Formal nights mean hors doerves delivered to the cabin. In our case, we ask for only chocolate covered strawberries. They almost make the 'dressing up' part worthwhile.
On the first day at sea (of these two at the end of this cruise) the seas got very rough. We went out on the Promenade Deck to enjoy the spectacle and were served afternoon tea al fresco. It's a new Princess offering and it was very nice, albeit windy.
Dinner was a very nice orange roughy and polenta souffle with a particularly pretty presentation.
We skipped the shows last night and quickly changed after dinner and went up to watch The Help on MUTS. But the rough seas made the pool water spray up out of the pool, and the sound of the pool waves masked most of the sound, so we eventually gave up and called it an evening.
The first post of each season:
- 15 nights Panama Canal 2021~Emerald Princess
- 22 nights Alaska 2021~Nieuw Amsterdam, Majestic Princess
- 140 nights Transpacific, Australia & South Pacific 2019-2020~Ruby&Majestic Princess
- Around the World 2018
- 37 nights Hawaii land trip 2018
- 31 nights Hawaii land trip 2017
- 80 nights Australia & South Pacific 2017~Golden Princess
- 17 nights Panama Canal & World Cruise 2017 Segment #1~Pacific Princess
- 14 nights small ship Caribbean 2016~Pacific Princess
- (Not 77, instead) 65 nights Mediterranean and Transatlantic 2016~Pacific Princess
- 60 nights Caribbean 2016~Emerald Princess
- 87 nights Polynesia 2015~Pacific Princess, Easter Island, Rarotonga
- 30 nights Caribbean 2015~Caribbean Princess
- 9 nights Mexico 2015~Grand Princess
- 96 nights French Polynesia 2014-2015~Pacific Princess
- 150 nights Caribbean 2013-2014~Royal Princess, Nieuw Amsterdam, Allure OTS, Emerald Princess
- 120 nights Caribbean 2012-2013~Emerald Princess, Noordam
- 14 nights Alaska 2012~Island Princess
- 100 nights Caribbean 2011-2012~Emerald Princess
- FAQs about spending winters at sea