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Yet more cabana info, right from the horse's mouth (on another website):
Just came off of the Zuiderdam 4/24 sailing.

We had the new orange cabana on HMC. I went and looked at every cabana and have pictures of each individual one. (I will post them later today). The cabanas go in this order from closest to the dock:
Tan, Blue, Orange, Purple, Pink, Green, Yellow.

The Blue is NOT really close to the sports rental hut. It is far from it in fact. The Orange is the best one to have in my opinion. First, it is new. A/C was very cold, fridge was ice cold, misters were new and working. It is the closest to the food pavillion, bars, and close to the bathrooms. The Blue is actually slightly closer to the bathrooms. The new Tan cabana is now actually near the most traffic because it is the closest to the massage hut. But in reality, there is not really any big amount of traffic around it. Most people walk on the path behind it or closer to the water line.

In my opinion, the purple is the one NOT to choose. It has tarp (roll-up) sides, which I could deal with, but it is the only cabana with NO MISTERS!! The misters put a fine spray of water on you while you lay on your lounge chairs in the cabana - they are fantastic! They are in every cabana except the purple.

The Orange cabana was great and I would spend the money again in a minute! Also, we did not get butler service, but we had two cabana boys assigned to our cabana who got all of our drinks, food, sports equipment, etc.

***Also, there is a bar special on HMC. You can purchase a drink card that allows you all of the soda, water, beer and rum punch that you want for the day on HMC. It is $20.00 per card (p/p) and $15.00 p/p if you have rented a cabana. We did purchse one of these for $15.00 and it was well worth it!
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The drink cards sound wonderful, a lot better than spending $45 per person to add more to the cabana rental. I can almost taste the rum punch now....

And, what was that about a Massage Hut?? This beach party just keeps getting better and better!!

ATTENTION, CRUISERS:

Don't forget to refer to the Bahama Mama Q & A thread for continual info on the cruise. Also, if you haven't already, scan the whole thread and make notes of things required (proper personal ID, for instance) plus things for your to-do list, and things to bring or not bring.

Post any questions on that thread. Bahama Mama is quick to answer.

Leni