When are formal nights?

[brentb03]

I looked and could not find the answer. I will be on the November 24, 2019 Regal Princess Eastern Caribbean Cruise. Does anyone know which nights the 2 formal nights will be?

 

TIA

[neverbeenhere]

Survey says... second and sixth nights. But the Captain controls all. 

[lstone19]

Since the second night on that cruise has you at Princess Cays until 5pm, probably not. More likely the third night since that is a sea day. Second formal night will almost certainly be night 6 since that is a sea day.

 

As for "the Captain controls all" comment, while legally the Captain does control everything, a wise captain who wishes to stay employed will follow the "suggestions" of the product planners back at HQ. And since this is a standard itinerary for Princess, HQ  almost certainly has planned formal nights for this is itinerary. And besides, the Captain has far more to concern himself with than which nights are the formal nights.

 

FWIW, our first Princess cruise was a northbound Voyage of the Glaciers in 1993. Formal nights were nights 2 and 6. Here it is 26 years later and many, many captains have commanded ships on that itinerary and yet not once have I heard of a captain ordering formal nights to be anything other than nights 2 and 6 on that trip. Pretty convincing evidence that Princess HQ decides when formal nights are on standard itineraries rather than leaving it to the captain's whims.

[skynight]

Most likely Tuesday, November 26th and Friday November 29th, both sea days.

Confirm the formal nights by looking in the Princess Patter when you board.