ms Nieuw Amsterdam and ms Prinsendam Port Everglades Sail-Away December 18, 2016

It is a busy day in Port Everglades with eight ships starting Christmas cruises! That's about 25,000 passengers.

The Nieuw Amsterdam will be at Pier 26 and Prinsendam at Pier 4. Both ships are scheduled to set sail at 16:00/4:00 PM EDT - subject to change as always. A rare treat to see - and hear - the Prinsendam sail-away in day light!

The webcams are at:

http://portevergladeswebcam.com/

http://ftlauderdalewebcam.com/

Also in Port Everglades are the Regal Princess (Love Boat toots! She is at Pier 2), Coral Princess (Pier 21), Carnival Conquest (Pier 19), Celebrity Silhouette (Pier 25), Allure Of The Seas (Pier 18) and Freedom of the Seas (Pier 29).

The Prinsendam's 16-Day Caribbean Holiday Itinerary:

18 Dec 2016 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

19 Dec 2016 Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

20 Dec 2016 At Sea

21 Dec 2016 At Sea

22 Dec 2016 Gustavia, Saint Barthelemy

23 Dec 2016 Road Town (Tortola), British Virgin Islands

24 Dec 2016 St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda

25 Dec 2016 At Sea

26 Dec 2016 Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago

27 Dec 2016 Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

28 Dec 2016 Bridgetown, Barbados

29 Dec 2016 Castries, Saint Lucia

30 Dec 2016 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

31 Dec 2016 Cruz Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

01 Jan 2017 At Sea

02 Jan 2017 At Sea

03 Jan 2017 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

The Nieuw Amsterdam's 9-day Eastern Caribbean Itinerary:

18 Dec 2016 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

19 Dec 2016 At Sea

20 Dec 2016 Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos

21 Dec 2016 Amber Cove, Dominican Republic

22 Dec 2016 San Juan, Puerto Rico

23 Dec 2016 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

24 Dec 2016 Road Town (Tortola), British Virgin Islands

25 Dec 2016 At Sea

26 Dec 2016 Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

27 Dec 2016 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

Thanks for the reminder and loyal volunteering. Happy Holidays!

Thanks, Peter! Too bad that both dam ships are going to be hidden behind others until sail-away.:(

Thank you for the reminder.

I will try to be here.

Merry Christmas, checking in.

Allan

NA on screen.

It is rare to see the P'dam sail in daylight out of FLL.

Looking forward to it :). Thanks Peter :)

Prinsendam already here, port schedule put her here before 5am. She'll have all that extra Customs stuff to do?

Should be a great sail-away with all the ships in port today.

Hoping to be here

I wonder if sailings will be delayed trying to hold ships for late arriving plane passengers due to all the wacky weather up North?

I wonder if sailings will be delayed trying to hold ships for late arriving plane passengers due to all the wacky weather up North?

I don't believe a ship has left on time all this week - unless it was just a port-call. Turn around days the ships have been optimistic, but all the ships have been delayed.

No view of a dam ship on FLL/PEV, even the Elegant Explorer isn't long/big enough to stick her bow beyond the blockage of Regal Princess. The sky looks terrible. Allure is in backwards: lifeboats or painting or both?

Over at Sint Maarten, you actually can see the Koningsdam. She's in the middle of the group - in the back; but you can still see her dark hull, the cabins above, and her funnel. She is leaving at 1pm AST/Noon EST according to the port site;listed as 8pmAST/7pmEST - everywhere else. http://www.portstmaartenwebcam.com/

Koningsdam is still sitting at St Maarten, so I guess 7pm AST/8pm EST is the correct time for her in the dark sailaway.

Ships starting to call in - Coral Pr: 1600. Let's see if anyone can get out on time with all these flight cancellations.

On POA1's live thread, he said a couple of pax just made it yesterday, but without their luggage.

NA will follow after X; Conquest will wait for Coral Pr before leaving.

Regal is also saying 1600; someone just asked for 1545.

Prinsendam and Regal are still on the schedule for 1600. Allure, Coral and X for 1630. Conquest and NA for 1645 and Freedom her usual 1730.

Wonder why the picture quality is so bad on the FLL webcam? It was better when it was panning.

Wonder why the picture quality is so bad on the FLL webcam? It was better when it was panning.

FLL-SE is beautiful but pointing the wrong way. I also doesn't help that my computer screen has a reflection of my south-facing window.

Regal is now 1615 on port schedule. EE still at 1600.

Checking in.

Made it.

Glad to see the blue hulled ships are sailing close to the scheduled time (so far).

Checking in from a chilly Memphis. Yesterday was 75, today is 25. At least we only had a little wind and rain, not bad storms that would be usual for such a temp drop.

Signing in.