Shipboard time vs Port time

[BloodOrange]

I will be on the Getaway this December. Do you know if the shipboard time will be the same as port time for St. Martin, St. Thomas, and Nassau?

 

Thanks,

Edited October 17, 2014 by BloodOrange

[KeithJenner]

On all of my cruises, ship time has been the same as local port time. I've read some reports on here that it occasionally hasn't happened, but it seems to be unusual.

 

 

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[roger001]

We did that cruise in June. Ship time and all port times were the same. In fact, that has been the case on every NCL cruise we've done.

[cmdchiefthom]

If the time changes aboard ship, you will receive a notice in your stateroom the evening before the change with instructions on what change to make.;)

[njhorseman]

We did that cruise in June. Ship time and all port times were the same. In fact, that has been the case on every NCL cruise we've done.

 

But not the case on every NCL cruise we've done. On at least two (a Canada/New England cruise last year and a Western Caribbean itinerary several years ago) ship's time was not adjusted to local time in one or more ports.

[geojobes]

We were on the Getaway in June/July also & the time didn't change at all. Don't know how it'll be when the time changes here in November. They don't change time there to Daylight Saving Time like they do here in NC. So I think it'll be an hour ahead of local time here. But once it changes on the ship, it should be the same until it changes back. Hope it makes sense to you. (I've had a stroke & sometimes it makes sense to me & not to other people. Sorry!)

[cb at sea]

Ship's time is ALL that matters! Bring a watch...don't use your cell phone!!..and keep your watch set to whatever time the ships clock says it is!!! If you're worried about excursion times, don't be! The guide knows how this stuff works! And, if it's a ship's excursion, time makes no difference at all....they go by ship's time too!

[Cruiserbarbie]

You know when you screw up sometimes you say, shi_, shi_, sh_. Well for your trip you need to think ship (time), ship (time), ship time or you will be saying shi_, shi_, shi_ as the ship sails without you.

[BloodOrange]

Thank you all for your input. I just called NCL and they said whatever they published on the itinerary is the local port time. But as a precaution, I would definitely double check the ship time.

[njhorseman]

Thank you all for your input. I just called NCL and they said whatever they published on the itinerary is the local port time. But as a precaution, I would definitely double check the ship time.

 

If you got that from a telephone customer service rep don't believe it. They have no idea that once in a while a ship doesn't change to local port time.

 

Yes , always check when on the ship. They will tell you when to change time.

[don't-use-real-name]

Think UTC (Universal Time Co-ordinated) otherwise known as Greenwich Mean Time or Zulu Time.

When you are in your stateroom and turn on the TV note that in most cases

the time shown is 'WHAT' this UTC time and the graphics map shows what

time it is in London New York Mexico City (or Chicago) Los Angeles Honolulu

Tokyo and maybe some additions/deletions or substitutions.

Study the TV monitor for details about arrivals and departures from the present

location of the ship

Normally ships use the time from the actual time zone that they are in.

So when the ship sails at 5PM (1700 hours) that is the local time that the ship

will pull up anchor or leave the dock/berth and depart.

If there is any doubt ALWAYS ask the folks at the Registration (Pursers) Desk

for gospel time of movement.

"DO NOT ASSUME OR PLACE YOURSELF OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT/TIME ZONE" !

You sure make one heck of spectacle of yourself running to the cheering

crowd as the gang plank is hoisted away from the ship !

If tendering at a non dock port remember that extra time is required to get

back on board the ship - allow for that factor. * The cruise line will run another

tender if the last one is full and another one is required even for one passenger.

But try and not be that last passenger the crowds love to cheer you

on board and the comedy show that night will make light of it.

 

So in review get yourself a watch that can be easily adjusted for time without

a MIT degree in time keeping and learn about time 101 ! LOL !

Oddly you can not keep time since it is always fleeting !