Is this normal...or a misprint??

[skynight]

Yes, I received notice from Princess that there will only be 3 formal nights on our 14 day Caribbean Adventurer (Western/Eastern) cruise on Sky Princess 1/4/2020.

I have been on numerous eastern and western itinerary cruises and have always had 2 formal nights, but this time Princess says we will only have 3 on the b2b western/eastern and not 4.

I believe this due to the port schedule and the fact that we leave Cozumel at 10:00 PM on the sixth day and are at sea the seventh with luggage needing to be put out at diner.

This sailing is actually two 7 day cruises. The 3 formal nights that are mentioned in your documents most likely is the Princess system seeing a 14 day booked cruise and thus defaulting to 3 formal nights for a 14 day cruise. I would venture to say that those that booked the January 4th, 7 day western itinerary have documents that show 2 formal nights. All this information is from default positions programmed into their systems. The information is not voyage specific. As long as Princess retains formal nights I believe there will be 2 on each segment of the b2b.

[satxdiver]

On our several B2B 14 day cruises, Princess treats each segment as a 7 day cruise with 2 formal nights. So on our B2B 14 day total, we had 4 formal nights. Also the meal plans on the second 7 day segment will be the same as the first 7 day segment. These are the negatives of doing a 14 day total B2B cruise.

 

Having been to Belize, a tender port, many times, the ship has had to wait every time because a large number of pax appeared at the tender dock very near the "last" tender which required several tenders to get them all back onboard.

 

Due to the 30 minute each way tender ride in Belize we have started staying on the ship. We have been to almost all the sites including cave tubing three times.

[pablo222]

I was looking at our Travel Summary for a 7 day Western Caribbean and it mentioned 2 Formal Nights. Is that correct? Or a misprint?

 

Why would it be a misprint? It has been that way forever.

Although, I think in the old days 10-day cruises used to have 3 formal nights.

 

https://www.princess.com/learn/faq_answer/onboard/dining_nightlife.jsp

 

 

See the section "Format Nights"

 

Length of CruiseNumber of Formal Evenings

1 - 4 Days 0

5 - 6 Days 1

7 - 13 Days 2

14 - 20 Days 3

21 - 28 Days 4

29+ Days 5 Minimum

 

You can, of course, dress formally every night, if you wish.

 

(sorry, that table was beautiful when I pasted it, but it seems to have been destroyed by posting)

[USCcruisecrazy]

Why would it be a misprint? It has been that way forever.

Although, I think in the old days 10-day cruises used to have 3 formal nights.

 

https://www.princess.com/learn/faq_answer/onboard/dining_nightlife.jsp

 

 

See the section "Format Nights"

 

Length of CruiseNumber of Formal Evenings

1 - 4 Days 0

5 - 6 Days 1

7 - 13 Days 2

14 - 20 Days 3

21 - 28 Days 4

29+ Days 5 Minimum

 

You can, of course, dress formally every night, if you wish.

 

(sorry, that table was beautiful when I pasted it, but it seems to have been destroyed by posting)

 

Yeah, I get that...I saw the table...but the question arose because of our Itinerary. The next to last night is a 10:00 embarkation and I know the last night would never be a formal night. That only left an option of having a formal night when embarkation was after the first traditional seating would have already begun. It just seemed odd, so I was hoping someone would have a good explanation or had experienced just one formal on a 7 day. Appreciate your time to provide the above information. Thanks!!

[famski740]

Sent an email to Captain Circle Office requesting an reading on this question. They told me to call the cruise planners.

 

I spent about 20 minutes on the phone while she checked with a couple of different people. She pulled up the individual cruise on her system and it stated there would be 2 formal nights.

 

According to the planning specialist, formal nights are up to the discretion of the Captain and we will not know until he sails the itinerary and decides what nights will be formal. My guess would be #1 on the second night which is a sea day and #2 on the fifth night after leaving Roatan at 5:00 PM.

[reedprincess]

Yeah, I get that...I saw the table...but the question arose because of our Itinerary. The next to last night is a 10:00 embarkation and I know the last night would never be a formal night. That only left an option of having a formal night when embarkation was after the first traditional seating would have already begun. It just seemed odd, so I was hoping someone would have a good explanation or had experienced just one formal on a 7 day. Appreciate your time to provide the above information. Thanks!!

Have been on several back to backs, which were purchased as one sailing, and where the last few days of the first leg (or second leg ) were port days, some with sailaway after first traditional would have started.. Yes, they had all the formal nights based in the shorter legs, so 4 instead if 3 if it had been a true cruise of whichever length. Some people were a but caught out as they didn't realize Princess website had a default like that, so only had planned for 3..

 

You'll very likely have 4 on your cruise, and yes - they can, and are at a times, held on port days, even when sail-away is after traditional dining starts..

[sun&sea]

I was actually wondering the same thing, even though we are on the Sky, Western Caribbean, Feb 2020. I was wanting to book the UBD, as we have M108 with the huge balcony. I wanted to schedule it for our Cozumel day, as departure is not until 10pm. I wasn't sure when they would have formal night.

 

Janet

[caribill]

This does sound strange. We are doing a 14 day (b2b) with western then eastern with the same itinerary on the first half. Our travel summary only shows 3 formal nights for the whole cruise and I can see 2 being on the eastern which is normal.

 

You will have 4 formal evenings on your B2B, 2 on each 7-day segment.

 

It appears that you booked this with a single booking number. A true 14 day cruise (one segment) has three formal evenings. The sophisticated software that Princess has does not recognize that your 14-day cruise is really two 7-day cruises and thus did not list the correct number of formal evenings.

[flutprop]

We were on CB in end of July, and I "think" the second formal night was Belize. There were definitely 2 formal nights, but we didn't do photos nor did I save our Patters to confirm this.