Sailfish53

I'm not sure on the 5 day or 14 day cruises, but on the 7 day cruises generally there are 3-4 random formal nights, meaning at will non-specific to any night. Generally not on the first night or on the first 2 port nights.... again generally. I'm sure every ship in the fleet plans accordingly with some latitude between them. Any other night is smart casual, slacks, dress shirt etc. as you mentioned perfectly fine. I know this for a fact because I was approached on a formal night and was require to wear a jacket and for my convenience they supplied me and others with them. They have a portable closet behind the facade at the entrance with many sizes, If you check the RCCL.com website it's clear on the dress code. Now whether people follow it or not and it's enforced? Read their site it clearly spells it out. Or just google it.............. it's in black and white.

Oh........One other thing you may find helpful....... unlike NCL the Royal Caribbean cruise line has a VERY FORMAL DINNING EXPERIENCE. Yes evening gowns, full suits, and tuxedos are not out of the norm. The first night they are a little relaxed because of the luggage situation and the muster drill etc etc etc. I always dress smart casual for boarding and that's usually good enough to enter the first night:)

Hello, You do not have to book reservations in any of the pay (up charge) restaurants in advance, that being said if it's full you may have a long wait or be out of luck? So................. it only takes a few minutes to book on line in advance at RCCL.COM, login in with your confirmation number and look up "reservations". Also the main dinning room is located AFT or Stern on decks 6 and 7 one of the complimentary restaurants which serves dinner at 3 different times, I believe Refection's seats at 5:30,7:30 and 9:30. You can also reserve your seats at a table for 2,4,or 8. This table is generally your table for the duration of the cruise for that time slot and table location. Also you can select your table size, sometimes the location............maybe near a window:)...........but that has to be done at the dinning room check in station at the restaurant entrance for any changes that were done prior to the cruise.

Hope this helps we are also leaving in October three weeks from now out of Boston to Bermuda:) If you have any other questions shoot them out I maybe able to help you? Bon voyage:)

FYI there's also a free

Shuttle service to the

Clock tower and stores

In the wharf area they look

Like trains:)

Hi figure every hour and 15 minutes each way. I know of no

Posted schedule yet.

Have fun!! Leaving in October for Bermuda;)

FYI the NCL free ferry service is up and running for 2018 it just started. The ferry contract is for the next 4 years. I also read that NCL is building 2 tenders specifically for that shuttle service to St. George in the near future.

Hi I can only suggest from experience on the Norwegian Dawn out of Boston to Bermuda in October for the best pricing. I have been 4 years in a row for that very reason alone, the second or third week as well. I basically search because its just before their relocation cruise back to New Orleans for the winter season in the north east. I always get a baloney forward

on deck 9 or 10 very cheap!. I stay away from deck 11 because I found the chairs make a lot of noise from the Garden Cafe buffet morning to night. Also I love October because Bermuda is comfortable not to hot and also nearing the end of Hurricane season. The best part is the kids are in school. I never and I mean never cruise when the kids are on vacation, unless its to Alaska I find its a much, much senior, crowd and very few kids even when schools out...... weather driven I expect? In short I have found 15-20% less per person generally that time of the year from Boston. Can it change? Yup:)

Hi also if I may mention the Aqua is very, very small compared to the Venetian. I also found the Aqua to be very noisy due to its size and there are no windows in the aqua, were the Venetian has windows on all 3 sides, not sure if that matters to you or not?