Gaznjo Posted July 28, 2015 #401 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Seward Alaska is first US call for that cruise, and according the the schedule.. Ships in Seward (AK)/USA on 29/07/2016 Celebrity Millennium 1,940 Sun Princess 1,950 2 Ships 3,890 damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 28, 2015 #402 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Seward Alaska is first US call for that cruise, and according the the schedule.. Ships in Seward (AK)/USA on 29/07/2016 Celebrity Millennium 1,940 Sun Princess 1,950 2 Ships 3,890 Thanks, David. Whilst there will be about 4,000 in port, the passengers on Celebrity Millennium wouldn't be arriving at Seward, as a first port of call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 28, 2015 #403 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Anchorage is our first port of call..... we will be visiting Canada after that which is why I am assuming that we will need to do the immigration thing again is SFO.... when we did the Fort Lauderdale - colon 2000 - Panama - Los Angeles on the world cruise 2011 we had to do immigration again... I did wonder if Canada would muddy the waters. There are a number of ships which do that route from Asia, via Alaska and Canada, to US ports, so someone will know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 28, 2015 #404 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Just thought I would check Rays blog from when he did the pacific Circle in 2012 Arrival in Anchorage It was misty, cool, and bleak, but charming too. We were booked into the immigration interview for 9:20am and on our tour at 10:20am. There was plenty of time for breakfast and for us, the immigration interview was no problem. Although it didn’t say so on our paperwork, we did need our passports and we also needed photo ID if going ashore. For those not on organised tours, I gather there were complaints about the process being a bit of a shambles, with long waits in the theatre, then the last in being led out first. Arrival in San Francisco now they disembarked here ... but I am sure everyone would have done immigration... now to remember if there were any other blogs An early breakfast was essential as the 8.00am appointment (not 8:20am) with US immigration was set in concrete. However, seated in the theatre, awaiting the call for the interview, meant a 45 minute wait and waste of time - and the natives were definitely getting restless. If NZ can put a couple of people on board to do all the processing on sea days, then I see no reason why the US can’t. We were eventually sent down to the opposite end of the ship to the vista lounge for the face to face. No fingerprints, no eye scans, just a face to face with a pleasant official who stamps the passport and clips the departure card to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 28, 2015 #405 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Excellent blog by Andy re arrival and photos into NY. And finally, his porridge was HOT !! http://andyandjudi.com/2015/07/27/day-64-arrival-new-york-july-24th-2015/#more-3692 I agree. Great photos and description on the long slow cruise into Manhattan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 28, 2015 #406 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Just thought I would check Rays blog from when he did the pacific Circle in 2012 An early breakfast was essential as the 8.00am appointment (not 8:20am) with US immigration was set in concrete. However, seated in the theatre, awaiting the call for the interview, meant a 45 minute wait and waste of time - and the natives were definitely getting restless. If NZ can put a couple of people on board to do all the processing on sea days, then I see no reason why the US can’t. We were eventually sent down to the opposite end of the ship to the vista lounge for the face to face. No fingerprints, no eye scans, just a face to face with a pleasant official who stamps the passport and clips the departure card to it. That makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 28, 2015 #407 Share Posted July 28, 2015 OMG look what I found..... I thought I would find the pacific circle blog that the boyz did in 2010 ( they are the ones that got caught up the mountain when the weather turned bad. ) after finding it I found that they had started another blog site... so I visited it .... and guess what ... they got on in Southampton and are on the sea princess... another blog to follow LOL..... http://www.theboyzblogs.blogspot.com.au/ btw... they did do 2 immigrations LOL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 28, 2015 #408 Share Posted July 28, 2015 OMG look what I found..... I thought I would find the pacific circle blog that the boyz did in 2010 ( they are the ones that got caught up the mountain when the weather turned bad. ) after finding it I found that they had started another blog site... so I visited it .... and guess what ... they got on in Southampton and are on the sea princess... another blog to follow LOL..... http://www.theboyzblogs.blogspot.com.au/ btw... they did do 2 immigrations LOL... It is funny, as David said, how one thing leads to another. Fun way to cruise home after an enjoyable time in London. It is a small world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted July 28, 2015 #409 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Welcome to the US! Yes, when ships visit smaller ports first it can also lead to delays. When the Solstice visited Hilo, it took about 4 hours for people to get through Immigration. We then went direct to HNL, and had a 2 hour queue for them to check onboard. Good to see they're making good use of our US$14 fee to improve tourist services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted July 28, 2015 #410 Share