LIVE from Radiance Apr. 21, 2023 - The Panama Canal - Canal au Niveau de la Mer

[BecciBoo]

Thanks for the ride Twangster, as usual great photography!  Loved that moon shot...wow!

[Sea Dog]

Thank you @twangster for another fantastic review. Photography stellar as usual. I really enjoyed seeing how the locks work and their history. I think I have moved this cruise up on my preference list.

[njkruzer]

Thanks for the review. Looking forward to our transit in October. 

[Jimbo]

18 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Thank you @twangster for another fantastic review. Photography stellar as usual. I really enjoyed seeing how the locks work and their history. I think I have moved this cruise up on my preference list.

Check my signature. 🙂

[ORD1166]

12 hours ago, Coochuck said:

We will be Boarding in Vancouver also...first B2B for us.  Got great Air Fares from Philly to Vancouver on American.  Should be fun.

Let's go Chuck!  I am ready to sail now

[twangster]

Ship cleared at 7:50am.  Suite Concierge escorted us to the front.  

 

Off the ship at 7:55am. 

 

No facial recognition.  

 

Cleared CBP and outside by 8am.

 

I looked earlier, here were the rates for ride share.

 

 

 

 

[ORD1166]

12 hours ago, njkruzer said:

We arrive Vancouver Tuesday night.  Using points.  We were spoiled when we lived in NJ and could fly nonstop from Newark.  From Nashville we have to change plans. The other 2 couples we're traveling with for the first cruise,  arrive Wednesday.  From Tampa we head to Hilton Head with a rental car for a meeting and then a drive home. 

 

Btw b2b cruises are nice.

Are you flying thru DFW??  We meet up with Chuck and Carol in DFW for our flight to Vancover.

 

Vic

[njkruzer]

2 minutes ago, ORD1166 said:

Are you flying thru DFW??  We meet up with Chuck and Carol in DFW for our flight to Vancover.

 

Vic

I think we're changing in Denver.  United changed our flight. Originally I think it was Houston. We flew with American last May coming home from Amsterdam and they messed us up.  They couldn't care less. While I know I'll fly them again but try not to.  In Vancouver we're at Marriott Pinnacle Downtown. 

[twangster]

In my Lyft, 8:48am drop off at LAX

 

 

[kernow]

27 minutes ago, twangster said:

Ship cleared at 7:50am.  Suite Concierge escorted us to the front.  

 

Off the ship at 7:55am. 

 

No facial recognition.  

 

Cleared CBP and outside by 8am.

 

I looked earlier, here were the rates for ride share.

 

 

 

 

We will need to get from airport hotel at LAX to the port for our cruise in Nov. Sorry if this sounds stupid but never used Lyft or Uber (don't have them where we live in the UK) but are those prices plus tip and if so how do you add it?

 

[njkruzer]

10 minutes ago, kernow said:

We will need to get from airport hotel at LAX to the port for our cruise in Nov. Sorry if this sounds stupid but never used Lyft or Uber (don't have them where we live in the UK) but are those prices plus tip and if so how do you add it?

 

Either cash or add it on app.

[orville99]

On 4/19/2023 at 6:58 PM, twangster said:

 

Splendor is coming to Florida!  Well sort of. 

 

Marella Discovery will be home ported from Port Canaveral soon for TUI.  It doesn't look like we (US citizens) can book her, she's being offered with packages from the UK that bundle airfare to MLB airport near the port.     

 

Nonetheless Splendor a.k.a Marella Discovery will be back in the US and operating from PCN the day after we disembark from Radiance in LA.

I hope that changes at some time soon. There's already one itinerary out of PC that we'd love to take.

[twangster]

Through security at 9:02am.

 

My crystal block caused my carry on to require an inspection.   Took about 30 seconds.  

[twangster]

My flights at 2pm.   I was tempted to take the 11am flight and I could have made it toyay but I gave myself more time in case of a delayed arrival by the ship. 

[twangster]

32 minutes ago, kernow said:

We will need to get from airport hotel at LAX to the port for our cruise in Nov. Sorry if this sounds stupid but never used Lyft or Uber (don't have them where we live in the UK) but are those prices plus tip and if so how do you add it?

 

 

@little britain is from the UK and used Uber in Galveston.   Perhaps she can comment on her experience.

 

[orville99]

46 minutes ago, kernow said:

We will need to get from airport hotel at LAX to the port for our cruise in Nov.

Are you sailing on the Eastbound Transit from LA to Miami on Serenade by any chance?

[kernow]

14 minutes ago, orville99 said:

Are you sailing on the Eastbound Transit from LA to Miami on Serenade by any chance?

Yes, that's the one😀.

[orville99]

36 minutes ago, kernow said:

Yes, that's the one😀.

We will have to track each other down. We are doing both the westbound and eastbound transits as a B2B

[smokeybandit]

1 hour ago, kernow said:

We will need to get from airport hotel at LAX to the port for our cruise in Nov. Sorry if this sounds stupid but never used Lyft or Uber (don't have them where we live in the UK) but are those prices plus tip and if so how do you add it?

 

It's all done through their app, no cash exchanged. At the end of your ride, it'll prompt you for a tip amount.

[firefly333]

3 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

It's all done through their app, no cash exchanged. At the end of your ride, it'll prompt you for a tip amount.

I tipped in cash. It's a option. I gave extra as he had to wait for me. No driver ever turned down cash I've driven with. 

[bobmacliberty]

On 5/5/2023 at 9:48 AM, twangster said:

To the lounge for a coffee.  

 

Saw this on a cart.   The beans used in the conceirge and diamond lounge coffee machines are:

 

 

 

Rick has his own coffee beans??? 🤔😁😜

[bobmacliberty]

Great review @twangster.  Whenever I see a review from you, it's an automatic follow.  Thanks.

[vpat48]

6 hours ago, twangster said:

Through the salt soaked windows I spotted this

 

 

 

What does this machine do?

[twangster]

8 minutes ago, vpat48 said:

What does this machine do?

 

California has an environmental regulation called CARB that requires ship connect to shore power and minimize engine use.  

 

This machine hoists the electrical cables onto the ship.  

 

I'm not sure if it was widely known that Radiance is shore power capable. 

[BecciBoo]

36 minutes ago, vpat48 said:

What does this machine do?

Milk cows?   LOLOLOLOL