formal night on 5-day coastal voyage

[Hopmont]

Is there a formal night on such a short cruise from Vancouver to San Diego on the Veendam?

[Krazy Kruizers]

Welcome to Cruise Critic.

I would count it -- on our Westerdam cruise from San Diego to Seattle there was one.

[mattR]

Is there a formal night on such a short cruise from Vancouver to San Diego on the Veendam?

We just booked that same crusie today now it's time to do all the research as we were'nt even looking but had friends invite us:)

[DutchByAssociation]

Almost guaranteed.

Most 3 days will offer one, so I have to think a 5 day will.

Also, keep in mind the general rule of thumb on HAL is 2 formal nights per week. As 5 days is the majority of a week, it's reasonable to assume there is 1.

[clogaltocruise]

We did not have a formal night on our 5-day Pacific Northwest cruise in May. However, you will have more sea days and that will probably be the difference. Enjoy your cruise!

[Krazy Kruizers]

We did not have a formal night on our 5-day Pacific Northwest cruise in May. However, you will have more sea days and that will probably be the difference. Enjoy your cruise!

Strange as our Westerdam cruise last Apri/May did have 1.

What ship were you on?

[clogaltocruise]

Hi ~

We were on the Statendam sailing of May 5th. Our cruise documents also showed there were no formal nights.

[RedmondCruiser]

I'd bet that the second night out will be a formal night. Sometimes the ship can make alterations to the dress code as they wish. In past years they had a semi formal night - (sport coat required - tie optional ) The Westerdam had it listed but when we got on the ship they had eliminated it. We dressed anyway and the matre de asked "are you European ?" ---- Casual is the wave of the future weather we like it or not. just hope that it does not get down to "clean tee shirts required" or "acceptable logos on your baseball cap only"

[Juanita462]

Our docs for this cruise - we are doing the 13 days - says 3 formal nights so I suspect there will be one between Van and San Diego.

[mattR]

my e-docs say there will be 1 formal and 4 smart casual nights

[Hopmont]

Thanks for all your information. We just got off a golden princess alaska cruise and saw amazing dress for formal night in the dining room.....sweatshirts...shorts...wow...this was the most lax. So, it does not really matter what you wear these days...for some anyway.:d

[AZWTRLVR]

We will be sailing on the five-day Vancouver-San Diego voyage. I checked our e-docs and they say 1-Formal 4-Smart Casual