Comparing times between different ships in same port

[trirae]

Hi all,

 

I've been reading about ship time versus port time, and I have a question. We are sailing out of Galveston and we have friends who are sailing out of Port Canaveral. We will both be in the same port on the same day. Ours is listed for 9-5, and theirs for 7:30-5:45 based on times on the port schedules and our respective itineraries. Are those listed times ship times as well? Or are they the local times? I wouldn't care at all and would only think about ship time, but I'm just trying to determine how our schedules overlap.

 

If it's ship time, and that's based on local, then I'm guessing ours ends up in port 2 1/2 hours after theirs. Am I reading this correctly?

 

Thanks so much from a first time cruiser leaving in 5 days!

[springs741]

Times listed on the itineraries are always ship time.

Your friends are on eastern time and you are on central time.

5:45 eastern time is 4:45 central. You and your friends will leave about 15 minutes apart.

Edited March 24, 2015 by springs741

[RuthlessBoss]

Which port are you crossing with? One year we were at Costa Maya and we went by ship time even though their time was different.

[trirae]

Which port are you crossing with? One year we were at Costa Maya and we went by ship time even though their time was different.

 

Cozumel. I'm not sure we will try to cross paths while there, but I figured it would be worth knowing what the possibilities were.

 

Thanks for feedback!