HELP! I am so confused..... :confused:

[kajsb]

I made tour reservations for Puerto Vallarta. I'm still trying to figure out the time difference. I will be on Carnival Pride. Does the ship use PST? I've heard both one hour and two hour time differences between PST and Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan. Can anyone help me with this confusion????

 

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[ak-tired]

Hi there - on our trip last week:

 

LA is PST

Cabo and Mazatlan are MST

PV is CST

 

The ship runs on MST, and any ship provided expeditions pick up and drop off at times stated in MST.

 

If you're booking a private expedition, you'll need to account for the hour difference. We did one - scheduled a pickup at 11am CST, so left the ship at 9am ship time (MST) to give us an hour to make it to the pickup location.

 

Clear as mud?

 

Jeri in AK

First time

March 21, 2004 Carnival Pride

[marklodi]

Well, let me see if I can give this a shot. This is how I understand it.

 

The first night of the Carnival Pride cruise, they ask you to set your watches ahead one hour. This means that instead of Pacific Time, you are now on Mountain time.

 

Puerto Vallarta is Central Time. So when you are in PV, the ship's time is actually one hour behind PV. For example, if you arrive in PV at 8am on the ship, it's really 9am in Puerto Vallarta.

 

Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas are both Mountain Time Zone, so while in port, the ship's time and your time will match.

 

When you leave Cabo (Friday), that night you are to turn your clocks back 1 hour. You will then be on Pacific time once again.

 

I hope that made sense.

 

Mark ºoº

 

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[marklodi]

Oops. Sorry Jeri, I was typing all that while you posted your answer. Didn't mean to double up the info.

 

Mark ºoº

 

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[glrounds]

I've sailed the Mexican Riviera many times and the way Marklodi describes it is EXACTLY the way it happens.

 

Gary

 

 

 

[kajsb]

Mark, Jeri and Gary. Thanks for clearing it up. I think I've got it now. Now I know I better change our Canopy Tour reservation. I guess will be changing to 1:30 PV time. There is no way Barry will get up early enough to make the 10:00 tour. LOL

 

Until our 05/30/04 Carnival Pride cruise and the wraparound balcony

 

 

06/28/04 Ecstasy- Mom's 80th birthday surprise!!