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August 2, 2027 total solar eclipse (Egypt)

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#76 bladerunner6

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Posted 28 April 2024 - 07:10 PM

I looked the other day and all of Insight Cruises itineraries were sold out.


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Posted 29 April 2024 - 02:39 AM

I have had a place (actually 3) pre-booked with Astro-trails for some months in one of their cruise tours of Egypt. Last week when I tried to move my reservation to their other cruise I was told I'd have to go on a wait list so they must be pretty much fully (pre) booked.

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Posted 23 May 2024 - 05:42 PM

For those of you considering an organized Egypt tour I recommend having a conversation with "Gate 1 Tours" and see if they are interested in putting one together, maybe just for our CN members.  We have done 7 different tours on 4 continents with these folks and they just always do it right.  

Four star accommodations most places, carefully chosen food so you stay healthy, local expert guides, an Egyptian tour manager who understands how to get things done in their country, speaks the language, and they will sometimes include security if necessary, making passenger safety a priority.  They already have a well organized "Classic Egypt and the Nile" tour offered.  Just need to coordinate to put you at Luxor for the eclipse event time and date.  Because this includes a Nile river cruise you would bring your accommodations with you.  No extra hotel needed there. 

We have never done the Egypt tour but our experiences with Gate 1 in Ireland, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Eastern Europe, China, Israel, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, and Peru were all excellent and reasonably affordable.  Check out the video in the link below to see how they operate.  I highly recommend this tour company.

https://www.gate1tra...om/africa/egypt


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#79 ChancesFate

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Posted 23 May 2024 - 10:21 PM

I looked the other day and all of Insight Cruises itineraries were sold out.

Are you on the waitlist for any of the options?  Insight cruises added more options one hotel bookable now, one is being built right now the four seasons.  And I think 2 more cruise ships that are available now or soon. I just booked my trip. 



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Posted 10 July 2024 - 09:13 PM

My wife and I just booked a trip today on the southern Mediterranean cruise for 2027 eclipse on the Windstar Star Legend. It will be us along with our 9 and 12 year old.

It was a compromise between the wife and I. She has always wanted to see Italy and Greece, and I wanted to see the eclipse. Not as long duration of totality as Egypt will get, but good enough.


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Posted 13 July 2024 - 04:43 AM

We had a Danish travel agent book a Luxor tour for us. They told us most 4- and 5 star hotels had already nearly sold out.

We have booked tours for the other days, but not for the eclipse. Of course we can watch from our hotel, but Valley of the Kings would be spectacular. However, I wonder what kind of transport would be the best choice? We got 19 km.


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Posted 19 July 2024 - 02:25 PM

Luxor schmuxor. I'll probably be in southern Spain for this one. Still decent 4 and a half minutes of cosmic bliss there.

Thanks for the idea.    I see that Gibraltar will get 4:39 minutes of totality.     83 degrees Fahrenheit sounds a lot better than 106.    And we give up less than 2 minutes of totality.     I will be 82 then, so travelling will get harder.    That is a second reason why Spain sounds better.     In 2017, I had 36 people for the first Great American Eclipse.    And in 2024, I had 60 for the second Great American Eclipse.    My wife and I were on a cruise ship in the Caribbean in 1998 for our first total solar eclipse.    Spain would make four for us.    I'll have to see who wants to go with us.     At 82, I think it would be nice to have some strong family members with.


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#83 Alan D. Whitman

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Posted 20 July 2024 - 11:32 AM

Thanks for the idea.    I see that Gibraltar will get 4:39 minutes of totality.     83 degrees Fahrenheit sounds a lot better than 106.    And we give up less than 2 minutes of totality.     I will be 82 then, so travelling will get harder.    That is a second reason why Spain sounds better.     In 2017, I had 36 people for the first Great American Eclipse.    And in 2024, I had 60 for the second Great American Eclipse.    My wife and I were on a cruise ship in the Caribbean in 1998 for our first total solar eclipse.    Spain would make four for us.    I'll have to see who wants to go with us.     At 82, I think it would be nice to have some strong family members with.

To each his own preferences, of course. In 1991 (two totalities earlier in the same saros cycle as 2027) I was mystified that some people were choosing to go to Hawaii when they could have the maximum duration in Mexico. 1991 in Mexico was the finest of my 11 totalities, no other eclipse comes close in my memory, not just because totality went on and on and on, but because of the excellent corona, and the largest most memorable prominences that I have ever seen -- decades later, we all vividly remember the striking 'Seahorse' prominence.

