MS Oosterdam in Port Everglades, March 30, 2019

[erewhon]

Checking in. It looks like a lot of addicts have had bad weeks! Hope everyone feels better after a good sailaway.😊

[travelnap]

Checking In.

[Happily@Sea]

K'dam leaving St Maarten

 

[rafinmd]

Koningsdam moving. (temporarily behind FOTS)

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Darn.  Still zoomed in on where Kdam used to be.

 

Roy

[Scrapnana]

Ship on the move.  Time for a zoom.

[Copper10-8]

Just now, rafinmd said:

Darn.  Still zoomed in on where Kdam used to be.

 

Roy

 

Operator having a Starbucks in Philipsburg again

[travelnap]

Looks like Caribbean Princess will lead the parade today.  Actually it may be a race between Princess and Majesty of the Seas, who will get there first?

Edited March 30, 2019 by travelnap

[erewhon]

Majesty OTS away.

[Copper10-8]

Two moving out 

[erewhon]

We are going to have another departure dance between 2 ships.

[Happily@Sea]

2 minutes ago, erewhon said:

We are going to have another departure dance between 2 ships.

 

Wasn't it a hit last week [?] - so now for an encore.

 

[erewhon]

1 minute ago, Happily@Sea said:

 

Wasn't it a hit last week [?] - so now for an encore.

 

Yes, but then both ships were reversing out of their berths.

[rafinmd]

Princess wasting no time.

 

Roy

[lka1012]

If there was a collision, who would be considered "at fault"

[rkacruiser]

5 minutes ago, erewhon said:

We are going to have another departure dance between 2 ships.

 

I am really surprised that the Pilots want this kind of departure to occur.

[Scrapnana]

Fill me in, please.  What happened last week?

[erewhon]

I think Majesty was picking up a lifeboat again.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Thank you everyone.

 

I can't stay any longer........

 

so............

 

Wishing all the Oosterdam passengers a great cruise.

[Scrapnana]

Long toot from Caribbean.  Now, another.  Make that one more and then 2 short and another long.  Lots of tooting for Princess.

Edited March 30, 2019 by Scrapnana

[rafinmd]

Toots sound muffled.

 

Roy

[Copper10-8]

1 minute ago, lka1012 said:

If there was a collision, who would be considered "at fault"

 

There won't be - bridge crew and pilots on both ships are very well aware of each other and the procedures inside Port Everglades. But...........if there was an incident, both captains are ultimately responsible for their ship's movement, even with a harbor pilot advising

[travelnap]

Nice long toots from Caribbean Princess.  Lots of people on deck today.  A few extra short toots as well.

Edited March 30, 2019 by travelnap

[erewhon]

2 minutes ago, Scrapnana said:

Fill me in, please.  What happened last week?

Majesty and Princess were both backing out of their berths and turning to head for channel. It looked like they were close but probably an optical illusion.

[rkacruiser]

1 minute ago, Scrapnana said:

Fill me in, please.  What happened last week?

 

Both Majesty of the Seas and Caribbean Princess sailed into the Turning Basin just as what we saw this afternoon.  The web cam makes the distance between the ships seem closer than I am sure it really is.  But, it's a situation that I don't recall seeing before in the time that I have watched sailaways.