Ship time vs. local time

[Cookmb]

It has been several years since I cruised Carnival - do they keep the same time on the ship regardless of the time zone? We are leaving from Miami - the cruise itinerary says we will be in Aruba from 8am - 4pm - is that actually 9am - 5pm Aruba time? We will be there in January so Daylight Savings time would not come into play.

[luv2trvlnow]

My cruises on Carnival have almost always stayed on the time of the ship's home port. Which in this case would be 1 hour behind the time in Aruba. They have even changed to or from daylight savings time to coincide with the home port.

 

If you were on a cruise that left from one port and ended in a different port in different time zone they will have a time change at some point during the cruise. I have also heard of changing times on the ships for ones traveling long distance like from California to Hawaii. But I don't believe that is the case for you.

[Bases5]

95% of the time Carnival stays on there home port time.

You have to adjust your time if your doing your own shore trips.

[Cookmb]

Thank you both - that explains why our guide in Aruba said that they always have problems with Carnival port times.