caribill Posted January 25, 2013 #26 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I suppose that with so many people coming on the ship there will be the occasional malfunction with the card readers. If you get off the ship, they know it from scanning your cruise card, and they know if you come back when you have to scan it again. Then I would assume just as much malfunction when getting off of the ship. If they do not know when some people have reboarded, they may not know some passengers were off of the ship. OP wants to get on and off at will, and they need to remember to take that cruise card each and every time. No problem about remembering the cruise card when leaving the ship. They will not let you off of the ship without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Times Prince Posted January 25, 2013 #27 Share Posted January 25, 2013 In 15 cruises to many different time zones I have NEVER seen the time on any island to be different than the time posted on the shipand we've seen it several times. When it is different they are clear in communicating this fact in the Princess Patter (a daily newsletter on ship's activities) the night before, and will have signs as one exits the ship. For most of the cruises in the Caribbean ship's time will be synchronized with island time. The operative word is "most". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpcountryTravelers Posted January 25, 2013 #28 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Ship time is island time. ;) Nope. Not always. The last time we were in Bermuda the (RCC) ship stayed on Eastern time, causing lots of confusion (and missed excursions.) We missed a local ferry due to the difference, and some friends of ours missed a sunset excursion. Check it very carefully before you go ashore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pmorton3360 Posted January 25, 2013 #29 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Carnival Dream stayed on the same time. We docked at Costa Maya at 6am island time one day. We just stayed on ship time. It's not hard to know what time it is. It's just planning for traffic. I prefer the way Princess does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsiegel Posted January 25, 2013 #30 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Another thing to consider in timing for getting on and off the ship, even when docked, is dock-side security (non-Princess). Sometimes many different ship passengers are trying to get through one security check point at the same time. Honolulu took a long time to get through security if you returned at a peak time. Same with a couple of other ports. You then go through Princess security on boarding the ship. Jackie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highheel girl Posted January 25, 2013 #31 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Nope. Not always. The last time we were in Bermuda the (RCC) ship stayed on Eastern time, causing lots of confusion (and missed excursions.) We missed a local ferry due to the difference, and some friends of ours missed a sunset excursion. Check it very carefully before you go ashore. On our cruises PRINCESS cruises ship time has been island time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted January 25, 2013 #32 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Nope. Not always. The last time we were in Bermuda the (RCC) ship stayed on Eastern time, causing lots of confusion (and missed excursions.) We missed a local ferry due to the difference, and some friends of ours missed a sunset excursion. Check it very carefully before you go ashore. For some odd reason, RCCL and Carnival (that I know about) don't change to local time so what happens on them has no bearing on a Princess cruise. Like Highheelgirl, I've never had a Princess ship not be on local time. It may happen but it's not usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzG Posted January 25, 2013 #33 Share Posted January 25, 2013 That is so not true. I have watched many times people re-board within minutes ot the ship leaving. I have seen them actually drop the lines 10 seconds after the last guy was on.. If they were on ship's tours that may be true. Once all tours have returned, and it's time to sail the ship leaves. They can and do leave passengers behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted January 25, 2013 #34 Share Posted January 25, 2013 If they were on ship's tours that may be true. Once all tours have returned, and it's time to sail the ship leaves. They can and do leave passengers behind. It's a real experience to return late from a ship's tour at a tendering port. We got to take the tender with the remaining shore staff and the last of the equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpcountryTravelers Posted January 25, 2013 #35 Share Posted January 25, 2013 On our cruises PRINCESS cruises ship time has been island time. That has been our experience on Princess as well. Which contributed to our confusion when on RCC. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin' Chick Posted January 26, 2013 #36 Share Posted January 26, 2013 That is so not true. I have watched many times people re-board within minutes ot the ship leaving. I have seen them actually drop the lines 10 seconds after the last guy was on.. Do you want to be the one who discovers first hand that it won't be true on your next cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shofer Posted January 26, 2013 #37 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Nearly always there will be an announcement as the ship prepares to leave asking "Joe Smith" or someone to call a certain number (passenger desk?) You don't hear about him after that, as a rule. One time we were talking to some people when there was an announcement for "Jane Smith." They knew her and said she had reboarded just before them. We never heard her name again, either. I suppose that with so many people coming on the ship there will be the occasional malfunction with the card readers. If you get off the ship, they know it from scanning your cruise card, and they know if you come back when you have to scan it again. OP wants to get on and off at will, and they need to remember to take that cruise card each and every time. DH had a card malfunction on our Panama Canal cruise. He had lost the original and then the first replacement. Coming back from a tour in Costa Rico we all checked in just fine. During dinner and at sea, I heard them page him. When he called Customer Service, they said they were checking to see if he was on the ship as his newest card had not registered his presence. We had a good laugh about it saying what were they going to do if he wasn't there and we were already sailing? Like I wouldn't notice he was absent? Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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