kasil Posted January 2, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I'll be on Conquest in February. We are due to be in St Thomas from 7-3 ship time. Is that Atlantic Standard time like the island or Eastern Standard time like out departure port of Miami? What about Grand Turk where we are in port 8-4? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scurvy Seadog Posted January 2, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 2, 2020 EST just like your departure port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasil Posted January 2, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I just checked and Grand Turk is on Eastern Standard time so that means that ship time and island time are the same, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS CRUZIN Posted January 2, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 2, 2020 St. Thomas same as EST Grand Turk one hour behind. Usually you go by whatever the ships time is for Grand Turk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted January 2, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 2, 2020 St Thomas is on Atlantic Standard Time (UTC -4) and thus an hour a head of Miami, currently on Eastern Standard Time UTC-5). Grand Turk is also on Eastern Standard Time (UTC -5) and is the same as Miami. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken'swife Posted January 3, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I just went through this in December. I booked a private yacht/snorkel excursion through Seas the Day. (Excellent trip, by the way!) We were supposed to meet them at 1:45pm. I told all my group to meet me at 1:30pm. I did not realize that island time was not the same as ship time in this port. I ended up running around like a lunatic trying to reach everyone to tell them we had to get off the ship an hour EARLIER than we had planned. Thankfully, I reached everyone at the very last minute and we made it to our tour just in time. I was a nervous wreck. Hopefully lesson learned about the difference of island time and ship time. Bad thing about it was I thought I HAD figured it out before we left and I was STILL wrong. NOT a fun way to start a day in port but could have been worse. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted January 4, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Ken'swife said: I just went through this in December. I booked a private yacht/snorkel excursion through Seas the Day. (Excellent trip, by the way!) We were supposed to meet them at 1:45pm. I told all my group to meet me at 1:30pm. I did not realize that island time was not the same as ship time in this port. I ended up running around like a lunatic trying to reach everyone to tell them we had to get off the ship an hour EARLIER than we had planned. Thankfully, I reached everyone at the very last minute and we made it to our tour just in time. I was a nervous wreck. Hopefully lesson learned about the difference of island time and ship time. Bad thing about it was I thought I HAD figured it out before we left and I was STILL wrong. NOT a fun way to start a day in port but could have been worse. LOL Didn't the tour company tell you when to meet? Every tour I have been on we are told to meet at 9 am Atlantic time, always very specific. The 9 am was non specific, just an example. The tour companies definitely know the difference between their time and ship's time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombservice Posted January 4, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, coevan said: Didn't the tour company tell you when to meet? Every tour I have been on we are told to meet at 9 am Atlantic time, always very specific. The 9 am was non specific, just an example. The tour companies definitely know the difference between their time and ship's time. I just went through this with a non-Carnival excursion company in PR - when I booked, no one said anything about time differences, but I thought I had it all worked out. What I didn’t factor in was Daylight Saving Time!! (Cruise is in May). That particular tour only had that one time slot available, so I ended up - regretfully - cancelling the tour. It can definitely get confusing; you would think that tour operators would be fully aware of ship docking times and time zones and inform potential customers, but I guess that’s not the case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken'swife Posted January 4, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 4, 2020 2 hours ago, coevan said: Didn't the tour company tell you when to meet? Every tour I have been on we are told to meet at 9 am Atlantic time, always very specific. The 9 am was non specific, just an example. The tour companies definitely know the difference between their time and ship's time. No, I double checked the e-mails after the trip. Nothing was mentioned about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted January 4, 2020 #10 Share Posted January 4, 2020 We always do private tours and never found it confusing and never missed a tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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