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Please come back Maho Beach cam - you're killing' me!

I'm so addicted :o

Ooh, there she goes! Cam's not moving so I guess the cam operator didn't need any overtime :p

I was just running through the web cams and noticed this too. Hmm.

Looks like she's coming back to life. The logo on the smoke stack is lit up tonight :)

Thanks.. I did a little sleuthing.

You're so sneaky!

Yay awesome pics! Way more awesome than mine!!

Makes perfect sense to me that the Ferry Building would be the border between North and South piers vs. the Bay Bridge. As you probably know, the old Southern Pacific Railroad building at 1 Market Street (directly across from the Ferry Building) was the border between north and south on the railroad with regard to divisions and milepost numbers. Even today's Amtrak Coast Starlight is referred to by railroad dispatchers as Train 11 north of SF and Train 12 south of SF. Just like the piers....odd numbers north, even numbers south! ;)

Ya nailed it BEAV :) Wish more people knew the history of this city but they don't care. Sad.

When the STAR did DD at Vigor Portland OR there were a few photo opt

points to see what was being done.

The STAR did not have a good result of DD at Vigor having to be ferried to

Freeport in the Bahamas to finish the work on the Azipods (engines).

So this may explain why the DD is not being done at Portland or simply put

change in schedule to have it done somewhere else (SFO) ?

 

Wonder if the DD at SFO has any points to see what is being done to the

hull ? Obviously can't see what is being done inside the ship ?

What pier is the DD near ? - Don't know if there is any satellite imaging

on the internet to see it ?

Unfortunately, the pics I posted above are about as good as it gets. That's down near a little fishing pier, picnic area, jogging trail, etc. There's not really any tall hills on that side of town that would give you a better vantage point. There's some bus yards down there right off the bow, but they're highly restricted. I tried to get in again today but couldn't pull it off. Would have liked to get a pic of her from the front.

Great shots, thanks!!!!!

I don't know what they were doing today around 5:15 but it was fairly noisy. Usually it's very quiet down there.

It's more like 6 piers :confused:

 

SF piers are even numbered south of the Ferry Building and odd numbered north.

Where'd Pier 25 go? :eek: J/K. But Pier 5 sticks out like 2 feet. That doesn't count. My buddy runs a high end furniture building business at the the very end of Pier 33; pretty awesome to hang out down there - amazing views.

I'm glad you know that the Ferry building is the dividing spot. Most people in San Francisco say it's the Bay Bridge, which is when I point out that Pier 14 is North of the bridge. The I LOL at the look on their faces.

Swung down there today to have a look...

Greg,

 

Thanks for the wonderful photos. ;)

My pleasure :)

I have to work tomorrow, but I am going to try to get down there on the way home to take a few pics of Sun and post them here. I've done it before for some Princess ships, but it's hard to get good pics because you can't get very close. Once you're down around 16th-20th Streets, it's mostly an industrial area where someone is probably camping in our stolen RV...LOL!

Potential photo update by 7:00PM tomorrow :)

Couldn't edit my last post...

I didn't even know about the dry dock schedule change. The GF works at The Exploratorium on Pier 15 so she saw Sun yesterday while she was at work. Seeing the ships all the time drives her nuts! Pier 27 is actually only 4 piers away from Pier 15.

When I woke up this morning and saw Sun down in dry dock I mentioned it to her. She was like "yeah, saw her yesterday and noticed her again this morning". Talk about a "keeper"!

GCVT my long lost buddy and pal, can't wait to come and visit :D:D:D

 

Beautiful view, bet you never get tired of that. If you do let me know I'd be willing to suffer.

 

Seriously though, thanks for sharing the pic

Jim, my old buddy! :D

Been in the same place for 23 years and never get tired of the view. It's definitely a cool spot to be when cruise ships are in dry dock here.

Here's Jewel just backing out of dry dock almost exactly two years ago. They always run around in the Bay for a few hours before heading out for sea trials. Fun to watch.

pics or is isn't happening. Besides your view sounds like it must be amazing and would love to see it :d

You can just barely see her smoke stack :D

...about 4 miles away.

She's definitely in dry dock today. We can see her from our couch :)

The best response was the one today from the Purser's Desk who told me that the toilets on board "are not meant to be flushed in the morning". I KID YOU NOT!

I LOL'd at this pretty damn hard. Did they happen to mention during which hours the toilets are meant to be flushed? Is there a chart in the little binder with the room service menu? :p

Passengers are lucky they are in FLL. Bars serve alcohol unlike in Houston.;)

Seriously! We experienced that little technicality in Feb :o

Who's gonna stay up for this departure? I'm not sure I'll make it since it's a 'school night', but I really want to see it.

Just a small boat with flashing light moving nearby. Night lights near the port is a nice backdrop for CB. :)

Yeah, they've been out there for almost three hours now.

I can't stop watching :eek:

She sure looks pretty on the webcam tonight. We were just on her in February and loved it.

We have never made reservations and have never waited long enough to even finish a drink at the bar. We usually eat around 8:00pm and walk straight to our table 95% of the time. Often times, we never ever stop walking as we approach the dining room.

Bump...on tonight!

There she goes. Bon Voyage.

So much for ordering any alcohol through room service to enjoy a cocktail on your balcony while you suffer through this delay :(