Yet another dress code question

This is NOT meant to be a discussion as to pros and cons of dress code, looking for info only!

I am going on a 7 day Caribbean cruise early next year, my first on SS. My understanding is that there will be 1 formal night, but I cannot find how many of the others are likely to be "informal" vs "casual". Is there a set pattern, or does it vary?

Also, as there are no days at sea on this cruise, is there any way of finding out ahead of time which night the formal night is likely to be? I would like to know this prior to dining reservation, as it may affect which venue I choose for that night. I cannot see this on My Silversea, although it is not impossible that I am missing it.

Thanks, Bob

Hi boblerm, I can answer the second question: formal night is likely to be the second night onboard. That seems to be the case on most 7-day cruises, including the ones with no sea days.

Boblerm we are cruising two 7 day and a 10 day cruise back to back and we have passed the 120 day before sailing date this week. The ‘formal optional’ nights are showing on the ‘My activities’ page on the left hand side under the date. And yes, the information above is correct, the formal optional is the 2nd night on board.

The rest of the nights will probably be informal apart from the last night which is casual.

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Bob,

Your first and last night will most definitely be casual.

As others have said, typically the 2nd night will be formal. Once you pass the 120-day pre-embarkation day mark, the word "formal" should appear on your MySilversea page under the day of the formal night.

Lastly, for most 7-day voyages, you will have 3 informal nights and 3 casual nights.

Hope this helps!

Many times I have found that no matter what they tell you in the pre cruise information it changes on board. They either add an extra formal night or delete one. Since I have long ago given up bringing a tux it doesn't much matter to me.

Thank you Unibok, 57 Varieties, Stumblefoot and Wripro for your responses, they were very helpful.

Bob

I just checked our Amazon cruise in November and we have successfully avoided making dinner reservations on formal nights. I hope the formal nights stay that way. We'll be eating in our Silver Suite on formal nights since we have only worn a tux and evening gown a few times ever, and we don't want to do it on vacation.

Ok, I have a silly question - on our upcoming Caribbean 7 day cruise, the second night is showing "Formal - optional". What does that mean? Obviously, for 7 days, with carry-on only luggage, we're not packing suits & evening gowns, I am confused what the "optional" qualifier was for (obviously, every formal night is "optional" by booking The Grill, etc.

Thanks for any insight.

Jan

Our 3 nights out of 16 were all marked as "Formal" and not "Formal - optional". If "optional" means the same thing on Silversea as it does on Regent, then you don't need a tux or evening gown, but you might see some people dressed like that.

Our 3 nights out of 16 were all marked as "Formal" and not "Formal - optional". If "optional" means the same thing on Silversea as it does on Regent, then you don't need a tux or evening gown, but you might see some people dressed like that.

Here is what I found on the Silversea web site:

If you log in to my silversea, select dining from the top right corner, the calendar will come up. The formal night(s) are specified on there.

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