Does the ship stay on miami time

[jaimelt1]

I want to book an excursion in St. Thomas for my trip in 3 weeks. If the itinerary states arrival at 8am, I am assuming that would be miami time, not Atlantic standard time :confused: . Am I correct?

thanks so much

 

:)

[nbevins]

clocks are changed on the ship to correspond to your location

[Geema]

When we were on the Navigator at Thanksgiving, they didn't change the clocks to the island times and you had to go by your watch to make it back to the ship on time. Every ship seems to do it different, so read your compass.

[KateO]

It seems that it is up to the captain whether the clocks align with the port you leave from or change to reflect the time in port. Here is a link on the board about it:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=122109. Perhaps if you mention which ship you are cruising on someone on the boards can give you a definite answer about your specific ship.

 

We went on the Freedom of the Seas in late September and the clock never changed on the ship so there was a discrepancy between "Ship Time" and "Island Time" We used an independent shore excursion company to go sailing in Jamaica and the company warned us about the time descrepancies. I e-mailed RCCL customer service and asked them about it so that we got to the shore excursion on time.

 

If it turns out that your ship will be keeping the clocks consistent, you can align ship time and island time using this website: http://www.worldtimeserver.com

 

I hope this helps!

[jaimelt1]

Hi guys,

 

I'm leaving on the Explorer on Jan 7

 

thanks

Jaime

[CaptData]

I have been on ships that change time and ones that don't. RCCL usually uses Miami time. for the 7 day cruises. Longer cruises I have been on do change time. As above check compasses. do tell us which ship and where you are going. FOS does not change time.

[cb at sea]

Just check the ship's clock before you get off in port, and make sure YOUR watch is the same as the ship's time! That way, you won't risk missing the ship! Your tour guide, if reputable, can give you specifics on the different time zones--after all, this is how they make a living!

[Cruising89143]

Each ship is different. On the Navigator eastern Caribbean cruises, we did not change time but on the Jewel OTS eastern, we did. All cruises were at the same time of year.

[BillOh]

clocks are changed on the ship to correspond to your location

 

Not on Voyager when I sailed her.

[BillOh]

One more thought on this, if you have a watch that sets itself via radio signal, it may revert to its home time zone if it loses a signal at sea.

[Arizona Cruz Chic]

As already stated your Cruise Compass will tell you if you need to adjust to local time.

Your post indicated that you're booking an excursion, please make sure the company is reputable and follows time guides to get you back to the ship on time, allowing at least 30 minutes BEFORE scheduled time required to be on board. The ship will not wait for pax, one good reason to book a RC excursion, they know who you are with and when you'll be back. ;)

 

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[Arizona Cruz Chic]

As already stated your Cruise Compass will tell you if you need to adjust to local time.

Your post indicated that you're booking an excursion, please make sure the company is reputable and follows time guides to get you back to the ship on time, allowing at least 30 minutes BEFORE scheduled time required to be on board. The ship will not wait for pax that book tours on their own, one good reason to book a RC excursion, they know who you are with and when you'll be back. ;)

 

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[FitzLA]

Our cruise on Freedom stayed on Eastern time the entire cruise.

[seadog129]

During Daylight Savings Time - Miami and the Eastern Caribbean (Atlantic Standard Time) is the same time - that is why there is no changing of clock.

[nlcentralchmps03]

On the Mariner there was no time change.

 

The OP wants to know ahead of time so they can book the excursion; therefore it wouldn't do them any good to find out once onboard the ship.

[FitzLA]

During Daylight Savings Time - Miami and the Eastern Caribbean (Atlantic Standard Time) is the same time - that is why there is no changing of clock.

 

We did western caribbean and there was still no changing of the clocks. All our ports (expect Labadee) were always 1 hour behind ship time.