Shopping on Labadee is available at Artisan Market (fixed prices store for handmade goods) and Artisan Village (outdoor market with negotiable prices). Purchases can be made via SeaPass (boarding cards), except craft markets selling locally-made merchandise for cash. Dining options also include salads, fast food (burgers, hot dogs), chicken, fresh-made food. Lunch is Labadee BBQ (including veggie burgers) starting at 11 am. Disembarkation is after breakfast on the ship.
Royal Caribbean ships arrive in Labadee at ~8 am.
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Labadee attractions include beaches, watersports, a water-oriented playground, an alpine coaster, a zip line, and a Haitian flea market. The cruise ships moor to the pier at Labadee which was completed in late 2009 and is capable of servicing Oasis-class ships. Though sometimes described in advertisements as an island, Labadee is actually a peninsula contiguous with Hispaniola Island. Controlled Haitian merchants are given the sole rights to sell merchandise and establish businesses in the resort. Cruisers are not allowed to leave the property - the site is fenced off from the surrounding area and food available to travelers is brought from the ships. The resort is entirely tourism-oriented and guarded by a private security force. The first liner that visited Labadee since the COVID crisis started (March 2020) was Harmony OTS - on January 27, 2022. Since 1986, RCCL has contributed the biggest proportion of tourist revenue to Haiti, employing 300 locals, allowing another 200 to sell wares on the premises for a fee, and also paying the government of Haiti USD 12 per ship tourist.Īs an exclusive destination, at Labadee can dock and disembark passengers/crew only liners from the fleets of RCI-Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises. This "private island" (area sized 260 acres/105 hectares) is leased until 2050 to the company RCCL-Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (now RCG-Royal Caribbean Group). Labadee is an exclusive (privately-owned) Caribbean island port and resort destination located on Haiti's northern coast.
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