On Board the Celebrity Millennium — At 10:52 this morning, thousands of people on two boats, people who had never met and who likely never would meet, spent a few minutes waving at each other across the water that felt about the width of a football field, from one Celebrity cruise ship to another. For the company, it was a Celebrity moment when the Infinity and the Millennium, twins in their fleet (although the Millennium did come first), met going opposite directions in the spectacular and fascinating Panama Canal.
The two captains were “given permission” to blow their horns in recognizing the Celebrity siblings — apparently nobody’s allowed to blow their own horns in the Panama Canal, without good reason. Having a couple of sisters say hello to each other was good enough.
More later…