Formal nights

[davekathy]

On 12/13/2022 at 11:10 AM, SantaFeFan said:

 

That is where you and I are different. I don't spend my time in the MDR monitoring what people are wearing. I have no idea how many people are wearing what. I just don't care. It's not my business. 

Agree. I get myself in enough trouble not commenting on what my wife is wearing. 

[Alberta54]

I’m not sure why Princess continues to differentiate dining nights, calling some formal night. It implies formal like dress. That doesn’t exist anymore. Our cruise a few months ago had people dressed in frayed jeans, cowboy & baseball hats, t-shirts, runners, etc. I would say dress as you like. I think if you turn up with “some clothes on” you won’t be denied entry! 

[MissP22]

5 minutes ago, Alberta54 said:

I’m not sure why Princess continues to differentiate dining nights, calling some formal night. It implies formal like dress. That doesn’t exist anymore. Our cruise a few months ago had people dressed in frayed jeans, cowboy & baseball hats, t-shirts, runners, etc. I would say dress as you like. I think if you turn up with “some clothes on” you won’t be denied entry! 

It all has to do with $$.

It they imply it's formal night then some people will dress up and as long as they're already dress up, why not have a family photo taken?

If it were just another casual evening they wouldn't bother with photo's at all. 

They also might indulge in a better bottle of wine to go with their formal dinner. 

[Steelers36]

9 minutes ago, MissP22 said:

It all has to do with $$.

It they imply it's formal night then some people will dress up and as long as they're already dress up, why not have a family photo taken?

If it were just another casual evening they wouldn't bother with photo's at all. 

They also might indulge in a better bottle of wine to go with their formal dinner. 

On our voyages this Fall, the photo department was out there every evening for photo posing.  I didn't pay enough attention to see if more folks were partaking on the Formal and DTI nights, but I suspect so.  TBH, a lot of times I passed by the photo locations, the photographers were standing around looking bored.

 

I was thankful they were not sending the photogs around the DR's for individual and table photos.

[wowzz]

40 minutes ago, Alberta54 said:

I’m not sure why Princess continues to differentiate dining nights, calling some formal night. It implies formal like dress. That doesn’t exist anymore. Our cruise a few months ago had people dressed in frayed jeans, cowboy & baseball hats, t-shirts, runners, etc. I would say dress as you like. I think if you turn up with “some clothes on” you won’t be denied entry! 

A lot depends on the geographic location of the cruise. European cruises tend not to have people dressed like that.  

[MissP22]

26 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

I was thankful they were not sending the photogs around the DR's for individual and table photos.

Now that you mention it, I don't recall seeing them either- on any nights in the DR.