purescottish Posted March 30, 2008 #1 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Just found this on another board, (apologies if it's been posted already) I would be spitting mad if this happened to me http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/03/29/silversea_apologizes_for_dark_canal_tour/5588/ wendy x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsgirl Posted March 30, 2008 #2 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Dang, glad that wasn't me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwoodgal Posted March 30, 2008 #3 Share Posted March 30, 2008 The ships have a scheduled time that they are supposed to go through the canal. I wonder who really messed up???? We were late leaving Belize, because of a ships tour had a break down. That put us late getting to the canal. The Brilliance took our time slot as the Splendour was late because of the delay. I would have been more than upset to go through the locks in the dark. The process is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoreCruisesNow Posted March 30, 2008 #4 Share Posted March 30, 2008 It's like folks here are saying all the time... Luxury lines provide a different kind of experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purescottish Posted March 30, 2008 Author #5 Share Posted March 30, 2008 It's on my lifelong list of things to see and do....... but I hope to go in daylight.... I feel so sorry for those passengers I know nothing of the Panama Canal.... do you go through it once and that's it ? I'd want more than an onboard credit if that's the case wendy x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Cruz Chic Posted March 30, 2008 #6 Share Posted March 30, 2008 That is unusual for a cruise ship to go through at night. :eek: I'd be ticked too. *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted March 30, 2008 #7 Share Posted March 30, 2008 $32,000.00????? Damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladybug78 Posted March 30, 2008 #8 Share Posted March 30, 2008 $32,000.00????? Damn! Took the words right out of my mouth! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfargo Posted March 31, 2008 #9 Share Posted March 31, 2008 we go next week and sure hope it is during daylite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwoodgal Posted March 31, 2008 #10 Share Posted March 31, 2008 If you haven't done the Panama Canal cruise, you need to put it on the top of your list to do when you can. Read up on the building of the canal before you go as it will make more sense to you when you travel through it. I suggest that you stay on the ship if you do a partial transit as there is lots of things to see going and coming. My brother sails on Silver Sea none of their cruises are cheap. They do give you all the liquor you can drink, and take you to places a larger ship can't get to. Guess I will have to wait until I win the lottery before I get to sail with them.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTSEN5 Posted March 31, 2008 #11 Share Posted March 31, 2008 $32,000.00????? Damn! Casino losses???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyde3 Posted March 31, 2008 #12 Share Posted March 31, 2008 When we took our Panama Canal cruise the cruise was advertised as a Daylight transit. I wonder if some Cruise lines book it for night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Interweb Posted March 31, 2008 #13 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Casino losses???? Nah, $32K would be easy to spend with Silversea; that amount represents a mid-range suite for two on one of their already all-suite ships. I've already been through the Panama Canal, and when I got thinking about it a night transit would be kinda nifty if I were doing it for a second time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veryhotred Posted March 31, 2008 #14 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Oh boy!! My son's teacher just sailed on Silversea..wonder if it was her? I asked her how the cruise went, she said she would tell me later?!! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Interweb Posted March 31, 2008 #15 Share Posted March 31, 2008 The cruise the article discusses would have been in November or December of last year, methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTSEN5 Posted March 31, 2008 #16 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Nah, $32K would be easy to spend with Silversea; that amount represents a mid-range suite for two on one of their already all-suite ships. I've already been through the Panama Canal, and when I got thinking about it a night transit would be kinda nifty if I were doing it for a second time. Holy cow! That would be my one and only cruise for a lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffles2 Posted March 31, 2008 #17 Share Posted March 31, 2008 It costs the cruise line extra to go throught in daylight. It is very expensive--in the neighborhood of $200,000.00 at one time. Anyone going in the future, be sure and ask how much it cost! It will floor you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale-watcher Posted March 31, 2008 #18 Share Posted March 31, 2008 That is unusual for a cruise ship to go through at night. :eek: I'd be ticked too. *** If I am not mistaken (and I might be;) )..the larger PANAMAX ships are also allowed to transit the canal during daylight hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffles2 Posted March 31, 2008 #19 Share Posted March 31, 2008 If I am not mistaken (and I might be;) )..the larger PANAMAX ships are also allowed to transit the canal during daylight hours. I believe you are mistaken. Panamax ships cannot go through the canal at all because they are too big....that is why they are called pana-MAX:p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffles2 Posted March 31, 2008 #20 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Actually that may be mis-interpreting words: Panamax is determined principally by the dimensions of the canal's lock chambers, each of which is 33.53 metres (110 ft) wide by 320.0 metres (1050 ft) long, and 25.9 metres (85 ft) deep. The usable length of each lock chamber is 304.8 metres (1000 ft). The available water depth in the lock chambers varies, but the shallowest depth is at the south sill of the Pedro Miguel Locks and is 12.55 metres (41.2 ft) at a Miraflores Lake level of 16.61 metres (54 feet 6 in). The height of the Bridge of the Americas at Balboa is the limiting factor on a vessel's overall height. USS Missouri (BB-63), one of the Iowa class battleships, makes a very tight fit as she passes through the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal in October 1945. The maximum dimensions allowed for a ship transiting the canal are:[1] Length: 294.1 metres (965 ft) Beam (width): 32.3 metres (106 ft) Draft: 12.0 metres (39.5 ft) in tropical fresh water (the salinity and temperature of water affect its density, and hence how deeply a ship will sit in the water) Air draft: 57.91 metres (190 ft) measured from the waterline to the vessel's highest point The ships that cannot go through are referred by that term...such as Mariner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catergirl Posted April 2, 2008 #21 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Richard from panama have a link to the root of the real problem!! unhappy canal workers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard in Panama Posted April 2, 2008 #22 Share Posted April 2, 2008 For the record, PANAMAX is the MAXimum-sized ship than can transit the Canal. POST PANAMAX is too large to transit the Canal. Panamax ships transit the Canal during daylight hours. Most of the large cruise ships are PANAMAX. Silverseas may not be, since they are smaller. Background to the Sivlerseas issue . . . which you might interesting . . . http://www.panama-guide.com/article....80329132851920 Seems Panama Canal Pilots are doing a work slowdown type protest and a Silverseas ship ended up making the "highlight of the trip" Canal transit at night! Not really the "fault" of Silverseas. Regards, Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale-watcher Posted April 2, 2008 #23 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I believe you are mistaken. Panamax ships cannot go through the canal at all because they are too big....that is why they are called pana-MAX:p.Actually, I think it refers to the largest size (the MAXimum size) ship that can fit in the lock chamber.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffles2 Posted April 2, 2008 #24 Share Posted April 2, 2008 yep, left of the post of "post-panamax"....I guess because it is usually left off in speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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