Kiwi_cruiser Posted July 9, 2018 #801 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Sun Princess in Hong Kong today Sun Princess is spending two days in Hong Kong due to Super Typhoon Maria, hitting Japan (Okinawa) and Taiwan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 9, 2018 Author #802 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Sun Princess is spending two days in Hong Kong due to Super Typhoon Maria, hitting Japan (Okinawa) and Taiwan. Thanks for the. Update... they will have a floatinghotel in HK for 2days in the best spot.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 9, 2018 #803 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Doesn't look like it is at the kai tak cruise terminal. must be at the old one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 9, 2018 Author #804 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Doesn't look like it is at the kai tak cruise terminal. must be at the old one. Yes . Looks like she is at the Ocean Terminal, Kowloon. Shopping centre next door and just around corner to Star Ferry. editing to add. Just checked the cam this morning and looks like they have moved down to the Cruise Terminal at the old airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 9, 2018 #805 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Yes . Looks like she is at the Ocean Terminal, Kowloon. Shopping centre next door and just around corner to Star Ferry.editing to add. Just checked the cam this morning and looks like they have moved down to the Cruise Terminal at the old airport. That would be disappointing after experiencing the Ocean Terminal, which is such a great location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 10, 2018 #806 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Yeah, definitely looks the Kai Tak cruise terminal now. It would have been much easier at the other one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 11, 2018 Author #807 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Diamond Princess sailing under the bridge in Hakodate , Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 11, 2018 #808 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I hope they're not cruising near the flooded areas of Japan. There are 150 confirmed dead with many missing - sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 11, 2018 #809 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Japan is a great place to visit, hopefully the floods are elsewhere and also finished so the clean up can start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 12, 2018 Author #810 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Crystal Symphony giving us a look at Seattle today from her 3 cams.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 12, 2018 #811 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Great shots David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 13, 2018 Author #812 Share Posted July 13, 2018 From Coral Princess in. Glacier Bay , Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 14, 2018 #813 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Thanks David, nice grab but I wonder why the colour looks strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted July 14, 2018 #814 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Thanks David, nice grab but I wonder why the colour looks strange. Could be the webcam or something else going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 14, 2018 #815 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Perhaps it is the glare off the glacier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 16, 2018 Author #816 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Pacific Princess at the start of her all day transit of the Kiel Canal.Another advantage of cruising on a smaller ship .:) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 16, 2018 #817 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I have never heard of it. Can they go the whole way through from Baltic to North sea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky55 Posted July 16, 2018 #818 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I have never heard of it. Can they go the whole way through from Baltic to North sea? Mic, “The Kiel Canal is a 98-kilometre long freshwater canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal was finished in 1895, but later widened, and links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau. - Wikipedia” So says Wikipedia - don’t ya love it ;) Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 16, 2018 #819 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Mic, “The Kiel Canal is a 98-kilometre long freshwater canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal was finished in 1895, but later widened, and links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau. - Wikipedia” So says Wikipedia - don’t ya love it ;) Sent from my iPad using Forums Cheers, nice little sojourn for the passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 16, 2018 Author #820 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I have never heard of it. Can they go the whole way through from Baltic to North sea? When we did the “Baltic” we had 2 must do’s. We wanted a cruise that had 2 days in St Petersburg and a transit of the Kiel Canal. That narrowed it down to only one ship...Norwegian Dream , which was struggling along on reduced power and had to miss a port in order to maintain the timetable. It turned out to be one of our best cruises ever. Our day in the canal began with a German OoomPah band coming on board at the entrance lock and then they played throughout the day up on deck. Lots of German Beer consumed through the day . Sailing through the canal is like a drive in the countryside, as you have farms and towns on either side. At some points a path runs alongside and the locals all come and wave or ride their bikes along with the ship while having conversations with those on board. The number of ships doing the canal these days is very limited and it is becoming the realm of only the expensive and luxury cruises that use the smaller ships. We did Dover return which went through the canal to St Petersburg on the way up , then back around Denmark to the North Sea . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 17, 2018 #821 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Sounds wonderful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mr walker Posted July 17, 2018 #822 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Kiwi Kruzer, thanks for the information. I thought I knew a bit of geography but I sure learnt some today :D And yes Porky 55, wiki is a great resource. Looks like another addition to the bucket-list, albeit for our retirement years. So the once in a lifetime European trip just keeps getting bigger for us - we'll have to go for 3-4 months I think:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 17, 2018 #823 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Kiwi Kruzer, thanks for the information. I thought I knew a bit of geography but I sure learnt some today :D And yes Porky 55, wiki is a great resource. Looks like another addition to the bucket-list, albeit for our retirement years. So the once in a lifetime European trip just keeps getting bigger for us - we'll have to go for 3-4 months I think:) That is the real problem, the list just seems to grow instead of getting smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 17, 2018 #824 Share Posted July 17, 2018 When we did the “Baltic” we had 2 must do’s. We wanted a cruise that had 2 days in St Petersburg and a transit of the Kiel Canal. That narrowed it down to only one ship...Norwegian Dream , which was struggling along on reduced power and had to miss a port in order to maintain the timetable. It turned out to be one of our best cruises ever. Our day in the canal began with a German OoomPah band coming on board at the entrance lock and then they played throughout the day up on deck. Lots of German Beer consumed through the day . Sailing through the canal is like a drive in the countryside, as you have farms and towns on either side. At some points a path runs alongside and the locals all come and wave or ride their bikes along with the ship while having conversations with those on board. The number of ships doing the canal these days is very limited and it is becoming the realm of only the expensive and luxury cruises that use the smaller ships. We did Dover return which went through the canal to St Petersburg on the way up , then back around Denmark to the North Sea . The Kiel Canal and St Petersburg were on my wish list also for a Baltic Cruise. Passage through the Kiel Canal during daylight hours is a highlight, as David has mentioned. We cruised from Dover with Fred Olsen's Black Watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 18, 2018 Author #825 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) A couple of shots from theMed and the Baltic. Sapphire Princess looking over to Regal Princess at Warnemunde, Germany and Crown Princess heading into Marseille Edited July 18, 2018 by Kiwi Kruzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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