Ship time vs Island time partial transit Panama Canal

[Darcys mom]

We are doing a partial transit of the Panama Canal on the Island Princess leaving on April 15, 2013. Does the ship's time correspond to the islands' time, or does it stay on Eastern Daylight Savings Time? We don't want to miss our excursions.

[Colo Cruiser]

We are doing a partial transit of the Panama Canal on the Island Princess leaving on April 15, 2013. Does the ship's time correspond to the islands' time, or does it stay on Eastern Daylight Savings Time? We don't want to miss our excursions.

 

 

Ship stays with the port time.

[Michellervt]

Just got off the Coral on a partial transit. The room steward will put a card on your bed each night that there is a time change, telling you to go back or forward. I believe we went back 1 hour between Aruba and Cartagena, then back another hour between Panama and Costa Rica. Leaving CR we went forward an hour and then forward again after Grand Cayman. Don't quote me, but I remember there were 4 time changes.

[Pam in CA]

We are doing a partial transit of the Panama Canal on the Island Princess leaving on April 15, 2013. Does the ship's time correspond to the islands' time, or does it stay on Eastern Daylight Savings Time? We don't want to miss our excursions.

I've never been on a Princess cruise (that I remember) that didn't change ship's time to the local time. You'll have plenty of warning as a notice will be in the Princess Patter the day before and your steward will place a card on your pillow the night of the time change when (s)he makes up the cabin for the night.

[Darcys mom]

Thank you to all of you for the quick responses. That's one less thing we have to worry about.

[paul929207]

On Princess, they adjust ship time to keep it in sync with local time

[Colo Cruiser]

Yes port time is ship time. :eek:

[ED49404]

While on the Island Princess last March I found setting my watch with the time on the phone in the cabin worked great.