 

I will also be 82. The temperature is not an issue for totality at Luxor. You pop out of the hotel's air conditioning every so often during the partial phases, and then go back in. Your scope is set up on the hotel grounds with shade trees, and the scope is safe with security guards. You are only out in the heat for perhaps 12 minutes centred on totality.

 

Yes, the heat is an issue on other days, when you are touring the exceptional archaeological sites in Luxor; but AstroTrails assures me that the tours of the sites will start and end very early. I just survived five days with outside air temperatures as hot as 39.5 Celsius while my air conditioner repair people were waiting for parts, and it got 31.5 Celsius indoors, but with very low humidity, as Luxor will have. You wet your hair and body down as frequently as needed. I will be bringing a lot of water with me during the tours of the archaeological sites, not just for drinking but to pour on myself.

 

I survived a January observing run in Australia one year when it was 44 Celsius outside, and similar inside because there was no air conditioning -- again, I soaked my body every 40 minutes or so.

 

The archaeological sites in Luxor are some of the most important in the world, and it is marvelous that they combine at one location with the longest totality of anybody's remaining lifetime. Personally, I would not dream of turning this exceptionally long totality into one that is just better than average, but to each his own.

 

Do I feel that the extreme but very dry heat is a risk to an 82-year-old on the two days that we will be touring the archaeological sites? Yes, to some degree, but I intend to live life to the fullest for my few remaining years, not hide from exceptional experiences because of some inconvenience.


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Posted 21 July 2024 - 08:19 AM

Thanks for the idea.    I see that Gibraltar will get 4:39 minutes of totality.     83 degrees Fahrenheit sounds a lot better than 106.    And we give up less than 2 minutes of totality.     I will be 82 then, so travelling will get harder.    That is a second reason why Spain sounds better.     In 2017, I had 36 people for the first Great American Eclipse.    And in 2024, I had 60 for the second Great American Eclipse.    My wife and I were on a cruise ship in the Caribbean in 1998 for our first total solar eclipse.    Spain would make four for us.    I'll have to see who wants to go with us.     At 82, I think it would be nice to have some strong family members with.

What ship for 1998? I was on the Veendam.



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Posted 22 July 2024 - 11:54 PM

The archaeological sites in Luxor are some of the most important in the world, and it is marvelous that they combine at one location with the longest totality of anybody's remaining lifetime.

My summation is incomplete. It should say: The archaeological sites in Luxor are some of the most important in the world, and it is marvelous that they combine at one location with the longest totality of anybody's remaining lifetime, and exceptional climatology. Jay Anderson says there is only a three percent chance of being clouded out. (Not that 3 percent is a sure thing -- if you were told that you had a 3 percent chance of a fatal traffic accident today, you would not leave the house....)

 

While the climatology is generally quite good elsewhere along the path of totality, I doubt that anywhere else on the path has only a 3 percent chance of being clouded out, except for ships on the Mediterranean part of the path. See the cloud climatology chart on Jay's website:

https://eclipsophile...pses-2024-2028/


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#86 bladerunner6

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Posted 23 July 2024 - 10:43 AM

My summation is incomplete. It should say: The archaeological sites in Luxor are some of the most important in the world, and it is marvelous that they combine at one location with the longest totality of anybody's remaining lifetime, and exceptional climatology. Jay Anderson says there is only a three percent chance of being clouded out. (Not that 3 percent is a sure thing -- if you were told that you had a 3 percent chance of a fatal traffic accident today, you would not leave the house....)

 

While the climatology is generally quite good elsewhere along the path of totality, I doubt that anywhere else on the path has only a 3 percent chance of being clouded out, except for ships on the Mediterranean part of the path. See the cloud climatology chart on Jay's website:

https://eclipsophile...pses-2024-2028/

You nailed it for me and thousands of other HAL cruisers in 1998, so you certainly have a successful track record!

 

Being on the MS Hamees my lovely wife and I will be mobile for the day of the eclipse if needed. And we also get a number of days at Luxor, so that seems like a great combination for us.

 

But Mediterranean cruises should be a super popular option for this one.  I am trying to remember how many ships from all the cruise lines there were in 1998?  2027 might surpass that number.

 

BTW, if you are going to be in Luxor, I would love connect with you.


Edited by bladerunner6, 23 July 2024 - 10:46 AM.

