I was looking at our itinerary for our upcoming Auckland-LA cruise, and I noticed that we seem to have two formal nights in a row, when we cross the international date line. I thought that was kind of odd. Is that some sort of tradition, that when you repeat a day because you're crossing the international date line, you have formal nights both nights?

I do think it's cool that we'll be experiencing Sat, Dec. 2 twice! But as much as I love formal nights, two in a row seems a little much. Over this 19-day cruise we have four formal dinners and six informal dinners! That's a lotta dressy clothes to bring!