Does anyone know why the Coral is still in Whittier?

[gagenie]

I just checked the Princess webcam for the Coral and it's still showing to be in Whittier. They was supposed to have left last night. We are sailing out this Saturday from Vancouver and this is making me nervous!

[Colo Cruiser]

[gagenie]

ok, I have found out that the Coral is gone and the webcam was just wrong! shewwww!

[LoriPhil]

Whew - now start packing!

[gagenie]

Whew - now start packing!

 

yeah, I can pack now! Thank goodness for the webcam being wrong!

[Colo Cruiser]

ok, I have found out that the Coral is gone and the webcam was just wrong! shewwww!

 

 

Where did you find out?

[fishywood]

Always note the time stamp on the webcam.

01:23 GMT Sunday Morning is 16:23 Saturday afternoon in Alaska.

So simply a case of the webcam failing to be up to date.

Stick to one of the Marine Traffic websites if knowing a ship's exact position is essential.

[gagenie]

Where did you find out?

 

 

on Facebook, a group I belong to. Here is one of the links they gave me to check

 

http://www.sea-scanner.com/ships-position-coral-princess

[gagenie]

Always note the time stamp on the webcam.

01:23 GMT Sunday Morning is 16:23 Saturday afternoon in Alaska.

So simply a case of the webcam failing to be up to date.

Stick to one of the Marine Traffic websites if knowing a ship's exact position is essential.

 

Thank you fishywood! Lesson learned the hard way after my heart sinking lol

[fishywood]

Oops I was off by an hour: 01:23 GMT is 5:23 PM in Alaska, not 4:23. (Pesky Daylight Savings Time)

 

But it got me wondering: was such an obvious time stamp of 01:23 a dummy used when Bridge Cam is locked up?

Guess not, because Emerald Princess' cam currently has a time stamp of 08:36 GMT which is 1:36 AM in Seattle. But the image is in daylight.

The mystery continues.

[blizzard44ca]

Not sure what's up, but have been looking at webcams recently, and Coral Princess seems to be regularly behind. It only seems to update a few times a day (rather than every 5 minutes). Definitely check the time stamp on this and compare with the others if you're confused about GMT.