Not sure you can go there but here goes
http://www.pancanal.com/evtms-rpts/agents/SY5700RP.pdf
This link is to the schedule for the canal. It shows the Traviata at the canal on the 27th at 1700 (5PM) It does not show a first lock time though but keep checking........ B

 

Cool, thanks.

 

Just so you know we are not the only ones following the ship across the ocean there are a whole group of Beamer owners following it also.... Man what a relief. The wife was thinking we had all gone over the edge.....LOL..

 

785 to the Canal

 

Here is a nice hires web cam of Miraflores locks (the last before Pacific). On that one you can see the ship approaching from pretty far away. It refreshes every 30 sec or so. Looks like the Traviata will be passing through the channel at daytime, so visibility should be fine.

http://webcams.pancanal.com/common/p...iraflores.html

 

She seems to have slowed down. Hopefully it is just for timing for going through the canal.

 

Well, if you look at Elektra's approach to Panama, your theory sure make a lot of sense. Elektra left for West coast just a week earlier than Traviata:

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shi...html?call=SIWB

I am watching the damn red dot like a maniac . It is true that most of us have the major case of OCMD (obsessive Compulsive MINI Disorder) .

 

Thanks for the Elektra map. I thought I was being pretty good but the closer it gets the worse mu OCMD gets.

 

She has picked up speed again and is barreling towards the canal

 

About 186 to go to the canal......... Phew........ Now just get going North

 

A little more info........ 28 Sept 1000 (10 AM) 1st lock time....... 28 Sept 1940 (740 PM) Last lock time........ So convert local time in Panama ( They are two hours ahead of us here on the west coast) to local time where you are and check out the web cams to look for your Mini..... Yea..

 

Guess I will miss it. I will be on airplanes all day tomorrow. Get screen shots and post please.

 

The time of transit changed and I thought this was the ship due to the new time frame.. Now I have to go and will surely miss it... B

 

Bearly574, the boat on the left has been there for 1 1/2 days!! Didn't get up early enough this morning to see it coming into the locks from the Carribean Sea, did you get up and get a couple of pics? And l think l say the back end going past the bridge so is that here way back in the back waiting? And can you grab a Hi-Res full page shot? l've tried for a couple of days with today in mind and can't MAybe you can l get to drive my 03 MC everyday and last night l was reading a blog and they had a checklist on things to go through on delivery so last night l was dreaming and l went down and my MA was busy so l just took delivery And a couple of days later he tracked me down to get me to finish the paperwork. l guess l'm getting a little excitied.......l wonder what l will do with all of this excess time l've spent, or should l say my boss, cuz it's being done at work, looking at Sat. maps, webcams, ship logs ect. Hum!

 

Wrong ship...... Blah

 

That's what she looks like

 

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That didn't copy well. Main message. According to the shipping line, it has/will dock in Panama today.

They're coming home!

 

According to the latest info I have from the Canal Docking and scheduling report the last lock time will be 2200 Panama or 2000 (8PM) our time... B Gotta go now... B

 

l thought this was interesting since "we" are going through the canal today..........PANAMA CITY (Reuters) — A U.S.-owned cruise ship has paid a record $331,200 to cross the Panama Canal as vessels fight for space in the increasingly congested waterway, authorities said Tuesday.
The 964-foot-long Disney Magic, owned by a subsidiary of Walt Disney Co, broke the transit record on May 16, the Panama Canal Authority said. The ship sails out of Port Canaveral, Florida, and is registered in the Bahamas.
Three container ships have also recently paid more than $313,000, the previous record price set in October 2007 by NCL Corp Ltd vessel Norwegian Pearl. NCL is an affiliate of Star Cruises Ltd .
Non-reserved slots for crossing the canal are sold at auction to the highest bidder, with yachts, cruise liners and container vessels all competing for limited spaces on the 50-mile waterway between the Atlantic and Pacific.
Companies shipping goods between Asia and the U.S. East Coast are willing to pay higher prices to cross the canal to save time and avoid docking goods at ports in Mexico and Central America and transporting them over land.

The canal also allows cruise ships to journey from the Caribbean to the Pacific. The Disney Magic vessel offers cruises from Florida to Los Angeles, and crossing the Panama Canal is one of the highlights for tourists.
Last year, the U.S.-built canal started a $5.25 billion expansion plan, but work won't be completed until 2014.
Waiting times to enter the canal increased by a third in the first three months of this year, compared with the same period in 2007, due to a high traffic levels at the canal.
The number of passenger and cruise ships crossing the canal increased by 30% in the same period.
Panama is trying to establish itself as a cruise ship destination. But an increase in cruise ships using the canal worries shipping firms that container carriers may be forced to pay ever-higher prices, or face waits of up six days, to receive a canal slot.
The price of buying a slot does not include the normal tariff, which varies according to weight.

 

That's interesting stuff, i think you can even see the timelapse of the Disney Magic going through the locks on the webste. It is pretty cool.

 

There she blows.....

 

If anyone is on line the Travaita is next up on the locks!!

 

Yep..... We are watching her move into position