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We had to wait our turn behind a Celebrity cruise ship ahead of us.

The locks are operated with passive freshwater flow from Gatun Lake. That means our cruise ship spent some rare time in fresh rather than seawater during the crossing.

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By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Tue Mar 10 18:16:39 MDT 2026)