Panama Canal Cruise - Day 6 Panama Canal Partial Transit
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Hey Cruisers!
It's day six of our Caribbean Princess Panama Canal cruise, and I am up bright and early to catch our first pass through the Panama Canal locks. We found out early on that this was a really long and slow process. So instead of having hours of probably boring footage we have opted to use time-lapse for the majority of our passage through the canal. Sadly, the video quality does suffer a bit in that the results are quite shaky, but we couldn't think of a better way to show the trip through the locks. I'll give you a bit of information about the Panama Canal, and how the Panama Canal locks work as we show the time lapse footage. After we make our fist pass through the locks we will spend some time in Gatun lake. There are some great photo opportunities here, and since quite a few people have booked excursions, it's a great time to explore the ship. I took this opportunity to find a better viewing area for our trip back through the locks. Through out our Caribbean Princess cruise we had been wanting to try the Ernesto Burger at the new Salty Dog restaurant, but we found out that it takes 25 minutes or more to prepare the burger. Now that the ship is half empty, and we've got lots of time, we'll head over to the Salty Dog and do a little burger research. You've got to see this burger to believe it! We round out this vlog with a little footage of an amazing, but limited port where we will pick up the cruise passengers that had booked excursions. Thanks for watching our Panama Canal cruise video. Be sure to check back soon. We'll be post video from our stop in beautiful Limon soon.
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OMG!! My day has been made! I literally got chills while watching this video!!
I had no interest in the new locks but this video has totally changed my mind! Wow! It looks phenomenal! I wish I could like this video at least 100 times!
Mr. CTTV, you did an INCREDIBLE job editing it!!
Thank you Scott!
That was awesome.
Really enjoyed this video. I was born and raised in Panama and miss it very much.
My family made the transit through the old Balboa locks 52 years ago aboard a Princess ship. We were returning to the US from a 3 year stay in Ecuador (military attache). As a 10-year-old, it was pretty boring, since the ship was primarily a cargo ship back then, with very limited passenger capabilities. My parents disembarked for the passage, going for the duty-free shopping, during which my dad bought a prized Akai sound system, which he kept for 30 years. Highlights for 10-year-old me: every afternoon, the Captain would come to the pool deck and toss silver dollars into the pool for the kids to dive for; the whole stalks of bananas hanging from the ceiling at the poolside buffet; the 'wave pool' that the *only* pool turned into when the seas were bumpy. Thanks for awakening awesome memories for this old lady. ♥
hahahaha! I love the vintage cut-away when you took a bite of the burger.
Nice memories of doing this cruise on the Coral Princess 7 years ago. I stayed on the ship and had a great spa day and sent hubby on the small boat excursion through all the locks. His excursion returned late due to heavy rains causing deep mud which was difficult for the bus to go through but he finally made it back to the ship about an hour after the time the ship was to depart. I have done just about every Caribbean itinerary, Alaska, and our last cruise was a 10 day Barcelona round trip Italy coast cruise in a Haven Spa suite on the NCL Epic (thank you NCL Casinos At Sea for that comp) which was wonderful, but so far my all time favorite cruise has been the 10 day Panama Canal. Thanks again for the memories. :)
Totally worth the hype! I too would have stayed aboard and gone through the canal twice.
Will be doing my Panama traverse here in a few weeks. The good news is, it's a 15-day cruise. The bad news is, I gain a pound a day on a cruise. Hope I can fit through Panama. Thanks the video was great.
Ahhhhh memories ❤ Awesome video. It brought me back...
Glad you enjoyed it!
Stunning! The cruises are a bit more on the pricy side, but now seeing what it’s like, I may actually go on one! Looks amazingly fun!
shook look for the ones that are repositioning- they can be cheaper (they are all longer cruises so it’s relatively cheaper but still usually considered a bargain!). Have fun :-)
That was the best Panama vlog. I love how much time and effort you put into all of your work CTTV.
Thank you! Your videos make me feel like I'm back on the ship. I have transitioned the Gatun Locks (2009) and the Aqua Clara locks (2017) both over Thanksgiving week on a Princess ship and loved both experiences. Staying on board does let you enjoy transitioning the locks twice as well as relax around the ship.
Beautiful, beautiful video, Sheri! And of course, you had me geeking out over the container ships! :)
I knew you’d like that part. I don’t sit still much but I could
Have watched that process all night!!
One of my first thoughts was "so that's where all the boxes are!" (a bit of a container shortage here in the interior of the country). :)
Excellent videography! So much history here and a fascinating front row seat slow motion journey! One of our favorite cruises that we would do again in a heartbeat!
