Patchy Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Hi everyone, I’m sailing on Voyager of the Seas in January 2023 on a southern Caribbean itinerary that includes Barbados. The itinerary says that we will dock in Barbados at 10:00, but all of the third party excursions that I’m looking at depart at 10:00. Wondering (hoping) that ship time might be ahead of local time by an hour meaning that docking at 10:00 ship time is docking at 9:00 local time. Does anyone know what the norm is for Barbados? Or if there is no norm, what has been common in the past on Voyager? Also, I definitely understand that the docking time is not the same time as when we are cleared to disembark, so I’m mentally budgeting some time for that. I just wish we could dock in Barbados earlier to give us some more options for third party excursions! I also know that my “safest” bet from a time perspective is to book an excursion through the ship, but it’s notably more expensive. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Is Voyager sailing from San Juan? If so Barbados and San Juan are the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantix2000 Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Third party companies that offer excursions to cruise passengers are generally used to adjusting as needed. You could certainly contact them and ask about their procedures but for a trip 10 months away, they probably won't give you a very specific answer. Look at it this way though. If the company offers an excursion at 10AM and books 15 people from your cruise ship, but the ship gets delayed and doesn't show up until 11AM, what do you think they would do? Cancel and refund everyone? Not likely. If the ship still has to leave at the same time, they'll shorten the excursion in some way (and possibly refund a portion to compensate). But the ship might also announce they are going to stay an extra hour so the excursion can run unchanged just an hour later. The tour company (and its employees) only make money when they actually run their excursions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchy Posted February 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Thanks, all. @twangster, we do sail out of San Juan. Thanks for that tip about San Juan and Barbados being on the same time zone; didn’t think of that. @Atlantix2000, you make some excellent points! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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