Volendam HAL, formal attire question

[SheilaSailAway]

Hey Gang!

 

I was wondering what can you expect in the dining room for this ship...also, what can be expected on the Formal nights (2 of them, right?)

 

and on a side note: what would the average age be of a Volendam cruiser?

 

Thanks in advance for all your wisdom and insight!

 

here's to happy posting and even happier cruising!

[boxer2]

Will be on the Volendam for 10 days starting 12/3. 10 day cruises have 3 formal nights. From what I have read so far on our roll call, lots of Baby Boomers on this cruise.

Hope this helps.

[SheilaSailAway]

thanks a bunch!!!

[Hoyaheel]

I was on an 11-day HAL cruise (on the Maasdam) and we had 3 formal nights. I wore a long gown each night and my husband wore a tuxedo. We saw a large % of men wearing tuxedos and women who were quite formal. However, someone who was on the same cruise posted a review saying they saw very few tuxedos. Hmm....They were at the 5:45 dinner seating and I was at the 8:00 seating--some people think that later dining is a little more formal, is the only possible explanation I can think of....Anyway, you will see some people wearing pants suits or cocktail dresses, dark suits--but we didn't see ANY jeans or shorts, and very few sportscoat/slacks combos on formal nights....

 

Ages--I'm 33 and my husband is 38--we saw more younger couples than we expected (50s-60s retired couples) but almost no children, a couple couples in their 20s, maybe a few more (like us) in their 30s & 40s. But we had a GREAT time--age just wasn't an issue for us at all on that cruise....

[Logoladytcs]

We were on the Volendam in April for the Panama Canal cruise. You saw everything in the dining room, even on formal nights. For the men tuxes and/or dark suits were fine and I wore long skirts and dressy tops. There was also "semi-formal" nights supposedly, but we never figured that out -so I opted for dressy pants and jeweled sweaters. Worked out fine.

 

As far as the average age - this was during Easter, and also was a 18 day cruise, so that could make a difference, but I would say that it was in the 50-60's range.

 

Enjoy- it's a beautiful ship and a wonderful crew.

 

Barbara