Ok, why the heck can't I get onto AIS Live? Look at all the fun the Isolde crowd is having. : (

 

No I don't belong here, but maybe I can answer your question

When you register they ask for work and personal email. When they sent me my login information, they said my login was my work email address. That didn't work, so I tried the personal email and it did work. Good luck!

 

Isolde now seems to be anchored or docked in the Christobal Anchorage -- probably waiting her turn for passage through the lock. This data may be a few hours old. Good time to start watching the web cam:
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html
If you happen to catch it, take screen captures for the rest of us. I've got to head out to do some shopping.

 

is the isolde the last ship brining us week 13'ers across?

 

It should be since my MCS officially a 14'er and it's aboard the ISOLDE

 

Yeah, I never got an email confirmation from them when I signed up. I just figured they had me pegged as "one of those no good MINI guys" from the start.

 

Looks like ISOLDE is still at anchor. She's now two days behind schedule, I think.

 

well she is old...

*I am sooo sorry.... i know that was the worst pun evar... u can all flame me for it... i don't care*

 

I know I'm a little late getting here, but I'm also a week 13'er anxiously awaiting the Wave. Just sold my 04 MCS and it's tough going mini-less this long.

 

Looks like the ISOLDE may be through the Gatun Locks. AISLive has it just exiting the lock, and supposedly the image is at least an hour old.

Now for the Miraflores Locks.

 

Go Isolde Go!

 

Robin,
Is the ISOLDE still stuck in the Panama Canal? The WW site shows that it left the canal on 4/21!

 

Yes, the ISOLDE seems to have come through the Gatun Locks and is at anchor just past them. It still has to go through the Miraflores Locks.

I suspect the WW site just turns the item red based on the scheduled date, not updating with reality.

 

*&#^$!

I wonder if this means delays and May 1 is no longer the date when it docks port Hueneme.

 

I could be wrong here, but I suspect the Port the ships stop at in Panama is just before the actual canal near the city of Colon (yes Colon, with an acsent above the O). So the WW website will mark that stop red as it leaves to enter the canal. I original thought the Panama stop was after the canal, but additional research showed the stop is at the Manzanillo Port near the city of Colon.

 

That could be. It looked like she came into port then went back outside the breakwater to anchor for a few days. Then she moved inside the breakwater, and after a while went through the Gatun Locks.

She seems to be on the move again. Looks like she is headed towards the Miraflores Locks. She may show up in the Centennial Bridge web cam soon.

http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html

 

Can't be sure, but I think this is the ISOLDE approaching the Centennial Bridge.

 

mines in!!!

 

I believe ISOLDE has cleared the Panama Canal.

I watched her go through the first Miraflores Lock.



AISLive no longer lists here in the vicinity of the Canal.

 

Congrats Robin, nice pics! Only one destination left. : )

 

Thanks Robin for the pictures!

 

I'm jumping back and forth between this thread and the Maersk Wave thread...

Spoke with my MA this morning in person. He seemed to think I was looking at two weeks for delivery. Our MINI is suppose to unload today, spend some time at the VDC (anyones guess) and then up to Portland, OR. Knock on wood there are no hold-ups. I don't know if that has any translation for other folks around the west coast but I thought I'd share.

Even if it cleared the VDC quickly, wouldn't a MINI have to wait for enough cars to load on a truck for a specific destination?

Oh, while I was waiting to talk with my MA, I spent some time sitting in the floor models just taking in the scenery. Haven't sat in one since we ordered in February. If there were any doubts before, sitting in one sure makes you a believer again!

 

Ouch. I hope he is just giving you worst case scenario. The ISOLDE is at least a week behind the WAVE. So that would put us at three weeks. I think there is a fair amount of variation in how long it takes to clear the VDC. If it is first to be processed, it could be fairly quick. If it has to wait for the rest of the load, it could take a while. I thought I heard 3-10 days as an estimate.

I suspect it depends on how many cars are going to a specific area, and how quickly they get processed.

 

From what I've gathered from others members who picked theirs up at our dealership, they do give wide estimates. Better to surprise with an early delivery date than disappoint with a late arrival. But it did take about two weeks for the last bunch to get theirs. That was with a supposed backed-up-VDC. It all comes down to that VDC, the last hurdle before the great MINI bliss and beyond...

 

ok I say lets board the ISOLDE and take our cars home!

WHOS WITH ME?!