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Topic: Formal night on a three day cruise?

Mercy
First Class Passenger
Member # 322

posted 04-16-2000 03:58 PM

I am going on my first three day cruise, with Royal Caribbean. Does anyone know if they have a formal night?

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Green
First Class Passenger
Member # 171

posted 04-16-2000 05:25 PM

Hi Mercy - I'm not being factitious - 3 day or 3 night cruise?

I don't know the answer and will be interested in the other posts.

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 04-16-2000 06:22 PM

Mercy - we did a 3 night, 2 day trip from LA to Vancouver (repositioning) on the Rotterdam V & Statendam (HAL) and I don't believe we had a formal night. Just checked my photo album and it doesn't look like we had one. If you aren't sure, just take a dressy pant suit that would do for either a formal or informal night. On my last cruise on the last formal night I wore a dressy 3 piece pant outfit and it was fine.

[This message has been edited by sympatico (edited 04-16-2000).]

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MagnmPI
First Class Passenger
Member # 299

posted 04-16-2000 06:36 PM

I was checking your intinerary and it seems as though there are no "at sea" days. Usually formal nights are on "at sea" days. But I bet there is a formal night on your trip...however I don't know.

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CruiseHappy
Just Boarded
Member # 1209

posted 04-16-2000 07:05 PM

According to a brochure we received last September when we went on the four night Royal Caribbean Viking Serenade to Ensenada it lists both the three and four night cruises have one formal night.

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starfish
First Class Passenger
Member # 986

posted 04-16-2000 07:08 PM

Mercy We did a 3day on the Nortic Empress back in 94 We had 1 formal,1informal and 1 casual. That was some time ago and as you know things change.Hope you have a good RCI experiance.

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Mercy
First Class Passenger
Member # 322

posted 04-16-2000 09:15 PM

Thanks so much , everybody!
It's a four day, three night cruise, on the Vision of the Seas, to the Pacific Northwest from Seattle. Victoria Canada and Vancouver, B.C. Great time to spot whales!!
I live one hour North of Seattle.

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Green
First Class Passenger
Member # 171

posted 04-17-2000 01:16 PM

Have a great trip. Mercy. Many things to photograph in Victoria.

If you can, try Afternoon Tea at The Empress.

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 08-03-2006 09:24 AM

Formal

Casual

[ 08-03-2006: Message edited by: desirod7 ]

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 08-03-2006 10:35 AM

Good Grief,
The original post was 6 years ago.
Viking Serenade? It's been out of RCIs line up for a while.
Are posts deleted after a year? Seems like a lot to have archived??
F4

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 08-03-2006 10:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Frosty 4:
Good Grief,
The original post was 6 years ago.
Viking Serenade? It's been out of RCIs line up for a while.

So it is!

That naughty desirod dug it up!

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 08-03-2006 10:53 AM

Well actually now in the year 2006, things have become more casual than ever. On some 3-night cruises, the height of formality is a clean T-shirt!

Rich

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 08-03-2006 11:23 AM

The naughty Desirod is soon to embark on a 4 day cruise with a first timer on the largest queen of them all.

This weekend I am searching for a tunic

to wear on formal night. My body does not lend it self well to dresses. Tux's are boring.

Malcolm, were formal nights on your QE2 crossing a floating costume party like mine?

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 08-03-2006 05:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by desirod7:
Malcolm, were formal nights on your QE2 crossing a floating costume party like mine?

Desirod, I suspect that nothing on my cruise or in my wardrobe is ANYTHING like yours!

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 08-03-2006 05:49 PM

I have never seen a costume on anything other than a themed evening. Military uniforms, Kilts, Saris, Kimonos etc as expected.... yes, but nothing that one could deem a costume.

Pam

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Cambodge
First Class Passenger
Member # 906

posted 08-04-2006 03:05 PM

Well actually now in the year 2006, things have become more casual than ever. On some 3-night cruises, the height of formality is a clean T-shirt

It is my understanding that on Carnival, formal means that the bills of baseball caps are to face forward.

[ 08-04-2006: Message edited by: Cambodge ]

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 08-04-2006 03:20 PM

...in Dollywood I found signs saying "For this ride you must wear pants, shirts and shoes ".....I heard commercials for restaurants pointing out that they have real cutlery....

[ 08-04-2006: Message edited by: Ernst ]

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 08-04-2006 04:05 PM

If a tie is too constraining

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