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Thanks, seems like we'll just have to wait and see when it comes to "ship time". A bit annoying since we have TD early seating, so won't know until we're on the ship if our dinner time is the same time as "all aboard" or 1/2 hours after!

Oops, can't believe I missed that, thank you so much for pointing it out! I contacted RC via chat today to ask if the stated port times are LA time or local time (actually tried to do this over the phone a couple of weeks ago, but the guy I spoke to put me on hold to check and the call was disconnected before he came back). After checking with a supervisor they said the times stated on the itinerary are local time, so hopefully that is correct. They also said that ship time would be adjusted according to the time zone throughout the cruise, but based on the cruise compasses I found and other people's experiences, I'm less sure about that one...

Sure, but I'd like to know in advance for planning purposes. I am a control freak!

Thanks! Off the ship! Too cheap to pay RC's prices 😅

Thanks! Can't believe the handling of time zones is so inconsistent, makes planning so much more difficult! Thanks! We're not planning on doing any excursions, but might want to book a spa appointment or something, in which case it would be useful to know in advance if arrival and departure times are local or "ship time"... Very useful information, thank you so much! Fingers crossed for low occupancy the week we sail... That's useful to know, thank you! How much should we tip for this service? We're not used to tipping where we come from, so it's always a challenge for services like this where there is no base price to calculate a percentage of...

Hi everyone, My husband and I are doing the 7-night Mexican Riviera cruise on Navigator departing October 14th, but I'm struggling to find out how they handle the time difference on these cruises. The itinerary is as follows: 14 OCT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - depart 16:00 15 OCT CRUISING 16 OCT CRUISING 17 OCT PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO - 08:00-18:00 18 OCT MAZATLAN, MEXICO - 08:00-18:00 19 OCT CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO - 07:00-14:00 20 OCT CRUISING 21 OCT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - arrive 07:00 It looks like all three ports are in the same time zone, one hour ahead of LA, so I would assume that they set the clocks forward on the 17th and back again on the 20th. However, I found cruise compasses for two 7-night cruises in March 2022 and November 2021 respectively (same ports but in the reverse order), but for the March cruise they only set the clocks forward for 1 day in Puerto Vallarta, not for the other ports, and in the cruise compasses for the November cruise I couldn't find any information about setting the clocks at all. So does anyone know what we can expect? And can we at least assume that the arrival and departure times given are local time? Also, after the cruise we don't fly home until the evening, so we will probably want to have a leisurely morning and stay on the ship for as long as possible. We will carry our own luggage off. Does anyone know what time we have to be out of the cabin? And will the fitness center be open? One last question: Any guess as to what day the second formal night is likely to be? I know they are usually on sea days, but since day 6 is just a short stop with an early return to the ship, I was hoping they might do it on day 6 instead of 7 so it doesn't coincide with having to pack and prepare for disembarkation the following morning. Thanks!