Perfect Day Mexico opening in 2027

[Matt]

 

[smokeybandit]

Perfect Show in Mexico?

[baltodave]

(I just wrote this you Youtube)  I wonder how this will affect Maya Chan.

[Ryan79]

29 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Perfect Show in Mexico?

I’d be a little scared of anything called Perfect Show in Mexico. I remember my younger TJ days!! 

[billdauterive]

Wow!  Huge news!

[Vancity Cruiser]

This is awesome! Glad celebrity will be going as well. 

Crazy they are buying the port after all the recent upgrades and additions there. Kind of unfortunate for other cruise lines. 

[chodnett]

1 hour ago, baltodave said:

(I just wrote this you Youtube)  I wonder how this will affect Maya Chan.

This was my immediate first thought. I assume many Royal cruisers will opt for Perfect Day. Perhaps the saving grace is it sounds like they'll allow other cruise ships to continue docking there, which may boost Maya Chan's opportunity to market themselves as something to do since the port area will be restricted to Royal guests.

[TexanTwoStep]

Any other Texans/W. Caribbean cruisers SUPER excited about this?  I know it's a ways off, but I may never cruise out of Florida again if this takes off

[billdauterive]

Definitely significantly improves the Galveston itineraries!
I knew they'd have to eventually add a Perfect Day somewhere along the western itineraries.  I just thought it would be an island off Belize or some undeveloped land around there or southern Mexico.  I'm still in shock they just bought the entire Costa Maya port to make it happen.

[Cakemeister]

Meeeee!!!

This will be a huge win for RCL. The competition for the Galveston market is heating up with Princess, NCL, and eventually MSC competing with RCL. (I excluded Carnival, lol) If this is paired with an Icon-class ship some time in the future, this will blow those other guys out of the water. 

I never get off the ship at Costa Maya, I will now.

 

[steverk]

While I'm excited about the announcement, I can't overlook how Costa Maya has earned the nickname Costa Maybe. I hope they do something so we don't miss port so often 

 

[Rackham]

Since I've yet to see a map of what Royal's acquired, here's my rough estimate based on the news.

 

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This was my immediate first thought. I assume many Royal cruisers will opt for Perfect Day. Perhaps the saving grace is it sounds like they'll allow other cruise ships to continue docking there, which may boost Maya Chan's opportunity to market themselves as something to do since the port area will be restricted to Royal guests.

Based on the articles, the port area will still be open to all lines, but they'll be steered towards a transportation hub instead of being able to enter PDMX. I strongly suspect the PDMX entrance will be something akin to the gates at a major theme park with the Seapass acting as admission media.

Edited October 9, 2024 by Rackham
Response to an earlier post.

[DoomSlayer]

This Texan is extremely excited.  Costa Maya needs to be spiced up a bit.

[Lucky]

I wonder how this will affect the Lost Mayan Kingdom waterpark. I loved that place.

[JasonOasis]

16 minutes ago, Lucky said:

I wonder how this will affect the Lost Mayan Kingdom waterpark. I loved that place.

Seeing that the port itself will remain open to all cruise lines I suspect on days when other ships are in port the impact will be minimal.  However on days when there could potentially be up to 4 Royal Caribbean ships in port I think the impact will be greater.

 

Having said that I'm liking what I'm seeing from Royal Caribbean. It's no longer just about having these mega ships they are now working on building land experiences.  It started with PDCC and I like that it will now expand to include Royal Beach Clubs and Perfect Day Mexico. 

[Rackham]

31 minutes ago, Lucky said:

I wonder how this will affect the Lost Mayan Kingdom waterpark. I loved that place.

Apparently Royal bought it. From the RCB article.

"One area we know is being acquired is the Mayan water park located near Costa Maya today. That land will be part of the future site, although Royal Caribbean will develop its own water park."

[smokeybandit]

35 minutes ago, Lucky said:

I wonder how this will affect the Lost Mayan Kingdom waterpark. I loved that place.

Well they just couldn't call it lost anymore.

[Lucky]

7 minutes ago, Rackham said:

Apparently Royal bought it. From the RCB article.

"One area we know is being acquired is the Mayan water park located near Costa Maya today. That land will be part of the future site, although Royal Caribbean will develop its own water park."

Dope! I thought I was done with the article before that part and never saw it. No wonder it felt like it cut off so randomly.

[Rackham]

3 minutes ago, Lucky said:

Dope! I thought I was done with the article before that part and never saw it. No wonder it felt like it cut off so randomly.

The next line does make it sound like the park will be reimagined versus scraped, though we'll have to wait and see.

""There will be new experiences inside of that. Some, to be honest, we're literally still exploring," Mr. Schneider said while discussing what cruisers can expect."

So here's my prediction on what land will be developed at PDMX. Since I love maps. Overall just over 100 acres which matches up with the verbiage in the article.

[Reigert2008]

This will open up our options to do more Western Caribbean cruises.  We're not really beach people, but do enjoy PDCC and the ports in Mexico are not our favorites.  We like to get off the ship and wander the town, but don't feel safe enough in the Mexican ports. 

 

Honestly, we stay on the ship at PDCC and then wander off to grab lunch and then get back on the ship. We'd probably do the same at PDMX as well.  