We just returned from an Ocean to Ocean Panama Canal Cruise aboard the Island Princess. I watched your video prior to our embarkation, which was on March 25, 2018. There were so many great tips that you shared, such as (1) making a poster to show from our balcony, (2) watching the process of the Panama Canal crossing from different spots on the ship, and (3) staying stress-free about the schedule for passing through the various locks. We were delayed 3 hours during the transit because a cargo ship broke down in one of the locks. This meant we passed through the San Pedro Locks and Mira Flores Locks in the evening and missed dinner because we were still watching the process and did not want to leave the Sanctuary. We enjoyed seeing the canal in the evening as the lights started to illuminate the area.I re-watched your video today. You and your hubby (Mr. CruiseTipsTV) did an excellent job of capturing the Panama Canal, the new locks, and the surrounding area.
Thank you so much! This means a lot to us!
That was so cool. I am just back from my Feb 16 cruise. Great reliving it. What I found so neat was when you are in the locks you can see the water rise in the locks. The canal transit was the best. I would love to do the full transit. I wanted to give a plug for getting off the ship in an excursion and going to the observation center and seeing the ships enter from that view point. We got to see a huge container ship enter the locks with a little tug boat in front and a little tugboat in back. We just missed seeing the ship go back through. All we saw was the back of the ship as it went out of the locks. Incidentally it did not rain on ours. We entered the locks at 5:16 and dropped anchor in Gatun Lake at 8:41. We left there at 11:10 for Cristobal. We left there at 19:50 ( i don't know how to convert that.) I want to second your recommendation of the Salty Dog. I liked the hot dogs the best. But hamburgers were good. There was always a line. And then you top it all off with soft serve chocolate vanilla ice cream with chocolate sprinkles. This was absolutely the best cruise ever!
Hi guys, so very happy to finally see the new locks. We went thru the Gatun locks in 2011 and loved it especially seeing the 100 year old locks. It is indeed quite the wonder of our world. What we found different was in the new locks no mini trains to pull the ship through. Love the lush tropical scenery. We did the same as you guys and stayed on bored and it was so chill for a vibe but truly incredible to experience. Would love to do it again in the new locks. We had to laugh about the vintage 50’s video while you took a bite of the burger! Too funny!! Many thanks for sharing. Amazing video mr Cttv exhausting I am sure but know we appreciate it!
mike and Cheryl mazerolle - I loved the 50’s footage too!! So “Leave it to Beaver”!
Thanks for sharing!! We are doing, next month a 19 day round trip from LA to Panama Canal and this just made it more exciting. I am going to have to show this video to the hubby as he is bring his camera gear too! Thanks again!
That’s going to be an amazing cruise!
When the notification well sounded I got so excited to see it was you guys!!!!!
Ok so I had never thought about going through Panama Canal before but I am definitely going to add this to my list of future cruises. AMAZING job guys 😊❤
thankyou great video I have cruised P C before 3 times best experience in my life
OMG Sheri! This has me definitely wanting to do a Panama Canal Cruise now. If we weren’t booked on the Norwegian Epic in September I would definitely be booking this for this year. I’m checking out Panama Canal for next year. Knowing the history of the locks makes this video give me chills. So many lives were lost creating it. I’m so glad y’all had a great time. Also the editing is incredible! Awesome job Mr. CTTV.
Way to take one for the team with that burger Sheri :D ... I think I would love it. So cute your son's"drink of the day"!
This is one of the things I most want to do! Looks incredible.
The footage and your words captured what I felt passing through the Canal! I was lucky to go through on Christmas Day and it was even more special hearing calls of Feliz Navidad to and from the ship.... Wonderful memories!
Panama Canal - bucket list item! Thanks for sharing your trip!
Nice relaxing video tour of the locks! I laughed hard at the burger and old tv clip of the boy saying chew and chew and chew. Cheers! ,😎
Oh you went through the new locks 🔐! When I went 2 years ago it was scheduled to open in June! You’re sooo lucky 🍀!!
Awesome 😎 vacation/vlogs!
Loved watching you go thru the locks!! An amazing, miraculous feat of nature & engineering!! Maybe I’ll make it to the Panama Canal some day (I’ve only see the locks in Seattle & was fascinated by them & the salmon ladder)!! Don’t think I would have liked the Ernesto burger - kimchi & jalapeños - not my thing (for that matter - I don’t like beef burgers, prefer a veggie burger)!! Anyway - thanks for this video - it was great!! Loved seeing you & your son with your posters - so cute!! Looked like a nice day to stay aboard the Caribbean Princess!! Thanks Sheri (and family)!
Thank you my friend!
Well we tried to cruise a partial Panama Canal with Carnival January 2021 but of course that cruise cancelled. We are trying for a full transit January 2023 but this time on Princess and with the entire family. Fingers crossed that we get to go because it will be EPIC!
