"Live" - 29 Nov - 15 Dec 2018 Panama Canal on Vision

[PCWalton1]

10 hours ago, pengu1n said:

We have seen Alfred and Seymour on 2 of our previous cruises.  Wonder if they'll still be there for our trip coming up in a couple weeks!

They are so hilarious. Best we have seen so far.

 

[TheSweetPotatoQueen]

Bill. I'm loving your review. Panama Canal is on our bucket list. So glad you're bringing Vision to NOLA. We board the day y'all get off.

I have a question for Marie. How cold are the venues? Main Dining Room, theater, etc? Many times they keep the air conditioning so cold! I'm starting our packing this weekend. I am extremely cold-natured, and have found when we cruise during winter months, I freeze!  

[PCWalton1]

Today's behind the stripes interview is with the activities director and the financial controller who are married to each other. 

 

 

[PCWalton1]

23 minutes ago, TheSweetPotatoQueen said:

Bill. I'm loving your review. Panama Canal is on our bucket list. So glad you're bringing Vision to NOLA. We board the day y'all get off.

I have a question for Marie. How cold are the venues? Main Dining Room, theater, etc? Many times they keep the air conditioning so cold! I'm starting our packing this weekend. I am extremely cold-natured, and have found when we cruise during winter months, I freeze!  

She says they are cool enough that she does not go sleeveless. 

[travelgoddess1]

2 hours ago, TheSweetPotatoQueen said:

Bill. I'm loving your review. Panama Canal is on our bucket list. So glad you're bringing Vision to NOLA. We board the day y'all get off.

I have a question for Marie. How cold are the venues? Main Dining Room, theater, etc? Many times they keep the air conditioning so cold! I'm starting our packing this weekend. I am extremely cold-natured, and have found when we cruise during winter months, I freeze!  

 

Bring a lightweight shirt/jacket/sweater. 

[Merion_Mom]

This is funny.

 

I find the ship quite warm in most places.  WARM.  too warm.

[PCWalton1]

Dressing up for formal night

 

 

[PCWalton1]

Great reggae duo.

 

 

[creel5857]

Enjoying your posts very much.   This lets us relive our trip through Canal last year and we get to see areas around the ship which we will sail on in January .    Thanks!!!

[geoblond]

3 hours ago, PCWalton1 said:

 

You both look very nice!

Which lounge is this?

thanks,

 

 

Edited December 7, 2018 by geoblond

[Merion_Mom]

3 hours ago, geoblond said:

 

 

This is the Some Enchanted Evening Lounge on Deck 6 behind the Schooner Bar.  It is being used as the overflow every night for the Diamond Lounge.  (see the numbers of eligible numbers above)

[PCWalton1]

Welcome to sunny Puntarenas, Costa Rica 

[PCWalton1]

Sorry if I don't get this done today but the ship's wifi is a pathetic dog today. Which does not make me happy as I am paying for this crap. 

 

Hello, we are back on board. Today we had a group of seven take an excursion with Your Lucky Tour, Tour Operator Eduardo Humphreys.

 

We went out is search of wildlife and we were successful. Along the way we saw Capuchin monkeys, a wide variety of birds including macaws and of course crocodiles. 

 

First stop was for the monkeys and they were a riot. None of us got up the nerve to feed them (I value my digits) but a few did get climbed on. 

 

[creel5857]

Enjoying your posts very much.   Are you finding that email and social media is slow or just uploading the pictures.  Still trying to decide if we purchase the internet/WiFi package for our January trip.

[PCWalton1]

Next we headed to a crocodile bridge where we could visit them from a safe distance. Along the way our guide should us a cocao pod, take note chocolate lovers.

 

Edited December 7, 2018 by PCWalton1

[PCWalton1]

50 minutes ago, creel5857 said:

Enjoying your posts very much.   Are you finding that email and social media is slow or just uploading the pictures.  Still trying to decide if we purchase the internet/WiFi package for our January trip.

Actually most of the time the connection has been good. I even streamed Outlander on Starz back on Sunday. Just running slow today. 

[John&LaLa]

On 12/5/2018 at 10:26 PM, PCWalton1 said:

Role reversal today. Marie lost her $20 in about 5 minutes and I spent about 45 minutes turning my twenty into $450 😎

 

Nice return, which machine?

 

Laura plays Wheel of Fortune @ $5 a spin. 😱

Edited December 8, 2018 by John&LaLa

[PCWalton1]

26 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Nice return, which machine?

 

Laura plays Wheel of Fortune @ $5 a spin. 😱

It was a machine with a lot of wolves howling on it.  90 cents per roll

 

[PCWalton1]

Some of our festive Guest services staff 

 

 

[PCWalton1]

Onward with the slow wifi. We next headed out on a river boat ride to see much more birds and hopefully some crocs.

 

 

If you can see him in the middle that is a woodpecker

 

The let us use these handy bird guides

Edited December 8, 2018 by PCWalton1

[PCWalton1]

We saw various types of egrets wish I remembered all the names.

 

[PCWalton1]

 

Pelican gathering

 

Croc sighting (barely)

 

How does it balance up there?

Edited December 8, 2018 by PCWalton1

[PCWalton1]

Believe it or not this is a termite nest

 

Here was a peregrine falcon enjoy fish for lunch

 

 

 

Every time I saw one of these beasts I reminded myself to keep my elbow in the boat as typing with my nose would be difficult.

Edited December 8, 2018 by PCWalton1

[PCWalton1]

 

Another croc in stealth mode

 

There was a lot of wild banana trees. The purple is what is called the banana flower which is where the bananas grow from

 

A lovely bunch of bananas

 

Friday choir practice

 

Black Hawk

 

More choir practice. I think these were the tenors

Edited December 8, 2018 by PCWalton1

[geoblond]

19 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

 

This is the Some Enchanted Evening Lounge on Deck 6 behind the Schooner Bar.  It is being used as the overflow every night for the Diamond Lounge.  (see the numbers of eligible numbers above)

 

Thanks  Merion_Mom!