St. Thomas Local Time vs. Ship's Time

[TaterSalad]

I will be on the Allure late September of this year. Does anyone know if while docked in St. Thomas the ship time will be the same ad local time?

[constable145]

My experience is that the ships always stay on ship's time. There are usually plenty of staff on the gangway reminding you to stay on Ship's time.

 

Changing to local time would be a nightmare.

[Clarea]

Ship was on local time for us too.

[TaterSalad]

Thanks everyone. It was just a year ago I was on the Oasis but couldn't remember....

[Mark_K]

I will be on the Allure late September of this year. Does anyone know if while docked in St. Thomas the ship time will be the same ad local time?

During the summer, when the US is on DST, Florida/St Thomas/St Maarten are all on the same time.

[UCF_Knight]

It won't matter because the US Virgin Islands do not observe Daylight Savings time. So in September the time in St Thomas (Atlantic Standard Time) is identical to ship's time (Eastern Daylight Time).

[Mark_K]

My experience is that the ships always stay on ship's time. There are usually plenty of staff on the gangway reminding you to stay on Ship's time.

 

Changing to local time would be a nightmare.

The ship, by definition, is always on ship's time. Ships, however, can and often do, change ship time to match local time, whether you've personally experienced or not.

[UCF_Knight]

My experience is that the ships always stay on ship's time. There are usually plenty of staff on the gangway reminding you to stay on Ship's time.

 

Changing to local time would be a nightmare.

 

In this case it doesn't matter because they are the same time, but the decision to change to local time or remain on the time of the embarkation port is up to the management of each vessel. I was on a Royal Caribbean ship recently that changed from ship's time (time of embarkation port of Fort Lauderdale) to local time in Cozumel, Mexico. There was an announcement the night before plus a paper in our stateroom advising us to turn our clocks back an hour before we arrived in Cozumel. They were trying to cut down on last-minute runners and people missing the ship.