Ship's time on western?

[neptune18]

Do we stay on ship time on the western caribbean sailings?

[TravelerThom]

Do we stay on ship time on the western caribbean sailings?

Yes the ship is always on ship time:rolleyes:. However in the Western Caribbean some ships stay on Eastern (Miami) time, and others switch to Central (Cozumel, etc) time. Seems to be totally up to the Captain, with no consistency even among identical itineraries. Follow what is printed in your Cruise Compass.

 

Thom

[PattyG12]

We've always been instructed to stay on ships time.

[GXmanDC]

We've always been instructed to stay on ships time.

 

But what is ship time? Sometimes they stay on eastern, sometimes they change to central and back to eastern.

[pcutrone]

On the Indy last week, we had to put our watches back an hour on the first night and then put them forward an hour on the last night. Good to gain an hour, not so much fun to have to give it back on the last night!

[wmjrdn]

Just off the Grandeur on the 11th -- we stayed on eastern time the entire trip. Ship time was eastern even in the central time zone.

[PattyG12]

Sorry ... Cruising out of Miami it's Eastern time. We've always stayed on ships time.

[TravelerThom]

Sorry ... Cruising out of Miami it's Eastern time. We've always stayed on ships time.

YES, of course you are to stay on ship time [after all it is the time the ship is on:rolleyes:]. I have done the Western Caribbean a number of times and I can guarantee that some W.Carib ships stay on Miami time and some W.Carib ships do not. There is NO industry or RCI company policy on this [strange (okay dumb) as that may be], and it seems totally up to the Captain.