Rare cgolf1 Posted October 6, 2022 #1 Share Posted October 6, 2022 We have been on 2 Celebrity cruises so far, Caribbean so fairly routine, but are really curious about the podium lectures that we hear about? Are they itinerary based, or luck of the draw if someone is available and wants to be on that cruise? Our next cruise is the one lock in and then back out Panama Canal and I hope they have these available during that trip. That said I wish they did these all the time, we like learning different things and had a couple on DCL when we used to cruise on that line, especially on the Hawaii trip that were amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare go.without.you Posted October 6, 2022 #2 Share Posted October 6, 2022 I've found it to be hit or miss. It may depend on the availability of speakers for each sailing and/or itinerary. A 10 nt cruise last year with more sea days had several of these planned but my last cruise was 7 nt/port heavy and I don't recall seeing any scheduled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherchic Posted October 6, 2022 #3 Share Posted October 6, 2022 We have had them on our TA's also on our Panama Canal cruise. I believe its the luck of the draw as to who the speakers are. We have enjoyed many 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alakegirl Posted October 6, 2022 #4 Share Posted October 6, 2022 More likely on longer cruises with multiple sea days. Once upon a time a long long time ago Celebrity published the list of upcoming speakers but they haven’t done that for years. Look in the daily program for beyond the podium speaker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted October 6, 2022 #5 Share Posted October 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, motherchic said: We have had them on our TA's also on our Panama Canal cruise. I believe its the luck of the draw as to who the speakers are. We have enjoyed many We were fortunate to have David McCullough (Path Between the Seas) on one of our Panama transits. Right up there with Maxton-Graham as the best we've ever heard. SRO for each. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cgolf1 Posted October 6, 2022 Author #6 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Thanks everyone for the replies, really looking forward to the PC at least going through one lock. Our favorite near to home vaca spot is the great river road and visit all the locks and dams along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted October 6, 2022 #7 Share Posted October 6, 2022 I am rather late to this discussion, but we have done six full transits of the Panama Canal on Celebrity ships, and there was a "Beyond the Podium" speaker presenting lectures about the PC on each one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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