goingtocruise Posted December 23, 2010 #1 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Am all packed, but need to know if I will be out of place. Packed skirt and nice tops and a couple of informal dresses for dinner and penny loafers for shoes. Will I fit in, or does everybody just wear slacks? I enjoy dressing for dinner on a cruise as it is something I rarely do at home. For the young men I thought black dress pants, button up shirt and maybe a tie? Don't want them to pack dress shoes, so I'm not sure what they will wear. Also, is there a self serve laundry on the ship. Need clean clothes for Disney after the cruise. We won't have enough dirty clothes by Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted December 23, 2010 #2 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I almost always wore business casual, no tie, and I didn't feel overdressed. At least half of the passengers don't take time to dress any differently for dinner but this is dependent on many factors (ship, itinerary and time of year). My advice is to dress as you wish and don't worry about being out of place. There are no self serve laundries on any NCL ship, but most ships offer a laundry bag special where you can put as many clothes into the bag for standard wash and fold service for around $25. Roll your clothes tightly to get as much in the bag as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingtocruise Posted December 23, 2010 Author #3 Share Posted December 23, 2010 thank you for the reply. Then I am all packed and the suitcase will stay shut. It is nice not packing a formal, but feel I may miss not having those nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted December 23, 2010 #4 Share Posted December 23, 2010 That's the beauty of Freestyle, if you want to go formal you may. I wore a suit on our last cruise on "dress up or not night". Quite a few did dress up (at the time I was eating I guessed about half were duded up), but there were also people wearing shorts (allowable on the Sky in one of the MDR's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faymuiheng Posted December 23, 2010 #5 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Forget the ties, and possibly the black dress up pants for the kids. Let them wear clean jeans. Their running shoes won't stick out this way. ;) I've always brought along khaki pants, and never wore them. Brought 2 pairs of jeans, and never ever felt out of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STARFISH*4 Posted December 24, 2010 #6 Share Posted December 24, 2010 bring those clothes only if you want...its resort casual all the time even on the DRESS-UP or NIGHT nights and you wont stand out either way... its FREE~STYLE ...YOUR CHOICE:) just got off the SUN for 2 weeks and you saw everything from a tux here and there some gowns too down to shorts, shirts and capris. there are no self serve laundrys on the NCL ships! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBprincess Posted December 24, 2010 #7 Share Posted December 24, 2010 The "paid" NCL laundry will be better and cheaper then Disney (land or world) will be... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmexicoNita Posted December 24, 2010 #8 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Am all packed, but need to know if I will be out of place. Packed skirt and nice tops and a couple of informal dresses for dinner and penny loafers for shoes. Will I fit in, or does everybody just wear slacks? I enjoy dressing for dinner on a cruise as it is something I rarely do at home. For the young men I thought black dress pants, button up shirt and maybe a tie? Don't want them to pack dress shoes, so I'm not sure what they will wear. Also, is there a self serve laundry on the ship. Need clean clothes for Disney after the cruise. We won't have enough dirty clothes by Tuesday. you should be just fine. There are lots of people who wear summer dresses for dinner. Yes, more will be in slacks or capris but you will not be out of place. As for laundry, if you are taking a week long cruise, which I assume you are, about 1/2 thru the week there will be a laundry special. I think it is $25 for a bag and though the bags don't look that big, you would be surprised how much you can jam into one. No, there is no self laundry anymore. Nita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnoliaBlossom Posted December 24, 2010 #9 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Sounds like you'll be fine. You can rinse out some items and dry them in the bathroom. The bag for laundry is the size of the old brown grocery bags. If you roll tightly you can get a lot in them. If by chance you are a silver latitudes member you get a discount off your laundry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pszaffveauhraunne Posted December 25, 2010 #10 Share Posted December 25, 2010 If by chance you are a silver latitudes member you get a discount off your laundry. You do? Didn't know that - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwinner Posted December 25, 2010 #11 Share Posted December 25, 2010 What's the dress in the nice paid restaurants? Do they tend to average out with people in nicer attire than the MDRs? If you wanted slightly more formal would Le Bistro or comparable on dress up or not night be a good idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnoliaBlossom Posted December 25, 2010 #12 Share Posted December 25, 2010 You do? Didn't know that - thanks! Yep, ya' do. I think it's 25% for silver and gold and free for platinum. It is not listed on the latitudes benefits, so the discount may vary by ship, but the platinum is free on all ships. When you get on board, call the Latitude's desk and ask if it available and if it's every day. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SakeDad Posted December 25, 2010 #13 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Forget the ties, and possibly the black dress up pants for the kids. Let them wear clean jeans. Their running shoes won't stick out this way. ;) I've always brought along khaki pants, and never wore them. Brought 2 pairs of jeans, and never ever felt out of place. Agreed....unless the kids enhoying wearing slacks and ties on vacation leave them home. There won't really be any other kids all dressed up on NCL. Nice jeans (no rips or tears) are allowed in ALL dining venues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npsh Posted December 25, 2010 #14 Share Posted December 25, 2010 What's the dress in the nice paid restaurants? Do they tend to average out with people in nicer attire than the MDRs? If you wanted slightly more formal would Le Bistro or comparable on dress up or not night be a good idea? All the same no matter where(at least it was like that on the Dawn). I went to the Le Bistro and Cagney's Steak House in my jeans(Levi) and a t-shirt, sandals, even asked if my dress was suitable and was admitted no problem. The guy there said it is Freestyle so enjoy.......... which I did. If I remember correctly, there was a one time Captain's dinner at the cost of $75.00 each and proper dress(jacket, shirt and tie) was required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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