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Thanks for posting these. I have question about the ship time vs. local time, specifically in Grand Cayman. Is the ship time the same as local time there? I'm planning an excursion and just want to know if we can make it if the tour leaves at 830 local time. My group is going March 17th so I know DST will be a factor too.

Thanks for any help!

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Good catch. I’d check with the tour company if I were you. It’s true, you’ll be on of the first cruises which hits that island after DST and according to the internet, they do not observe DST. So ship’s time will technically be ahead by an hour.

 

 

If you decide to check with the tour company, let us know what happens this is definitely an interesting situation. I’ll bet the tour company doesn’t even know about the time change in United States Because a lot of the time people in other times zones don’t pay attention to those things because they don’t apply to them. So you may even be doing them a favour by letting them know.

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Good catch. I’d check with the tour company if I were you. It’s true, you’ll be on of the first cruises which hits that island after DST and according to the internet, they do not observe DST. So ship’s time will technically be ahead by an hour.

 

 

If you decide to check with the tour company, let us know what happens this is definitely an interesting situation. I’ll bet the tour company doesn’t even know about the time change in United States Because a lot of the time people in other times zones don’t pay attention to those things because they don’t apply to them. So you may even be doing them a favour by letting them know.

 

Have cruise lines stopped changing Ship's Time to match Local Time each overnight? The last 3 times I've been on trips that change time zones (Bermuda, Alaska, and Bermuda again) the dailies noted that ships time would change forward or back each night if the next port was different.

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Good catch. I’d check with the tour company if I were you. It’s true, you’ll be on of the first cruises which hits that island after DST and according to the internet, they do not observe DST. So ship’s time will technically be ahead by an hour.

 

 

If you decide to check with the tour company, let us know what happens this is definitely an interesting situation. I’ll bet the tour company doesn’t even know about the time change in United States Because a lot of the time people in other times zones don’t pay attention to those things because they don’t apply to them. So you may even be doing them a favour by letting them know.

 

The tour company didn't know what the ships time would be.

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Have cruise lines stopped changing Ship's Time to match Local Time each overnight? The last 3 times I've been on trips that change time zones (Bermuda, Alaska, and Bermuda again) the dailies noted that ships time would change forward or back each night if the next port was different.

 

Yes, the ship will change it's time according to time changes. The last 4 cruises I have been on the boat will do that, but I haven't been on one since May 2016, so I hope it still remains true.

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