Canuker Posted March 7, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Has anyone had experience of clock changes similar to the following: 1. Day one in the UK. (on UK time), in port 2. Day two in the UK (on UK time), in port 3. Day three in France (France time = UK time plus 1 hour), in port 3. Day four back in England (disembarkation day) on UK time once more. In a situation like that, can we expect the skipper to observe the two clock changes, forward and back, or is he/she more likely to leave "ship's time" unchanged? The reason I ask is because we are using a private tour vendor shortly after arrival in France, who will obviously be on French time. Thanks for any input Canuker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted March 7, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Canuker said: Has anyone had experience of clock changes similar to the following: 1. Day one in the UK. (on UK time), in port 2. Day two in the UK (on UK time), in port 3. Day three in France (France time = UK time plus 1 hour), in port 3. Day four back in England (disembarkation day) on UK time once more. In a situation like that, can we expect the skipper to observe the two clock changes, forward and back, or is he/she more likely to leave "ship's time" unchanged? The reason I ask is because we are using a private tour vendor shortly after arrival in France, who will obviously be on French time. Thanks for any input Canuker. In my experience the onboard time will always change, so as to be the same as local time. Less room for confusion that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted March 7, 2023 #3 Share Posted March 7, 2023 I would ask on the board for the cruise line, as it's a cruise line policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted March 8, 2023 #4 Share Posted March 8, 2023 The only line I have sailed that does/did not change to port time is Carnival. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Kat Posted March 8, 2023 #5 Share Posted March 8, 2023 5 hours ago, Canuker said: Has anyone had experience of clock changes similar to the following: 1. Day one in the UK. (on UK time), in port 2. Day two in the UK (on UK time), in port 3. Day three in France (France time = UK time plus 1 hour), in port 3. Day four back in England (disembarkation day) on UK time once more. In a situation like that, can we expect the skipper to observe the two clock changes, forward and back, or is he/she more likely to leave "ship's time" unchanged? The reason I ask is because we are using a private tour vendor shortly after arrival in France, who will obviously be on French time. Thanks for any input Canuker. Howdy @Canuker I see you are posting on the Silhouette, 13 night Bermuda & France Trans Cruise, April 20 2023 Roll Call thread. To help you out I have moved your thread to the Celebrity Cruises forum where it will be on topic. Hope this will be satisfactory and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedprincess Posted March 8, 2023 #6 Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) The only lines I've sailed that did not change ship's time to match local time include Celebrity, Carnival, Princess and RCCL. Go figure. Our recent Celebrity Apex sailing, ship's time did NOT change to match local time. We were on Florida time the entire sailing, even though Belize was an hour behind. It messed up a lot of people that did not pay attention to the paperwork, notice on beds at night before, and such that said "Stay on Ship's Time", do not change to local time! Phones, "smart" watches, etc all went to local time and voila - lots of people who either missed or were rushing like crazy to make their tours. So, no, not always do they change to local time; it's at the Captain's discretion. It really does depend on a variety of variables. However, any reputable tour company will be aware of ship timing and adjust accordingly. Edited March 8, 2023 by reedprincess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofysmom99 Posted March 8, 2023 #7 Share Posted March 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Canuker said: Has anyone had experience of clock changes similar to the following: 1. Day one in the UK. (on UK time), in port 2. Day two in the UK (on UK time), in port 3. Day three in France (France time = UK time plus 1 hour), in port 3. Day four back in England (disembarkation day) on UK time once more. In a situation like that, can we expect the skipper to observe the two clock changes, forward and back, or is he/she more likely to leave "ship's time" unchanged? The reason I ask is because we are using a private tour vendor shortly after arrival in France, who will obviously be on French time. Thanks for any input Canuker. I've taken your cruise in the past on Celebrity. Each and every time, the clocks were changed each night to reflect local time. I think you can count on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuker Posted March 8, 2023 Author #8 Share Posted March 8, 2023 1 hour ago, goofysmom99 said: I've taken your cruise in the past on Celebrity. Each and every time, the clocks were changed each night to reflect local time. I think you can count on it. OP here: I think I will. Thank you gm99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsp Posted March 8, 2023 #9 Share Posted March 8, 2023 3 hours ago, reedprincess said: The only lines I've sailed that did not change ship's time to match local time include Celebrity, Carnival, Princess and RCCL. Go figure. Our recent Celebrity Apex sailing, ship's time did NOT change to match local time. We were on Florida time the entire sailing, even though Belize was an hour behind. It messed up a lot of people that did not pay attention to the paperwork, notice on beds at night before, and such that said "Stay on Ship's Time", do not change to local time! Phones, "smart" watches, etc all went to local time and voila - lots of people who either missed or were rushing like crazy to make their tours. So, no, not always do they change to local time; it's at the Captain's discretion. It really does depend on a variety of variables. However, any reputable tour company will be aware of ship timing and adjust accordingly. Princess always matches local time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alakegirl Posted March 8, 2023 #10 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Celebrity usually matches local time but not always. You will find that be local tour vendors are well aware of what’s going on and they’ll be ready for you no matter what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted March 8, 2023 #11 Share Posted March 8, 2023 I've done the itinerary you are referring to in UK and France and can confirm they do indeed shift time forward and back. Most of the time Celebrity shifts to port time but on rare occasions they do stay on Ship's Time. On the Greenland/Iceland TA the maintain ships time in Newfoundland, which has a 1/2 hour time zone change. It was kinda funny as most couples kept one watch on Ships Time and one on Port time for making local tours. Kept hearing people say my time or yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Wildcat Posted March 8, 2023 #12 Share Posted March 8, 2023 12 hours ago, goofysmom99 said: I've taken your cruise in the past on Celebrity. Each and every time, the clocks were changed each night to reflect local time. I think you can count on it. Actually ship's time and local time do NOT always match. 