Come Sail a Way with us LIVE as the Westerdam meets the Sail a Way Gang

[LAFFNVEGAS]

I am watching :)

[kazu]

Is it dark and overcast today for the Panama Canal? It looks gloomy. Also, is that the Westerdam approaching Mira Flores?

 

 

It is dark and cloudy. we had a tad of rain but the views are great and the lack of strong sun helps keep it cooler :)

[kazu]

I am with the rest of them on the Rotterdam deck. You know, I was going to ask for a cold shower. I know she has cold water at least - LOL.

[LAFFNVEGAS]

It is dark and cloudy. we had a tad of rain but the views are great and the lack of strong sun helps keep it cooler :)

It looks like the kind of weather we had on the Statendam in 2009 about this same week in April :) It did help with the sun not beating down on us .

[rafinmd]

I was watching from the fire house and then it slipped my mind when I came back home. Just entering a lock and lookin' great.

 

Roy

[kazu]

we are here - the high rises you see in the background are Panama City!

 

 

 

 

 

Will post more pics later if they can upload.

[Scrapnana]

Thanks to the cloud cover the temperature is actually cooler than when I went through the canal last year in January. Even with the humidity it is not too bad out on deck. I am having trouble getting the website to load. I got one screenshot and then I lost the site.

[PathfinderEss]

Lots of passengers out on the bow of the ship.

[kazu]

Lots of passengers out on the bow of the ship.

 

 

let us know when you can see us. We are not on the bow. Less crowded here :)

 

A ton of people at the locks with binoculars waiting to see us :)

[PathfinderEss]

Your dropping down now but she has not pulled forward enough for us to see you yet, darn!

[kazu]

i just got shown by 0bnxshs that you can zoom with the ipad (embarrassed or what). here's all the people waiting for us. I guess the Sail a Way gang is known even in the Panama - LOL

 

[rafinmd]

Are you on the forward "porch"? I see people but not with much clarity. Right now the regular camera has a better zoom the HD camera.

 

Roy

[SilvertoGold]

kazu

 

Thanks for the food photos!!!!

Really, really enjoyable.

 

Watching the webcam -- this is fun!

[kazu]

Are you on the forward "porch"? I see people but not with much clarity. Right now the regular camera has a better zoom the HD camera.

 

 

 

Roy

 

 

we are on deck 7 balcony, 3 cabins aft of the glass elevators.

 

10 of us here - all part of the Sail a Way gang.

[OVgirl]

Camera just coming up to the elevators, better start waving!

[summer slope]

See you all, and I want to know how to zoom my ipad.

[zelker]

Hold 2 fingers on the screen and spread them apart to zoom your iPad.

[cruisevers]

Did they have something special on the bow going on? There were lots of big umbrellas...some kind of food stands possibly?

[summer slope]

I knew how to do that to look at the pictures, but didn't know to do that while taking one. Thank you .

[zelker]

I knew how to do that to look at the pictures, but didn't know to do that while taking one. Thank you .

 

Works for both functions. :)

[kazu]

Did they have something special on the bow going on? There were lots of big umbrellas...some kind of food stands possibly?

 

 

they have been there since this morning. There were panama rolls, water, juice, mimosas at 8:00 am, etc. It's part of the Canal transit :)

 

We had so much fun going through these locks.

 

At the observation tower, there were a ton of people and there is a guy announcing. Obviously the Sail a Way Gang's fame (or is that infamy) has reached far and wide. people were waving to us madly and we were cheering and waving back and yelled the Sail a Way Gang.

 

the narrator counted us on the balcony and we were the focus as we went through - too funny :)

 

Edited April 16, 2015 by kazu

[PathfinderEss]

Sorry, tried but never did see you. Seemed to be at the wrong angle. Just a question were you on the right side or the left of the ship?

 

Great photo's of the Canal.

[kazu]

Sorry, tried but never did see you. Seemed to be at the wrong angle. Just a question were you on the right side or the left of the ship?

 

 

 

Great photo's of the Canal.

 

 

port side Melodie which last time I checked was the left side. too bad.

 

In this case it's the "right" side for the webcam as there is no webcam on the starboard (right ) side.

 

poor battery dying. have to plug in and will be back on the ipad later.

 

fun day today - lots of cheers, good fun, good company and everything.

[PathfinderEss]

port side Melodie which last time I checked was the left side. too bad.

 

In this case it's the "right" side for the webcam as there is no webcam on the starboard (right ) side.

 

poor battery dying. have to plug in and will be back on the ipad later.

 

fun day today - lots of cheers, good fun, good company and everything.

 

Thanks Kazu, that's what I thought, just wanted to make sure. Yeah, left side is where the canal web cams are.

[summer slope]

Thanks Kazu, that's what I thought, just wanted to make sure. Yeah, left side is where the canal web cams are.

 

I'll have to remember that next year when we go through...so DD and DSIL can see us. We have a starboard cabin so will have to stand on the bow.