Sorry for the dispropotionate pictures.

Over and Out,
Arison

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Originally posted by Karsten:
Oh, I did not know that there are berths at 2 waters.. thought they will use one way to see.. interesting for me

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I think the ship you see on the other side is an Azamara vessel. The south side is - I believe - only used by the occasional Azamara ships. The berth is right next to the RCI HQ building.
I have never seen any other ship there.

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Originally posted by Fairsky:
The ship berthed on the right side (near the RCI headquarters) is the Norwegian Dream. This berth is usually used for servicing/maintainence. I know other ships have docked there before or after their refurb work in Freeport. This shot must have been taken when NCL removed the Nor. Dream from active service but before she was relocated.

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Fairsky,

Terminal J/21 is actually an active terminal and berth which is now used to primarily serve small to mid-size ships. Oceania, Azamara, Fred Olsen and Crystal all use it as their preferred berth within the port so not to get caught up in the mega-ship madness.

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Originally posted by Fairsky:
This shot must have been taken when NCL removed the Nor. Dream from active service but before she was relocated.

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[ 06-30-2009: Message edited by: DEIx15x8 ]

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Originally posted by Tim in 'Lauderdale:

Terminal J/21 is actually an active terminal and berth which is now used to primarily serve small to mid-size ships. Oceania, Azamara, Fred Olsen and Crystal all use it as their preferred berth within the port so not to get caught up in the mega-ship madness.
Tim

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Right, this terminal is used quite often by the smaller ships. It opened up in 1992 as home berth to the new ROYAL MAJESTY, and that ship, now as the stretched NORWEGIAN MAJESTY, still uses this berth when she's in town.

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Originally posted by Cam Jackson (Arison):
That terminal is very small. On the many cruises out of Miami ive been on I dont think I have ever personally seen any ships in that terminal.

Over and Out,
Cam Jackson (Arison)

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Originally posted by Carlos Fernandez:
Here are two great pictures by Glenmore1971 of the Port in 1977 taken from the MacArthur Causeway and my favorite of the three sisters, Sun Viking. Unfortunately I wasn't born to see this live when these shots were taken...

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Nice classic pictures Carlos. I have always loved pictures of ships fron the late 70's and 80's because it shows how far cruising has come since then and it reminds us of how it used to be.

I guess Royal Caribbean has always had those last couple of terminals.

Over and Out,
Cam (Arison)

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Originally posted by avalon1025:
Funny, looks like Pireaus in current day...where many of those ships are today!

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Indeed - SOUTHWARD & NORDIC PRINCE there the other day.

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Originally posted by avalon1025:
Funny, looks like Pireaus in current day...where many of those ships are today!

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Along with Summit, MSC Armonia & Easycruise Life, but they don't count here.

Here's a cool picture of 4 ships sailing out of the Government Cut.

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Originally posted by Carlos Fernandez:
Very nice pictures Pam; Cristal is still one of my favorite ships.

Here's a cool picture of 4 ships sailing out of the Government Cut.

Picture by KM&G-Morris

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Originally posted by DEIx15x8:

I can't believe how close they are. Was there a special circumstance that forced them to get all the ships out in a short time? When we left from Miami there was only one ship moving in the channel at any time. It wasn't until the previous was clear of the beach that the next would start moving from the pier.

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There's no rule in Miami that only one ship at a time can be in the cut; multiple ships are in it all the time. This view really spans nearly two miles, so they aren't as close as it appears.

The only rule I can recall regarding ships in Government Cut was back in the early '80s, when the NORWAY was new. She drew 35 ft. and the cut was dredged to 36 ft. NORWAY was always the last one into Miami and the last one out on sailing days, to avoid any possible grounding which would delay other ships.