Cruising the Panama Canal ??

[juniorbugman]

I was just reading over some magazines on cruising thru the Panama Canal and was thinking that this could be a good idea for DCL.
They could do this once a year cruise deal where you would see the Christmas celebrations at WDW then board the Magic and sail thru the Panama Canal over to Disneyland to see their Christmas celebrations. A couple of days at WDW, 10 days or so on the Magic, a couple of days at DCA - 14 -18 days total.
The Magic would then do a reverse trip back thru the canal and over to Port Canaveral and WDW for a second group of travellers .
That could be two great once in a lifetime trips for all us Disney fanatics.
Having Disney properties on both coasts makes this a natural for DCL, rather than the other cruise lines that are just shifting ships for the different seasons.
A good idea I think !!
What about you ??

 

[howardk613]

Interestingly enough the Disney ships are both 964 feet in length. This is is exact maximum length to allow a ship thru the canal. If it were even 1 foot longer at 965, it would not be allowed thru. I do not believe that there are any plans for a canal cruise at this time but you never know.

 

[Werner Weiss]

Cruise lines offer Panama Canal cruises when they do seasonal repositioning of their ships from the East Coast to the West Coast. There are quite a few ships that do Alaska cruises from mid-May through early September and Caribbean cruises the rest of the year. Panama Canal cruises from Florida to Los Angeles typically last 14-15 nights.

 

[Michelle]

I would LOVE a Panama Canal cruise on DCL some day.