Can/how can...My hubby follow my cruise ship from home on our computer?

[2kids&pets]

My daughter and I will be cruising Viking in May. My husband has no desire to go,(fear of water, fear of terrorism). Since you can follow airplanes that fly overhead on your computer, can the same be done to follow our itinerary along the route, maybe even see people by camera at ports of call? He would just love to do that. Any input appreciated by us first time cruisers:cool:

[Essiesmom]

Using http://www.marinetraffic.com and typing in the name of your ship, he can follow your journey. If you can tell us your ports, we might be able to point you to some port cams that might show the ship in port. Unfortunately Viking Ocean does not have webcams on their ships. EM

[Shmoo here]

My daughter and I will be cruising Viking in May. My husband has no desire to go,(fear of water, fear of terrorism). Since you can follow airplanes that fly overhead on your computer, can the same be done to follow our itinerary along the route, maybe even see people by camera at ports of call? He would just love to do that. Any input appreciated by us first time cruisers:cool:

Sort of. Sometimes a ship will disappear from the satillite feed, but this website is good: http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-48.7/centery:43.6/zoom:2

 

Once zoomed into the ship's location, just click on the little ship symbol and you have the choice of showing "Past track" or "Future track" to see where the ship has traveled or is supposed to travel.

[57redbird]

Try sea scanner dot com without the spaces

Edited March 30, 2018 by 57redbird
more info

[Sky616]

Try sea scanner dot com without the spaces

This is what I use.

[KreinKrunker]

Just checked position of the Coral Princess on both sites. One has it going around the east end of Cuba. The other has it heading around the west end. Both had it leaving Ocho Rios, and heading to Ft Lauderdale.

[Sea Hag]

Using www.marinetraffic.com and typing in the name of your ship, he can follow your journey. If you can tell us your ports, we might be able to point you to some port cams that might show the ship in port. Unfortunately Viking Ocean does not have webcams on their ships. EM

That's an amazing website! Thanks for sharing this.

[KreinKrunker]

As of 1:30pm EDT, 3/30/2018, Marine traffic site has Coral Princess off the North side of Cuba near Nuevitas. Sea Scan has them on the western tip, near Pinar del Rio. Both have them arriving in Ft Lauderdale 0700 hours tomorrow.

[2kids&pets]

Using www.marinetraffic.com and typing in the name of your ship, he can follow your journey. If you can tell us your ports, we might be able to point you to some port cams that might show the ship in port. Unfortunately Viking Ocean does not have webcams on their ships. EM

Thank you very much!

[2kids&pets]

This is what I use.

Thank you very much!

[2kids&pets]

My daughter and I will be cruising Viking in May. My husband has no desire to go,(fear of water, fear of terrorism). Since you can follow airplanes that fly overhead on your computer, can the same be done to follow our itinerary along the route, maybe even see people by camera at ports of call? He would just love to do that. Any input appreciated by us first time cruisers:cool: