September, peaking September. The notch is October.
Next: Tuesday, September 22 — 0 days away, keyed to the published start time
This week: watch — night departure lit hull against black water, but falls outside the seven-day window
- Where
- Cruise Terminal CT01, 9050 Discovery Rd, Port Canaveral
- Drive
- no fixed place — it happens where the conditions are
- In season
- September
- Peak
- September
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- no — port security zone
- Glass
- 16–35mm at f/4 or faster, long exposure at low ISO to hold the lit hull against black water, on a tripod
From the field
Royal Caribbean · OASIS OF THE SEAS at CT01, in at 1:00pm on Tue, Sep 22. Sails at 8:00pm — a night departure: lit hull against black water, and a tripod job rather than a handheld one. Shoot it from public ground — the jetty at the channel mouth and the lock road put the whole hull broadside as it passes, which is closer than any terminal viewpoint gets you. A long lens is not required and a wide one is: the ship is the size of the frame.