Our Carnival Pride Repo Journeys Cruise (with pics) - 2/26/17

[Jamman54]

The Carnival Pride leaves the locks, and sails into Gatun Lake…..

 

To be continued……..

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The Coral Princess makes her way towards the locks…..

 

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Another fleet of tugs patrols the Gatun Lake side of the locks…..

 

Here are a couple of Gatun Lake views. It took a little under two hours for the Pride to get through the locks. The Carnival Pride drops anchor, and will remain here for a few hours until it’s time to head back through the locks…..

 

We have a good view of the Coral Princess as she enters the upper lock on her way back…..

 

To be continued…..

[ArkieCruisin]

Always love your reviews! You captured the locking process wonderfully. I can see that I need a balcony if I do this one. Thanks so much for the wonderful pictures and taking time to do this great review!

[Jamman54]

Always love your reviews! You captured the locking process wonderfully. I can see that I need a balcony if I do this one. Thanks so much for the wonderful pictures and taking time to do this great review!

 

Thanks for following along again! I will be finishing the Panama Canal segment later today.

[dmet0225]

Wait, so the ship goes through the locks, anchors for a while, turns around and goes back through from where it came? Interesting, yes, but not sure I'd want to spend a day like that.

[Jamman54]

Wait, so the ship goes through the locks, anchors for a while, turns around and goes back through from where it came? Interesting, yes, but not sure I'd want to spend a day like that.

 

Yep, that's what a partial canal transit is. Some lines will offer excursions where you can debark (by tender), once the ship anchors in Gatun Lake, and then rejoin the ship in Colon. Carnival didn't offer that.

[heffy2]

I know I already said this, but your reviews are the BEST! Thank you for taking the time to share with all of us.

[Jamman54]

I know I already said this, but your reviews are the BEST! Thank you for taking the time to share with all of us.

 

Thanks again for reading. More about to come your way! :)

[Jamman54]

We were so comfortable in our cabin that we decided to just have a room service lunch. For those that haven’t seen the new room service menu here it is…..

 

Patti had a garden salad and a turkey sandwich on whole wheat…..

 

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I had my two favorites, a grilled cheese sandwich and a BLT……

Around 3:15pm, the Carnival Pride pulled anchor, left Gatun Lake, and headed back into the locks for the return trip to the Caribbean Sea…..

 

To be continued…….

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In case you hadn’t noticed, the ship to the left is travelling the same direction we are. Here the Tijuca is being lowered before entering the middle lock…..

Those pesky photographers are at it yet once again!! We only bought the first shot they took of us…..

 

The Tijuca is moving under her own power into the middle lock…..

 

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The Carnival Pride glides into the upper lock…..

 

The Tijuca has made it into the middle lock…..

 

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We are approaching the Gatun Locks Operations Center again……

 

Here’s another close up lock gate view…….

 

The view from the other side…..

 

As we enter the middle lock, the Tijuca is exiting the middle lock and entering the lower lock…..

 

Up on the bridge, the officers and canal pilot keep an eye on things…..

 

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The Carnival Pride is now being lowered to the lower lock level……

 

The Pride moves into the lower lock…..

 

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Taking a look back at the middle and upper locks…..

 

The Tijuca leaves the lower lock and heads out to sea……

 

The lock gates and roadway closes…..

 

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The “mules” are at the ready on the other side…..

 

The Carnival Pride is leaving the lower lock…..

 

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The approaching “Baltic Star” is being guided into place by one of the canal’s tugs…..

 

The Carnival Pride sheds the “mules” before heading out to sea…..

 

A group of sailboats approaches the Panama Canal…..

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

It must be really exciting to transit the canal this way. I wonder how much they were charged?…..

 

These are our last looks at the Gatun Locks of the Panama Canal. I hope you enjoyed making the partial transit with us!!

 

Patti snaps this one of me on the balcony…..

 

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We are approaching the area where the new bridge is being built…..

 

As the sun sets, the Carnival Pride makes it out of the canal, past the breakwater, and out into the Caribbean Sea.

 

Once past the breakwater, the ship began to rock and roll pretty good, making it hard to walk in a straight line. It would be like that until we reached Aruba.

To be continued…..

[nevaeh2879]

What a wonderful review thus far. I really enjoy reading your posts and looking at all the great pics. It makes me excited for my upcoming cruise.

[Jamman54]

We hung out in the cabin until it was time for dinner. Here are tonight’s menus…..

 

Patti and I toast to another great day on the Carnival Pride…..

 

Our bread basket…..

 

Patti started with the hazelnut crusted camembert…..

 

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I started with the fiesta chowder…….

 

We both had an order of shrimp cocktail…..

 

For her main, Patti tried and liked the flat iron steak…..

 

I had the chicken chow mein and something that I had never had before, grilled barramundi. It was pretty good…..

 

Here is tonight’s dessert menu…….

 

To be continued…….

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Patti had the vanilla cream cake…….

I had the banana cream pie parfait and a banana split…..

 

Tonight in the Taj Mahal was the comedy and juggling of Side Show Bert. There are no comedy shows in the Butterflies Lounge tonight, but the Carnival Quest will be held there at 10:45.

Patti and I head to the casino for a while before calling it a night. Here are tonight’s turndown service and towel animal……

 

We both received a Panama Canal Transit Certificate……

 

Coming up next: Another relaxing sea day!

[marty1950]

Fantastic pictures Patti. What a great trip so far. Thanks for taking us along.Jeff, Gary:D