Originally posted by Marc:
This is TERRIBLE!!!!
Regent Med cruises last few years have had predominantly country club casual dress codes with one or two days a week being informal. I have not had to take a tux to the Med in a while. NOW, for TUT, we have three FORMAL nights! :mad:
This is a step backwards! :(
By doing away with informal nights, Regent has chosen to bring back formal nights. :( :(
And if Signatures still requires a jacket, we have to bring a tux AND a sports coat (I know a dark suit will suffice).
I see that with all the staff changes Mark Conroy is surrounded by ????
I sure hope they reconsider before 2010 arrives!
Marc,
With all due respect, I think you're comparing apples and oranges. The Med cruises you're referring to were seven-night cruises, possibly taken or being taken back-to-back such as Sea-2-Sea. On those cruises there were one or two informal nights with the remaining nights being country club casual. In 2010, those cruises are now all elegant casual.
However, TUT is a 14-night cruise and, for the last couple of years, 14-night cruises on Voyager and Mariner have had three formal nights as well as a couple of informal nights. In 2010, 14-night cruises on Voyager and Mariner will have three formal nights and 11 elegant casual nights. So Regent hasn't made formal nights out of informal nights. Overall, 14-night cruises on Voyager and Mariner are a little more casual in 2010 IMHO.
Now, my personal preference would be to do away with both formal and informal nights for longer voyages. I believe that is the direction Regent's heading as they have done with seven-night cruises. Only time will tell. :D
