lephysteria Posted May 2, 2004 #1 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Hi Yall, I'm curious to know about time zones when we sail in the Mediterranean. For example, when we sailed the Caribbean from FL, the ship always stayed on Eastern Time, although we went to Cozumel, which was on Central time. So, with that in mind, how does time zone travel work with Mediterranean cruises? If we leave Barcelona, does the ship always stay on Spain time? What happens when we visit Kusadasi Turkey and Athens, which are one hour ahead of Spain, France and Italy? Thanks Yall! Happy Sails, Mrs. Tulpule Naren, "But I can't help falling in love with you." Click here to see more wedding pictures CCL Paradise 9/23/2000 #U161 - CCL Holiday 3/5/2001 #M32 - RCCL Explorer 9/1/2001 #7298 - CCL Ecstasy 12/7/2001 #R171 - CCL Pride 3/2/2002 #6194 - RCCL Vision 10/11/02 #4521 - CCL Ecstasy 12/27/2002 #E135 - CCL Ecstasy 1/20/2003 #U197 - RCCL Monarch 12/19/03 #9580 - CCL Ecstasy 2/6/04 #M209 ... until our Star Honeymoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloriaF Posted May 2, 2004 #2 Share Posted May 2, 2004 I would imagine it will work like it did on the Hawaii cruise from CA. When you are entering a diff time zone, clocks will be set accordingly during the night. A note was left on the pillow, and the CD made announcements during the evening entertainment. Gloria Grand Princess, Eastern, April 2001 Grand Princess, Western,April 2002 Regal to Hawaii, April 5-20, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted May 2, 2004 #3 Share Posted May 2, 2004 The ship will notify you ithe patter if there is a change in time zones. The Med is not a problem. I cant remeber a time change although there may be an hour or so here or there. The ship is always on local time. The real bummer of a trip from the time change perspective was the Baltic. It was like an hour or two every day- and since it was a round trip cruise, it was never over ! People complained about it and as the CD said, the ship can stay on one time, but then you will be docking in the middle of the night somewhere disembarking ! Jacqueline Constellation 3/20/04 HAL Westerdam 7/30/04 Tahitian Princess August 2003 Grand Princess Western Caribbean 2003 Brilliance of the Seas Baltic 2002 Ocean Princess- Alaska 2001 Celebrity Zenith- Bermuda 2001 Grand Princess Med 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJS Posted May 2, 2004 #4 Share Posted May 2, 2004 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> when we sailed the Caribbean from FL, the ship always stayed on Eastern Time, although we went to Cozumel, which was on Central time. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> With a dozen cruises on Princess that was the ONLY time we saw that happen. The ship most always changes to local time and on some itineraries that can be changes back and forth nightly. Future cruises: May 04 Amsterdam Sept. 04 Star Princess x 2 Jan. 05 Diamond Princess July 05 Star Princess Aug. 05 Star Pincess Past cruises: 04 Dawn Princess x 2 03 Grand,Sun,Tahitian, Royal Princess x 2,Island Princess 01 Ryndam x 2 00 Sky Princess 79 Sitmar's Fairwind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourlol Posted May 2, 2004 #5 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Hi, Does this help? Monte Carlo, Spain (Barcelona) and Italy (Venice, Livorno etc) will be GMT+2, Greece (Athens) and Turkey (Kusadasi) GMT+3 Laura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacqueline Posted May 2, 2004 #6 Share Posted May 2, 2004 So you will have an hour time change for greece and turkey. Jacqueline Constellation 3/20/04 HAL Westerdam 7/30/04 Tahitian Princess August 2003 Grand Princess Western Caribbean 2003 Brilliance of the Seas Baltic 2002 Ocean Princess- Alaska 2001 Celebrity Zenith- Bermuda 2001 Grand Princess Med 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnjoel Posted May 3, 2004 #7 Share Posted May 3, 2004 When we were on the Golden last year in the Med, the time changed after we left Turkey/Greece. It was written boldly in the Patters to remind everyone! Happy Sailings! Joel & Ron 2004 Alaskan Adventure on the Island Princess departs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeabodyNVL Posted May 3, 2004 #8 Share Posted May 3, 2004 This is a good site for checking out whether certain countries are on DSL and what the time will be when you are there: Time Zone Conversion Don't forget to uncheck the "Use Current time/date" box. Pea 5/9 Golden Princess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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