Why cruise lines are buying paradise islands – and turning them into giant playgrounds for holidaymakers

It’s quite a sight. As our Royal Caribbean cruise ship slips closer to Little Stirrup Cay, a small island in the Bahamas, a vision appears before us.

Ahead, rising above dense tropical vegetation, is a twisting candy-coloured tangle of tubes that resembles giant writhing serpents locked in combat.

What on earth is going on, you may well ask? The answer is we have arrived at Perfect Day at CocoCay – and those ‘serpents’ are in fact waterslides in an aqua park.

Little Stirrup Cay, with its crescents of sandy coves, has been transformed into a private playground run by Royal Caribbean for passengers

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