Eastern TA to Europe-time change?

[sue in florida]

I just returned from a wonderful TA on the Vision of the Sea. During sea days we lost an hour at noon for I think 6 days so we would be on European time when we arrived.

 

The only other TA I have been on was on the Solstice last year west bound to the states. The time change was in the middle of the night which I much preferred.

 

I am booked on the Silhouette next April TA to Rome so I"d like to know how Celebrity handles the time change going East.

 

Thanks in advance.

Sue

[cruisestitch]

Celebrity changes the time during the night. Going Eastbound, I prefer it when the change comes during the day, going West, when they change during the night but to each his/her own.

[Keith1010]

It will be at night.

 

Keith

[ghstudio]

I just returned from a wonderful TA on the Vision of the Sea. During sea days we lost an hour at noon for I think 6 days so we would be on European time when we arrived.

 

The only other TA I have been on was on the Solstice last year west bound to the states. The time change was in the middle of the night which I much preferred.

 

I am booked on the Silhouette next April TA to Rome so I"d like to know how Celebrity handles the time change going East.

 

Thanks in advance.

Sue

 

My experience is that Celebrity changes the official time at night. I've never heard of a ship changing time at noon...that's weird.

[cruisestitch]

Not weird -- just different. Changing during the day means that it's clear when to change the clocks. Watch each morning when the clocks have changed during the night how many people show up at the wrong time for the morning activities, because they failed to notice in the nightly program that a time change was due that night. Most (but not all) stewards turn the TV to the reminder notice when they make up the beds for the evening, but even that doesn't always work.

 

It's said that it is harder on the kitchen staff when the time changes during the day. Maybe so. But it's easier to get a full night's sleep going Eastbound when the clock changes at noon.

[Mines]

We have been on several TAs in both directions. The change has always been during the day eastbound, at night westbound. However, there are exceptions. I think that the Captain has discretion.

[Karynanne]

We returned from an Eastbound TA last week, and the six time changes occured at 2 am.

[CPT Trips]

Whether at noon or overnight, it beats jet lag!

[ghstudio]

So let me get this straight....if they change the time at noon to 1PM, that means that if I had arranged to meet at 12:30 for lunch, I would never eat?

In the other direction, If we had a meeting time of 11:30AM, we would have to decide if it was the first 11:30AM or the second one.

 

I consider that weird...,.

[dln929]

As everyone has said, the time change is in the evening. You'll be given ample advance warning. It will be announced by your waiter at dinner, by the CD after the show, by the Captain at the 10 am talk from the bridge, in your Celebrity Today...trust me, you'll know about that missing hour!

[Sparkle 123]

We just did the eastbound TA on the Brilliance and they also changed the time at 11.30. The cruise director said they found it seems to suit people better to change the time during the day rather than keep loosing an hours sleep every night.

It was a little strange as it seemed we had only just had breakfast then it was almost lunchtime, however we just used to have a late lunch at 2.30 instead, didn't worry us as we had late dining.

It was hard work for the staff though, as soon as breakfast was over they were setting up for lunch.

[Tucker in Texas]

We just finished up a TA eastbound on the Navigator of the Seas. In the past on TA's we've had them move up the clocks at noon a couple of times but mostly at midnight. However, on this one, they moved them up at 2:00 a.m.!

 

My unscientific, non-official, guessing is that moving them up at noon makes the crew happier because they don't lose an hour's sleep and have a "shorter" work day.

 

Moving the time up at noon does not make the bartenders happy because they lose an hour of tips. It doesn't make the suits of the line happy because that is one less hour the shops and the casino are open.

 

I guess the suits figured out that if they moved the clocks up at 2:00 a.m., not much would be lost revenue wise because they would have been closed anyway.

 

On our cruise, the suits won and the crew lost (lol).

 

To guard against the possibility of the noon forward, I got select dining because, if you have early seating, it seems like you are lining up for dinner four hours after lunch.

 

Tucker in Texas