towels. Our experience was fine but we wouldn’t do it again.  I know villas and cabanas value are subjective to many people but I am definitely #teamcabana. Hope this helps. Feel free to ask any questions.