Thursday, March 30, 2023

Panama Canal - April 1-16th, 2023



This is my first time doing the Panama Canal, and boy am I ready for this vacation. 

15 days on the Emerald Princess from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale. 

8 sea days and the 5 ports/itinerary is below. Nicaragua was taken out due to civil unrest so they added a sea day. We are going all the way through the locks, so I've been watching some YouTube videos to help me understand what I'm going to be doing. 


 Map shows port stops for Panama Canal - Ocean to Ocean. For more details, refer to the List of Port Stops table on this page.

I have shore excursions booked in every port except Cartagena. I will probably go to the "Old Town" and may do a walking tour. 

I booked everything from a snorkeling sea day with a private tour operator in Huatulco Bay to a Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica and a Monkey boat ride through Gatun Lake. 

It's been raining for about 4 months straight here in L.A. and I heard it will be about 90 degrees down south. I'm ready for some sun!

Here's the Emerald Princess with a guest capacity of 3,080 lower berths and 1,200 number of crew. 

This is an older ship built in 2007, but was refurbished in 2019.




The Christener was Florence Henderson and Susan Olsen from the Brady Bunch, and Erin Moran and Marion Ross from Happy Days. 🛳

 side view of Emerald Princess cruise ship anchored with rocky cliffs in view

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