loupana Posted January 4, 2018 Author #76 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Ended up going to the Piano Man show alone at 10:15, I tried to get into the 8:15 show but wasn’t there 45 minutes to an hour early so I had to wait for the later show. They had some banners hanging in the Piazza tonight... Thats it for Dec. 4th, we have a big day tomorrow with the Canal transit… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 4, 2018 Author #77 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Day 6 December 5, 2017 - Panama Canal, Panama Today we vist Panama and the Panama Canal. Our excursion was supposed to be walking tour of old panama city, visit Miraflores locks visitors centre, they change it because of construction at the old locks on the pacific side and replaced it with a visit to the Agua Clara visitors centre at the new locks we just transited, Not very happy about that, wanted to transit the new locks and visit the old. It was long tour over 6.5 hours. Should have booked the excursion where you transit the old locks in a smaller boat. Excursion Change Letter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 4, 2018 Author #78 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Panama Canal Transit We were on the promenade deck forward at 6:30AM and it was pretty full by then. Up on Deck 15 above the bridge was also packed with people. Having said that you could still get a decent view looking over people. Walked all around the top decks to get different views of the transit and went back up on Deck 15 above the bridge around 8:15 and it really opened up by then. I setup my go pro and got a bit of the transit in a time lapse video. ogOe_uf_EPE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 4, 2018 Author #79 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Few photos of the transit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 4, 2018 Author #80 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Instead of the Miraflores Locks visitor center we went to the Agua Clara visitor center before we headed out to Panama City Before the ship went through the last lock, they were already calling Excursion Group 1 to meet for tenders. We were in Group 2, they called our group just was we were exiting the last lock. We didn’t leave right away since the ship was still moving the tenders were not yet ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 4, 2018 Author #81 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Few pics from our tour of Panama City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 4, 2018 Author #82 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Long day but got to the Island Dining Room for dinner around 7PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 4, 2018 Author #83 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Went to the 8:15 comedy show Jay Moore at 8PM and for the first time there were actually a couple of seats left so we got in. This is good because we were tired and didn’t do much after that. Next stop is Limon Costa Rica, tonight we turn out clocks back 1 hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuizer2 Posted January 4, 2018 #84 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Elevator Down Doesn't it also go up? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillB48 Posted January 4, 2018 #85 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Now what Most expensive passing of the new locks so far was a cargo ship that had to pay $829,468 That 800K figure is from when the Canal Authority would ballyhoo record tolls. Not surprising the reporting of record tolls was beginning to cause some grumbling not only from some of the public but also other government agencies, as in " they need to do this, or do that with those large sums". Now a days the record tolls are kept close hold. However, tolls for some of the largest of the container ships have been a little north of $1.1 million. Love the pictures:D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #86 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Day 7 December 6, 2017 - Puerto Limon, Costa Rico Today we arrived in Puerto Limon, Costa Rico. With the clock change the night before we enjoyed the extra hour of sleep. Got off the ship at about 7:30, we need to meet our excursion bus to the Sloth Sanctuary at 7:50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #87 Share Posted January 5, 2018 The drive to the Sloth Sanctuary was about 45 minutes. Once there we were split into two groups of about 25. One group took the canoe ride first while the other visited the sloths. We did the canoe first, NOTE: if you ever do this DO NOT SIT IT THE FRONT OF THE CANOE. They had 6 of us in each canoe and my wife and I were in the front there was no place for our feet and was extremely uncomfortable. During the ride up and down what seemed to be a very shallow small river, we saw a Caiman, Toucan bird (and other birds), little crabs, a monkey and 3 sloths in the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #88 Share Posted January 5, 2018 And Buttercup from the Meet the Sloths Animal Planet TV Show Back to port by about 12:30, shopped at the market at the port and walked to the little park across the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #89 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Here are some spots I haven’t shown yet Churchill Lounge Coffee & Cones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #90 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Steamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #91 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Planks BBQ The back corner of Planks and Steamers they have a small lounge, I believe it’s called the Wake View Lounge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #92 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Later dinner than normal tonight but again in the Island Dining Room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #93 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Tonights Production show is Born to be Wild Balloon drop in the Piazza tonight Tonight clocks go ahead an hour, not too big of a deal, tomorrow is a Sea Day so get to sleep in anyway… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #94 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Day 8 December 7, 2017 - Sea Day Relaxing Sea Day, went to the Spa Pool but it was closed, it actually never open again for the rest of the cruise Ship was rocking and rolling today, bags are hanging from the stairwells. Here is Neptunes pool, it was closed shortly after I took these photos Relax by the calypso pool watching “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2” for the afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #95 Share Posted January 5, 2018 More areas of the Ship I haven’t shown yet… Future Cruise Sales Sanctuary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #96 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Princess Links They also had a putting green Sports Court Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #97 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Today was the Second Formal Night, we had dinner in the Crown Grill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #99 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Went to the 10:15 Show in the Princess Theater Horn of Plenty Staring Trumpeter/Vocalist Dan Delgado. The late show was not very well attended, he did his best. Next stop Grand Cayman… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loupana Posted January 5, 2018 Author #100 Share Posted January 5, 2018 That 800K figure is from when the Canal Authority would ballyhoo record tolls. Not surprising the reporting of record tolls was beginning to cause some grumbling not only from some of the public but also other government agencies, as in " they need to do this, or do that with those large sums". Now a days the record tolls are kept close hold. However, tolls for some of the largest of the container ships have been a little north of $1.1 million. Love the pictures:D! Thanks Over 1.1 mil wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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