Rare Essiesmom Posted July 31, 2018 Author #51 Share Posted July 31, 2018 July 30/31: Logos Hope. She will be spending nearly a month in Balboa. Basically, she is a faith based floating book fair. http://www.omships.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=49&lang=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted July 31, 2018 Author #52 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Centennial Bridge Pedro Miguel Locks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted July 31, 2018 Author #53 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Miraflores Locks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted July 31, 2018 #54 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Don't know if I want to do a night crossing, you'd miss so much. The scenery is so much nicer & more to see during the day. It does bring back memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted July 31, 2018 #55 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I agree ski ww, not sure I'd want to do a night crossing. But the pictures are interesting. Thanks Essiesmom for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillB48 Posted July 31, 2018 #56 Share Posted July 31, 2018 No doubt about it, you would miss some things in a night transit... but... but... however, a night transit is pretty neat in its own way. You can see things pretty well at the locks at night and with all the bank lighting in Gaillard Cut makes that part of the transit very attractive. A daylight transit certainly preferable, then again a night transit isn't a washout! I suppose they felt the $30,000 saved for a daylight transit guarantee could be better spent on their book program. Wonder if they had a transit reservation? That would be another $5500 on top of the toll for that sized ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted July 31, 2018 Author #57 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I'm sure they had a reservation, as they have a schedule. Actually, they were supposed to be in Balboa yesterday, not 2am or so today... A couple of years ago, the little Windstar ships - the ones they go from Seabourn - were doing night transits. Don't know if the guests realized it would be that way, but someone wrote a review here, very upset about it. They do it in daylight now. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted August 21, 2018 Author #58 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) Crystal Symphony today, August 21, with her fabulous bridgecams To follow her transit with her webcams, click here: http://www.kroooz-cams.com/symphony/symphony1.php Approaching Pedro Miguel Edited August 21, 2018 by Essiesmom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted August 21, 2018 #59 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Great pictures. Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portofrome Posted August 21, 2018 #60 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Amazing photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCWalton1 Posted August 21, 2018 #61 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Look at all that blue sky. WOW :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillB48 Posted August 21, 2018 #62 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Someone must have had a little chat with the rain gods... coming up on Gatun and still looks great. Those cams on the Symphony sure are the gold standard of bridge cams(y)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted August 21, 2018 Author #63 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Approaching Gatun Locks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted August 21, 2018 Author #64 Share Posted August 21, 2018 No more blue sky, but no rain, either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted August 21, 2018 Author #65 Share Posted August 21, 2018 The next transit will be Friday, Aug 24, Sea Princess westbound on her world cruise. Heading back home to Australia. She also has a very nice bridgecam, https://www.princess.com/bridgecams/?shipCode=ru The Panama cams are here: https://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html?cam=Miraflores. Only the Gatun High Red. and the Miraflores Hi-res work, and sometimes you have to refresh often, especially the Gatun cam. I may not be able to get much of her transit because I will be on the road to a cruise... This is a sample from last years transit: EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rncath11 Posted August 26, 2018 #66 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Really enjoy seeing the pictures of Panama Canal. My husband and I are planning a partial transit Panama Cruise. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillB48 Posted August 27, 2018 #67 Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) This post is not really "who's in the Canal today" but rather what's not in the Canal today! More accurately, what is not in the Canal today... that would be water;). Borrowed this picture from EM above, the Crystal Symphony is moving between the middle level to the lower level... take a close look to the left. What you are seeing is the west lane of Gatun without water. What is going on is "dry chamber" to renew miter gate seals as well as the quoin seals for the gate that will be reinstalled. Dry West Chamber on the Left... Here are some drone shots taken during the lane outage ... The first is looking south from the sea entrance towards Gatun Lake... Looking north from the chamber towards the sea... Photo Credit: Canal's FB page, Canal de Panama for last two photos Edited August 27, 2018 by BillB48 Add photo credit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted August 27, 2018 #68 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Great pictures. I'm surprised on how few people are on the bow going through the locks. On our transit there was hardly room to move on the bow. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillB48 Posted August 27, 2018 #69 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Maybe they are all canaled out, since it is the last lock in the middle of the afternoon. Actually, it could be crew. If I am not mistaking the bow on that ship is not open to the public, pretty sure there is a small crew pool on the bow. At the bottom center of the the picture you can just see the round white edge of what I think is the pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted September 13, 2018 Author #70 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Sept. 12, Carnival Miracle doing a partial transit through the GatunLocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted September 13, 2018 Author #71 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Going back out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted September 13, 2018 #72 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Hope to catch the Maasdam on her way to the Pacific on the 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted September 15, 2018 Author #73 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Sept. 15, Saturday, Maasdam. Must have paid extra for the sunshine. Gatun Locks Wonder why she has a lifeboat on the bow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillB48 Posted September 16, 2018 #74 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Someone on the HAL board said they were getting around 8 zodiacs for some islands on their Pacific itineraries. Maybe a temporary storage issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted September 16, 2018 #75 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Thanks for posting. I missed her yesterday while she was doing her transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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