Saturday, April 11, 2009

Pacific Princess Cruise 14 night cruise itinerary


On this blog I only included the Amazon portion of our trip. 14 days of cruising makes for a lot of photos. I created another blog for St. Barthelemy, Dominica, St. Lucia and Devil's Island.
To see it, just click on the link below:
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http://pacificprincess2009.blogspot.com/


This blog is just for the great Amazon.
Pacific Princess Itinerary March 27 to April 10, 2009
Scheduled Nautical Miles to next port
Fri Mar 27 Fort Lauderdale, FL // 75F (24C) ///
1084 Nautical miles to St. Barthelemy
Mar 28 At Sea
Mar 29At Sea
Mar 30 St. Barthelemy 9am-4pm // 79F (26C) ///
190 Nautical miles to Dominica
Mar 31 Dominica 8am-6pm Mar 31 - Dominica 8am //82F (28C) //
Scheduled Apr 1 St. Lucia 8am-6pm -
Port Changes due to delay in Dominica //
Dominica all day to 11pm // 84F (29C) ///
125 Nautical miles to St. Lucia
Apr 2 Tobago Skipped Tobago
Apr 2 in St. Lucia 8am-6pm // 84F (29C) ///
738 Nautical miles from St. Lucia to Devil's Island
Apr 3 At Sea
Apr 4 Devil's Island, French Guiana // 82F (28C) /// 777 Nautical miles to Santarem
Apr 5 At Sea and by 4pm the Officer Of The Watch gave notice to advise that the ship would pass throught the shallow waters of the river bar.
Apr 6 The Amazon River/ We dropped anshor in the town of Santana, where we picked up two river Pilots to assist us n our navigation on the Amzaon. AT 06:34 the Pacific Princess crossed the Equator in position 051. 03'. 6W longitude.
Apr 7 Santarem, Brazil //86 F (30C) /// 133 Nautical miles to Boca Da Valeria
Apr 8 Boca da Valeria, Brazil // 84F (29C) /// 266 Nautical miles to Manaus
Apr 9 Manaus (Amazon River), Brazil
Apr 10 Manaus (Amazon River), Brazil

Total Distance for cruise 3,313 Nautical Miles / 1 Nautical Mile = 1.15 Miles = 1.85 Kilometers
Ship Size- 30,277 tons - 670 passengers - 4 Diesel Electric Engines-cruising speed 20 knots