Live from Millennium Panama Canal East-to-West April 21 - May 6, 2023

[Fly and Sail]

13 minutes ago, DaKahuna said:

Oh, that brings up a question.  If this happened at sea, how would you contact anyone to let them know?  The more I thought of that the more I kept coming back to ..I would post something here and hope my fellow passengers who were following along would call someone for us. 

How were you able to get back into your room? 

Usually someone around your side of the ship is on the balcony or has the doors open. Otherwise it’d take about half a day until the cabin steward is back for his last day of work. 😆

 

I’m puzzled about tomorrow as it shows on the planner Colon with excursions for Panama City and Panama Canal/Locks. Are we passing the locks tomorrow morning and then dock somewhere?

[DaKahuna]

24 minutes ago, Fly and Sail said:

 

I’m puzzled about tomorrow as it shows on the planner Colon with excursions for Panama City and Panama Canal/Locks. Are we passing the locks tomorrow morning and then dock somewhere?

no, tomorrow is a port day in Colon.  We go through the locks and the canal and into the pacific the day after.

 

If I remember correctly we will be approaching the locks around 0530-0600 on Wednesday morning and should complete the transit about six and a half hours later. All depends on traffic in the canal. 
 

[mahdnc]

35 minutes ago, Fly and Sail said:

Usually someone around your side of the ship is on the balcony or has the doors open. Otherwise it’d take about half a day until the cabin steward is back for his last day of work. 😆

 

Another reason for Celebrity NOT to reduce housekeeping to once a day!

[Fly and Sail]

18 minutes ago, DaKahuna said:

no, tomorrow is a port day in Colon.  We go through the locks and the canal and into the pacific the day after.

 

If I remember correctly we will be approaching the locks around 0530-0600 on Wednesday morning and should complete the transit about six and a half hours later. All depends on traffic in the canal. 
 

This schedule is what threw me off:

 

 

[DaKahuna]

19 minutes ago, Fly and Sail said:

This schedule is what threw me off:

 

 

 

Those ‘Destinations’ are shore excursions!

 

[If only]

7 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

Well that was a first! 
 

My wife and I were relaxing on our balcony and our stateroom attendant finished cleaning the room and stepped out to make sure we did not need anything.  We assured him that everything was great. He left and we continued to talk to each other. 
 

My wife got up to get something from the room only to find the balcony door locked. Apparently out stateroom attendant had locked it from force of habit when he closed the door after speaking to us. 
 

Fortunately we are on the starboard side and I was able to shout and get the attention of a crew member on the dock who contacted our stateroom attendant.  A very embarrassed young man came and let us back into the room! 
 

We had that happen to us on the Millennium on our April 8th cruise.  I think the room stewards have been told to automatically lock the door.  They just sometimes forget that we are out there.

[DaKahuna]

30 minutes ago, If only said:

We had that happen to us on the Millennium on our April 8th cruise.  I think the room stewards have been told to automatically lock the door.  They just sometimes forget that we are out there.

I can see that.  Ours had just talked with us.  Pretty much a muscle memory thing was my thought.

 

[DaKahuna]

Tonight’s Food porn 

 

Amuse bouche 

 

 

starters

 

Roasted apple & hearty green salad for DW (not her favoite) 

 

 

Seafood veloute for me, not bad .. rich and creamy.  Waitress poured the soup before I could grab a photo of the crab, caviar, etc..

 

 

and we shared the Ginger crab cake (delicious) 

 

 

My DW had the moscato she had earlier in the cruise and I went with an Italian Merlot as the Columbia Crest and other Washington state Merlot’s are not in stock

 

 

For her main course the DW had the ‘cornish game hen’ which I agree is not a game hen.

 

 

and i had the perfectly prepared and absolutely delicious lamb 

 

 

For dessert my wife had the Lemon Olive Oil Custard

 

 

and for the second night in a row I had the Raspberry Pistachio Vacherin from the Daniel Boulud menu

 

 

right now we are relaxing in the Rendevous Lounge ready to watch the Officer’s vs Guest game show.

 

 

 

[Purplsmurf]

Do you happen to know if the California roll is real crab or imitation? I’m gluten free so can’t eat much from the menu, but can eat that if it’s real crab.

