Comments on James Cusick's Blog: Atlantic to the Pacific in record time.

Arcadia and Oriana met in the Panama canal, fascin...

2010-02-10T18:24:47.932Z

Arcadia and Oriana met in the Panama canal, fascinating!
Before that they've met(as you know) in Funchal during their Christmas cruises, and i recorded Oriana's departure by 6 p.m with the awesome exchance of horns, that you can watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jwrPTYJ7ME.

Regards!

João.

Hi All, Thankyou to Geoff and a very happy Austral...

2010-01-26T02:04:45.066Z

Hi All,
Thankyou to Geoff and a very happy Australia day to you and yours and to all Aussies on board Arcadia and blog readers.
We started the day at 3am, went out into the ocean and fished the reefs till 10am. Was a beautiful morning but unfortunately we will not be having fish with our lamb BBQ.Was good to just be out there!
Cheers Abi.

Hi James, WISHING ALL THE AUSTRALIANS ON BOARD, A...

2010-01-26T00:06:17.900Z

Hi James,

WISHING ALL THE AUSTRALIANS ON BOARD, AND OUT THERE IN BLOG LAND A HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY 2010. WE ARE EXPECTING A TOP OF 33C TODAY SO PERFECT WEATHER IN PERTH.
HI ABI, I SENT YOU A MESSAGE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I WILL BE HAVING T-BONE ON THE BBQ, ENJOY YOUR LAMB, IF YOU DO IN FACT HAVE LAMB TODAY.

LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE UPDATES TO COME.
ONLY 1 YEAR AND 12 DAYS UNTIL WE JOIN ARTEMIS IN HONG KONG SO STILL A WHILE YET BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

REGARDS TO ALL.

GEOFF WITTS PERTH

Wow! What a special day for everyone on Oriana an...

2010-01-25T20:44:49.146Z

Wow! What a special day for everyone on Oriana and Arcadia. I have wonderful memories of going through the canal last year on Oceana. And this time next year we will be on Arcadia doing it all again! Keep them coming James, we blog readers need our fix!!!
Safe passage to you all.

PatF

What a wonderful description and it brought back s...

2010-01-25T20:05:37.260Z

What a wonderful description and it brought back such vivid memories of our transit from Fort Lauderdale to LA on Coral Princess last April. It goes down as our best cruise yet.

To have done it alongside Oriana must have been very special.

Now you have reached the Pacific your voyage really begins - leaving behind the hustle amd bustle of the usual Caribbean islands and heading for the more exotic ports. I wish I was with you for this leg too.

Enjoy and safe passage.

Gill

The Panama looks great James, it brought back good...

2010-01-25T18:09:38.800Z

The Panama looks great James, it brought back good memories of our transit in February 2008 on Arcadia - you must remember that trip, we took so long we had to anchor in the bay ovenight as we missed the bunkering guys, did we care - not at all, that was one of the best cruises ever. See you in Hong Kong

Barbara and John Riley

James, you make everything come alive for us Blog ...

2010-01-25T16:47:56.765Z

James, you make everything come alive for us Blog readers. We did the Panama Transit on Island Princess in 2007 - it must have been such a thrill for you all making the transit in tandem with Oriana. What a lovely banner the kids made.

Regards to all Judith

Wow James, How fantastic was that.That's defin...

2010-01-25T16:02:53.243Z

Wow James,
How fantastic was that.That's definately on our to do list.Unfortunately our numbers didnt come up on Saturday so we wont see you in the immediate future. Keep up the good work, look forward to the next instalment.
Norma & Peris

Hi James Is it known if this is the first time th...

2010-01-25T13:11:51.747Z

Hi James

Is it known if this is the first time that two P & O passenger ships have been going the same way, and alongside each other in the same lock, of the Panama Canal.

I have not known of it before !

Must say the Commodore looks well in the picture with John King.

Regards

Bob Whitmore ( Ex Maitre d' ss Oriana )

Awwww James you described the transit magnificantl...

2010-01-25T11:56:44.675Z

Awwww James you described the transit magnificantly, it is exactly how you say it is the excitement especially when you were alongside Oriana, On Aurora's Maiden World Cruise she went through the Gatun Locks with little Victoria (a ship dear to your heart), it was just pure magic as all the crew/passengers were shouting to each other, there was such happiness on board and the marvel of doing that transit, we were up front of Aurora and thought never is this ship going to fit into that lock, but they do, one of the mules cables got caught on Aurora's back end so we had an unscheduled stop at Balboa to see how much of a paint job she needed ha ha... Happy Burns Night, we will be toasting you tonight James, hope you will remember your long forgotten friends and say one for us.

Cheers "Slainte Mhath" - "Here's tae Us"....

Mary G.K

Forgot to say send our best to Nigel, we first met...

2010-01-25T10:48:37.516Z

Forgot to say send our best to Nigel, we first met him on the good ship P&O's Victoria. Also happy Burns day, you will be getting some haggis from andy today I'm sure!

Wonderful pictures James, it looks like there was ...

2010-01-25T10:46:41.857Z

Wonderful pictures James, it looks like there was some atmosphere! We watched you on both webcams and also on krooozcams from the Panama Canal side it was great fun, just wish we aere there, some day! Keep them blogs coming they are great just as if we were there. Thanks.

How Fantastic! I feel like I was there through my ...

2010-01-25T10:45:35.512Z

How Fantastic!
I feel like I was there through my virtual tour and thank the lord that you have now done it and I can go to sleep tonight.
How special to go through the canal with Oriana. You mentioned Island Princess, lovely ship, I went on her through the canal in Jan. 2008,travelling from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Acapulco, wonderful memories!
Great to hear Gary Gladings name, a great cruise director and we really loved his sail away dancing at many ports from Brisbane to Southampton on Arcadia last year.
We get to hopefully meet Nigel on Aurora from Bris. to Southampton this year,we know that he will be on board, he sounds like a great cruise director.
By the way James, the sunglasses suit you.34 sleeps to Aurora, YAHOO!

Wow, James, I can feel the atmosphere here. Some...

2010-01-25T09:28:51.303Z

Wow, James, I can feel the atmosphere here.

Someone on CC said that the banner was made by some of the children onboard. I assume with a little help from the reefers ;-)

I tried watching you transit, but with it being a Sunday, Tom and I were in and out the house. I got home in time to actually catch you in the gatun locks and watched via your webcam, but I was too late for the Panama canal webcam. I just about got back to the pc in time to see you go through the miraflores lock on both webcams.

Panama as I said last year is definitely on my to do list. Hopefully one day.

Anyway, hope all that had a long day (with work) had a nice relaxing evening :-)

Elaine (aurorabore)

Hi James & Nigel, Wow fantastic photo's o...

2010-01-25T08:39:26.360Z

Hi James & Nigel,

Wow fantastic photo's of Oriana, the one going thru the Lock together is brilliant. I was lucky enough to go on board Oriana in 2000 in Freo before the events of the following year put paid to ship visits.
She is a beautiful ship. I would like to take my wife one day on a trip like that either thru the Panama, or the Suez.

Have "Fun in Acapulco". The cliff divers are a real treat to watch.

Regards to all on Arcadia.

Geoff Witts Perth