Question for spirit class experts

[sirlostalot]

With the talk of the possible move of the Pride the last couple of days I was wandering if someone could tell me if the Spirit class can fit into the Canal. I think that would be something I could easily do in 2009:)

[mob909]

Yes it can fit into the canal. I actually went on the Spirit, which is the sister ship to the Pride, through the Panama Canal and it was one of my best cruises.

 

Cody

[Wennfred]

The Canal lock chambers are 33.53 meters (110 ft) wide, not sure if this is correct, found it online somewhere.

 

The beam across the Carnival ships are from 103 to 125. Im not sure if they have expanded the Lock any but I know that years ago when I took a Princess ship across the locks and it only had 11 inches on each side from touching the walls.

 

 

 

Fred

[NPK1]

The Spirit class ships are all 'panamax', that is the term that is used to denote any ship capable of navigating the Panama Canal.

[bigphilky]

Fred I saw a Program on The Discovery or The National Geographic channel one. The locks are still the same as when they were first built. However a plan for major expansion to the locks is in the works will take somewhere close to 20 to 25 years to complete. The shipping industry is building ships much larger then the canal. The canal is losing out on money because they can't handle the larger ships. These "SUPER" ships are the next wave. so I would for cruise ships to expand in a outward fashion instead of upward once thise is near completion. what do you think?