CruisinInAugust Posted July 11, 2005 #1 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Hi everyone, I have read some posts on this board referring to cruise ships sailing under a bridge when leaving from the port of Baltimore. I believe people said it's cool to be on deck when this happens because it's really neat. I'm wondering which bridge this is and how long after the ship gets underway does this take place? This will be my first cruise. I'll be on Grandeur cruising to Bermuda in August. I don't want to miss anything exciting! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCOWHER Posted July 11, 2005 #2 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I believe its the Key Bridge and that should happen about 10 minutes after the ship sails. Joe V. Serenade of the Seas 1/7/2006 Zuiderdam 4/23/05 Princess 3 times QE2 1 time RCI 2 times Song of America and Monarch of the Seas Carnival 1 time Royal Majesty 1 time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hds249 Posted July 11, 2005 #3 Share Posted July 11, 2005 You are in for a treat if you can keep your eyes open long enough! You will go under the first bridge about 15-30 minutes into your cruise, the second one you will hit about an hour later and then the most interesting will be about 1AM when you go over the Bay Bridge Tunnel! Coming back to port you will hit the bridge tunnel around midnight, but you can see it coming around 10:30. Enjoy and congratulations on your first cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmourges Posted July 11, 2005 #4 Share Posted July 11, 2005 It actually passes under two bridges, the Key bridge, now too long after you leave port and the Chesapeake Bay bridge, about an hour or so later. We were on Galaxy a few years back and went under the bridges. The top of the ship gets pretty close to the bridge. The exhaust from the smokestacks on the ship actually passed through the Chesapeake Bay bridge! My fiance and I live on the Bay in Annapolis and have watched the Grandeur sail under the Bay bridge many times. Enjoy. Mark and Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grvdggr71 Posted July 11, 2005 #5 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Don't forget the Maryland Bay Bridge, in addition to the Key Bridge in Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia. The Maryland Bay Bridge is between the Key Bridge and the CBBT, but is closer to the Key Bridge (it is also much much larger than the Key Bridge). To clarify, as some locals are confusing each other...there are two bridges commonly referred to as "The Bay Bridge". The first is the William Preston Lane Bay Bridge (aka US Route 50). The second is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel in Virginia. http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Balt_Outer_Harbor.html http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge.html http://www.cbbt.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbycheeks Posted July 11, 2005 #6 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Doesn't is go under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge? If that's the bridge you're referring to...It's big and pretty. Make sure to wave at all the folks headed to Ocean City! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinInAugust Posted July 11, 2005 Author #7 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Wonderful! Sounds great. Thank you all for the excellent info. I can't wait to see the bridges. When it goes over the Bay Bridge tunnel, do you see lights under the water or something? I'm having a hard time picturing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raina*faith Posted July 12, 2005 #8 Share Posted July 12, 2005 The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is a bridge with 2 tunnels, so when the ship goes over a tunnel you can see cars on the bridge part. As the ship is right over a the tunnel part, you will see the headlights just disappear as they cars go into the tunnel. Very cool to watch. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TPKeller Posted July 12, 2005 #9 Share Posted July 12, 2005 It actually passes under two bridges, the Key bridge, now too long after you leave port and the Chesapeake Bay bridge, about an hour or so later. We were on Galaxy a few years back and went under the bridges. The top of the ship gets pretty close to the bridge. The exhaust from the smokestacks on the ship actually passed through the Chesapeake Bay bridge! My fiance and I live on the Bay in Annapolis and have watched the Grandeur sail under the Bay bridge many times. Enjoy. Hi, I am wondering if Sandy Point State Park would be a good place from which to watch the Grandeur sail by. It is close to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge (Route 50), but I don't know if the channel is close enough to the shore to provide a decent view of the ship from there. Thanks, Theron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony O Posted July 12, 2005 #10 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Yes Sandy point would be a good spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Radio Posted July 12, 2005 #11 Share Posted July 12, 2005 The channel is very close to the western part of the bay.... The view at Sandy Point Park would be perfect ! Radio ;) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABeach Posted July 12, 2005 #12 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Call me a Dork, but my favorite part of the whole