Mardi Gras to Port Canaveral

[100viper]

John Heald reporting that Mardi Gras will be leaving Barcelona today at 6pm local time. 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

37 minutes ago, 100viper said:

John Heald reporting that Mardi Gras will be leaving Barcelona today at 6pm local time. 

 

Woo Hoo - less than an hour to go !!

 

They need a live bridge cam (do they have one)?

 

Tom

[Radiioman46]

1 minute ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

Woo Hoo - less than an hour to go !!

 

They need a live bridge cam (do they have one)?

 

Tom

I thought he meant their local time. 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

2 minutes ago, Radiioman46 said:

I thought he meant their local time. 

 

I assumed he was referring to Barcelona time:

 

TIME

 

Tom

[Radiioman46]

Just now, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

I assumed he was referring to Barcelona time:

 

TIME

 

Tom

Wouldn't that make it 2PM EST?

 

[100viper]

4 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

Woo Hoo - less than an hour to go !!

 

They need a live bridge cam (do they have one)?

 

Tom

I did a quick search, looks like there are cameras, but they’re not online right now. 

[100viper]

1 minute ago, Radiioman46 said:

Wouldn't that make it 2PM EST?

 

 It is currently 5:12pm in Barcelona. 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

2 minutes ago, 100viper said:

I did a quick search, looks like there are cameras, but they’re not online right now. 

 

Guess they were trying to save dollars anywhere that they could!

 

Hey, we can start a GO FUND ME page for the Mardi Gras bridge cam - LOL
 

Tom

[Radiioman46]

1 minute ago, 100viper said:

 It is currently 5:12pm in Barcelona. 

They said 1800 but it is 1518 Zulu. I guess I'm wrong because I thought Barcelona was Zulu. MyBad. 

[100viper]

3 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

Guess they were trying to save dollars anywhere that they could!

 

Hey, we can start a GO FUND ME page for the Mardi Gras bridge cam - LOL
 

Tom

Real quick... how much does a cruise ship webcam cost?? LOL

[lobster1313]

10 minutes ago, 100viper said:

I did a quick search, looks like there are cameras, but they’re not online right now. 

The cameras on the other ships have been off for awhile. 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

6 minutes ago, 100viper said:

Real quick... how much does a cruise ship webcam cost?? LOL

 

Probably the data charges - fleet wide - over time it probably adds up for streaming video.

 

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

MARDI GRAS has changed the reported Destination From: ESBCN To: PORT CANAVERAL with ETA: 2021-06-04 09:00 UTC

Time: 2021-05-21 15:26 UTC

Position: N 41° 21.12', E 002° 10.43'

Speed/Course: 0.0 knots / 295°

Area: WMED - Balearic Sea

Source of Position: TERR-AIS

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

2 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

MARDI GRAS has changed the reported Destination From: ESBCN To: PORT CANAVERAL with ETA: 2021-06-04 09:00 UTC

Time: 2021-05-21 15:26 UTC

Position: N 41° 21.12', E 002° 10.43'

Speed/Course: 0.0 knots / 295°

Area: WMED - Balearic Sea

Source of Position: TERR-AIS

 

So - looks like 5 am arrival planned at this point (June 4).

[ProgRockCruiser]

36 minutes ago, Radiioman46 said:

They said 1800 but it is 1518 Zulu. I guess I'm wrong because I thought Barcelona was Zulu. MyBad. 

Zulu is GMT, and is not impacted by Daylight Savings Time.

 

Barcelona, Central European Time, would observe DST right now, and is currently GMT+2.

[Radiioman46]

9 minutes ago, ProgRockCruiser said:

Zulu is GMT, and is not impacted by Daylight Savings Time.

 

Barcelona, Central European Time, would observe DST right now, and is currently GMT+2.

I know that. I thought Barcelona was in zulu time zone. Thanks!

[Radiioman46]

She hasn't departed yet. 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

11 minutes ago, ProgRockCruiser said:

Zulu is GMT, and is not impacted by Daylight Savings Time.

 

Barcelona, Central European Time, would observe DST right now, and is currently GMT+2.

 

My favorite "messed up" time zone was in Afghanistan - it was 9-1/2 hours different than Eastern. In retrospect, it seems appropriate - as they're not totally in sync with (much of) the rest of the world!

 

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

4 minutes ago, Radiioman46 said:

She hasn't departed yet. 

 

Probably someone running on the pier as we speak - LOL

[ProgRockCruiser]

16 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

My favorite "messed up" time zone was in Afghanistan - it was 9-1/2 hours different than Eastern. In retrospect, it seems appropriate - as they're not totally in sync with (much of) the rest of the world!

 

Tom

There are a few places where timezones are off by 15 min from the hour compared to GMT.  Mostly small islands (Chatham Islands) or small countries (Nepal), or small somewhat isolated areas of bigger countries (Eucla in Australia).

 

And of course every Canadian is aware of Newfoundland time (an extra 30 min ahead of Atlantic Time).

 

https://www.worldtimeserver.com/learn/unusual-time-zones/

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

ANCHORS AWAY !

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

 

Perhaps that's her (if you squint and look at the horizon)! Unfortunately, no port cams that I could find...

 

[100viper]

Mardi Gras has left Barcelona. 

[stobe1]

[rolloman]

She is midway through the Straits of Gibraltar at the moment and should be out in the open water of the Atlantic in the next few hours.