HELP!! Time Zones on Western Itinerary

jennifersmith23

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I read on the cruise critic board to be wary of time zone changes in Grand Caymen. Does anyone know if we depart from Caymen at 5pm Eastern time or some other time zone. I scheduled a Captain Marvins snorkel tour from 1:45 - 3:45 and want to make sure I will make the boat. If it is an hour ahead, it would be 4:45 which is obviously not in time to make the boat.

Can someone help me out?
 
Jennifersmith23-we're on the same snorkeling tour as you. I just went on Capt. Marvin's web site and at the top of the page for snorkeling tours it says "All times are local times, and we are on Eastern Standard Time year-round." We should be ok, if not at least we'll be stranded in Grand Cayman together-LOL!!!:)

Also, according to my cruise tickets we don't depart from Grand Cayman until 5:45pm.
 

Most places in the Caribbean do not switch to daylight savings time. They are far enough south that they don't need to.

I'm almost positive that the ship will change its clock to local time so that the ship's time and local time are the same. I say almost positive, because I haven't sailed on the western itinerary (obviously), but they did this on the eastern trip.

On the eastern route, the ship's clock moves forward an hour on Sunday night (I think, it might be Monday), so that it is on Atlantic Standard Time, which is what is used on St. Thomas and St. Maarten. On Thursday night, the clock moves back an hour, back to EST, the time zone for the Bahamas and Florida. The exception to this is during daylight savings time. Since EDT and AST are the same, the clock doesn't change, but the ship is still on local time at the ports of call.

In any case, they will make it very clear what the ship's time and local time are. When the clocks change, they leave a note in your stateroom in the evening with your navigators, as well as making announcements at the shows and over the ship's public address system.
 

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