Port time or ship time

[medi130]

Does Carnival change the ship time when they enter a different time zone? Trying to plan excursions but don't wanna be short on time. Thanks 

[MrsWoz46]

Ship time always stays the same no matter what time zone you go into. Ship time will always be whatever time zone your sail away port was. So if you left from Miami your ship time will always be eastern time.

[Garth2]

5 minutes ago, MrsWoz46 said:

Ship time always stays the same no matter what time zone you go into. Ship time will always be whatever time zone your sail away port was. So if you left from Miami your ship time will always be eastern time.

 

This is not correct.  When sailing to Hawaii from Long Beach ship time was set back an hour twice and set forward an hour twice on the return.  On certain sailings ship time was advanced an hour to Atlantic time.  It all depends on where you sail from and where you go.

[serene56]

depends.      some do   most dont change the time

 

BUT if you are going to  a port with a 2 hour change--  they will change to reflect times.   But could only change it to one  hour.

 

But the "good" vendors  will know what the ships do.  

If booking from carnival-- whatever the time says on your ticket is when you meet

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

1 hour ago, MrsWoz46 said:

Ship time always stays the same no matter what time zone you go into. Ship time will always be whatever time zone your sail away port was. So if you left from Miami your ship time will always be eastern time.

Not correct. Leaving from Port Canaveral or Fort Lauderdale or Miami. The ship is on that time when it leaves. It may or may not change. When we went to several different places the ships time changed in that port. Certainly not every port. Example was when we went to Bermuda they changed the time the day before we arrived. Returning they changed the time back the day before we arrived.

[TrqoisWtrs]

2 hours ago, MrsWoz46 said:

Ship time always stays the same no matter what time zone you go into. Ship time will always be whatever time zone your sail away port was. So if you left from Miami your ship time will always be eastern time.

Nope.  When we sailed to Singapore on Splendor, we changed time almost every night.  At one point we even lost an one hour and an entire day crossing the intl date line.  Hub app didn’t always display the correct time and smart phones were messed up too.  I have never been so confused on a daily basis as to what time it actually was.  Lol

[coevan]

generally, if you are sailing the Caribbean, the time stays the same. Believe me, the tour operators know the tour time, ship time, arrival and departure time, this is what they 6-7 days a week, no reason to worry. 

[DallasGuy75219]

Ship time also changes for some ports on the 7-day Mexican Riviera itineraries out of Long Beach.

[medi130]

Would Cabo be one of them?

[crewsweeper]

1 hour ago, medi130 said:

Would Cabo be one of them?

Cabo is on MST, 1 hour ahead of PST.   But Puerto Vallarta is on CST, 2 hours ahead of PST.  So it is possible that the captain could change to port time.  His discretion.  

Carnival will typically stay on ship time for 1 hour differences or when on DST and Ports don't observe DST.  But will change when crossing several time zones or overnighting in a different time zone (like Bermuda cruises).

[amadorcruiser]

On 12/17/2019 at 8:46 AM, Garth2 said:

 

This is not correct.  When sailing to Hawaii from Long Beach ship time was set back an hour twice and set forward an hour twice on the return.  On certain sailings ship time was advanced an hour to Atlantic time.  It all depends on where you sail from and where you go.

Our ships always change time to the current time zone. Ships do not stick with original port time zone.