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Topic: Oceanic Arriving in Vancouver

Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 07-27-2009 10:09 AM

Here is a link for you to watch Oceanic arrive in Vancouver at 0700 this morning. A beautiful day for a visit! Looking forward toseeing pics from her visit!

http://www.vancouver.com/webcam

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 07-27-2009 10:16 AM

just got back from the north shore side of lions gate bridge....it's nice to see a classic ship back in vancouver water's....jeff

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 07-27-2009 10:19 AM

Hope to see somepics Jeff...amheading down tonight after work...

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SSTRAVELER
First Class Passenger
Member # 15170

posted 07-27-2009 10:37 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Jekyll:
Here is a link for you to watch Oceanic arrive in Vancouver at 0700 this morning.

All I see is some big Princess ship. No way to move the cam to show the Oceanic or back up the images?

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 07-27-2009 11:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by SSTRAVELER:

All I see is some big Princess ship. No way to move the cam to show the Oceanic or back up the images?

OCEANIC was quite visible about an hour ago--they must have moved her farther back, to the left, out of camera range.

Rich

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 07-27-2009 11:28 AM

I did capture a few screen shots from the cam and have sent them to Joe to post.

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 07-28-2009 09:29 AM

For those of you who are interested, here are some Oceanic pictures from yesterday. I was not early or late enough to catch her arrival or departure. If you can't access them, my apologies in advance.

Click Here

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 07-28-2009 03:50 PM

Thanks a lot for sharing these pictures. I like number 17.

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Karsten
First Class Passenger
Member # 1509

posted 07-28-2009 04:49 PM

I compared the port of call with the schedule HERE.

Was the route changed? I know there was trouble in NY... and now she is some days later?

I ask because I would like to see her in Kusadasi during her next cruise... Do you know if there will be changes??

Thank you very much! Would be interesting for me, because I am shortly before my booking ...

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 07-28-2009 04:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Jekyll:
If you can't access them, my apologies in advance.

I dont have a FaceBook account and really dont want to start one. I guess that apology is for me then...

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dmwnc1
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Member # 3785

posted 07-28-2009 05:51 PM

I think thats the boat Peter Knego was going on too...

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 07-28-2009 07:03 PM

surprised she stayed longer than expected...hanseatic is in port today and by the looks of the sunshine....should be 12 noon...jeff

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 07-28-2009 07:05 PM

checked the web cam too...4:05pm here and still in port...jeff

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 07-28-2009 07:17 PM

Still smoking...

4:15PDT

4:30PDT

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joe at travelpage
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Member # 622

posted 07-28-2009 08:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Jekyll:
I did capture a few screen shots from the cam and have sent them to Joe to post.

Jekyll,

I've been traveling and did not get them. Can you resend?

Joe at TravelPage.com

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 07-28-2009 08:34 PM

Joe -it's OK - they are part of the FaceBook album so folks can see them there...

I just checked the Pacific Gateway Portal and it looks like Oceanic moved berths at around 2pm and has no scheduled departure time (while Hanseatic is showing a departure of midnight. I had the pleasure of touring this ship about 11 years ago in Halifax - am sure she's been refurbished since then -but she was a beautiful little ship back then.

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kaiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 3370

posted 07-28-2009 09:08 PM

I was out at the North end of the Lions Gate Bridge at around 6-6:30 AM to see her arrive on Monday ... a spectacular sight!

Later I went down to Canada Place and was pleasantly surprised that, despite her length, I was able to get her all in the frame and just had to wait for the Sun to swing around so that her port side would be lit up (she had backed into her berth) ... And it was in sunshine - for about 15 seconds - then the shadow of the new 40 story Fairmont Hotel tower creeped across her stern. GRRRRRRR!

Anyways, I was surprised to hear that she was still here this morning, so I raced downtown just in time to get pictures of her being moved to the North Berth at around 2 PM to make room for the Volendam, arriving tomorrow.

I asked someone in the cruise terminal why the Oceanic was still here and the guy said that she was undergoing "technical repairs" ... he didn't know any of the specifics but later I saw that she was belching a lot of smoke from her funnel, alternating between white and black. That in itself is not unusual, but I was surprised at the amount of smoke pouring from her funnel.

I guess it could be nothing as the Oceanic can't get power from the shore while berthed like Princess's or Holland America's ships do so her engines are running all the time.

Anyways, hope the problem isn't too serious. maybe she'll leave tomorrow at a decent time and I can get some shots of her from the seawall!

Sorry for the rambling post...

Regards, Kaiser

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 07-28-2009 09:22 PM

Wonderful post kaiser. Thanks for her update. I'm glad I got some webcam grabs of her belching smoke to illustrate....

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 07-28-2009 10:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Karsten:
I compared the port of call with the schedule HERE.
Was the route changed? I know there was trouble in NY... and now she is some days later?
I ask because I would like to see her in Kusadasi during her next cruise... Do you know if there will be changes??
Thank you very much! Would be interesting for me, because I am shortly before my booking ...

This link http://www.peaceboat.org/cruise/66th/map.html posted by Maru in another thread may help. She was supposed to leave Vancouver yesterday, but I imagine her arrival date back in Japan is locked in.

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 07-28-2009 11:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Karsten:
I compared the port of call with the schedule HERE.
Was the route changed? I know there was trouble in NY... and now she is some days later?
I ask because I would like to see her in Kusadasi during her next cruise... Do you know if there will be changes??
Thank you very much! Would be interesting for me, because I am shortly before my booking ...

Don't forget that you actually can contact Peaceboat - that's probably the most reliable information you can get. However, with a ship like her you have to expect some changes - I waited for hours at New York only to learn that she would 'leave' the next day.

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dmwnc1
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posted 07-29-2009 12:35 AM

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PamM
First Class Passenger
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posted 07-29-2009 02:31 AM

What gorgeous evening grabs... many thanks for those.

Pam

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 07-29-2009 08:27 AM

If you want some beautiful shots of Vancouver this morning (as we continue our 30+ degree heat wave - are those Alaska cruisers in for a shock)...go to www.vancouver.com/webcam (Oceanic is still there too) the sky is beautiful

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dmwnc1
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posted 07-29-2009 09:19 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Jekyll:
If you want some beautiful shots of Vancouver this morning...Oceanic is still there too, the sky is beautiful

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dmwnc1
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posted 07-29-2009 09:42 AM

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