97% of places -Yes. Newfoundland is not in synch (30 minutes off) so not always a match. On the Mexican Riviera the ship will make one change instead of three and thus not always match. Some strange Caribbean time issues too. In Europe ship's time has always matched local time with a notice on you bed and in the daily program. Tour operators absolutely should be aware of ship's time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaribbeanBound Posted March 9, 2023 #13 Share Posted March 9, 2023 For what it's worth, your tour vendor normally knows exactly when you'll be in port. Just coordinate with them based on local time at port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted March 9, 2023 #14 Share Posted March 9, 2023 7 hours ago, Arizona Wildcat said: Actually ship's time and local time do NOT always match. 97% of places -Yes. Newfoundland is not in synch (30 minutes off) so not always a match. On the Mexican Riviera the ship will make one change instead of three and thus not always match. Some strange Caribbean time issues too. In Europe ship's time has always matched local time with a notice on you bed and in the daily program. Tour operators absolutely should be aware of ship's time. Not always in Europe….here’s a case where ship time and shore time didn’t match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_K Posted March 9, 2023 #15 Share Posted March 9, 2023 It was really fun trying to figure things out back when Mexico observed daylight savings, but not on the same schedule as the US. Nice that Mexico has largely dropped DST, if only we could get the US to do that - and move Florida to AST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgee Posted March 9, 2023 #16 Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mark_K said: It was really fun trying to figure things out back when Mexico observed daylight savings, but not on the same schedule as the US. Nice that Mexico has largely dropped DST, if only we could get the US to do that - and move Florida to AST. We cruised the Baja Ca. Itinerary last October and every port observed daylight savings time to match the comparable U.S. Time. For example Ensenada in Pacific time zone was on daylight time same as LA, Cabo was on Mountain daylight time, same as Denver, Mazlatan was on Central Daylight time, same as Chicago. Perhaps it will be different in 2023. Edited March 9, 2023 by edgee Correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_K Posted March 9, 2023 #17 Share Posted March 9, 2023 8 hours ago, edgee said: We cruised the Baja Ca. Itinerary last October and every port observed daylight savings time to match the comparable U.S. Time. For example Ensenada in Pacific time zone was on daylight time same as LA, Cabo was on Mountain daylight time, same as Denver, Mazlatan was on Central Daylight time, same as Chicago. Perhaps it will be different in 2023. Except for a few border cities, and the state of Baja, last October was Mexico’s final DST time change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBP&O2/O Posted March 9, 2023 #18 Share Posted March 9, 2023 In all my years at sea we always 'flogged the clocks' to keep to local time. It was a bit of a pain when trading between the UK and the European near continent, and even more of a pain when travelling between two ports that were 12 hrs apart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted March 9, 2023 #19 Share Posted March 9, 2023 23 hours ago, Arizona Wildcat said: Actually ship's time and local time do NOT always match. 97% of places -Yes. Newfoundland is not in synch (30 minutes off) so not always a match. On the Mexican Riviera the ship will make one change instead of three and thus not always match. Some strange Caribbean time issues too. In Europe ship's time has always matched local time with a notice on you bed and in the daily program. Tour operators absolutely should be aware of ship's time. Was your Mexican Riviera experience recent. When we took a B2B in December we switched our time 3 times on each cruise. It was a pain as it was usually just for 1 day. The cruise we were on didn't stop in Ensanada but was Cabo, Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan which may be the reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cublet Posted March 10, 2023 #20 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Hello, It always pays to know what time zone the country/port keeps. Very many years ago RCI's Navigator, on its maiden season in Europe out of Southampton, told pax to put their clocks and watches forward one hour in Lisbon. Now my geography won't win any prizes (and didn't a GCE 'O' level) but I did know that UK & Portugal kept the same time. So literally hundreds of pax queued in the sun on the quayside for a hour waiting for coaches (keeping Portugal time) an hour behind ship's self imposed European time. Many, especially with small children, became quite distressed. Later that night in the theatre Gordon, the Navigator's CD, asked the audience how they enjoyed their day in Lisbon - and boy did they tell him. The captain had to come to quell the near riot and, amongst other things, say that shuttle-bus fees would be re-reimbursed. I wonder where Gordon is now as I've never encountered him since. Regards, Cublet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix_dream Posted March 10, 2023 #21 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Celebrity almost always changes to local time. We have had a few times (including one last month) where they kept the ship's time. They prefer doing local so as not to confuse people and avoid people missing the ship after the port call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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