fall TA - Rome to FLL - adjustment to time changes

[suec12]

If you have done a TA in this direction, how did the frequent time changes effect you and what you wanted to do on the ship? thanks!

[jasm8449]

Love them! You get an extra hour to sleep in and by the time you reach FLL, at least for the eastern time passengers there is no jet lag when arriving home. Now eastbound TA’s are another story. We tried it once but didn’t like having to wake up an hour earlier every other day and then deal with a long flight home and several days of jet lag. YMMV.

 

 

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[AtlantaCruiser72]

as you gain an extra hour 6 times over the course of the trip you will probably find yourself naturally waking a little earlier every time, or waking at your normal hour with an extra bit of sleep. I love having those 25hr days, and the Westbound is definitely the preferred direction for many!

[motherchic]

its great!

I still enjoy Eastbound TA's also but West is the Best

[cruise47]

Cruising is much better westbound because you are gaining more sleep time because of the time zones changes.

[Ex-Airbalancer]

I never gain an extra hour of sleep heading west , I am just up very early to watch sun raise at the Sun Raise bar ;p

[vickykay]

We did this TA last fall. Loved It! We just went to bed a little later than usual and had no difficulty. Enjoy!

[Jordanyaya1]

We love gaining 6 hours durning the westbound TA cruise. This year there is a bonus since we go from daylight savings time to standard on Nov. 4th, the day before docking in FL!

[resolute]

Have done 1 EB and 3 WB. Much more rested WB,

[Denny01]

Realize time changes impact us differently, but an hr time change, plus or minus, is pretty minor. It’s not like you fly across and the time changes hit you at one time. You are at sea, there’s not reason not to sleep in a bit more if you are going Eastbound and losing an hr, and no reason not to sit out on the balcony, or enjoy some ship venue with the extra hr you gain going Westbound.

 

to me, not a big deal of going east or west; losing 6hrs going east over 5-6 at sea days means you lose less than 5% during the actual crossing. Not worth the concern. The only reason I think a Westbound is ‘better’ is, we do the killer flight at the initial part of the vacation and can add more days to enjoy Europe prior, then cruise back and have all those at sea days to relax. Obviously, you can do the same thing going Eastbound and stay a few days in Europe after the cruise, but I guess I’m still booked on the idea of the day before we pull into port at the end of a cruise, I start talking myself into ending the vacation.

 

Den

[HappyTravels4ever]

If you have done a TA in this direction, how did the frequent time changes effect you and what you wanted to do on the ship? thanks!

 

Nothing better than having SIX 25-hour days while on a ship!