Cruise Lines Are Quietly Cutting Formal Night in Half

Formal night used to be a given twice during most week long cruises. These days, quietly and without much fanfare, several major mainstream lines have trimmed that down to just one formal night per sailing. Some cruisers barely registered the change. For them, it just means packing one less tuxedo or gown and one less night of ironing a dress shirt in a tiny cabin bathroom. Others see it as one more small piece of cruising's old sense of occasion slipping away, a tradition that used to mark the week in a way nothing else onboard really does. Cruise lines point to guest surveys showing more passengers now prefer casual dining most nights of the week, and that the shift just reflects what people actually want. Whether that's progress or a loss probably depends on what you loved about cruising in the first place. Do you miss the second formal night, or is one elegant evening per cruise exactly the right amount? #FormalNight #CruiseTips #CruiseLife #CruiseTraditions #CruiseFashion