Elation still at dock in N.O. at 5:50pm

[BigEasyCC]

Late departure, just wonder why you can see guys on the whale tale.

[BigEasyCC]

Port of New Orleans webcam.

[cruiser fanatic]

I hear that she is not leaving New Orleans until 8:00PM. Not sure why.

[BigB0882]

Yes, I read she wouldn't leave until 8 in another thread the other day. Can't remember why but it was known ahead of time.

[tallyho8]

It's 8:48 and it's still here. I wonder why?

[tallyho8]

It's 9:19 PM. It's just pulling out of port now.

[Purvis1231]

The Elation is pulling away from the dock at 9:15 central time.

[splash_in_the_water]

hmmm. maybe they couldn't find the keys lol...turns out the captain had them in his other pants...It's always the other pants.

[Purvis1231]

I wonder if they opened the casino while dock?

[msmith198025]

We are on the ship now, we got an email ahead of time but they never mentioned in it or afterwards what the issue was.

 

In any case under way with clear skys and calm water.

 

 

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[Saint Greg]

I was on the ship this past week. On Friday in a Q&A the cruise director said they wouldn't be leaving until 8pm because they were preparing for Jacksonville. There's some bridge or something that the ship wouldn't fit under. So they had to take something off of the ship and cut the bottom of it down to make the ship shorter before they could cruise to Jacksonville.

Edited March 7, 2016 by Saint Greg

[msmith198025]

I was on the ship this past week. On Friday in a Q&A the cruise director said they wouldn't be leaving until 8pm because they were preparing for Jacksonville. There's some bridge or something that the ship wouldn't fit under. So they had to take something off of the ship and cut the bottom of it down to make the ship shorter before they could cruise to Jacksonville.

 

 

That is certainly plausible. The work was on top of the funnel

 

 

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[BigEasyCC]

I was on the ship this past week. On Friday in a Q&A the cruise director said they wouldn't be leaving until 8pm because they were preparing for Jacksonville. There's some bridge or something that the ship wouldn't fit under. So they had to take something off of the ship and cut the bottom of it down to make the ship shorter before they could cruise to Jacksonville.

 

Thank you for your insight! Makes sense why they were welding on top the funnel. Looked to be the signal light that extends upward from the funnel.

[catnpkg]

The bridge in Jacksonville is the Dames Point Bridge. Before the Elation the only boat to fit under it is the Facination. And it is a very close fit as in Inches. :)

Love being on the boat going under the bridge.

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[Saint Greg]

The bridge in Jacksonville is the Dames Point Bridge. Before the Elation the only boat to fit under it is the Facination. And it is a very close fit as in Inches. :)

Love being on the boat going under the bridge.

 

That is a tight fit!

 

[4ready2cruz]

Sailed out of Jacksonville on the Fascination last year. We were up on the Sport Deck as we were going under the bridge, it seemed VERY close! We will be on the Elation in July, can't wait!

[msmith198025]

That isn't the fascination in the pic. What bridge is that?

 

 

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[Saint Greg]

That isn't the fascination in the pic. What bridge is that?

 

 

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How about this?

 

[tandemcruzr]

That isn't the fascination in the pic. What bridge is that?

 

 

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Looks like a Spirit class out of Tampa????

Edited March 10, 2016 by tandemcruzr

[GROUCHPUSS]

They were cutting down the funnel to fit under the bridge. I have a friend that works on the Elation and he was telling me what they were doing.

[Yellowbird75]

Looks like a Spirit class out of Tampa????

 

Yeah, too many balconies to be the Fascination and the bridge looks like the Skyway Sunshine bridge in Tampa.

[BigEasyCC]

They were cutting down the funnel to fit under the bridge. I have a friend that works on the Elation and he was telling me what they were doing.

 

It wasn't the funnel it's self that was shortened, but the signal light pole that extends from the top of the funnel.