In-the-Glade Posted February 2, 2008 #1 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I have tried a search for this forum and my computer locks up and I have looked on a time zone map but it is too small to really tell for sure so here is my question. Is there a time change between Anchorage and Ketchikan? What about between Skagway and Carcross? Thanks for any help you can give me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazingm42 Posted February 2, 2008 #2 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Alaska is 1 hr behind PST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted February 2, 2008 #3 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Alaska is most all on one time zone, will be 1 hour behind Vancouver, changing your second day on a northbound trip. From Skagway, once back in BC and later the Yukon, you do go back a hour. I never bother to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyz711 Posted February 2, 2008 #4 Share Posted February 2, 2008 the ship will have it in it's newsletter and make annoucements, when to change your watch. ship time and port times will be the same. on the way back, they will remind you to change them back:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-the-Glade Posted February 3, 2008 Author #5 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I thought the ship would tell us too, but I just wanted to know before I go. Thanks so much for responding. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-the-Glade Posted February 3, 2008 Author #6 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I thought the ship would tell us too, but I just wanted to know before I go. Thanks so much for responding. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverthought Posted February 4, 2008 #7 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Looks to me to be 3 hours behind Tenn. time...11AM in Tenn/8AM in Alaska Hope this helped. Neverthought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chenega Posted February 4, 2008 #8 Share Posted February 4, 2008 FYI - Alaska has two time zones but the time zone that covers the Bering Sea and the Aleutians (also incorporates Hawaii) is not in a primary tourist area. Once upon a time (pre 1980s), Alaska had four time zones: Pacific, Yukon, Alaska, and Bering Sea. Wonderful trivia, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metlakatla Posted February 4, 2008 #9 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Great trivia, except the change occurred in 1983. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb1124 Posted July 29, 2017 #10 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I have the same question and I'm not sure of the answer. The map of the Pacific Time Zone looks like it jogs out to cover the ocean the ship will be traveling in. So on a northbound cruise, do we wait until we get to Whittier to change to Alaskan time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinfool Posted July 29, 2017 #11 Share Posted July 29, 2017 On a normal northbound, southbound or round trip cruise, the whole itinerary is in the same time zone. You can change your clock immediately after leaving Seattle or Vancouver....or wait until the ship tells you to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare martincath Posted July 29, 2017 #12 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Not much has changed in the ~9 years since this thread began, so I guess it's still pretty relevant to resurrect it! For coastal cruising, it's all about the land time zones - and Alaska remains on a single time zone, 1 hr behind BC/Yukon, for anywhere you'll go on a Vancouver-Whittier cruise. Find a better-resolution map and you'll clearly see that the line jinks back in where the AK panhandle is. So most likely you'll change on the first or second night onboard northbound, so you arrive in first AK port on correct local time. The ship won't leave that time zone - but you might if take a Skagway excursion that goes into Canada (even then, for a few hours my guess is that any tour guide or driver who says 'be back at X o'clock' means AK time, not BC/Yukon time - and if they're sensible they'll say 'be back in X minutes' to avoid any confusion at all!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted July 31, 2017 #13 Share Posted July 31, 2017 So on a south bound cruise you lose an hour and on a northbound you gain an hour. Is that the right way round? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare martincath Posted July 31, 2017 #14 Share Posted July 31, 2017 ^That's correct - northbound you'll jump straight from e.g. 2am Pacific to 1am Alaskan time, and southbound from e.g. 2am Alaskan to 3am Pacific. I wouldn't use this to decide between cruise directions though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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