Zuiderdam: May 1, 2011 Panama Canal

Entering the Gatun Locks:

great -- thanks for sharing

Thanks for posting.

As seen from the bridge cam of the Oceania Regatta

great pictures

another busy day in the canal

And again from Oceania Regatta:

Exiting the Gatun Locks:

Zuiderdam exits Gatun Lake in this AIS grab:

An AIS grab (minus all merchants ships, tankers, tugs, etc) showing Zuiderdam's track as she transits Culebra Cut:

The pictures were great. Thank you for sharing them.

Took me back to just over a year ago when we were on her.

In fact at this time last year we were going through cruise withdrawal.

thanks for sharing the pictures with us :):)

Zuiderdam heads for Pedro Miguel Locks after passing under the Centennial Bridge:

...and enters the Pedro Miguel Locks:

Thanks for sharing all these pictures and extra information. We've never done a Panama Canal cruise, but this sure makes it tempting.

After exiting the left side chambers of the Pedro Miguel Locks Zuiderdam heads for the Miraflores Locks:

From the bridge cam of the Oceana Regatta the Zuiderdam gets ready to exit the Miraflores Locks:

The End :)

Wow!!! Thanks so much for doing this!!! Panama City is fading from view at the moment. The back deck barbeque is about to begin. :-)

Looks like our weather was better on the W going thru the Canal. We had outstanding weather for the whole cruise. I hope it goes well for the Z too.

Wow!!! Thanks so much for doing this!!! Panama City is fading from view at the moment. The back deck barbeque is about to begin. :-)

I am thrilled you enjoyed it! I rarely ever do a 'full coverage' like this unless I know someone is aboard from Cruise Critic doing a Live thread like yours. And THANK YOU for the reports your cruise. It's always a treat when anyone takes time from their actual cruise to write a daily commentary and answer questions. Well done!

P.S. Another railforum member I know is on their too. HI HopefulRailUser! Hope you are having a GREAT cruise!!!

Thanks for the post, my TA and a bunch of his clients are aboard the cruise with you.

Another railforum member I know is on their too. HI HopefulRailUser

Yes indeed, here I am, home now. Notice we shared the locks with the same crude oil ship each time. At times he was way above us, at other times down low. His crew of 10 or so enjoyed watching us and waving at the girls.

Thanks for the great series of photos.