Personal curiosity

Kay and I are down in the Middle Keys. Yesterday we say two cruise ships
on the horizon around 8-9 AM Saturday, two more around 9-10 pm and
another Three between 8--9 AM Sunday. Any idea where these might be
coming from?

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"Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on."
---PJ O'Rourke

On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:06:48 -0500, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

Kay and I are down in the Middle Keys. Yesterday we say two cruise ships
on the horizon around 8-9 AM Saturday, two more around 9-10 pm and
another Three between 8--9 AM Sunday. Any idea where these might be
coming from?

I can't answer your question directly, but the next time this happens
try going to www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ - you might be able to see the
ships' names there. After that, finding the itinerary show be
relatively easy.

Not all ships show up all the time; for example, right now, it's showing
only half a dozen NCL ships. There might be security concerns, or there
might be some other cause.

On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:06:48 -0500, Kurt Ullman wrote:

Kay and I are down in the Middle Keys. Yesterday we say two cruise ships
on the horizon around 8-9 AM Saturday, two more around 9-10 pm and
another Three between 8--9 AM Sunday. Any idea where these might be
coming from?

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Jack Hamilton wrote:

On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:06:48 -0500, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

Kay and I are down in the Middle Keys. Yesterday we say two cruise ships
on the horizon around 8-9 AM Saturday, two more around 9-10 pm and
another Three between 8--9 AM Sunday. Any idea where these might be
coming from?

I can't answer your question directly, but the next time this happens
try going to www.marinetraffic.com/ais/ - you might be able to see the
ships' names there. After that, finding the itinerary show be
relatively easy.


Thanks. I'll try it next time.

--
"Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on."
---PJ O'Rourke

"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message
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Kay and I are down in the Middle Keys. Yesterday we say two cruise ships
on the horizon around 8-9 AM Saturday, two more around 9-10 pm and
another Three between 8--9 AM Sunday. Any idea where these might be
coming from?

--
"Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is
to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on."
---PJ O'Rourke

I don't know how many, but a fair number of cruise ships leaving Miami or
Fort Lauderdale stop at Key West before going on the Cozumel, the eastern
Caribbean or elsewhere. My wife's Celebrity cruise from Fort Lauderdale to
Cozumel stopped at Key West as did our Oceania cruise from Miami to Los
Angeles.

On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:22:27 -0500, "Paul Johnson"
wrote:


"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message
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Kay and I are down in the Middle Keys. Yesterday we say two cruise ships
on the horizon around 8-9 AM Saturday, two more around 9-10 pm and
another Three between 8--9 AM Sunday. Any idea where these might be
coming from?

--
"Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is
to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on."
---PJ O'Rourke

I don't know how many, but a fair number of cruise ships leaving Miami or
Fort Lauderdale stop at Key West before going on the Cozumel, the eastern
Caribbean or elsewhere. My wife's Celebrity cruise from Fort Lauderdale to
Cozumel stopped at Key West as did our Oceania cruise from Miami to Los
Angeles.

I believe that most Western Caribbean cruises pass close enough to the
keys to be seen. Last I knew Key West only handles 2 ships at a time.
Thumper

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Thumper wrote:


I don't know how many, but a fair number of cruise ships leaving Miami or
Fort Lauderdale stop at Key West before going on the Cozumel, the eastern
Caribbean or elsewhere. My wife's Celebrity cruise from Fort Lauderdale to
Cozumel stopped at Key West as did our Oceania cruise from Miami to Los
Angeles.

I believe that most Western Caribbean cruises pass close enough to the
keys to be seen. Last I knew Key West only handles 2 ships at a time.
Thumper

The timing was bad for KW, too. Too early (9 or so in the evening) or
late (9 or so in the morning when the incoming ships were supposed to be
there already,

--
"Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on."
---PJ O'Rourke

On 1/9/2011 7:06 PM, Kurt Ullman wrote:
Kay and I are down in the Middle Keys. Yesterday we say two cruise ships
on the horizon around 8-9 AM Saturday, two more around 9-10 pm and
another Three between 8--9 AM Sunday. Any idea where these might be
coming from?


My guess would be Grand Cayman. There were 7 ships in there on
Wednesday. :-)

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