Timing issues

[S.A.M.J.R.]

Trying to plan our port stay in Cozumel. The ship is supposed to arrive at 10am. That's ET, right? Cozumel is on CT. So we arrive at 9AM "local". We can book the dolphin discovery at 10AM (which should be 'local' time). Assuming we're ready to get off the ship when it docks, we shouldn't have a problem, right?

 

The next program we can schedule is 1PM (2PM ships time). Would you feel safe booking the 10AM (family of 5 with three kids).

[JohninDC]

If your ship leaves from the East coast then it will usually stay on east coast time, and yes Coz is on central time.

 

When do you cruise? :confused: Mexico changes for daylight savings time on different dates than the US so the difference could be 2-hours for a few weeks (US springs ahead on March 10while Mexico does not change until April 6).

[CaroleSS]

Do all the ships stay on EST?

 

So if we are supposed to be in Coz from 7 to 5, is that ship's time or local time? Don't want to miss the ship cuz I'm off by an hour!!!!

[dkjretired]

I was on Celebrity Silhouette last month and we moved clocks back an hour when we got to first stop in Cozumel. That night we moved them ahead in Grand Cayman.

[CaroleSS]

It would only seem logical for the ship and the port be on the same time. Less confusion that way.

 

All they have to do is announce that the times are going forward or backward.

[Kletina]

Do all the ships stay on EST?

 

So if we are supposed to be in Coz from 7 to 5, is that ship's time or local time? Don't want to miss the ship cuz I'm off by an hour!!!!

 

depends which cruise ship is, as there are ships who match local Cozumel central time and some do not

[S.A.M.J.R.]

depends which cruise ship is, as there are ships who match local Cozumel central time and some do not

But here's the problem... RCI's website shows us arriving at 10am (we cruise in June FWIW). So is the website showing local time or ET (we cruise from PC)?

[Kletina]

But here's the problem... RCI's website shows us arriving at 10am (we cruise in June FWIW). So is the website showing local time or ET (we cruise from PC)?

 

to know for sure U need to tell the name of the ship and the departure cruise port

[S.A.M.J.R.]

to know for sure U need to tell the name of the ship and the departure cruise port

Freedom of the Seas & Port Carnaval

[Kletina]

Freedom of the Seas & Port Carnaval

 

ok, you will arrive at 9:00am Local cozumel central time

[S.A.M.J.R.]

Perfect! Thank you!

[indy71]

to know for sure U need to tell the name of the ship and the departure cruise port

 

Would you mind sharing where to find this info? Thanks

[Kletina]

Would you mind sharing where to find this info? Thanks

 

As far as I know, there's not a site where you can get this information (accurately) but here in Cozumel we know by experience that ships from Royal Caribbean, MSC, AIDA and Carnival arrive and dock at the island using the same time zone as the port where they departed from, while Norwegian, Disney and a few other cruise lines match island local time (CST).

Edited February 3, 2014 by Kletina
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