Random00 Posted October 3, 2006 #1 Share Posted October 3, 2006 We are traveling to PV, Mazatlan, and Cabo on the Island Princess in December. Is there a difference between times stated on the ships itinerary and the actual time in these cities? When I cruised to Alaska at some point the ship changed their time to match the local time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSN-Travelers Posted October 3, 2006 #2 Share Posted October 3, 2006 We are traveling to PV, Mazatlan, and Cabo on the Island Princess in December. Is there a difference between times stated on the ships itinerary and the actual time in these cities? When I cruised to Alaska at some point the ship changed their time to match the local time. As a general rule, ships will change there clocks from Pacific time to Mountain time about half way down the Baja Peninsula (normally at night). They stay on Mountain time until they are headed back north along the Baja Peninsula. Ship's time will match local time in Cabo and Mazatlan. Ship's time will be one hour behind local time in PV (central time zone). The published arrival/departure time match ship's time. A published arrival of 8 AM for Vallarta will really be 9 AM local time. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p.nutgirl Posted October 6, 2006 #3 Share Posted October 6, 2006 thank you both for posting this!! First for the poster for asking and then for the answer!! I needed this information!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbags58 Posted October 6, 2006 #4 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Just back from the Riviera this past sunday but was on Carnival. The captain had us all change our watches an hour ahead the first night..then in PV they were an hour a head of that! Good thing we got off the ship early because we had an 11am reservation for the CANOPY TOUR which could have been really messed up because of the time! Seemed EVERYONE was confused!! Mazatlan and Cabo were on ship time...(which we had already regulated our watches to prior!) Good luck and have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlp20 Posted October 16, 2006 #5 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Disregard everything posted above. Cruise line to cruise line, ship to ship, captain-to-captain is all different. Depending on where you go, you have to allow the 1 or 2 hour difference in local versus ship time. Until you get something in writing from the ship itself, don’t count on a thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt143 Posted October 19, 2006 #6 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I called Princess regarding this matter today. Customer service on 2 separate occasions said that on the Diamond Princess, the ship's time will go by the local time in Puerto Vallarta. Just to be on the safe side, I will surely ask when on board. Happy Cruising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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