Panama Canal Cruise — Wolf Family

Our Photos from our 14 night cruise aboard Disney's Cruiseship, Wonder, through the Panama Canal.

Photos of the Ship, The Disney Wonder

The Wonder anchored off Cabo San Lucas

The water slide at Mickey's Pool

The crew's pool

The spare anchor

I over heard a story about this anchor. I didn't know how, but sometime in the past the anchor was bent, and after replacing it, they sent it back to the foundry and had it repaired. Then they put it here to have as a spare.

Small craft storage area beside the jogging track

Docked at Cozumel

The humorous characters on the stern.

Goofey's Pool and Funnel Vision

The Toddler's area

Mickey's Pool

Proof that Mickey is a math whiz.

He has "slide rules"

They have a "10 Forward", but no Whoopie.

The main Lobby

The towel animals that showed up on our bed every night during dinner.

Lobster

Tuxedo

Koala

Rabbit

Sea Turtle

Elephant

Monkey

Dog

Dinosaur

Ape

Bear

Stingray

Swans

Photos taken during our dining experience aboard the Wonder.

Our Servers, Juan & Szabi

Our Assistant Sever, Juan, doing a card trick

Decorations at Beach Blanket Buffet on Pirates' Night.

Parade of the Servers during Pirates' Night.

The head server, Josip, and the servers at the next table.

Parade of the Servers on International Night.

They are carrying Flaming Baked Alaska.

Szabi

During the Parade of Flags on International Night.

Juan and Anne.

Photos I took of the various Disney and Pixar characters aboard the Wonder.

Seascapes:

Day 3: Shore Excursion at Cabo San Lucas.

Tender boats

Cabo has no pier large enough for cruise ships. We anchored in the bay, and road tender boats into the docks.

The court house in Cabo San Juan

Our shore excursion was a tour to Cabo San Juan. We happened to get there the day after a festival, the square was still decorated.

The old Mission in San Juan

The plaque at the mission

The plaque commemorates the rebellion of the natives to the excesses of the priest and the government.

The Interior of the Mission.

Hasta luego...

The sunset over Cabo harbor as we left that evening.

Day 4: Shore Excursion at Puerto Vallarta.

Puerto Vallarta skyline

from the top deck of the Wonder, docked at the pier.

Day 7: The West Coast of Panama

Day 8: Panama Canal Transit

The fuel barge refueling the Wonder

About 5:00 a.m.

Many ships were waiting to follow us through.

Panama City past the causeway.

Small ship marina.

Bridge of the Americas.

Sunrise over the cranes at the cargo piers..

The crowds on deck.

HDR image coming into the Mira Vista Locks.

The Neighbors

The lock plug.

Used when servicing the lock to make sure there is no flooding with workers in the lock.

The Pedro Miguel lock.

One lock past the first lake.

double gates at the top of the lock.

Makes certain that water isn't lost if the boat bumps the gates as it pulls into the lock.

The "Shoulder"

Helps keep the ship from "bumping" the side as it comes into the lock.

Construction zone for the new locks.

Panama is currently building newer larger locks that actually use less water than the current 100 year-old locks.

Centennial Bridge.

In "The Cut"

The portion of the canal that cuts through the continental divide.

The Prizon.

The current residence of Manuel Noriega.

The Chagres River (Rio Chagres)

The source of all the water that flows through the canal and out to the oceans.

A canal tug

Coming into Gatun lake.

Passing other large ships in the lake.

The "Cut" is too narrow for the larger ships to pass each other.

Ships waiting their turn to go through the locks into the Caribbean Sea.

The Dam that created the lake

and makes the canal possible.

Gatun locks.

Ron at the stern of the ship

Gatun locks in the background.

The new lock gates for the new locks awaiting installation.

The construction Zone for the new locks on the Carribean side.

The location of the French Canal.

A French corporation initially started digging a canal at this spot, but underestimated the job, and ran out of money when they had just started. The new locks will take advantage of it, and extend it.