Disney pitches authenticity for new Bahamas cruise destination Lookout Cay
As Disney Cruise Line approaches the opening of its new Bahamas destination Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point this summer, those behind its design want to let people know not just what it is but also what it is not.
It’s not a clone of Castaway Cay, the popular Bahamas private island DCL has been visiting for more than two decades.
Speaking at a panel discussion Thursday at Walt Disney World, Denise Case, director of entertainment creative for Disney, said when Imagineers built that first destination the theme was “everyone’s just kind of cast away on a deserted island in the middle of the Bahamas.”
“It’s a very fictional place,” she said, adding that Lookout Cay “is a real place with real people and a real culture. It is truly about the Bahamas. There’s nothing fictional really about it.”
Much like Disney pursued an authentic Hawaiian experience at its Aulani resort, Imagineers have tackled that approach for the new port of call at the southern tip of the island of Eleuthera. It’s set to welcome its first visitors in June.