Summit Partial Panama Canal Transit?

[German Wunderkind]

Hi folks

I’ve got a question for all former Summit cruisers on the 11 night western Caribbean itinerary.

On the itinerary there is this stop in Colon, Panama.
Is there a transit of Gatun Locks involved in this cruise as well?
We went through the complete canal in 2003 and are looking for a partial transit this time.
If the Summit does not enter the Gatun Lake which are our opportunities to see the canal and its locks on this sailing?

Thanks for your help

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Past Sailings
04/2000 Voyager of the Seas
11/2000 Explorer of the Seas (inaugural season)
11/2001 Summit Eastern Carib. (inaugural season)
08/2002 Radiance Alaska (birthday cruise)
10/2003 Radiance Panama Canal (the Radiance Rowdy's)
02/2004 Constellation Southern Caribbean
04/26/04 Jewel - Voyage No.1 - cruise to nowhere

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[hardingk]

We are sailing on the Brillance in January doing the partial canal sailing. I know that we going through the Gatun Locks and then turn around and go back out. Friends of ours did the summit last December and they did not go thorugh the locks. They did take a shore excursion that was a boat ride through the canal.

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[Marie Stevens]

We did the Summit that went to Panama but did not do the partial. We are booked on the Galaxy April 25 of next year, leaving from Galeston and doing the partial. It is a 12 night trip.

Zenith - Baltimore to Barbados, 2001
Zenith - Barbados to Tampa 2001
Summit - Panama Canal 2003
Infinity - Hawaii -2003
Millenium - Eastern Carribean 2004
Constellation - Canada/New England 2004 Galaxy - Panama Canal, 4/25/05

[Spender Nui]

There is no partial transit on this cruise. A good way to see the canal and Miraflores Locks up close is to take the ocean to ocean train tour. We were at the locks for about 45 minutes.

[German Wunderkind]

Thanks

I think we’ll have to take the Brilliance then for the partial transit.

Greetings from the home of Radiance, Horizon and Century Class

Past Sailings
04/2000 Voyager of the Seas
11/2000 Explorer of the Seas (inaugural season)
11/2001 Summit Eastern Carib. (inaugural season)
08/2002 Radiance Alaska (birthday cruise)
10/2003 Radiance Panama Canal (the Radiance Rowdy's)
02/2004 Constellation Southern Caribbean
04/26/04 Jewel - Voyage No.1 - cruise to nowhere

look at my pictures at
[url="http://mitglied.lycos.de/cruiseworld/"]http://mitglied.lycos.de/cruiseworld/[/url]