TexEm Posted August 27, 2013 #1 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Does Oceania have a Panama Canal lecturer for its canal transits? Or do they use regular staff, such as the CD? Has anyone done a recent transit, and what was your experience? Regatta is heading for the canal right now, so anyone on board, please chime in. Thanks! Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchestrapal Posted August 27, 2013 #2 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Does Oceania have a Panama Canal lecturer for its canal transits? Or do they use regular staff, such as the CD? Has anyone done a recent transit, and what was your experience? Regatta is heading for the canal right now, so anyone on board, please chime in. Thanks! Mary We had an absolutely brilliant lecturer who went on with the ship to Alaska. Unfortunately I understand she is now on Regent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancruz Posted August 27, 2013 #3 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Does Oceania have a Panama Canal lecturer for its canal transits? Or do they use regular staff, such as the CD? Has anyone done a recent transit, and what was your experience? Regatta is heading for the canal right now, so anyone on board, please chime in. Thanks! Mary They always have a special lecturer for the canal transit..I have transited 5 times and they have all been great!! Jancruz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchestrapal Posted August 27, 2013 #4 Share Posted August 27, 2013 They always have a special lecturer for the canal transit..I have transited 5 times and they have all been great!!Jancruz1 Thanks Jan, good to know as we are doing it again in '14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelcat2 Posted August 27, 2013 #5 Share Posted August 27, 2013 We had an absolutely brilliant lecturer who went on with the ship to Alaska.Unfortunately I understand she is now on Regent. You probably had Terry Breen onboard. She is amazing and has been with Regent for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuldalai Posted August 27, 2013 #6 Share Posted August 27, 2013 For the REGATTA full transit in April this year (2013) we had an excellent Canadian Lecturer who gave four talks on the Panama Canal . 1. The failed French efforts 2. Later attempts 3. The Americans step in and finally get it done in the early 1900's . 4. How the canal works today, and the current expansion project . Dan also gave live commentary as the ship transitted the canal through the day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchestrapal Posted August 27, 2013 #7 Share Posted August 27, 2013 You probably had Terry Breen onboard. She is amazing and has been with Regent for years. Your so right she is and we did. We enjoyed lunch with her several times and besides being a fantastic lecturer she is a lovely person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted August 27, 2013 #8 Share Posted August 27, 2013 We were fortune to have David McCullough on one transit Author of The Path Between the Seas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexEm Posted August 27, 2013 Author #9 Share Posted August 27, 2013 LHT28--wish I'd been on that cruise with David McCullough! Did he lecture? He's one of my husband's favorite authors. I've read The Path Between the Seas--after my last canal transit (Norwegian Sky)--and hope to reread it before our December cruise. Kuldalai--were the 4 lectures on separate days prior to the canal transit? (We leave Miami, go to Key West the next day, then 2 sea days, then Cartagena, then the transit.). I'm assuming "Dan" was the CD? I don't remember any special lectures on my last transit (but lots of shopping talks!!) but someone did provide commentary on the overhead speaker as we went thru. Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted August 27, 2013 #10 Share Posted August 27, 2013 LHT28--wish I'd been on that cruise with David McCullough! Did he lecture? He's one of my husband's favorite authors. I've read The Path Between the Seas--after my last canal transit (Norwegian Sky)--and hope to reread it before our December cruise. Mary I believe he did some lectures but I did not attend ( it was a few years ago so my memory might not be as good ) ;) He did narrate during the transit though I remember it was a very long & hot day Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuldalai Posted August 28, 2013 #11 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Dan is the Guest Canadian lecturer on the Panama Canal . The talks were given progressively over several days before arriving at Colon at the Atlantic end of the canal . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie60 Posted October 2, 2013 #12 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Does Oceania have a Panama Canal lecturer for its canal transits? Or do they use regular staff, such as the CD? Has anyone done a recent transit, and what was your experience? Regatta is heading for the canal right now, so anyone on board, please chime in. Thanks! Mary We were on Regatta, going thru the canal on Sept 3. Terry Bishop was our on board enrichment lecturer and all around entertainer. He spoke nearly every sea day - and we had a lot of them - and was educational as well as fun. He also had a stage show two nights and they were standing room only. If you want a serious lecture, he's not your man, but every lecture was packed--every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayvillagepotters Posted October 8, 2013 #13 Share Posted October 8, 2013 So glad to hear about the lectures and the Path Between Two Seas! As novice cruisers all tips are appreciated. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted October 8, 2013 #14 Share Posted October 8, 2013 We were on Regatta, going thru the canal on Sept 3. Terry Bishop was our on board enrichment lecturer and all around entertainer. He spoke nearly every sea day - and we had a lot of them - and was educational as well as fun. He also had a stage show two nights and they were standing room only. If you want a serious lecture, he's not your man, but every lecture was packed--every day. A quick comment of " lectures" or" interpretation" and speaking as a professional national park service naturalist interpreter, the last thing you want is a college lecture. People connect through many means, culture, age, sex, nationality, values etc. The use of humor to cloak facts is very productive and long lasting serious professional technique. As an example, can you remember the Boyles law from a physics class? Or do love the tell and re tell favorite jokes and personal funny stories from long ago? Ever ask why? Aesop started this with his fables; Mark Twain once said that you can get a lot of great knowledge across if you disguise it with humor and Tilden perfected it. Teachers lecture and test their results. Interpreter's connect people to the subject to draw personal and emotional meanings from their audience. There may thus be a hundred different connections/ appreciations to a subject, all different and all meaningful to each. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted October 8, 2013 #15 Share Posted October 8, 2013 We were on Regatta, going thru the canal on Sept 3. Terry Bishop was our on board enrichment lecturer and all around entertainer. He spoke nearly every sea day - and we had a lot of them - and was educational as well as fun. He also had a stage show two nights and they were standing room only. If you want a serious lecture, he's not your man, but every lecture was packed--every day. Speaking as professional National Park Service naturalist/interpreter this guy has serious professional skills far above a serious lecturer.:cool: Teachers teach to a rigid standard and test to evaluate performance. Interpreter's connect people through emotions to the subject using humor, personal values, age, sex, nationality, culture of their audience. Each person takes away a personal meaning as varied as each persons make up....not that of a teachers lesson .... and way more valuable to them. Aesop started it, Mark Twain once said that you can get across a lot of serious information if you cloak it in humor. Can you recall Boyles law from physics or is it easier to remember jokes and funny stories from the past? Wonder why?:cool:...Hmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted October 8, 2013 #16 Share Posted October 8, 2013 We were fortune to have David McCullough on one transit Author of The Path Between the Seas I would have loved that. That book should be read by anyone doing a Canal transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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