Leap Year Day! 2/29/2016

[peacelovemickey]

Think Princess will do anything fun for Leap Year Day? Has anyone been on a ship on Leap Day before?

[windsor26]

Dont know about anything special They may not even realise the day exists I have booked a cruise across the 29th Feb and it is called a 7 day cruise but in fact is 8 days:D:D

 

 

Whoops thats a silly mistake for ME to make the cruise I have booked id with RCI not Princess (I need a glass of wine)

Edited February 16, 2016 by windsor26

[chrysalis]

Just hope that the ship is not in the Bermuda Triangle on that day!

[Gibby]

It is a normal day.

 

Crossing the Dateline is the only "oddity" you may encounter. We had no Tuesday and 2 Wednesdays on our LA / Hawaii / Samoa / Tahiti / LA run. Have fun keeping the pictures in your camera in order. (Why do you think Airlines, Ships etc. all use UTC as the time base)

[paul929207]

It is a normal day.

 

Crossing the Dateline is the only "oddity" you may encounter. We had no Tuesday and 2 Wednesdays on our LA / Hawaii / Samoa / Tahiti / LA run. Have fun keeping the pictures in your camera in order. (Why do you think Airlines, Ships etc. all use UTC as the time base)

On our South Pacific cruise last October/November, they just ignored the date line. Nothing special with the days. We did get a certificate documenting the crossing

[Steven_&_Daniel]

Just hope that the ship is not in the Bermuda Triangle on that day!

 

We once flew through the Bermuda Triangle on Friday the 13th! :eek:

[Kinkacruiser]

Ladies can propose marriage on this day ;)....or you could wait another 4 years.

[shredie]

Probably depends on the CD on any given ship.

[peacelovemickey]

Probably depends on the CD on any given ship.

 

Good call!

 

It happens to be my birthday :)! So just curious!

[land lover]

We once flew through the Bermuda Triangle on Friday the 13th! :eek:

 

 

My DH was born on Friday the 13th....as if anyone cares:rolleyes:

[land lover]

Good call!

 

It happens to be my birthday :)! So just curious!

So you only turn a year older every 4 years...Congrats....

 

I did specifically book a cruise this year to be gone on the 29th...as I don't recall ever sailing or being on vacation during leap year in the past.

Edited February 17, 2016 by land lover

[damiross]

It is a normal day.

 

Crossing the Dateline is the only "oddity" you may encounter. We had no Tuesday and 2 Wednesdays on our LA / Hawaii / Samoa / Tahiti / LA run. Have fun keeping the pictures in your camera in order. (Why do you think Airlines, Ships etc. all use UTC as the time base)

 

How did you cross the dateline going between these points? Samoa is the furthest west but it's still on the eastern side of the dateline. Did the ship just sail across the dateline "just because" it was nearby?

[19woody19]

I think there is a time warp that day. BEWARE !!!!!

[riclop]

Think Princess will do anything fun for Leap Year Day? Has anyone been on a ship on Leap Day before?

 

Yes every 4 years.

[peacelovemickey]

So you only turn a year older every 4 years...Congrats....

 

I did specifically book a cruise this year to be gone on the 29th...as I don't recall ever sailing or being on vacation during leap year in the past.

 

Thanks! I will be 10 :)! Pretty big deal! HA HA!

[caribill]

Thanks! I will be 10 :)! Pretty big deal! HA HA!

 

No alcoholic beverages for you!

 

But you can get the child's rate on Princess excursions.

 

And you are still eligible for the Shockwaves kid's club.

[GUT2407]

Wish someone had told DW she could only propose on a leap year, I may have escaped.

[Aus Traveller]

How did you cross the dateline going between these points? Samoa is the furthest west but it's still on the eastern side of the dateline. Did the ship just sail across the dateline "just because" it was nearby?

Samoa is now on the western side of the International Date Line. They decided to change the position of the line a couple of years ago so they would be on the same day as New Zealand and Australia.:) If the previous poster was referring to American Samoa, it is still on the eastern side of the Date Line.

[peacelovemickey]

no alcoholic beverages for you!

 

But you can get the child's rate on princess excursions.

 

And you are still eligible for the shockwaves kid's club.

 

i wish!!!!!!

[Colo Cruiser]

Yes fruit carvings!

[Gibby]

Samoa is now on the western side of the International Date Line. They decided to change the position of the line a couple of years ago so they would be on the same day as New Zealand and Australia.:) If the previous poster was referring to American Samoa, it is still on the eastern side of the Date Line.

 

You are 100% correct.

 

We spent the Monday in American Samoa, and the next day in Western Samoa (Wednesday), then off we went to Tahiti, repeating Wednesday at sea.

[USNUZULOOSE]

Thanks for pointing that out, did not even look at the month.

[Mackenzie1]

So you only turn a year older every 4 years...Congrats....

 

I did specifically book a cruise this year to be gone on the 29th...as I don't recall ever sailing or being on vacation during leap year in the past.

 

I was born on the 29th, too (I'll be 16 this year), but it's really not a congrats. You have to spend your whole life answering the question, when do you celebrate your birthday, on the 28th, or the 1st?

[peacelovemickey]

I was born on the 29th, too (I'll be 16 this year), but it's really not a congrats. You have to spend your whole life answering the question, when do you celebrate your birthday, on the 28th, or the 1st?

 

 

Seriously! Or the stupid jokes... Wait so you are 7? Not sure how hard it is to divide by 4! Ha ha

[Mackenzie1]

Seriously! Or the stupid jokes... Wait so you are 7? Not sure how hard it is to divide by 4! Ha ha

 

Oh yes, I forgot that one. That's right, I'm only 10 years old.