Discovery Princess...When will it sail

[Fat Albert]

20 hours ago, Astro Flyer said:

In recent Princess webinars the status of the Discovery was discussed & they’re still hoping the ship will arrive for the inaugural cruise from LA on 3/1/22.

 

They have not disclosed any plans about the route the ship would sail to get to LA. Guesses have been via the Pacific, around South America or via the Panama Canal which some have posted wouldn’t be possible due to insufficient clearance to sail under the Bridge of the Americas.

The canal has new locks and the new entrance for the Pacific ocean is north of the old locks and therefore NO BRIDGE to go under. When the ship comes from the Caribbean side it gets diverted tot he north after the last locks at Mira Flores and heads out to the pacific. The new locks are for every ship and no restrictions at all

[Astro Flyer]

3 hours ago, Fat Albert said:

The canal has new locks and the new entrance for the Pacific ocean is north of the old locks and therefore NO BRIDGE to go under. When the ship comes from the Caribbean side it gets diverted tot he north after the last locks at Mira Flores and heads out to the pacific. The new locks are for every ship and no restrictions at all

Thanks for the information...I haven’t sailed through the new locks.

[Crystabel]

This doesn’t look good for those who hope to sail on her this year.

 

https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/press-releases/2021/fincantieri-discovery-princess-floats-out-in-monfalcone/

[jennybenny]

5 minutes ago, Crystabel said:

This doesn’t look good for those who hope to sail on her this year.

 

https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/press-releases/2021/fincantieri-discovery-princess-floats-out-in-monfalcone/

I think the first cruise is now scheduled for March 1, 2022 out of California 

[stevenr597]

We decided to switch to Enchanged Princess for it's first Trans-Atlantic, leaving Barcelona in mid-November.  In retrospect it seems like a better itinerary.  

Thinking about it, why doesn't Princess, attempt to have passengers for a trip from Italy to California.

[Cruise Wonderland]

3 hours ago, Fat Albert said:

The canal has new locks and the new entrance for the Pacific ocean is north of the old locks and therefore NO BRIDGE to go under. When the ship comes from the Caribbean side it gets diverted tot he north after the last locks at Mira Flores and heads out to the pacific. The new locks are for every ship and no restrictions at all

 

I think the new locks are in blue circle and ships will still need to go under Bridge of the Americas (red circle).

 

Also you can refer to 5:55 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPRkXTS1VJA

 

 

[Astro Flyer]

29 minutes ago, Crystabel said:

This doesn’t look good for those who hope to sail on her this year.

 

https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/press-releases/2021/fincantieri-discovery-princess-floats-out-in-monfalcone/

 

23 minutes ago, jennybenny said:

I think the first cruise is now scheduled for March 1, 2022 out of California 

Yes, cruises scheduled for this year & early next year were all canceled with the first scheduled cruise on 3/1/22 from LA.

[Fat Albert]

cruise wonderland that bridge does not look like the old bridge . We did the 19 day RT LA Panama Canal in April and Nov of 2018 and we did the Island and Coral and both times when we headed back out to the Pacific the ships that were   to wide for the old locks were diverted to the new lock north of us . They did not go under the same bridge as we did which is the old bridge. I think I saw cement in you video and the old bridge is all iron and it is so old it looks completely black

[Fat Albert]