Panama Canal Cruises Explained: Full Transit vs. Partial Transit, Best Months & Who Should Go
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So you got to remember, some of these ships are well over 100,000 tons that go through these locks.
I find it really interesting, and I'm about as far from an engineering nerd as you get, but I still find it really, really interesting.
A full transit would take you all the way to the Pacific coast.
The ones that are 10 or 11 days long, they would typically be round trip out of Florida.
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