Ship time

[GMECruiser]

We will be on the Crown to Alaska out of Seattle in a couple of weeks. I am in

EST time zone and Seattle is 3 hours behind ESt and I understand Alaska is four hours AHEAD of EST. Just wondering what time zone the ship will be on during the entire trip. WIll it be on Seattle time, since that is where the ship leaves, or will it be on Alaska time for excursions, etc. This is a concern for us as one of our group is taking an on line course and has to have work submitted and tests taken by a certain time.

 

Thank Yiu!

[sherryf]

You will start on Seattle time and remain on it for the first sea day. That night you will move your clock back one hour to Alaska time. You will remain on Alaska time throughout your Alaskan ports. The night after leaving Ketchikan, you will move your clocks ahead an hour to be back on Seattle time the day you arrive in Victoria.

 

Good luck with taking an online course while on a cruise. Internet service on the ship will be slow, unreliable, and expensive. When I have taken tests for online courses, I had to do it within a certain time frame (ex. 1 hour) and if you had internet connection issues before you were done, you were screwed. :eek:

[GMECruiser]

You will start on Seattle time and remain on it for the first sea day. That night you will move your clock back one hour to Alaska time. You will remain on Alaska time throughout your Alaskan ports. The night after leaving Ketchikan, you will move your clocks ahead an hour to be back on Seattle time the day you arrive in Victoria.

 

Good luck with taking an online course while on a cruise. Internet service on the ship will be slow, unreliable, and expensive. When I have taken tests for online courses, I had to do it within a certain time frame (ex. 1 hour) and if you had internet connection issues before you were done, you were screwed. :eek:

 

Thank you so much! Yes, I am concerned about the on line course, but hoping for the best.

[xlxo]

I too echo concerns about Internet reliability.... especially during the evenings after dinner. Sea days has strong demand too.

 

Reliability greatly improves typically after midnight.

[peety3]

I am in EST time zone and Seattle is 3 hours behind ESt and I understand Alaska is four hours AHEAD of EST.

No. Seattle is 3 hours behind EST and Alaska is 4 hours behind EST (1 hour behind Seattle). At 4PM in Alaska, it's 5PM in Seattle and 8PM in NYC.

[sherryf]

No. Seattle is 3 hours behind EST and Alaska is 4 hours behind EST (1 hour behind Seattle). At 4PM in Alaska, it's 5PM in Seattle and 8PM in NYC.

 

I just assumed that's what they meant, even if it wasn't what they typed. ;)

[Budget Queen]

I would do all your online work in ports. And even then, sometimes, it's only marginally better than the ship. :)

[bonvoyagie]

http://www.cruiseportinsider.com has info on internet cafes and services in most of the AK ports - check it out.