I hope this doesn't sound like a stupid question...but here goes...
If a ship's itinerary shows an eastbound (eg US to Australia) schedule like below. Does is really mean you have 4 days at sea or 5 days at sea?
Feb 1 At Sea
Feb 2 At Sea
Feb 3 Cross International Dateline
Feb 4 At Sea
Feb 5 At sea
And, same schedule going westbound how many days is it.
I think I'm confused because the cruise lines list it as consecutive dates but don't you lose a day or gain a day?
I'm trying to sell my husband on a world cruise and he's looking sideways at some of the long stretches at sea so I'm trying to mitigate that a little bit.
Can anyone help? Thanks
My wife and I took the cruise westbound from Sydney in 2012. It was listed as a 29 day cruise and we had two April 25ths. The explanation that we received was "at the international date line , a +12hour and a -12 hour meet, bringing about a 24 hour change. When the line is crossed heading East a day is subtracted. When the line is crossed heading West a day is added". We gained the day back that we had lost on the way over to Australia.
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My wife and I took the cruise westbound from Sydney in 2012. It was listed as a 29 day cruise and we had two April 25ths. The explanation that we received was "at the international date line , a +12hour and a -12 hour meet, bringing about a 24 hour change. When the line is crossed heading East a day is subtracted. When the line is crossed heading West a day is added". We gained the day back that we had lost on the way over to Australia.
It was a wonderful cruise.