Which Locks?

[babs135]

Huge apologies because I suspect this question has been asked before but a quick search revealed nothing. How do I know which locks which ships go through?  Will the information be on the cruise lines' website.

 

Thanks in advance and apologies again for asking what has almost certainly been asked before.

[CruiserBruce]

As discussed here frequently, if the ship fits in the older locks, they will use them. If the ship is too large, they will use the newer locks.

[BillB48]

As a practical matter there have only been a handful of ships to use the new locks.  Among the ships that have used or will the new locks are NCL Bliss, Carnival Freedom, Emerald Princess Caribbean Princess and the Disney Wonder.  So if you are not looking to book your Canal cruise on one of the mega ships (3000 or more passengers), you almost certainly will use the original locks.  The Disney Wonder technically is not a "mega" ship, but it was the first passenger ship to use the new locks due to an addition to the hull which caused her to move outside the length limit for the original locks by a few feet.