When do we eat in AK?

[xlxo]

There are two seatings for Alaskan cruises. One at 6pm and the second is 8pm.

What happens when you reach Alaska? With the time zone change, are passengers starved for an hour? Or do they adjust meals to 5pm and 7pm Alaskan time to be consistent with British Columbia's Pacific Time?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

There are two seatings for Alaskan cruises. One at 6pm and the second is 8pm.

What happens when you reach Alaska? With the time zone change, are passengers starved for an hour? Or do they adjust meals to 5pm and 7pm Alaskan time to be consistent with British Columbia's Pacific Time?

If your dinner seating is at 6:00, it will be at 6:00. Before the time change and after.

Just like at home, when the time changes for daylight savings, the whole day just shifts, but the times that things happen stay the same.

Oh, and it's unlikely that you'll "starve" onboard the ship.

 

[xlxo]

Thanks for the clarification. Holland keeps the dinner time based on Pacific time to avoid starving guests. I prefer a later meal time to enjoy my shore excursions.

Although I do hate time zone changes that messes up my body.

 

[jrabbit]

There are two seatings for Alaskan cruises. One at 6pm and the second is 8pm.

What happens when you reach Alaska? With the time zone change, are passengers starved for an hour? Or do they adjust meals to 5pm and 7pm Alaskan time to be consistent with British Columbia's Pacific Time?

Cruise Ship and Starving .... yea Right ... I Think NOT!!! There are plenty of places to snack before dinner to keep you from starving onboard.

The Transatlantic cruises cross 6 (I think) time zones and the Panama Canal cruise transit 3 time zones. The ships time changes to match local time.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Thanks for the clarification. Holland keeps the dinner time based on Pacific time to avoid starving guests. I prefer a later meal time to enjoy my shore excursions.

Although I do hate time zone changes that messes up my body.

That's interesting. We've done 2 HAL Alaska cruises. Both times they did the time change to match what the time was in port.

 

[staceyeileen]

This thread baffles me. Why would you starve due to a time change? You'd still have the same number of hours between meals.

 

[EeyoreIsMyName]

When do we eat in AK?

Ok, can't help myself...when I read this title I thought "anytime you want, it's a cruise."

My next thought was, "All day long, it's a cruise!"

 

[NancyIL]

Thanks for the clarification. Holland keeps the dinner time based on Pacific time to avoid starving guests. I prefer a later meal time to enjoy my shore excursions.

Although I do hate time zone changes that messes up my body.

Since when?

That's interesting. We've done 2 HAL Alaska cruises. Both times they did the time change to match what the time was in port.

Same here - 2 HAL Alaska cruises (and 2 Princess Alaska cruises), and the ship's time changed when we entered different time zones.

 

[xlxo]

Thanks for the clarification everyone...

 

[brianvdb]

There are two seatings for Alaskan cruises. One at 6pm and the second is 8pm.

What happens when you reach Alaska? With the time zone change, are passengers starved for an hour? Or do they adjust meals to 5pm and 7pm Alaskan time to be consistent with British Columbia's Pacific Time?

#FirstWorldProblems

The meals do not change times... and the time change happens overnight. So, you'll probably just end up eating breakfast a little earlier/later. If you get hungry, there are plenty of places to grab a bite to eat. I honestly don't remember it being a big deal.

 

[SillyInventor]

This thread baffles me. Why would you starve due to a time change? You'd still have the same number of hours between meals.

No, you wouldn't. If you have diner at 5.45pm Pacific time and next day at 5.45 at Alaska time there will be 25 hour between the two diners. On the way back you will have a day with only 23 hours between your diners. Yum-yum!

Indeed: the Trans Atlantic cruises travel from Eastern time to Central European time, which is a 6 hour difference, so depending on the direction of traveling you will either have 6 days of 25 hours or 6 days of 23 hours.

I agree with PPs that starving on a DCL cruise is hardly possible....

 

[missyp]

I actually find it challenging to make sure I am hungry enough to enjoy dinner. Being hungry has never been an issue, can't bring myself to use the word starving, don't see how it is possible

 

[woody73]

. . . We've done 2 HAL Alaska cruises. Both times they did the time change to match what the time was in port.

. . . Same here - 2 HAL Alaska cruises (and 2 Princess Alaska cruises), and the ship's time changed when we entered different time zones.

We've been on two HAL Alaska cruises. Both times they changed the ship's time to match the time zone.

Woody

 

[Dug720]

Thanks for the clarification. Holland keeps the dinner time based on Pacific time to avoid starving guests. I prefer a later meal time to enjoy my shore excursions.

Although I do hate time zone changes that messes up my body.

Um, no. I am just off the Westerdam and when the ship time changed to Alaska time, everything stayed the same. 5:15 dinner did not move to 4:15 dinner, it stayed as 5:15 dinner - Alaska time.

I will agree it's much easier to be hungry between meals there as they do have down time where there is minimal food available, but we certainly never starved.