I am leaving for my cruise in 3 weeks, does anyone know if the Enchantment of the seas changes to Island time or stays on ship time which would be an hour different than Island time? we are going to the cayman islands and I'm trying to book an excursion to stingray city, and I need to know if the island is an hour different from the ship. Thanks,
han25mm, I believe the ship stays on the same time as the port from which you leave, eastern time. So when you get out in Cozumel, they may be two hours behind because I don't think they practice Daylight savings time. So what date are you going on the Enchantment? As you can see by my ticker we are going around the same time.
Grandeur of the Seas 3/05 Majesty of the Seas 9/05 Carnival Victory 5/06 Carnival Glory 9/06 Mariner of the Seas 5/07 Freedom of the Seas 9/07 Sovereign of the Seas 2/08 Enchantment of the Seas 4/08
My experience has always been that the ship's clock changes to the time of the port of call you are visiting. They always tell you when to change your clock in the daily news left in your room the night before. http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/ The above site will tell you what time it is everywhere in the world.
My experience has always been that the ship's clock changes to the time of the port of call you are visiting.
It depends on many factors...itinerary, whether standard or daylight saving time is in effect, time of year, the cruise line policy, and ultimately the Captain's preference.
For eastern and western Caribbean cruises we've taken on Princess, RCI, Celebrity, and Carnival over the past 15 years, we have always stayed on ship's time. An eastern run on HAL in November 1993 was the only time we screwed with the clocks. I remember this type of thing.
On Costa in January we stayed on east coast time until we got to Grand Cayman. When we left Grand Cayman we turned the clocks back an hour. Then when we left Cozumel, we turned the clocks up an hour.
So, I still don't know if the ship stays on EST or changes to Island time. Some people say it does, and others say with their experience that it doesn't. Can anyone who's been on this ship let me know? or someone who is going soon? Thanks so much. I booked a shore excursion that leaves 1 hour after we port, so It would be great if we were an hour different, that would give us a little extra time.
I am willing to bet that your cruise will stay on eastern daylight time, which means you will be be one hour ahead of local time in both Georgetown and Cozumel. Remember that EST ended last weekend.
Originally posted by han25mm: So, I still don't know if the ship stays on EST or changes to Island time. Some people say it does, and others say with their experience that it doesn't. Can anyone who's been on this ship let me know? or someone who is going soon? Thanks so much. I booked a shore excursion that leaves 1 hour after we port, so It would be great if we were an hour different, that would give us a little extra time.
I was just looking around a favorite website and guess what? Some Cruise Compasses from an August 2006 cruise on the Enchantment showed they changed the clocks twice during the cruise.
Calling the cruise line is an answer, but then there is the roulette factor one gets when calling any cruise line...call twice and you'll get two different answers. The person who will really know is the tour operator in Grand Cayman. They do tours every week with passengers from the Enchantment.
That's a great idea to talk to the shore excursion operator. I've called the cruiseline about 3 times on this issue and they just give me their best guess which is that they stay on Florida time. Thanks for all the input.
I'm leaving on april 5th on Enchantment of the seas. I saw that there is an identical cruise that leaves on March 22. if anyone is on that cruise, could you let me know if they change times or not? Are there any other chat sites I could look at to find someone on that cruise? Thanks,
If you check with the Cayman Port Authority Cayman Port Authorityyou will see the ship is on port time. "Enchantment Of The Seas Royal Caribbean Cruises
Arriving on 04. 07, 2008 at 7:00 am and Leaving on 04. 07, 2008 at 4:00 pm.
If you check with the Cayman Port Authority Cayman Port Authorityyou will see the ship is on port time. "Enchantment Of The Seas Royal Caribbean Cruises
Arriving on 04. 07, 2008 at 7:00 am and Leaving on 04. 07, 2008 at 4:00 pm.
But isn't it more likely the Cayman Port Authority uses their local time regardless of what time the ship uses?
You can see by my signature we cruise RCCL annually--we have never changed a clock from Florida (Eastern time). Also no daylight savings in the caribbean which puts Miami time 2 hours different than Cozumel. Agree with other posters that calling the cruise line can net you a variety of answers (have tried this myself, had the problem of cruising over the daylight savings time change weekend last year) depending on who you talk to. You may have to make assumptions and punt on this one.
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Well this is probably too late to help the original poster, but maybe it can help someone...
I, too, had this same question, as to whether they change the time on Enchantment of the Seas to match local time. No one, and I mean NO ONE, could give me a straight answer. However, having just returned I can definitely say that, yes, you do change your clocks twice on this ship. So, in Cozumel for example, your time is the same as local time. It seems a little weird to change your clock on night, and then set it back the next night, but that's what we did. But, it is nice, not to worry about "ship's time" vs. "local time". Hope that helps.
