Live from the Monarch - Panama Canal repositioning

[rubrrick]

Welcome everyone.........as we are about ready to set sail from the port of Los Angeles headed for Miami!

 

Lots of wonderful CC friends have been aboard for the past week, saying goodbye to an old friend.

 

I'm staying aboard with my DW........and will be writing as we work our way south........and thru the Panama Canal......to our final destination......Miami.

 

Jump in and join me.......as we can do this virtually!!:) :)

 

Rick

[PH8]

Hi Rick!!!! Whatta nice cruise you have ahead of you..............

 

Thanks for posting LIVE for all of us left behind..:(

[Jimbo]

Have fun sounds awesome.

 

Loved the Panama Canal Cruise.

 

Jimbo:)

[lv2BonBoard]

Can't wait to hear all about your trip! Thanks for posting live. I'll be crusing on the Monarch for the first time the week of Thanksgiving, after she comes out of dry dock.

[cruisenfever]

Hey Rick, thanks for letting us be a part of your cruise.

[Gator0178]

Have a great cruise!!

 

I look forward to hearing about it!!

[jjb415]

Thanks Rick, I'm with you!!:)

[suzyluvs2cruise]

We'll be following you as you deliver our girl to her new home. We're missing her already. :(

[Lynnees]

Hi Rick, Your fellow NOOTS look forward to your reports.

[suezyq50]

I am on the second cruise after drydock.

[wrp96]

Rick, wish I was with you!

[Juli]

Hi Rick,

 

It was very nice meeting you and Bobbie on the 10/13 sailing...as well as all the other cc members.

 

I got off this morning at LAST CALL around 9:30am. It was sad to be getting off for the last time. Thank you for giving us your LIVE reports from the Monarch...it's the next best thing to being there!

 

Enjoy your cruise!

 

Julie

[cawagner]

Have a great cruise! Can't wait to hear all about it :)

 

We will be taking our first cruise on the Monarch 1-26-09 :D

[PhoenixCruiser]

Looking forward to your review Rick :D

 

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[FL_Cruiser64]

Rick, have fun on your trip.

 

Maybe this NOOTS member will welcome you in Miami if he knows when you arrive.

 

:D

[Piepkorn]

Hope you have a nice trip. It will be interesting to see what kind of entertainment they provide you with. We also wouldn't mind 16 days of 'Focus', as we love that band.

 

We both watched as you sailed out tonight...and both started crying.

 

Thanks for the work you did for our 10/10 cruise.

 

Dave and Debbie

[cassieroll]

I will miss her on the west coast. :-(

[IBookHePays]

How nice of you to post during your cruise!

How sad that Monarch is leaving me (I mean us!)

*sigh*

[crazy 4 cruising]

I'll be interested to follow your posts. We will be on her again Nov 10 & I did not realize that this was the first sailing from FLA--didn't realize she was going into dry dock. We got a VERY VERY good deal on an OS--cheaper than a JS--it was a special that I was looking for a cruise at the right time, obviously!!! Hoping that some of the same crew will still be on her--we've been on her for 2 cruises, 1 being our first B2B & have fond memories. All of us that LOVE the Rhapsody & lost her out of Glaveston can certainly feel y'all's pain with losing the Monarch on the west coast--it is not a good feeling , is it?

 

who is the CD?

 

Thanks Rick. have a great time!!!

[dirtgirl]

Rick, have a wonderful cruise!

[mcca2]

I'll be interested to follow your posts. We will be on her again Nov 10 & I did not realize that this was the first sailing from FLA--didn't realize she was going into dry dock. We got a VERY VERY good deal on an OS--cheaper than a JS--it was a special that I was looking for a cruise at the right time, obviously!!! Hoping that some of the same crew will still be on her--we've been on her for 2 cruises, 1 being our first B2B & have fond memories. All of us that LOVE the Rhapsody & lost her out of Glaveston can certainly feel y'all's pain with losing the Monarch on the west coast--it is not a good feeling , is it?

 

who is the CD?

 

Thanks Rick. have a great time!!!

 

Second this post. We took the Rhapsody when she was moved from Galveston through the Panama Canal last September. It was an awesome cruise. You might not know that there is a web cam at the Miraflores Lock (maybe the Gatun Lock as well) We were sailing with madforcruising (Gunnar) and he had a friend in Germany take pictures of the Rhapsody going through the Lock. It is a fantastic sight. You can see the ship at different levels.

 

We miss the Rhapsody in Galveston so know how you feel, about losing Monarch. The morning we arrived in San Diego from the PC the Monarch was just coming in as well. Have a wonderful cruise Rick, and thanks for sharing with us.

[critterchick]

<snif>

 

Don has a great set of pictures of Monarch leaving LA for the last time. I was in San Diego, so couldn't be there, darn it. Rick, I think we see you on your balcony.:)

[Coralc]

Do you have a link to Don's photos?

[love2relax]

I get misty just thinking about it. I am SO going to miss the Monarch. Please keep us posted. Since the cruise is no longer on the site, will you please tell us what day you sail through the canal? I want to check the cams so I can see her going through the locks. Thanks.

[HRHPrinceJim]

Hey Rick and Bobbie,

 

I enjoyed meeting both of you last weekend. Have fun on our ship as you head east.

 

I have been thinking all day about the Monarch! :(