Posted July 28, 2015 They are in Charleston (SC), USA today: SEA PRINCESS at ShipWatcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted July 28, 2015 #411 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Need to get out my map to see exactly where Charlestown is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 28, 2015 Author #412 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sun 26/07/15 New York (NY) / USA 17:00 Mon 27/07/15 At Sea Tue 28/07/15 Charleston (SC) / USA 07:00 17:00 Wed 29/07/15 At Sea Thu 30/07/15 At Sea Fri 31/07/15 At Sea Sat 01/08/15 Willemstad (Curaçao) / Netherlands Antilles 08:00 22:00 Sun 02/08/15 At Sea Mon 03/08/15 Cartagena de Indias / Colombia 07:00 14:00 Tue 04/08/15 Panama Canal (Passage/Cruise) / Panama 05:00 16:30 Wed 05/08/15 At Sea Thu 06/08/15 Manta / Ecuador 06:00 19:00 Fri 07/08/15 At Sea Sat 08/08/15 At Sea Sun 09/08/15 Callao (Lima) / Peru 07:00 Mon 10/08/15 Callao (Lima) / Peru 16:00 Tue 11/08/15 Pisco / Peru 07:00 17:00 Wed 12/08/15 At Sea Thu 13/08/15 At Sea Fri 14/08/15 At Sea Sat 15/08/15 At Sea Sun 16/08/15 Hangaroa / Easter Island 07:00 19:00 Mon 17/08/15 At Sea Tue 18/08/15 At Sea Wed 19/08/15 Pitcairn (Passage) / South Seas 10:00 14:00 Thu 20/08/15 At Sea Fri 21/08/15 At Sea Sat 22/08/15 Papeete (Tahiti) / French Polynesia 07:00 18:00 Sun 23/08/15 Bora Bora / French Polynesia 08:00 17:00 Mon 24/08/15 At Sea Tue 25/08/15 At Sea Wed 26/08/15 Pago Pago / South Seas 08:00 17:00 Thu 27/08/15 At Sea Fri 28/08/15 Date Line 12:00 13:00 Sat 29/08/15 At Sea Sun 30/08/15 At Sea Mon 31/08/15 Auckland / New Zealand 07:00 22:00 Tue 01/09/15 At Sea Wed 02/09/15 At Sea Thu 03/09/15 At Sea Fri 04/09/15 Sydney / Australia 07:00 16:00 Sat 05/09/15 At Sea Sun 06/09/15 Brisbane / Australia 08:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted July 31, 2015 Author #413 Share Posted July 31, 2015 They arrive here late tonight , our time.. Sat 01/08/15 Willemstad (Curaçao) / Netherlands Antilles 08:00 22:00 From the bridge cam it appears they have had calm seas and great weather through the Caribbean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c7009 Posted August 1, 2015 #414 Share Posted August 1, 2015 The web cam is delayed as it still shows them coming into port. But they are well and truly docked and disembarking. Parents off to some batcave...hope they don't have hendra virus there:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted August 1, 2015 Author #415 Share Posted August 1, 2015 The only port cam I could find from Curacao. I dont think its live. Looks a very pretty place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c7009 Posted August 1, 2015 #416 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I found one that shows it, but I'm not sure how to post the screen shot here. http://http://www.***********/cruise-port-tracker/caribbean/willemstad-curacao.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted August 2, 2015 #417 Share Posted August 2, 2015 have seen some lovely photo's from friends on facebook Curacao looks like a lovely place to visit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted August 3, 2015 #418 Share Posted August 3, 2015 so they are in Cartagena today ... we missed this port in 2011 thanks to a hurricane ... hopefully we will visit there on our south America cruise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted August 4, 2015 #419 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I should set an alarm for later today but they will be entering the panama Canal.. here is a link to the first set of locks.... Gatun.... if you are awake for the Miraflores they have a great webcam for that one too. http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted August 4, 2015 #420 Share Posted August 4, 2015 so they are in Cartagena today ... we missed this port in 2011 thanks to a hurricane ... hopefully we will visit there on our south America cruise... Make sure you get to the Fort there. Fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted August 4, 2015 Author #421 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) As post I , 3.30 pm NZ time , the scanner site states... Arrival will be in 6 hrs 31 min. (at 05:00 h local time) so that should be 10pm NZ and 8 pm Sydney time. The transit takes all day (most of the day )so they should be in the Miraflores Locks..(Pacific side) early morning NZ time. You can follow the transit on Marine Traffic and also track them here.. http://seacruisechat.com/ Edited August 4, 2015 by Kiwi Kruzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c7009 Posted August 4, 2015 #422 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) in the Gatun Lock and about to enter Lake at end of this first series of locks. (hope attachments works, Im not sure how to make them bigger :rolleyes:) Edited August 4, 2015 by c7009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted August 4, 2015 Author #423 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) They have now made the transit and are in the Pedro Miguel locks. You can see some of the canal expansion work on the right. From here they will head a short distance to the Miraflores locks where the cam should give us a close up. Edited August 4, 2015 by Kiwi Kruzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted August 4, 2015 #424 Share Posted August 4, 2015 good morning all... are they through miraflores yet.. there is a tanker in there now.. is that them in the distance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted August 4, 2015 Author #425 Share Posted August 4, 2015 good morning all... are they through miraflores yet.. there is a tanker in there now.. is that them in the distance... Yes thats them in the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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