@deladaneThank you for this detailed review. We are doing the exact same cruise departing Long Beach on Feb 10. One thing we were a bit confused by was how and when ship's time is adjusted during the cruise. We are planning some activities on our own at some of the stops and it's hard to know when looking at the itinerary what local time will be compared to ship's time at each stop. I called Carnival and they told me ship time stays on the departure port's time and never adjusts during a cruise, but reading some other (older) posts of similar cruises as well as one of your comments above, it seems like Panorama may in fact be an exception to this. Do you recall how and when ship's time adjusted from Pacific time during the cruise?
From what I can tell, it looks like ship time is Pacific time leaving Long Beach through the end of the day you're in Cabo (so ship's time is one hour behind local time in Cabo), then that evening they move the ship's clock forward one hour so that in La Paz and Mazatlan, ship's time is the same as local time. When you arrive in Puerto Vallarta, the time zone changes, so ship's time is once again one hour behind local time in P.V. Then that night they switch ship's time back to Pacific time.
Does that all sound correct? Thanks so much!
Thank you! So if I understand correctly, for your cruise, your ship time matched local time in La Paz and Mazatlan, and it was an hour behind local time in P.V. Does that sound correct?