Dress Code Offenders

[fridayeyes]

What to do? Buy them a drink, of course. Problem solved. :D

 

Personally, I change into my formal wear at a time appropriate to my own dinner seating. Being somewhat of a girly-girl, the whole shower/hair/corset/make-up thing takes at least an hour, so for an 8 pm seating, I am usually headed back to my cabin by 6:30, 5:30 if we want pictures or the champagne reception first. Even more frequently, I catch a late afternoon nap around 4 ish and then get ready w/o leaving the cabin in between.

 

Cheers,

 

Friday

[RevNeal]

People who have late seating are sitting in the Ocean Bar in the late afternoon ... talking/laughing/smoking/drinking, etc. Now the early seating folks ... dressed formally because that's the dress code for the evening ... start wandering in at about 5:00 p.m. What to do?

 

EXCELLENT POINT!

On Formal nights I retire to my cabin by 5 pm so that I can shower, change, and be ready to be out and about by 6 pm. :) Yes, I enjoy a 2-hour cocktail "hour." :D

[kryos]

Which, of course, doesn't make it right. HAL does "request" that guests remain dressed for the evening in public areas.

Yeah, but what does HAL consider to be public areas? I was told on a prior cruise ... where I did not even pack formal wear and specifically asked about it ... that the dress code referred to the decks where entry to the dining room was. Now, I would assume that to be Promanade and Upper Promanade ... decks four and five, for example, on the Amsterdam.

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

[RevNeal]

They only call out numbers if they don't have them checked off on their clipboard. They check them off as they visually check the numbers on passengers' lifejackets.

 

That is correct ... and was what I was trying to say, but which you said so much better than I. :D

 

For some reason, I don't have much trouble getting the Life Jacket on and tied right. :D

[kryos]

EXCELLENT POINT!

On Formal nights I retire to my cabin by 5 pm so that show, change, and be ready to be out and about by 6 pm. :) Yes, I enjoy a 2-hour cocktail "hour." :D

I generally do the same thing ... 5:00 p.m. is a great time for afternoon nap when you have 8:30 p.m. seating. But on this one particular evening I got "caught short." Was just having too much fun socializing with some people in the Ocean Bar. Time got away from me. Then, as I saw people wandering in ... all gussied up ... I told my companions (some of whom also had wandered in dressed for dinner) "gotta get outta here ... I ain't properly dressed." I was wearing sweats and a tee-shirt. They all told me I was ridiculous ... it wasn't the hour for my dinner yet ... but I just felt out of place and left.

 

Ahhhhh, why can't dress codes be restricted to the dining room ... period? Would make things so much easier. :(

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

[RevNeal]

Even more frequently, I catch a late afternoon nap around 4 ish and then get ready w/o leaving the cabin in between.

 

Indeed ... now that you mention it, I often find myself doing the same thing. I'll grab a nap around 4, and then get up and start getting ready. While, being a boy, it doesn't take me an hour to get ready, I like to take my time and then be out with LOTS of time to go be a lounge lizard.

[RevNeal]

Ahhhhh, why can't dress codes be restricted to the dining room ... period? Would make things so much easier.

 

You KNOW this is coming: because it's Formal NIGHT, not Formal DINNER ... and the atmosphere in the lounges would not be the same if half the ship ran back to their staterooms to change right after eating. The ambiance of the whole ship is supposed to be "Formal" on "Formal Night."

[RuthC]

the dress code referred to the decks where entry to the dining room was. Now, I would assume that to be Promanade and Upper Promanade ... decks four and five, for example, on the Amsterdam.

Precisely! And that is why it would be all right to be out, although underdressed, around the Lido or the Lower Promenade. And why it is a faux pas to go to the show, lounges, or casino so dressed.

[Cruiseoften]

Reading through the posts it is obvious that some messages are intended to do nothing more than "wind people up"

 

This thread does not warrant the amount of replies that have been generated, it is ending up to be quite unsavory.

 

I'm outa here!!!!

 

Reading through the posts it is obvious that some messages are intended to do nothing more than "wind people up"

 

This thread does not warrant the amount of replies that have been generated, it is ending up to be quite unsavory.

 

I'm outa here!!!!

 

I replied to this post - in total agreement with Travelbug 2 - Revneal (hope I've spelled that correctly!) took me to task.

 

It would seem that there have been deletions within the thread, posts are no longer shown - perhaps Canadian content is less than welcome on this board.

 

Let's see if this makes it!

[Cruiseoften]

Apologies for the double post, however, perhaps all is not lost...........

[kryos]

For some reason, I don't have much trouble getting the Life Jacket on and tied right. :D

LOL ... maybe that's because most of those goodlooking officers in white are male? :)

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

[rochnd]

Should people who dress informally on formal dining nights be told to leave?

Should people wearing jeans or jogging suits at any dining room dinner be told to leave?

Should men be told to remove their hats in the dining room?

 

I think so, do you?

 

In answer to the question at hand:

 

No; No; and No.

 

How others are dressed really is not going to effect my cruise. Their behavior might, however. But I don't measure their behavior by conformance for some wishy washy dress "codes". I always try to be dressed to meet the guidelines but there might be exceptions when some may not be in compliance.

 

For example, on our last cruise (Ryndam) we were at a table for six and on one of the formal nights one of the couples had their days mixed up and came in casual dress. Now this was a class couple and no way were they flaunting the code. Stuff happens. Should they have been turned away at the door? Golly, I would hope not. BUT, if rigid adherance to the dress "codes" were in force they would have been sent packing. How terrible that would have been! Just plain awful and downright heavyhanded.

 

I might add that their "failure" to conform had no effect on the dinner and great conversation that we had that night.

 

BTW, the next night was casual and they came formal, and then it dawned on them! We all had a good laugh. It turned out well. Imagine the feelings they would have had had they been sent away! It would have become a permanent memory. Not what cruising is all about.

 

Don

[PCruzer]

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Dress codes are there for a reason. You see, a cruise is so much more than "just a vacation." A cruise is an event. I don't understand why some people are so opposed to dressing up for 2 nights. The formal nights are meant to be very special evenings. Don't you feel great when you take the time to "dress up?" Don't you feel out of place on a ship where everyone is in tuxes, suits, gowns, etc. and you are in jeans and a tee shirt? People know when they book a cruise that there are certain dress codes. Why do they feel that they can just ignore them? It's only 2 nights!! There are all different levels of what is considered formalwear - doesn't have to be a tux or a gown. A nice suit for the guys and a a pair of dress pants and pretty silk blouse for the gals is great. Jeans and tee shirts are not great...and yes, I find it offensive to see people dressed that way on cruise ship formal nights.