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…Norwegian Bliss and Prima class, Sun Princess and so on can go through the new Panama Canal locks. What are the new locks? On the Atlantic side large ships use the wider and longer three-tier Agua Clara Locks, and on the Pacific side they use the wider and longer Cocoli Locks. Unlike the original canal instead of gates that swing close, the new ones have large sliding gates. The ships, whether using the original or new locks, all sail through the…

…ccessfully got on board and are cruising without being caught out by those new scams, there are some new ones to be ready for here though too. Picture Not So Perfect In the past I spoke about a series of in-port scams to be ready for, and I will link to that video at the end of this, but I want to talk about a new one that a friend of mine let me know about when people on his cruise fell for it this past summer in Rome. He was on a tour which pass…

…f the more experimental ideas that we were promised. More on that shortly. New Lines The new lines launching are mostly at the high end of cruising, but there are several new regional lines. Four Seasons line is launching with the first of their purpose-build 190-passenger yachts Orient Express line is launching with their first ship, Corinthian, carrying 108 guests. The regional lines launching are VidantaWorld I mentioned earlier, with the 300-p…