LIVE From the Caribbean Princess - New Panama Canal - Dec 10, 2017

Hello everyone, and welcome to another instalment of my LIVE From photo blogs.

There have been some time changes to our port calls, and Colon was changed to Cristobal, due to the CB's ongoing propulsion issues, but that isn't going to stop us from having a great time!

Follow along over the next 10 days as we visit Falmouth, Cartagena, the New Canal Locks, Cristobal, Limon, and Grand Cayman.

Steve.

We flew from Toronto to Fort Lauderdale Friday evening, and stayed at the Marriott Beach Place Towers, where we got a gorgeous suite.

The weather wasn’t great today, with rain most of the day. Once it stopped, we ventured out for a short stroll, with jackets on! It only made it up to 18C/65F today, and it will be cold tonight, so boarding tomorrow with coats!

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Had a nice evening watching the Winterfest Boat Parade from our hotel balcony.

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Following along. Wish we were there to participate in the first day Crooners martini photo!

I'm excited to follow along! We are on the April 1, 2018 trip.

Nice to be following again your live updates! Hope you enjoy your CB sailing despite the propulsion issues, as we did just recently.

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Steve (CandaianBurger), loved following along on your last review. This one I'm even looking forward to more as we will be on the Caribbean Princess January 3, 2018 to the Panama Canal. It will be our first cruise to the area and were anxious to go. You still post the best pictures I've ever seen on a live thread. Have a great day tomorrow boarding the ship and sail away. Hope the weather is little better.

Cheers - Ken & Darlene

Following along. Wish we were there to participate in the first day Crooners martini photo!

We’ll have an extra one for you!

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Enjoy your cruise, we will be sailing this itinerary end of February so looking forward to your observations and review.

Always love your blogs! Following and thanks!

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Looking forward to the fun! I sail March 8th and enjoy all the info provided from those sailing before me.

We’re taking this cruise on February 16. Looking forward to the preview!

Nice start, following.:)

Thanks for doing this! We will be on the Jan. 3 cruise.

Great photos. Following.

Keith

I'll be on this cruise in April, so looking forward to following your live from, and reading all your observations!:)

They’re here!

As seen from our hotel room. Nice and sunny this morning, but a brisk 9C/48F! Brrr!

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Ah, but at least there is no snow. :)

Will be on board Jan 13th...curious to how ship performs...very interested in your posts😎😎

3 Princess ships in port this am. That means a lot of happy people!

It is cold for FLL,isn't it?

You should be boarding soon. We arrived on schedule this time. We're onboard and had a really nice cruise. Looking forward to this one.

Also looking forward to meeting you. Have always enjoyed your live reports. Only major issue onboard has been the slow internet. Won't be good until ocean medallion goes live in March.

Welcome aboard.

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9:45 am. Almost at the port. You need to go through the security checkpoint since we’re at T4. There was about a 10 minute wait.

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Dropped off my wife and our bags at Terminal 4. There’s a sign for cars to stay left, and they’ll wave you left, but that’s for pickup. Drop off is to the right. Had a car rented from National at FLL, but if you’re renting from National or Alamo, there’s an Alamo location right outside the south entrance to the port, and cars can be dropped there with no additional charge. They have a shuttle back to the cruise terminal.

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which terminal are you going out of and coming back into?

Sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for transport for we three couples. Looking forward to boarding and getting farther south to some warmer weather! Maybe we will run into you on board.

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