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Posted 11 August 2024 - 12:47 PM

I am also on the MS Hamees, and love to game (although I don’t get the chance to do so very often). Looks like we may be able to get a CN gaming group together!

A friend lent us their copy of Ra. We played it recently and plan on playing it a few more times before the eclipse.


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Posted 11 August 2024 - 01:09 PM

To my friends on the Hamees, this is the version of Ra that we have.

https://www.google.c...8&bih=738&dpr=2

 

It is from Uberplay.


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Posted 11 September 2024 - 10:24 AM

My local group of eclipse chasers (which includes Jay Anderson for weather tips lol) had a BBQ this weekend to plan for both 2026 and 2027, looks like we're leaning towards Spain/Morocco as no one is interested in 42C temps and political uncertainty. Iceland first tho!


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Posted 20 September 2024 - 08:29 AM

My local group of eclipse chasers (which includes Jay Anderson for weather tips lol) had a BBQ this weekend to plan for both 2026 and 2027, looks like we're leaning towards Spain/Morocco as no one is interested in 42C temps and political uncertainty. Iceland first tho!

I think you should also consider a cruise.  Mobility combined with good weather prospects are a tough combination to beat.  
 

https://boards.cruis...hread/page/103/

 

If this wasn’t our trip of a lifetime to go to Egypt we be doing a cruise.


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Posted 20 September 2024 - 10:16 AM

Cruises (and all-inclusives) are completely opposed to how we like to travel - move around the country, stay in a new place often, eat where the locals eat, walk around everywhere.  That way if we don't manage to see the eclipse the trip isn't wasted. As we said in April "If we're clouded out in Mazatlan... we're still in Mazatlan". We're going to Carnival there this Feb/March :)



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Posted 20 September 2024 - 10:40 AM

I think you should also consider a cruise. Mobility combined with good weather prospects are a tough combination to beat.

https://boards.cruis...hread/page/103/

If this wasn’t our trip of a lifetime to go to Egypt we be doing a cruise.



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Posted 20 September 2024 - 10:41 AM

I think you should also consider a cruise. Mobility combined with good weather prospects are a tough combination to beat.

https://boards.cruis...hread/page/103/

If this wasn’t our trip of a lifetime to go to Egypt we be doing a cruise.





It will be my trip of a lifetime as well and a cruise does not appeal to me. How are you traveling?

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Posted 20 September 2024 - 04:34 PM


It will be my trip of a lifetime as well and a cruise does not appeal to me. How are you traveling?

We are on the Hamees with Insight Cruises.

 

  https://www.insightc...om/events/st20/
 

We also added some on a two night, one day pre-eclipse stay in Cairo and Giza.


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Posted 20 September 2024 - 04:38 PM

Cruises (and all-inclusives) are completely opposed to how we like to travel - move around the country, stay in a new place often, eat where the locals eat, walk around everywhere.  That way if we don't manage to see the eclipse the trip isn't wasted. As we said in April "If we're clouded out in Mazatlan... we're still in Mazatlan". We're going to Carnival there this Feb/March smile.gif

Whatever works for you, although we did visit a variety of ports, ate local food at every port and walked around town.

 

But I just said “consider”, so I hope you find a great trip for 2027.



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Posted 03 October 2024 - 08:19 PM

Yeah, waffling between Luxor and Spain/Gibraltar/Morocco. Spain will be more DIY, which I think is gonna be impossible for Luxor. Hamees looked nice, everything else was sold out! I doubt we would do their "Touring Package" of 17 sites in 4days, and would probably arrange our own, more leisurely, sightseeing. The other tours I saw, from other companies, were much pricier than I liked, except for a company called "Happy Egypt", which offers what looks like a very straightforward experience with very minimal extras. 4 days, $1790 pp.

 

If we do Spain, it will probably be a very short visit, added on after a week vacation to Portugal, which we have wanted to do for some time.


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Posted 04 October 2024 - 12:49 PM

I want the map of the whole area that eclipse can cover either totality or partial please

Complete animation -- both shadows ----> https://eclipsewise....2_TSE_300px.gif


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Posted 03 November 2024 - 11:31 AM

Jay Anderson is the world's acknowledged expert eclipse climatologist. Here is his just released exceptionally detailed climatology for the longest totality of our remaining lifetimes on August 2, 2027:

 

2027 Total Solar Eclipse | Eclipsophile <https://eclipsophile.com/tse2027/>

 


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