Should Carnival Add Digital Clocks to Cruise Ship Cabins?
If you're sailing Carnival and want a wake-up call, you can use the in-cabin phone to set one, or rely on your cell phone as an alarm by switching it to airplane mode and joining the ship's WiFi. Double-check your phone's time zone settings manually if it doesn't auto-update via GPS. If you prefer a physical clock, Carnival's Prohibited Items List doesn't restrict bringing your own portable, battery-operated alarm clock.
The math here is the tell: at $6 a clock, outfitting Carnival Jubilee's 2,681 cabins alone runs over $16,000, and that's before you multiply it across 29 ships and factor in stewards manually resetting clocks for time-zone changes on every itinerary. My read is Heald's joke answer is really the corporate answer — this isn't happening, because the juice isn't worth the squeeze when phones already do the job. The 680-plus responses back that up; most cruisers said they'd just use a phone or smartwatch anyway. The irony is the guest asking for a fix that most of the fleet's own passengers say they don't want. If you're the type who needs a bedside clock, skip the petition and pack a $6 travel alarm yourself — it's allowed, and it's cheaper than waiting on Carnival's budget committee.