New Meaning to "Country Club Casual"

[Wendy The Wanderer]

Gee, I guess I have an incentive to fit back into the fancy brown designer jeans I bought a few years ago. Not for this cruise, maybe the next...

[orchestrapal]

Let's hope we don't get a fashion police as they have on other cruise forums.

 

Are the dinning room and speciality restaurants on O really going to turn away a person in $1000 Dolce and Gabanna jeans and let in someone in cheap chinos??

PLEASE!

[LHT28]

I do take jeans when going to colder climates but do NOT wear them to dinner in the GDR or the specialties

 

 

So now do they check labels to see if they are designer jeans before allowing entry to the dining venues :confused:

Who decides what jeans are acceptable ?

 

I have to disagree with the new policy

I can cruise on the main stream line & save money if I want to see sloppy attire at dinner

Not for me I afraid

Might be time to shop around for a new cruise line AGAIN :mad:

 

Lyn

[fairbourne]

From the recently received cruise docs brochure.

 

Quite clear on here.

Edited October 14, 2013 by fairbourne

[LHT28]

Quite clear on here.

 

If one could read it ;)

[ORV]

If one could read it ;)

 

Ha Ha, that's exactly what I was going to post.

[fairbourne]

Try again! :eek:

[fairbourne]

Ha Ha, that's exactly what I was going to post.

 

Well maybe you already know, as it presumably says exactly the same in your cruise docs???? ;)

Edited October 14, 2013 by fairbourne

[Lisag55]

In my docs, page 1, Before you travel - Dress on Board - says " Shorts, jeans, t-shirts, athletic footwear or sandals are not permitted in the Grand Dining Room, Jacques, Red Ginger, Polo Grill and Toscana"

[ORV]

Well maybe you already know, as it presumably says exactly the same in your cruise docs???? ;)

 

Yes, I looked at after you posted that. The key is that the website has changed. Apparently since our docs were printed.

 

The post I made earlier is directly from Oceania's website.

 

https://www.oceaniacruises.com/guestservices/default.aspx

 

Not sure if that will work, if not here it is again.

 

Is there a dress code?

Recommended onboard clothing is resort or country club-casual. For evening dining, elegant casual resort wear is suggested. We request that casual jeans, shorts, t-shirts or tennis shoes not be worn at dinner.

[dkbustr]

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point of view), the standards for country clubs are changing. My club, and with talking with Boards at other clubs, has relaxed the dress codes to allow designer jeans in most areas of the club. The younger generation that clubs are now trying to attract have a different point of view about membership than what was the norm even ten years ago. They no longer see "going out for a nice dinner", to be a dress up event, as it was in the past. That being said, some younger members still try to push the envelope as to what proper dress is implied to be. We have a policy that servers slip a small business size card unnoticed by others, to the offending party, that confirms that their choice of dress is not acceptable. They are not expected to leave the area, but are expected to not be dressed the same way in the future. Additional lapses in judgement are dealt with by the Board themselves.

 

Although the choice of jeans may not be my choice, I understand that it may be the choice of others. Therefore quality designer jeans are here to stay in all but the most restrictive clubs across the country. Attracting new members is a challenge for most clubs, and attracting new cruisers falls in the same category.

 

Mike

[TERRIER1]

Yes, I looked at after you posted that. The key is that the website has changed. Apparently since our docs were printed.

 

The post I made earlier is directly from Oceania's website.

 

https://www.oceaniacruises.com/guestservices/default.aspx

 

Not sure if that will work, if not here it is again.

 

Is there a dress code?

Recommended onboard clothing is resort or country club-casual. For evening dining, elegant casual resort wear is suggested. We request that casual jeans, shorts, t-shirts or tennis shoes not be worn at dinner.

 

The operative word there is "request". It no longer says "not permitted".

[Paulchili]

How is this for a suggestion.

Passengers wearing jeans must bring a receipt as a proof of purchase and present it to the Maître D' upon entering the dining venue.

If the jeans cost over $1000, they are OK - if under $1000 - no go :D :D:D

[wristband]

I agree with the above who happily wear nice jeans to meals onboard. My better half and I have - along with others that I noticed at dinner - wear pressed black jeans in the GDR and specialty restaurants without feeling out of place, nor is the staff distracted. I call it country club casual attire that mixes just fine with those who prefer tiaras, gold chains and silver scepters whilst strutting about the room.

 

In the flea-bitten megapolis of DC where we live, snazzy upscale restaurants we patronize are perfectly fine with jeans, happy to have customers who desire comfort and enjoy the cuisine. Never an issue about nice jeans at well over $100 per person at dinner!

 

Of course, if one wants to mimic Courtney Love or Joey Ramon, frayed and filthy jeans would not and should not be deemed appropriate attire onboard.

[triton22]

How is this for a suggestion.

Passengers wearing jeans must bring a receipt as a proof of purchase and present it to the Maître D' upon entering the dining venue.

If the jeans cost over $1000, they are OK - if under $1000 - no go :D :D:D

 

Ok, so you are therefore suggesting that your dockers your wife bought you at kohls before the cruise are valued at $1000, I highly doubt it.

[LHT28]

Jeans are still jeans

Do you bring your reciept to show they are expensive jeans so more acceptable

??

 

I prefer the old rules

NO JEANS in the dining venues in the evenings except the Terrace

 

Once that door is open pretty hard to close it again

 

When you are spending that kind of $$ on a nice cruise nobody wants to see the overalls & straw hat brigade

 

YMMV

Off my soap box

[LHT28]

How is this for a suggestion.

Passengers wearing jeans must bring a receipt as a proof of purchase and present it to the Maître D' upon entering the dining venue.

If the jeans cost over $1000, they are OK - if under $1000 - no go :D :D:D

 

I agree

[RuthC]

And here I thought I was moving to a more upscale line. :(

[triton22]

Wrong, if I'm spending this much money on a cruise I can do what I choose. The last thing going through my mind is what YOU think or what YOU would prefer.

[Paulchili]

Ok, so you are therefore suggesting that your dockers your wife bought you at kohls before the cruise are valued at $1000, I highly doubt it.

 

In your excitement, you missed the most important part of my post:

This - :D:D:D

[DOJO466]

Wrong, if I'm spending this much money on a cruise I can do what I choose. The last thing going through my mind is what YOU think or what YOU would prefer.

 

I think Paul was joking.....don't get so offended.

[wripro]

As for shirts untucked shirts on men have been popular for years now and worn everywhere. It's not a sign of sloppiness. Men even wear shorts untucked under blazers and sport coats.

 

The times are not only changing, they have changed!

[jo-b]

I must admit I prefer to see a shirt worn outside than tucked into low slung trousers, under the tummy!!:) IMHO it looks smarter.

[TERRIER1]

How is this for a suggestion.

Passengers wearing jeans must bring a receipt as a proof of purchase and present it to the Maître D' upon entering the dining venue.

If the jeans cost over $1000, they are OK - if under $1000 - no go :D :D:D

 

love it

[JimandStan]

Passengers wearing jeans must bring a receipt as a proof of purchase and present it to the Maître D' upon entering the dining venue.

If the jeans cost over $1000, they are OK - if under $1000 - no go

** New Rules**

Priority, Express table Escorts will accompany improperly attired SUITE PASSENGERS to their table of choice (even if it is already occupied :eek:), where a goodly supply of lint free napkins will be supplied to distract.....er......disgui.......er.......PROTECT the garments in question.