Diving on Dawn Princess Western Carribean Adventurer

Joe English <jenglish@accessusn.net> wrote in message news:<QcKdndLgqNQSGojcRVn-ow@accessus.net>...
> Reef Fish wrote:
> > Joe English <jenglish@accessusn.net> wrote in message news:<pbmdnT0J3ZAUUYncRVn-hA@accessus.net>...
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> >>Be careful of the difference in ship time and local time.
> >
> >
> > No difference. The ship keeps local time.
> >
> Actually on every cruise I have been on local time is Miami time and
> when you get to Coz there is one hour difference.


Jos, the subject is about the PRINCESS cruise line.

Have you EVER been on a Princess cruise?


Of all the Princess cruises I have ever been on, whether it's the
Caribbean, or Alaska, or Tahiti, Marquesas, Samoa, or Cook Islands,
on each and every port, the ship time was ALWAYS the local time.

-- Bob.

Reef Fish wrote:

> Joe English <jenglish@accessusn.net> wrote in message news:<QcKdndLgqNQSGojcRVn-ow@accessus.net>...
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>>Reef Fish wrote:
>>
>>>Joe English <jenglish@accessusn.net> wrote in message news:<pbmdnT0J3ZAUUYncRVn-hA@accessus.net>...
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>>>>Be careful of the difference in ship time and local time.
>>>
>>>
>>>No difference. The ship keeps local time.
>>>
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>>Actually on every cruise I have been on local time is Miami time and
>>when you get to Coz there is one hour difference.
>
>
>
> Jos, the subject is about the PRINCESS cruise line.
>
> Have you EVER been on a Princess cruise?
>
>
> Of all the Princess cruises I have ever been on, whether it's the
> Caribbean, or Alaska, or Tahiti, Marquesas, Samoa, or Cook Islands,
> on each and every port, the ship time was ALWAYS the local time.
>
> -- Bob.

How do they do that - We use daylight savings most the islands stay on
Eastern Standard. Do they reset the time on board or was the travel
during non daylight saving times?

Joe English <jenglish@accessusn.net> wrote in message news:<fvudnWOw18o0XovcRVn-rA@accessus.net>...
> Reef Fish wrote:
>
> > Of all the Princess cruises I have ever been on, whether it's the
> > Caribbean, or Alaska, or Tahiti, Marquesas, Samoa, or Cook Islands,
> > on each and every port, the ship time was ALWAYS the local time.

>
> How do they do that - We use daylight savings most the islands stay on
> Eastern Standard. Do they reset the time on board or was the travel
> during non daylight saving times?

Very easily.

Here's an actualy example, on the ship's patter the day before its
arrival to Juneau, Alaska (caps theirs <g>):

DURING THE NIGHT BETWEEN FRIDAY (11 June) AND
SATURDAY (12th June) AT 2:00 AM, SHIP'S CLOCKS
WILL BE SET FORWARD 60 MINUTES (1 HOUR).

Similar changes are made on other days, and announcements are made
several times on the intercom for those who are sober.

The same is true on the Polynesian Islands.


That having said, I do need to make a correction about Cozumel!
I did find that Cozumel is an EXCEPTION to the Princess rule above.

This was the announcement on the Cozumel patter:

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT DURING OUR MEXICAN PORTS OF
CALL, WE WILL BE KEEPING SHIPS TIME. PLEASE DISREGARD
ANY CLOCKS ASHORE, AS THESE WILL BE ON A CENTRAL,
STANDARD TIME ZONE SHIPS TIME IS ONE HOUR AHEAD OF
THE LOCAL TIME, PLEASE USE SHIPS TIME WHEN ASHORE.

But the bottom line stands that whether you book your dive with the
ship or with a shop yourself, there is plenty of time for a two-tank
dive as long as your don't get confused on the departure time of
the SHIP, which is on the same clock/watch you've been using in
this case.

-- Bob.

> But the bottom line stands that whether you book your dive with the
> ship or with a shop yourself, there is plenty of time for a two-tank
> dive as long as your don't get confused on the departure time of
> the SHIP, which is on the same clock/watch you've been using in
> this case.
>
> -- Bob.
So it seems we were arguing the same thing. The problem you explain was
the same I encountered in Coz - I scheduled an afternoon dive - which
would have left me very close to departure time, because I didn't figure
the difference in ship and local time.

Thanks Bob