Look Who's in the Panama Canal today...

[Essiesmom]

I post my pics from Shutterfly, but just pull the pic up there, copy & paste.  I think this is still a work inn progress.  EM

[Essiesmom]

I see my pictures are eventually appearing...So here are some more.

Oct. 15:  Nieuw Amsterdam  eastbound and Regent Seven Seas Mariner westbound

 

 

With Regent Mariner, there was a lot of wind at Gatun shaking the cam

 

 

[Essiesmom]

Oct. 16  Island Princess with partial transit of Gatun Locks and Silver Cloud Expedition westbound.  Unfortunately for us, Island Princess was in the ear lane, and Cloud in the far lane, hidden  but for glimpses

 

Here you can see a tiny bit of Cloud's forward area

 

Aft of Cloud seen as Island leaves the third lock

 

Silver Cloud Expedition escaping Island's wing...

 

Cloud at Miraflores

 

 

[ski ww]

I'll have to try the new way of posting picture, sounds easier then the old way.

Allan

[Essiesmom]

When the forum came back up, my picture (to me) were just links.  But they have been coming back gradually.  But I went to the Test Forum and practiced.  I post these from Shutterfly, just by the copy/paste method.  But there I tried that, then still in Shutterfly by clicking on the url, and then by just dragging and drop from Windows Photo Gallery.  All worked.  

[Essiesmom]

Oct. 19, we have USNS 1 LT Jack Lummus, accompanied by Celebrity Infinity.  Weather started with spotty sunshine, but deteriorated...

https://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=118

 

 

 

 

 

At Gatun 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2018 by Essiesmom

[Essiesmom]

Oct. 20 Oceania Regatta eastbound

 

 

[Essiesmom]

Oct. 24, Volendam westbound:

 

 

 

 

Miraflores.  she really took her time...

 

 

[Essiesmom]

Oct 26, Island Princess doing a partial transit.  Some sunshine to start, but then it goes into hiding...

Approaching the new Atlantic Bridge

 

Two channels divide, Agua Clara (new) locks to left, Gatun Locks to right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Going back out

 

 

 

Edited October 26, 2018 by Essiesmom

[ski ww]

Thanks for the up dates.

Allan

[puppycanducruise]

Nice to see those wonderful pictures.

Thanks for posting.

[Essiesmom]

Oct. 27 Disney Wonder, using the new Cocoli Locks, and seen by the Miraflores cam

 

 

 

The ship was approximately here when she became visible:

 

 

 

 

 

There are no cams to catch her at Gatun.  EM

[Essiesmom]

Halloween and we have Zuiderdam on a partial transit of Gatun Locks, and Regatta going westbound.

Zuiderdam does not appear to have purchased the total sunshine upgrade:

 

 

 

 

And she goes back out:

 

 

Regatta at Gatun  She was very late starting her transit

 

 

Miraflores at dusk

 

 

 

[BillB48]

You don't even want ask the cost of the sunshine upgrade!!!

[Essiesmom]

Nov. 5; Island Princess partial transit of Gatun Locks, Carnival Freedom partial transit in Agua Clara (new) locks, and Astor doing full westbound transit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Going back through, nice view of new Atlantic bridge

 

 

 

 

 

Carnival Freedom.  They need to invest in quality bridgecams...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Going back through Agua Clara

 

 

 

Little Astor...she couldn't outrun the rain...at Miraflores

 

 

 

[ski ww]

That's a different view, from the bridge cam. Thanks for posting.

[puppycanducruise]

Thank you for posting the pictures.

Even with the rain, I wish I was on one of those ships.

[Essiesmom]

Nov. 6 NCL Sun on partial transit of Gatun Locks.  It appears she was in a bit of a shower and it ws a couple of hours before the drops dried...

Nearing the new Atlantic Bridge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And going back out.

 

 

[Essiesmom]

Nov. 6-7 - Fram, a Hurtigruten ferry/expedition ship on westbound transit.  Starting with a Fram sunrise

 

 

At Pedro Miguel Locks

 

 

At Miraflores

 

 

 

 

 

[Essiesmom]

Nov. 9.  First to transit today is Ocean Dream, the Peace Boat.  She does world cruises from Yokohama.  If she looks vaguely familiar, it's because she started life a Carnival Tropicale, their first newbuild (1981).

 

And a view of her from the bridgecam of NCL Jade

 

 

She started out in sunshine, but here at Miraflores she is being chased by a squall...

 

 

[puppycanducruise]

Love those pictures of the canal at night.  Not sure I want to do the crossing at night, but it looks fabulous.

Thanks

[Essiesmom]

And again on Nov. 9 we have NCL Jade doing a partial transit

 

Approaching the new Atlantic Bridge.  the lights to the left are at the new Agua Clara Locks

 

At the entrance to Gatun Locks, with Ocean Dream ahead of her

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An unusual catch today:  You can see Jade's tender heading for the Gatun Yacht Club where they offload passengers for excursions.  She is on the far right, edge of picture, heading for the grayblue roofed building on the right.  In the second pic you can see the tender mid-left coming back to the ship.  Usually the ships are turned away and we don't see this.

 

 

 

On the map, the building they are heading for is just about where the blue dot Pequeni is

 

 

Time to head for Colon to pick those folks up

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 9, 2018 by Essiesmom

[ski ww]

Not too many people out on the bow, when we did the canal you could hardly find a space on the bow for picture taking.

[BillB48]

Have the feeling that the bow on the Jade is not open to the passengers.  It is a great photo spot.

[Bevv]

5 hours ago, ski ww said:

Not too many people out on the bow, when we did the canal you could hardly find a space on the bow for picture taking.

If you focus on the pool in the bow pic, you see the words "crew pool" .  The pic shows the crew only area.