[DaKahuna]

2 hours ago, Purplsmurf said:

Do you happen to know if the California roll is real crab or imitation? I’m gluten free so can’t eat much from the menu, but can eat that if it’s real crab.

No, I do not know for sure.  I will try and remember to ask the next time we are there.

 

[DaKahuna]

@mahdnc  I did not forget you

 

[mahdnc]

8 minutes ago, DaKahuna said:

@mahdnc  I did not forget you

 

 

Thank you. The martini says it all. 

[Fly and Sail]

Are they going to stamp passports today in Panama or is that simply a legal requirement to keep carrying them around. It would make for a nice souvenir.

[DaKahuna]

1 minute ago, Fly and Sail said:

Are they going to stamp passports today in Panama or is that simply a legal requirement to keep carrying them around. It would make for a nice souvenir.

They have never stamped ours here.  Just checked to make sure we have them.

 

We do not even recall seeing a place where you vould get yours stamped.

 

[DaKahuna]

Good morning from Colon Panama.  
We do not even plan to leave the ship today.  Hopefully someone else will share pictures of their excursion.

 

Breakfast in Luminae food porn follows:

 

Almond croissant 

 

 

Pistachio Roll

 

 

scrambled eggs for DW

 

 

and a ham & cheese omelette for me

 

 

I also had a toasted English muffin

 

[DaKahuna]

There was some entertainment on the pier for departing passengers 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and of course a number of ship’s officers on the pier 

 

[mahdnc]

Good morning.  I will be very interested in your posts for tomorrow during the canal transit.  When you get your issue of Celebrity Today later tonight, would you mind photographing any information about the schedule for that day, etc?  Thank you.

 

I hope you get your helipad invite for tomorrow!

[thebutlerdidit]

14 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

Seafood veloute for me, not bad .. rich and creamy.  Waitress poured the soup before I could grab a photo of the crab, caviar, etc..

 

 

Speaking of caviar, this was my breakfast omelet from room service on the previous cruise - the Fresh Egg Omelet with Smoked Salmon and Caviar. It was amazing!

 

 

[Fly and Sail]

3 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

They have never stamped ours here.  Just checked to make sure we have them.

 

We do not even recall seeing a place where you vould get yours stamped.

 

Got a stamp right in the terminal.

 

 

[hcat]

4 hours ago, DaKahuna said:

There was some entertainment on the pier for departing passengers 

 

 

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and of course a number of ship’s officers on the pier 

 

Very nice video.. love the bright colors and upbeat music!

[Fly and Sail]

While the ship is being serviced I recommend the Mandarin-Yoghurt and Raspberry Sorbet.

[DaKahuna]

31 minutes ago, Fly and Sail said:

While the ship is being serviced I recommend the Mandarin-Yoghurt and Raspberry Sorbet.

 

We went a different route and got Affogato’s, with a shot of Bailey’s, from Cafe al Bacio for our post lunch dessert.

 

[DaKahuna]

Speaking of lunch, we decided to give the Retreat Sundeck a try.  It was sunny but not over bearingly hot.

 

 

 

We shared an order of shrimp cocktail and both had the roasted Turkey BLT Wrap which was delicious. 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 25, 2023 by DaKahuna

[DaKahuna]

 I have been thinking about this for a couple of days now but keep forgetting to comment on it.  

 

The men who are reading this and have sailed on S-class ships may agree or now but I miss the riddles, quizzes, and quotes that are posted above the urinals in the public men’s restrooms on the S-class ships.  I use to make a point of visiting as many as I could find just to read the ‘writing on the walls.’

 

I also miss the automatic door open and close buttons for the restroom doors.  

 

 

[Moochi]

27 minutes ago, DaKahuna said:

 I have been thinking about this for a couple of days now but keep forgetting to comment on it.  

 

The men who are reading this and have sailed on S-class ships may agree or now but I miss the riddles, quizzes, and quotes that are posted above the urinals in the public men’s restrooms on the S-class ships.  I use to make a point of visiting as many as I could find just to read the ‘writing on the walls.’

 

I also miss the automatic door open and close buttons for the restroom doors.  

 

 

I hope my husband do not see this and get any ideas for bathroom decoration at home. I need him to concentrate on keeping the area clean, and finish the business fast to make the facility available to others.