mikefinleyco

On 10/17/2019 at 1:45 PM, travelor said:

Mike:  Going on the Princess Cruise line Emerald Princess in January.  It will be from Long Beach, Ca. to Ft Lauderdale.  One of the ports we stop in is Fuerte Amador in Panama, right at the beginning (Pacific Side) of the Canal.  There is an excursion that Princess offers called the Embera Indian. Village.  My Sister just got back from a land tour and did that same excursion.  It sounds wonderful.  There are several cruise lines that do a full transit, but Princess and Holland America have probably the most offerings.  Our cruise leaves January 2nd and gets to Ft Lauderdale on Jan 17th.  

I saw this one, does this ship go through the old or the new locks?

Another one I found from Holland America, seems to do the same thing, just cruise right through without any stops, the port before is Costa RIca and the one after is Aruba.

This seems so strange to me. It appears from reading here that full transits are highly preferred to the partial ones, while the partial ones offer more opportunity to explore the canal and region?

Just to add, for instance looking at the Norwegian Joy it say on their website

Really confused about which port has the Embera Indian Village tours?

Actually confused on the whole panama canal passage, it seems like when I look at the cruise ship websites they confuse me as to what they are actually doing? Seems like many are just passing through it and keep going, no stops? This can't be right. Can anyone outline the possible ports and stops through the panama canal? I'm looking at an ocean to ocean type cruise. 

Thanks

Mike