cruise was going over the Chesapeak Bay Bridge Tunnel around Mid-Night on the last night of the cruise. We could see the Va Beach Boardwalk around 10:30pm after our late seating for Dinner. It wasn't until 12:00 that we actually passed over the Tunnel. It was so cool being able to see the Boardwalk all lit up, Oceana Air Base, Little Creek Amphibious Base, Langly Air Force Base, NASA, Newport News Shipbuilding, Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, and Fort Monroe. Everything was so beautiful all lit up and glowing. You could pick out every little detail. I just stood there for the entire two hours soaking up every little minute of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TPKeller Posted July 12, 2005 #13 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Thanks for the confirmation! I'm in the planning (ha ha keep your eye on that sig!) for a Fall cruise on the Grandeur, with at least 3 first time cruisers... thinking about dragging them to a little picnic at Sandy Point SP on a Friday or a Sunday late afternoon. Not sure I could pull it off as a surprise, but even if not, thought it would be a pretty fun thing to do, get a look at her as she sails by! :D Theron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple_Sunday Posted July 12, 2005 #14 Share Posted July 12, 2005 I'm sailing on the Grandeur 9-day in September. A couple we met on our Roll Call thread, and my group went to Ft. Armistead Park last month to see the Grandeur sail by. There were a lot of other future Grandeur passengers there as well. Here's a shot I took of the Grandeur sailing under the Key Bridge: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinInAugust Posted July 12, 2005 Author #15 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Great, thanks for all the info everyone! I can't wait to see it. Great pic, Purple Sunday. By the way, go Steelers! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TPKeller Posted July 12, 2005 #16 Share Posted July 12, 2005 I'm sailing on the Grandeur 9-day in September. A couple we met on our Roll Call thread, and my group went to Ft. Armistead Park last month to see the Grandeur sail by. There were a lot of other future Grandeur passengers there as well. Here's a shot I took of the Grandeur sailing under the Key Bridge: Thanks, that is really cool! We'd be coming up from Virginia, so Ft. Armistead Park would probably be an extra 45 minutes driving.. so we'll probably stick with Sandy Point SP. Theron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessie68 Posted July 15, 2005 #17 Share Posted July 15, 2005 WoW!!! Purple Sunday, That is a great photo. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillfrantic Posted July 15, 2005 #18 Share Posted July 15, 2005 How do we know when we are sailing OVER the tunnel? Can you actually see it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaCruzers Posted July 15, 2005 #19 Share Posted July 15, 2005 We sailed Grandeur twice last summer out of Baltimore. The tunnel is part of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. You will be able to see the bridge sections and where they disappear into the water. As you are passing between the bridge sections, you will be over the tunnel. This happens around 11 - midnight on the way back, (I was on deck to watch), but not sure about on the way out. I believe it is in the wee morning hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechKnowBabble Posted July 15, 2005 #20 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Great, thanks for all the info everyone! I can't wait to see it. Great pic, Purple Sunday. By the way, go Steelers! ;) You got confused...that's GO RAVENS!!!! LOL Just playing with ya. Great picture PurpleSunday, I nabbed a copy to show to my BF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobelover Posted July 15, 2005 #21 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Last year, I called guest services and asked what time we passed over the bridge/tunnel. It was around 1am and they offered me a wake up call. I took them up on the offer and went forward to watch. Really neat. Have a great time. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropicalsunset Posted July 16, 2005 #22 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Going under the Key Bridge on May 24, 2005!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinInAugust Posted July 16, 2005 Author #23 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Whoa! That looks close! Great pic, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TPKeller Posted July 16, 2005 #24 Share Posted July 16, 2005 I should have thought to post this earlier... ChesterH, who mostly hangs out on the Celebrity board, took some video on one of his cruises going under the bridges. He set it to some music (Men at Work, Down by the Sea) and it came out quite artsy! He's very talented... if you haven't heard of him, read some of his reviews, they are most excellent. They are the kind of material you would send to a friend that you want to go on a cruise with you! The video can be found here: http://www.chesterh.com/video_index.html Links at the top of that page for the other stuff. Theron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachpal Posted July 16, 2005 #25 Share Posted July 16, 2005 That video is great! My husband loves to do artsy video things so I can't wait to show him. Thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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