Eastbound Panama Canal Cruise (to california)

[soccercruiser87]

hey i was just wondering how its an eastbound cruise to california when you have to go west to get to california. can someone explain it to me?

 

[outahere]

I'm not sure where you're seeing that, but the DCL web site lists it as Westbound on the reservations page.

 

[soccercruiser87]

oh ok thanks, i just heard it from someone else and was wondering how it could be an eastbound cruise....thanks tho

 

[plutospup]

Actually when traveling from the Atlantic side of the canal to the Pacific side you really do travel "eastward"! Because of way the canal was cut across that particular section of the isthmus of Panama you travel southeastward going Atlantic to Pacific, and northwestard going Pacific to Atlantic!

 

[momto2dkids]

Disney lists the FL to CA cruise as being a westbound cruise.

 

[Dave_from_Marietta]

If you look at a map, you see that the westbound transit of the canal actually takes place in a south-southeasterly direction.