And who could turn down a vacation in the Barbados, right? With tropical sunshine, beaches, palm trees, and Caribbean waves, it’s true that Barbados is a total paradise. It’s not true, however, that the Friends cast visited the island on the show.
The whole gang of friends plus their various significant others head to Barbados for the finale episode of season nine. Ross gets them all passes to his palaeontology conference.
They used the same Warner Brothers soundstages as usual to film the scenes that took place in Ross’ conference hotel and surrounding resort. The actors didn’t have to go any further than Dijon Street and Stage 24 at the Warner Brothers’ Burbank Studios.
Some Friends fans have taken to online forums when planning their own Barbados vacations to find out where the friends stayed during the Barbados episodes. How cool would it be if you could stay at the same resort where Phoebe and Mike were reunited after David’s proposal, right? It would be so fun to get drinks at the bar near where Joey and Rachel had their first kiss (which nobody asked for) or to stay in the suite where Ross and Joey’s date, Charlie, find romance while rewriting his keynote speech. Unfortunately, you can’t walk in the footsteps of Friends characters in the Bahamas. You’ll have to visit the real Bahamas, separate from the Friends universe. Just bring some heavy-duty conditioner so you don’t end up like Monica. (“IT’S THE HUMIDITY!”)
