The first part of the journey is to leave the saltwater on the Atlantic side of the canal. To do that we have to slide our 970+ foot x106 foot ship into a space 1000 feet by 110 feet. T... Read more
Let me take a moment to apologize for two things. First, the delay in getting this posted, which was caused by an Internet outage on the ship followed by some insane technical prob... Read more
3:00 our time, and we’re past the centennial bridge and thru the Pedro Miguel locks and now in the 1 mile long lake approaching Miraflores Locks. The URLs for these locks are: http://... Read more
We are currently coming up to the bridge. The URL is http://seacruisechat.com/panamacanal/centennial.htm. Read more
We’ve been refueled, and the pilot has just come on board, unfortunately the Internet connection is down, so this won’t get posted until we get that back, but if we get interne... Read more
Some people have asked for a schedule of our passage thru the Canal… This is our projected schedule thru the Panama Canal. It should be noted that our start time is guaranteed… t... Read more
Today I have a “Photo Spectacular†of sorts. We’ll see how uploading over a Meg of pictures from the ship works out for me… To start with today we have Mickeyâ€â„... Read more
LAND HO!!! We wake up to see land within sight as we pull into the Port of Aruba. We are docking at this relatively small island at 19.6 miles long and just 6 miles wide.... Read more
First I will tell you that yes.. as predicted… I do have a solid dislike for Mathew. But that means he did his job very well. I worked on a new leg torture device that... Read more
I am really enjoying this itinerary and its only day 3! Its the first sea day with lots of activities and items on the agenda, including such strenuous to-dos as; should I have breakfas... Read more