This so cool...great video Sheri and Mr. CTTV.
Thank you!
Amazing video! Great job.
as us aussies say that was a bloody great vlog.
Thank you! I have booked this cruise on NCL for November, this gets me excited about it!
Loving all of your videos! I'm taking this same cruise as a first time cruiser, beginning on April 1. Thanks for all the great information in general and about this cruise and this ship specifically.
Our pleasure
what a great day!!!! ☺ 💕
This is on my Must Do List, just need to do it, great video.
Great video! Thanks for sharing your adventures with us! 🌼
hi from N.Y. I Like You video very nicely produced and we're going on a Carnival ship is going through the locks in the Panama Canal enjoyed it very much
Greetings from Panama
Sheri, nice that you got to go into the new locks. We sailed Celebrity Infinity March 2016 when they thought they'd have the new locks done but they didn't. The good thing was we had arranged a private tour to see the new locks being worked on, that was interesting.
That sounds very interesting!
Love the video, the locks look amazing. It be hard to choice to stay on the ship or take shore excursion. I am not hamburger fan either. When I eat one it has to be good. That one was huge. I probably could only eat half. I heard Princess Cruise built 2 ships just for the Panama canal acrossing
I loved this video. You’re Anti-Hot Wings and not a burger person? Well you make up for it with some amazing sunglasses.
LOL Awesome job Mr. CTTV, had me laughing when you were eating the hamburger 😂 Looks so pretty in Panama I want the same ports you went on.
Will be on my first Panama canal cruise on January 19, 2019 with Carnival on the Freedom.
Can't wait.
Hey....i was thinking about going on a partial Panama canal but on carnival and has to be booked today😮july 31....i think you made up my mind😊
Nice!!!!
Very cool! I never thought it would be so interesting. Now I want to cruise through the Canal.
PS, I never let. Just havent been as active because of work ;)
Awesome Video!
I have been on 26 cruises and booked on the Horizon’s first sailing!
Did you know there are interesting river locks that are similar, but smaller, in several US locations? After grad school I took a position for a couple of years near a town called Florence, AL - Ohio River going straight though there has some super interesting locks for people sailing the length of that river - pleasure and industry. If you are nearby at any point, check them out!
mcbeeze It's the Tennessee River
Loved the video! Thank you, Sheri and Mr.CTTV. BTW, what were the posters for?
We are scheduled for this March 2023!!!!!
...ya got great attitude...
I heard what really made building the canal difficult is that the atlantic and pacific are not exactly level. The pacific side is actually a few feet higher.
New sub is! Love this channel because you truly inform and educate me! I am awestruck at the the wonder of it all. Two questions...what is the purpose of Mr. Tug the tugboat in front of the ship please? Secondly in your estimation of your experience and others, what is the best time of the year to go to a Panama Canal Cruise?
I agree with Scott Singer...our next cruise booking will be through the canal! What did your sign say that your were showing to people on shore?
Wow I need to go there one day. Amazing. The burger looked amazing too. Too bad they don't have the Salty Dog on the Star Princess which I'm going on next month. Boo hoo:(
#CTTV 🚢
I have a question do you travel with your wedding and engagement rings?
?? Someone recently told me that once you get into the Canal that there is a surprise port fee that pops on your account. Is this true?
This was a great video. I’m now thinking a Panama cruise is something we should look into. Are these only for cruises that transition between Caribbean and Alaskan seasons?
Panama canal season is generally about November to April, loosely. That is mostly due to weather.
Any recommendations for pre Canal cruise info?....want to get the most out of our trip...also which Mexican port would be better to take a "beach" day...Puerto Vallarta or Cabo San Lucas? Our ship will stop at both....
I have a friend, a cruise buddy, who was born in the Canal Zone & spent her early years there (her sister still lives in the area)! Wonder if I could talk her into going on a Panama Canal Cruise??
More volume would be appreciated in the future
Lol at that burger edit tho....
That burger looked good - not Guy's good - but good !!!!!!!! jk. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Is there a live stream today???
Have to ask a silly question but what is the lipstick/gloss you are wearing in the Panama video?
Not silly at all- it’s lipsense: best change I ever made - it stays on all day.
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Love lipsense too! What color?
So sorry! I’m 90% sure that’s pink ice during the day. Definitely one I reach for a lot! I also love “luv it” and fleur de Lisa
CruiseTipsTV thanks so much. Hope you and your family have a happy Easter!
why do you have to pay for the burger??
I don't get the hype at all, this looks so industrial amd ugly to look at. I live near canals and see ships in Ontario Canada. This is no different very boring.
It looks really boring.