by GaryBruxvoort
Drive through. NCL had a knowledgeable narrator giving commentary over PA and ships Jumbo TV's.
Visited: Oct 11, 2019
by larlu77
Just finished Panama Canal Cruise on Disney Wonder and it was such a great experience! When we were going through second lock, it started raining but no one minded getting wet! The ship provided rain ponchos for everyone. The process is long but so interesting, you don’t want to miss any of it!
by JPL
This is a trip of a life time. I have been fortunate enough to do it twice. One of the interesting facts I learned the first time was all the rivets used in the locks were made in Steel mills in Pittsburgh. I was also impressed with the size of those rivets. It’s definitely a human feat. I highly recommended this cruise.
by Bobkunders
3rd time through, and may shoot for number 4. A great experience and had hoped to go through new locks which we had seen under construction on previous trips, but unless we're in a larger ship, that probably won't happen on Coral or Island Princess as they fit into the older and smaller locks. The new locks are used primarily for the humongous ships!
Visited: Jan 06, 2019
by alklem
Very interesting but quite lengthy.
Visited: Dec 01, 2017
by owen1023
Highlight of the trip!! Extremely interesting!! Our cruise picked up a guide who explained features of the canal over the loudspeaker as we passed through the canal. Got to see the new locks (from a distance) as we traveled through the old ones. Quite the engineering marvel!!
Visited: Mar 30, 2019
by PaulzyJC
Ahhh, the reason I took this cruise. I was a little miffed we were going through the new locks and not the old. In fact, I didn't even know there were two sets of locks. The old locks were for the smaller ships of the time. But as ships got bigger, they needed wider and longer locks. They also needed a more efficient way filling up each lock. So these were built in 2016, and have “lakes” on both sides of the locks to drain and re-fill each lock. One day I'll go on a smaller ship through the old locks. The new locks have gate that open sideways. The old lock gates open outwards, like doors. We arrived at the Pacific bridge (The Bridge of the Americas) at 705am PST and began entering the first set of locks at 7:54am PST. The first lock was Balboa. We exited the last lock at 10:01am PST. Looking at the Pacific Bridge in the distance it's hard to believe it took 3 hours. By 10:55am PST we crossed under the Centennial Bridge (Puente Centenario) and entered Gatun Lake to begin the 4 hour trip across Gatun Lake. At 2:55pm PST we entered the first of the second set of locks; and exited the locks, crossing under the Atlantic Bridge at 5:10pm PST. I was running around trying to find a good spot to shoot Bliss passing under the Atlantic Bridge, but I should have planted myself on the mini golf court, or the deck above the pool movie screen, so my shots of us passing underneath the Atlantic bridge were limited. By the time I got to the back of this massive ship we had already passed under it.
Visited: Jan 21, 2022
by DeweySki
This was the highlight of the cruise and what I had been waiting for for ages. The Pacific side was pleasant and sunny while the Atlantic side was rainy, so we got a taste of both weather conditions. It was amazing to see the operations of the canal up close and the ship provided excellent vantage points to be able to witness the event. I loved the provide narrative, but it would have been better if it could have been broadcast through the app so you could hear it anywhere you went through your headphones or ear plugs.
Visited: Dec 06, 2019
by CampingGirl
Very interesting and great experience to see such an amazing engineering masterpiece.
Visited: Feb 01, 2020
by terry323
It was very interesting! We had a narrator on board from start to finish who gave us history and play by play if what was going on. The only complaint was people were 3 deep and I’m short it was very hard to get a view
Visited: Apr 19, 2018
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