Going through a time zone?

It looks like it's an hour earlier in Alaska (at least the parts we're
going to) than it is in Seattle. How does that work on a ship as far as
stopping in ports and going through Tracy Arm Fjord? Do they announce
when to change your watches, or does the ship stay on the time of the
departing port?

Thanks,
Marcia

Marcia R. wrote:
It looks like it's an hour earlier in Alaska (at least the parts we're
going to) than it is in Seattle. How does that work on a ship as far as
stopping in ports and going through Tracy Arm Fjord? Do they announce
when to change your watches, or does the ship stay on the time of the
departing port?

Hard to say if your ship will change time or not, from what I have heard
it depends on who the captain is. In the daily paper they will tell you
when to change your clock and you should also find a note on your pillow
at night.

sue

Sue Mullen wrote:


Marcia R. wrote:
It looks like it's an hour earlier in Alaska (at least the parts we're
going to) than it is in Seattle. How does that work on a ship as far
as stopping in ports and going through Tracy Arm Fjord? Do they
announce when to change your watches, or does the ship stay on the
time of the departing port?

Hard to say if your ship will change time or not, from what I have heard
it depends on who the captain is. In the daily paper they will tell you
when to change your clock and you should also find a note on your pillow
at night.

sue

Great, thanks.

Marcia

On 3/19/10 3:09 AM, in article , "Marcia
R." wrote:

Sue Mullen wrote:


Marcia R. wrote:
It looks like it's an hour earlier in Alaska (at least the parts we're
going to) than it is in Seattle.

All of Alaska except the most western Aleutian islands and St. Lawrence
island is on GMT - 9 during winter (AKST) and GMT - 8 during summer
(AKDT)**.


How does that work on a ship as far
as stopping in ports and going through Tracy Arm Fjord? Do they
announce when to change your watches, or does the ship stay on the
time of the departing port?

Hard to say if your ship will change time or not, from what I have heard
it depends on who the captain is. In the daily paper they will tell you
when to change your clock and you should also find a note on your pillow
at night.

All of the ships stopping in Alaskan ports will switch to local time because
they don't want passengers to be confused about the time they are supposed
to be back. As Sue says you will be notified by the daily info sheet, by
your cabin attendant and typically by your table waiter.

** If Charles is on your ship, it will remain on New Joysey time during the
entire cruise as a courtesy to him, because he has no idea how to adjust his
watch. Nobody else will notice this exception.

sue

Great, thanks.

Marcia

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:03:59 -0400, Sue Mullen
wrote:
Marcia R. wrote:
It looks like it's an hour earlier in Alaska (at least the parts we're
going to) than it is in Seattle. How does that work on a ship as far as
stopping in ports and going through Tracy Arm Fjord? Do they announce
when to change your watches, or does the ship stay on the time of the
departing port?

Hard to say if your ship will change time or not, from what I have heard
it depends on who the captain is. In the daily paper they will tell you
when to change your clock and you should also find a note on your pillow
at night.

When we were on Celebrity, there was no note in the daily paper and
neither did we get a note on the pillow. They also didn't change
automatic wake-up call. The only place it was noted was in the
information we got when we boarded the ship. Fortunately it was a sea
day.

HAL does the daily paper and the note on the pillow. RCI does the
daily paper, and so does NCL.

wrote:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:03:59 -0400, Sue Mullen

When we were on Celebrity, there was no note in the daily paper and
neither did we get a note on the pillow. They also didn't change
automatic wake-up call. The only place it was noted was in the
information we got when we boarded the ship. Fortunately it was a sea
day.

HAL does the daily paper and the note on the pillow. RCI does the
daily paper, and so does NCL.


It is not standard procedure on Celebrity to not put it in the Daily.
Also they have always left a note on the bed the night before on every
Celebrity sailing I have been on.
--
Charles

On 19 Mar 2010 15:55:35 GMT, Charles
wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:03:59 -0400, Sue Mullen

When we were on Celebrity, there was no note in the daily paper and
neither did we get a note on the pillow. They also didn't change
automatic wake-up call. The only place it was noted was in the
information we got when we boarded the ship. Fortunately it was a sea
day.

HAL does the daily paper and the note on the pillow. RCI does the
daily paper, and so does NCL.


It is not standard procedure on Celebrity to not put it in the Daily.
Also they have always left a note on the bed the night before on every
Celebrity sailing I have been on.

I guess our cabin steward was careless or clueless then. We looked
because our table partners mentioned it, and there was no note. Later
I went on through all of the Dailies to see if they mentioned it and
it was in the first one, but not the one for that day.

Maybe his problem was that he wanted to get in and do our cabin during
the first dinner seating. He gave us a note at the beginning saying
we were on the first seating, but we weren't. So he kept trying to do
the cabin while Bob was at the first show, and I was showering or
something.

conferred with the ghost of Faye Wray and said
On 3/19/2010 9:47 AM:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:03:59 -0400, Sue
wrote:

Marcia R. wrote:

It looks like it's an hour earlier in Alaska (at least the parts we're
going to) than it is in Seattle. How does that work on a ship as far as
stopping in ports and going through Tracy Arm Fjord? Do they announce
when to change your watches, or does the ship stay on the time of the
departing port?

Hard to say if your ship will change time or not, from what I have heard
it depends on who the captain is. In the daily paper they will tell you
when to change your clock and you should also find a note on your pillow
at night.


When we were on Celebrity, there was no note in the daily paper and
neither did we get a note on the pillow. They also didn't change
automatic wake-up call. The only place it was noted was in the
information we got when we boarded the ship. Fortunately it was a sea
day.

HAL does the daily paper and the note on the pillow. RCI does the
daily paper, and so does NCL.

What about Princess?

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Charles conferred with the ghost of Faye Wray and said On 3/19/2010
11:55 AM:
It is not standard procedure on Celebrity to not put it in the Daily.

Two negatives make a positive. In other words you are saying: 'It is
standard procedure on Celebrity to put it in the Daily'?

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In article , Brian K
wrote:

What about Princess?

It will be in the Princess Patter and a note in your cabin. On the
transatlantic portion since you are going east you will lose an hour
almost every night. Your cruise is not as long as you thought.....

--
Charles