douggw Posted January 7, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Anyone who has been on Carnival to Aruba, does the ship change times? I assumed, like many cruises, it does not and remains Florida time. From what I've been able to tell, this would be 1 hour ahead of Florida time. We are to be in Aruba from 9am-10pm - so that would be ship time, right? Aruba time would be 10am-11pm? Or so I thought. I went to book an all day excursion from a local tour operator and it starts at 9am Aruba time. I thought i would miss the first hour and they said due to Daylights Savings Time, it would actually be 10am Aruba time and I'd miss two hours. Then I talked to another tour operator who had a tour also starting at 9am said they checked with the "port authorities" and the ships 9am arrival time is Aruba time. So I'm very confused. I have three different times here. Florida +1 hour, Florida +2 hours, and 9am Aruba time. I think it's Florida +1, but then again, I never was good with numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted January 8, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Carnival doesn't change ship time to port time unless there's a reason the captain needs to do so. So you'll be on Florida time. But independent excursions may not adjust so double check with them. Aruba is currently 1 hour ahead of FL. So you will dock at 10AM Aruba time. Probably not off the ship until 10:30 Aruba. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douggw Posted January 8, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted January 8, 2023 46 minutes ago, crewsweeper said: Carnival doesn't change ship time to port time unless there's a reason the captain needs to do so. So you'll be on Florida time. But independent excursions may not adjust so double check with them. Aruba is currently 1 hour ahead of FL. So you will dock at 10AM Aruba time. Probably not off the ship until 10:30 Aruba. That's what a was thinking. But then one tour operator told me the "Port Authority" says we dock at 9am Aruba time........so thank you for confirming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajathree Posted January 22, 2023 #4 Share Posted January 22, 2023 This may help you https://www.arubaports.com/main/cruiseship-schedules/ Last month on Odyssey of the Seas we were scheduled (via Royal Caribbean) to port in Aruba 8am-11:59pm. While there was a 1 hour time difference between FL time and Aruba time and the ship always stayed on FL time....the Aruba schedule shows us as scheduled in port 8am-11:59pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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