Geography | |
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Location | Bannerman Town, South Eleuthera, The Bahamas |
Coordinates | 24°37′36″N 76°08′55″W / 24.6268°N 76.1487°W |
Type | Peninsula |
Archipelago | Lucayan Archipelago |
Area | 700 acres (280 ha) |
Administration | |
District | South Eleuthera |
Additional information | |
Time zone | |
• Summer (DST) |
Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point, or simply Lookout Cay, is a private peninsula in The Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port for the Disney Cruise Line ships. It is located in the south-eastern region of Bannerman Town, South Eleuthera. In March 2019, The Walt Disney Company purchased the peninsula from the Bahamian government, giving the company control over the area.
Main article: Eleuthera |
After Castaway Cay, Disney Cruise Line purchased another Bahamian destination in early March 2019, the Lighthouse Point property on the island of Eleuthera, from the Bahamas Government.[1] The cruise line was looking for another Bahamas location since the announcement of the third ship expansion in 2016.[2] Disney spent between $250 million and $400 million on developing the 700-acre property, incorporating Bahamian themes, and donated 190 acres, including the southernmost tip, to the government for a national park.[3]
Disney also hired and offered training for Bahamians for construction, vending, and other employee positions.[3] There were also increases in calls on Bahamian ports, Nassau and Freeport, of 30 to 40 percent over 2018 calls.[3] Imagineer Joe Rohde, whose previous projects being the development of Disney's Animal Kingdom and Aulani, was assigned to oversee the ports' development,[3] before his retirement on January 4, 2021.[4] Construction workers were hired in March 2022,[5] before work finally began at Lighthouse Point the following month,[6] for an expected completion in early 2024.[7] Lighthouse Point will open exclusively to Disney Cruise Line guests on June 6, 2024.[8][9] In September 2023, Disney officially named the location "Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point" during Destination D23.[10]