OneNewTexan Posted October 21, 2011 #1 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We liked it better on Celebrity when the dress code was categorized as Casual, Semi-Formal, and Formal. After Celebrity made the change around 2008-2009, the average dress of those onboard at dinner time went down. Everything at home is casual. We like to dress up on cruises and wish Celebrity would step it up a notch. How do you feel? Are there others that share our opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancal Posted October 21, 2011 #2 Share Posted October 21, 2011 We prefer casual. We would like to see Celebrity emulate Azamara or Oceania. Having said that, we have no problem passing on the MDR on formal evenings in favour of another dining venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spf12 Posted October 22, 2011 #3 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I prefer smart casual all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunCruiser56 Posted October 22, 2011 #4 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I like having the different dress nights and enjoy dressing up for formal night, my DH grumps about it but he looks smashing! On a cruise is the only chance we get to dress up. Bev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warmwinds Posted October 22, 2011 #5 Share Posted October 22, 2011 We don't care what they say. We dress the way we want. My husband brings his tux for formal nights, and he still brings a sports coat which he wears to coordinate with my fancier outfits, regardless that every night is supposed to be the same. We have the clothes, why not wear them? I love getting dressed up, he doesn't mind. So I guess my answer is yes, we liked it better when dressing up was an expectation, but no one is stopping your from doing it anyway if it's what you like to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwrod Posted October 22, 2011 #6 Share Posted October 22, 2011 How do you feel? Are there others that share our opinion? Yes...share your opinion totally..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaBag Posted October 22, 2011 #7 Share Posted October 22, 2011 We share your opinion too, and we enjoy dressing up, although it doesn't upset us when people come to the dining room on formal night in casual dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelmac Posted October 22, 2011 #8 Share Posted October 22, 2011 We are willing to do either. If you like casual, semi-formal and formal evenings, you should try a Cunard cruise. Last Xmas holiday cruise on the Queen Mary 2 (15 nights), we had six formal, five semi-formal, and four casual nights. It was great!:) Kel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarylady19 Posted October 22, 2011 #9 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I like to dress up personally (I wear mostly suits for work but not much call for cocktail dresses in the library!!). I really liked that on our Summit cruise last year, most were dressed somewhere between smart casual and formal each night. Seems wrong for the waitstaff to be dressed better than the clientele...just my opinion. My biggest pet peeve, however, is baseball hats in any sit-down restaurant. At least if someone is wearing jeans, I don't have to look at them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoey Posted October 22, 2011 #10 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I prefer smart casual and formal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jborosara Posted October 22, 2011 #11 Share Posted October 22, 2011 personally - i think X is the best bang for the cruise buck or i wouldn't put up with the formal non-sense.... I'd go Azamara or Oceania.... but since i have three kids to put through college, I'll opt for the specialty restaurants to avoid formal dress.... Go casual!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texkan Posted October 22, 2011 #12 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Smart Casual and Formal for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighairtexan Posted October 22, 2011 #13 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I prefer it as it is w/just the 2 categories. Easier to pack and plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tip Posted October 22, 2011 #14 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I prefer smart casual all the time. So do I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tally10 Posted October 22, 2011 #15 Share Posted October 22, 2011 So do I! Casual all the way for us. We loathe dressing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truffle Posted October 22, 2011 #16 Share Posted October 22, 2011 We much prefer the three categories even if it means packing an extra bag. We would never NOT take a cruise for a price difference of $150.00 so we just feel that a luggage fee is part of the cost of the cruise. I also think it's kind of strange that one can dine in a venue such as Murano (which I feel is more formal than the MDR) wearing Smart Casual on nights when it is Formal in the MDR. If a suit or a tux is uncomfortable then perhaps it does not fit properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbappel Posted October 22, 2011 #17 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I miss the three categories and like getting dressed up. We mostly take European cruises, so if I didn't want to get dressed up I'd probably take land tours so we could spend the night in the cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted October 22, 2011 #18 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Hell no. Dump formal night and have semi-formal that requires a jacket. Tuxes and ball gowns have no place on my vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Cruiser 6143 Posted October 22, 2011 #19 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I prefer smart casual all the time. Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptiprof Posted October 22, 2011 #20 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Smart casual all the time=easy packing for me. We did a Regent cruise last May with an all-smart casual dress code. Heaven! On the Millie in September, we resorted to renting a tux for DH to avoid packing jacket, slacks, and dress shoes. I took evening pants and one formal top. Total= one suitcase between us. On the Silhouette next May, we are shipping our one suitcase ahead to our Venice hotel so we can travel through France for 5 days with just 2 wheeled carry-ons, my oversized purse, and our multi-pocket travel jackets. I think we're unusual, though. If it weren't for the airline "liquid" restrictions for carry-ons and the need for very dressy clothes, we could do a 10 day cruise with just the luggage we are taking to France (and follow the dress code nicely). We would have to do laundry onboard, but for us, it would be worth it to just get off the plane, be first through customs, and just walk out of the airport into busses, subways, taxis, etc. without hassle. Sign me up for light packing and smart casual dressing :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuffinReady Posted October 22, 2011 #21 Share Posted October 22, 2011 So do I! Me Too! But, maybe I'll leave my black suit home and go to the specialty resturants in smart casual. :):) RuffinReady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pris993 Posted October 22, 2011 #22 Share Posted October 22, 2011 We don't care what they say. We dress the way we want. My husband brings his tux for formal nights, and he still brings a sports coat which he wears to coordinate with my fancier outfits, regardless that every night is supposed to be the same. We have the clothes, why not wear them? I love getting dressed up, he doesn't mind. So I guess my answer is yes, we liked it better when dressing up was an expectation, but no one is stopping your from doing it anyway if it's what you like to do. We just came back from a 12 day Cunard Cruise on the Queen Victoria. A jacket is required every night, their idea of casual is a jacket no tie which is only okay on the first and last night of a cruise. The other 10 nights were either informal or formal. We enjoyed the cruise and atmosphere so much we booked two cruises this year on the QV. We did a 16 day TA in the spring. We are booked on the Eciplse in March. Did not realize Celebrity dress code has changed. We last cruised in 2009. We like to dress and will take both formal, informal and smart casual when we do our next cruise. We will dress up to please ourselves, after all it is our vacation. I suspect cruise lines are complying to limits on luggage set by airlines. It is tougher to take the clothes with luggage limits these days. We pay extra but not everyone wants to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project_gal Posted October 22, 2011 #23 Share Posted October 22, 2011 We liked it better on Celebrity when the dress code was categorized as Casual, Semi-Formal, and Formal. After Celebrity made the change around 2008-2009, the average dress of those onboard at dinner time went down. Everything at home is casual. We like to dress up on cruises and wish Celebrity would step it up a notch. How do you feel? Are there others that share our opinion? We are with you completely on this except I never particularly liked the "Casual" nights as I found it hard to understand how to dress. We now take consolation in the "... and above" part of "Smart Casual and above" and dress accordingly - black tie for formal nights and cocktail dress/lounge suit for smart casual and above night. The opportunity to dress up was the main reason we took our first cruise and, although we now know that there are other reasons to cruise, we have been disappointed with the decline in the ambiance that has come with the decline in the dress code. Smart casual all the time on Azamara does not reduce our packing because my husband insists on taking an extras suit in place of his DJ and dress trousers and many of my coctail dresses can weigh as much as my formal gowns. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted October 22, 2011 #24 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Smart casual all the time=easy packing for me. We did a Regent cruise last May with an all-smart casual dress code. Heaven! On the Millie in September, we resorted to renting a tux for DH to avoid packing jacket, slacks, and dress shoes. I took evening pants and one formal top. Total= one suitcase between us. On the Silhouette next May, we are shipping our one suitcase ahead to our Venice hotel so we can travel through France for 5 days with just 2 wheeled carry-ons, my oversized purse, and our multi-pocket travel jackets. I think we're unusual, though. If it weren't for the airline "liquid" restrictions for carry-ons and the need for very dressy clothes, we could do a 10 day cruise with just the luggage we are taking to France (and follow the dress code nicely). We would have to do laundry onboard, but for us, it would be worth it to just get off the plane, be first through customs, and just walk out of the airport into busses, subways, taxis, etc. without hassle. Sign me up for light packing and smart casual dressing :-) Us also. The freedom of travelling light opens up a whole new world of independent land travel bookending cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unixgeek Posted October 22, 2011 #25 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Hell no. Dump formal night and have semi-formal that requires a jacket. Tuxes and ball gowns have no place on my vacation. +1 to this! Heck, I don't even own a suit, let alone a tux. And that's how I like it. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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