BON VOYAGE Coral Princess World Cruisers 2024

[DrT33th]

5 hours ago, Kiwi_cruiser said:

Coral Princess docked in New York, USA overnight:

 

 

 

 

[arxcards]

Enjoy your sail out.

[OzKiwiJJ]

Chasing Celebrity Eclipse under the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge.

 

[Cbtours]

6 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

When I peeked out our cabin with down yesterday morning I spotted this on the next wharf.

 

 

That's the closest I've ever been to a Concorde!

Wow impressive 

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Here is a collection of web cam captures of the Coral Princess departing New York, USA this morning (New Zealand / Australia time):

[Kiwi_cruiser]

 

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Coral Princess sailing past the World Trade Center:

 

 

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Coral Princess sailing past the Statue of Liberty:

 

 

[arxcards]

5 minutes ago, Kiwi_cruiser said:

Coral Princess sailing past the Statue of Liberty:

 

 

Perfect angle on the 5th one - Statue of Liberty on the Lido deck.

[Cbtours]

1 minute ago, arxcards said:

Perfect angle on the 5th one - Statue of Liberty on the Lido deck.

Fantastic captures 🥰

[cruiser3775]

love the pics. I'm envious. Coming and going from New York port is on my bucket list. One day.......

[boeckli]

1 hour ago, cruiser3775 said:

love the pics. I'm envious. Coming and going from New York port is on my bucket list. One day.......

 

I haven't sailed into NY but out of there twice (2007 and 2009) and it was magical both times 😀

[windsor26]

8 hours ago, Cbtours said:

Wow impressive 

As we lived near Kingston on Thames at the time we saw the last concorde fly past and a small bit of trivia  The air traffic controller who saw off the first flight also did the last and it was not specially organised just coincidence

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Coral Princess arriving in to Key West (FL), USA today:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MMDown Under]

1 hour ago, Kiwi_cruiser said:

Coral Princess arriving in to Key West (FL), USA today:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for great photos.  Wh at did passengers think of KEY WEST?

[OzKiwiJJ]

It hasn't changed much in 24 years! 🤣

 

A zillion shops selling tshirts etc, gorgeous old buildings. Sloppy Joe's bar still looks the same, and there is plenty of key lime pie to be had.

 

We went ashore this morning to do some shopping. It's very hot and humid today so we skipped the idea of having lunch ashore and came back to the ship where we're admiring the scenery from the Sanctuary, and watching passing boats and planes go by.

[ceeceeDee]

On 7/15/2024 at 10:42 AM, arxcards said:

Perfect angle on the 5th one - Statue of Liberty on the Lido deck.

Obviously Lady Liberty wants a holiday or just to get the hell out of Dodge.

[Jean C]

2 hours ago, ceeceeDee said:

Obviously Lady Liberty wants a holiday or just to get the hell out of Dodge.

Maybe the upcoming election's spooked her!

[ceeceeDee]

4 hours ago, Jean C said:

Maybe the upcoming election's spooked her!

It's enough to spook anyone!

[sewgood]

We enjoyed Key West, it was of course hot and humid but we were able to walk along the main street by staying in the shade and popping into the occasional shop to cool down.

 

We went on the train around the old town, there were a lot of very pretty old buildings and the town has a colourful history, lots of funny and interesting stories of the Island's history.

Our guide pointed out the bar which clothes are optional, he advised us to take a towel to place on the seat if we went there. 😁 

Another bar he showed us had regular fights every night in the old days and you were asked when you entered if you had a weapon if not they would give you one so the fights were fair.

[sewgood]

Today we had Christmas in July onboard.

There were some special cakes in the buffet for lunch and the lamingtons went rather quickly.

 

This evening there was a Christmas celebration in the atrium with Christmas carols being sung by the passengers and crew. It was very well attended and the Captain was there singing away with his young daughter, very sweet to see. Everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves when we passed by after dinner.

A few of the passengers really got into the swing of things with their Christmas hats and red dresses.

[Yaya_in_Oz]

1 hour ago, sewgood said:

We enjoyed Key West, it was of course hot and humid but we were able to walk along the main street by staying in the shade and popping into the occasional shop to cool down.

 

We went on the train around the old town, there were a lot of very pretty old buildings and the town has a colourful history, lots of funny and interesting stories of the Island's history.

Our guide pointed out the bar which clothes are optional, he advised us to take a towel to place on the seat if we went there. 😁 

Another bar he showed us had regular fights every night in the old days and you were asked when you entered if you had a weapon if not they would give you one so the fights were fair.

I love the Hemingway House with all those gorgeous pusses and so friendly if you just sit somewhere and wait for them to come sit on your lap....just like at home 🙂

[Aus Traveller]

2 hours ago, sewgood said:

Today we had Christmas in July onboard.

There were some special cakes in the buffet for lunch and the lamingtons went rather quickly.

 

This evening there was a Christmas celebration in the atrium with Christmas carols being sung by the passengers and crew. It was very well attended and the Captain was there singing away with his young daughter, very sweet to see. Everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves when we passed by after dinner.

A few of the passengers really got into the swing of things with their Christmas hats and red dresses.

On last year's world cruise we had Christmas in July for the FB group. The ship put on a spectacular buffet meal and a visit from Santa. There were comments that other passengers were upset that they weren't included, but the numbers had to be limited. The ship then put on another Christmas in July event for everyone. I didn't go to the buffet - I left it for people who hadn't been to the earlier one. There were carols in the atrium with fake snow falling. Both events were lovely.

[DrT33th]

20 hours ago, sewgood said:

Today we had Christmas in July onboard.

There were some special cakes in the buffet for lunch …..

 

[sewgood]

Tomorrow for us is the transit through the Panama Canal.

Here are our scheduled transit times.

 

6:45am Pilot onboard

7:30am entering Gatun Locks

9:30am clearing Gatun Locks

11:30am Passing Gamboa

1:45pm entering Pedro Miguel Locks

2:45pm clearing Pedro Miguel Locks

3:10pm Entering Miraflores Locks

4:10pm clearing Miraflores Locks

 

We have been advised that these times are approximate and are subject to change.

It is 11:22am in NSW and it is 8:22pm on the ship.