[Babsy47]

The Mexican West Coast really needs something like this.  At the moment, both Cozumel and Costa Maya offer far more fun than Ensenada.

[wordell1]

As someone who lives in Texas and can easily drive to Galveston, this is very exciting news! 

[BrianB]

Excellent news!

I love that these new private destinations are being built at ports where other cruise lines visit. Great publicity and marketing value. 
CocoCay is on its own island and unless a potential cruiser researches videos and blogs, they really don’t know what they’re missing.

I can imagine families coming off their ships and seeing a beautiful destination steps away…but it’s not for them. Sorry…no entry for you! You’re not Royal!

It will help build the customer base. I know more demand equals higher prices, but Royal is still building ships and bringing more and more inventory into the market.

This huge business growth would have been hard to imagine a couple of years ago when so many people were predicting the demise of cruising as we knew it. On the other hand…they were right; Cruising is exploding.

I wonder if the constant focus on the cruise industry during that time, especially it’s successful comeback, put the idea of cruising into the minds of many more vacationers looking for something different…and now are repeat cruisers. Just thinking…..  

[SPS]

11 hours ago, Rackham said:

So here's my prediction on what land will be developed at PDMX. Since I love maps. Overall just over 100 acres which matches up with the verbiage in the article.

On Harmony back in January, we were looking out from our balcony at this exact area. My wife said, "I'm surprised no one has done anything with that."

I guess someone high up from RC overheard her! 

[Vancity Cruiser]

That would be amazing but I don't think it would ever happen as Royal would need many more ships on the west coast for them  to even consider it and I don't think that is going to happen

[foxrunner]

I believe that tract of land is where the sad beached sailboat sits. Maybe Royal will repurpose it as a bar??

[Matt]

12 hours ago, Rackham said:

Overall just over 100 acres which matches up with the verbiage in the article.

They bought about 220 acres of land, but only half is usable.  A lot of mangroves and whatnot

[Doug_Texas]

This is obviously more commitment to Galveston and make RCL sailings in Western Caribbean more attractive.  Between this and the possibility If of an Icon ending up in Galveston, Carnival/Princess and Norwegian will suffer.  If I were them, I would start developing Progresso or another port.  I wouldn’t want to parade all my customers past the Royal Perfect Day signage. 

[smokeybandit]

Another Coco Cay doesn't move the needle for me one bit. But I'm sure I'm in the minority there.

[Vancity Cruiser]

12 hours ago, Rackham said:

The next line does make it sound like the park will be reimagined versus scraped, though we'll have to wait and see.

""There will be new experiences inside of that. Some, to be honest, we're literally still exploring," Mr. Schneider said while discussing what cruisers can expect."

So here's my prediction on what land will be developed at PDMX. Since I love maps. Overall just over 100 acres which matches up with the verbiage in the article.

Your map leaves out the entire current port area which I am certain is part of the deal.

[BB1]

I think it's absolutely fantastic! I can't wait!

[WAAAYTOOO]

I just hope you can still get a $20 massage on the beach at Mahahual !

[ScottD]

SO, it says other lines will be ushered through to a transportation center for excursions and tours... will Royal offer other excursions outside of the private area for it's passengers,  will you be able to venture off on your own outside the gates,  and will guests on other lines be able to just shuffle through the Royal area then do whatever they want outside of that area, or will they need tours set up ahead of time? 

[GatorCruiser]

I suppose we’ll check it out but I still think the boardwalk and beach clubs in mahuhaul are more “authentic” thought that place was cool

[Matt]

22 hours ago, ScottD said:

will you be able to venture off on your own outside the gates,  and will guests on other lines be able to just shuffle through the Royal area then do whatever they want outside of that area, or will they need tours set up ahead of time? 

Yes, you can do your own tours. Royal is going to sell shore excursions too. 

[Vancity Cruiser]

It's interesting that it will not open till completed, rather than in stages. It will be interesting to see how much of the current infrastructure remains.

[Nathan adams]

Will it be the same as pdcc? Where most of it is free and a portion will be an upcharge?

[Atlantix2000]

2 hours ago, Nathan adams said:

Will it be the same as pdcc? Where most of it is free and a portion will be an upcharge?

PD Mexico was just announced two days ago.  At this point, all we know is what is in the article at the top.  Anything else is speculation.

[Reigert2008]

On 10/10/2024 at 10:05 AM, smokeybandit said:

Another Coco Cay doesn't move the needle for me one bit. But I'm sure I'm in the minority there.

While I think this is a huge benefit for Texas based cruisers, I think it will entice cruisers like us who hood not like western Caribbean itineraries.  Sometimes we’re limited on options due to timing and we get “stuck” with a less than ideal western route since it’s cheaper and we’re cheapskates  this will add a good port stop,for us when we end up out that way.

 

but I agree most people won’t pick cruises solely based on PDMX.

[wordell1]

On 10/11/2024 at 8:25 PM, Nathan adams said:

Will it be the same as pdcc? Where most of it is free and a portion will be an upcharge?

It's a good question, and I assume that it would work the same way.  Let's hope so.  

Ideally there are some nice free areas, we can use our drink package and/or Diamond drinks, and there are good free options for food.  PDCC has all of this but also gives some good options for spending more if you want.