weylady Posted September 17, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi all does the time stay the same as english time while on a cruise say when we stop in Malaga or do we adjust to the local time of each port for return to the ship. regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bells65 Posted September 17, 2014 #2 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi Weylady On the cruises we've been on the time has generally been that of the area you are in. When ships clocks are going to be changed there will be announcements both over the ship's in-cabin information service on the tv and in the Horizon magazine (much the same as our daily newspapers remind us when we change the clocks). Hope this helps Bells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weylady Posted September 17, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Thank you Bells I was just wondering how it worked as this is my first cruise, thanks again.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleMoonlight Posted September 17, 2014 #4 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Yes, the ships time alters to match local time and you are told verbally and in the daily Horizon newsletter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzseeka Posted September 17, 2014 #5 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Thank you Bells I was just wondering how it worked as this is my first cruise, thanks again.:) And it's important to change your watches accordingly. We once left a couple behind because they hadn't corrected their watches to the relevant ship's time and arrived back at the ship an hour late! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted September 17, 2014 #6 Share Posted September 17, 2014 And also beware that when you get the Horizon paper each night to read it is referring to the NEXT day. It's easy to get confused and change your watches a day early!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the english lady Posted September 17, 2014 #7 Share Posted September 17, 2014 And if you have a cruise where you are going backwards and forwards through time zone sit gets very very confusing. We had one where it was changing daily , on an hour, on an hour, backwards an hour. Finally on our last cruise we even had one stop when we were told to stay on ships time, which was an hour different to local time. Lots and lots of messages over the tannoy about that, and in Horizon. I think they must have got everyone sorted correctly as we didn't leave anyone behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted September 17, 2014 #8 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Earlier this year, we stopped in Vigo and they decided not to change the time as the next port was Lisbon, which is the same time as UK. It was a fairly safe decision as anyone going by local time would arrive back on board one hour early. This was on Azura. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monorail Orange Posted September 17, 2014 #9 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) We had one where it was changing daily , on an hour, on an hour, backwards an hour. Yikes, and I thought it was odd when we went forward one hour over night, and another half hour at lunch. That must've been really confusing. I'll bet some were fretting they were going to miss the time buffet opens.. ;) Edited September 17, 2014 by Monorail Orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richleeds Posted September 17, 2014 #10 Share Posted September 17, 2014 As stated above sometimes the ship stays on ships time and not local time, we found this happens more when the ship is docking for a few hours in a port where it's an extra hour ahead or behind of other ports on the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlyon Posted September 17, 2014 #11 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I do wish they wouldn't change them at noon. Much prefer the change to happen overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadabout60 Posted September 17, 2014 #12 Share Posted September 17, 2014 The waiters usually remind you in the evening of the clock changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sealoveragain Posted September 17, 2014 #13 Share Posted September 17, 2014 The cabin steward usually puts a little cardboard notice on your bed too. So there are plenty of reminders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weylady Posted September 18, 2014 Author #14 Share Posted September 18, 2014 ok thank you all for your replies that is most helpful.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shallwe Posted September 18, 2014 #15 Share Posted September 18, 2014 ok thank you all for your replies that is most helpful.:) Ditto. I was wondering how this happened. I'll be ready to watch out then in three weeks time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted September 18, 2014 #16 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I do wish they wouldn't change them at noon. Much prefer the change to happen overnight. For the odd time change it does not really matter but sailing east on a transatlantic, where you get five changes loosing an hour each day after day, then it is better to change at noon. This ensures that you and the staff get a full nights sleep. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted September 18, 2014 #17 Share Posted September 18, 2014 For the odd time change it does not really matter but sailing east on a transatlantic, where you get five changes loosing an hour each day after day, then it is better to change at noon. This ensures that you and the staff get a full nights sleep.Brian Cunard used to change the time difference on a transatlantic during the night so you got 1 hr less sleep depending which way you were going and it used to be very tiring but I now believe they have changed it so you lose or gain the hour at midday noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsrdsrdsr Posted September 21, 2014 #18 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Cunard used to change the time difference on a transatlantic during the night so you got 1 hr less sleep depending which way you were going and it used to be very tiring but I now believe they have changed it so you lose or gain the hour at midday noon. Unless it occurs to you that you can go to bed an hour earlier or get up an hour later. If you're on a transatlantic, you don't need to get up early for a port stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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