Oops! another Star question- formal attire?

[jealdaka]

With the Freestyle cruising and the option of formal nights about what percentage seems to dress formally on those nights. I know you don't have to, just want to know if many do.

[SeattleCruiselover]

Less than 50% on any freestyle cruise that I have been on. Been there, done that, so we don't any more. My DD likes to do it just for the formal photos, so she carries formalwear, has her picture done, then runs back down to change before the evening activities.

[Turnip]

On our recent cruise, I would guess 40-50%, definitely not more than half. And I also saw many people change after dinner and photos were done.

[karfest]

On the Sun it was 4-50% in real formal wear such as tuxes, black suits, evening gowns, etc. On the Star to Mexico I didn't see one tux and very few evening gowns. This was the first time we didn't take formal wear and it was great!! I like to dress up- but it was so much easier not lugging that stuff around. Hubby wore a nice shirt, tie, and dress slacks and I wore a nice dress with wedge sandals on "formal night". We might have been one of the dressier couples on this particular cruise- BUT- I saw very few people in super casual clothes for dinner. Mostly nice shirts and dockers and sundresses or capris on the ladies.

 

I can't imagine ever hauling out the formal wear again. Time for a cocktail dress/ evening gown blowout sale at my house:D

[KeystoneCruiser]

We were on the Star in late July to Alaska. I agree that it was never more than 50% if that, even on the optional formal night which was Monday/Lobster tail night.

 

I did see a few people dressed up each night but most of those were getting pictures taken.

 

Of course, I found that the Star usually didn't even enforce the Resort Casual requirement in the Main Restaurants. Yes, signs were posted at the entrances, but no one that I know of was ever turned away. Even on formal night, I saw people in the main dining rooms in t-shirts, jeans, warm-ups, jerseys, etc. One whole family was paraded through the dining room to their table. The wife had on a t-shirt and warm-up bottoms, the sons had t-shirts and BLUE JEANS (one of which had torn knees) and the father was in a sweatsuit. That is just one example of what we saw every night. I had friends with us who I had briefed on the dress code, and they had packed to specifically be in adherance but it is hard to look at them when they ask why I so emphaized a resort casual dress when the maitre'd's did not enforce it.

[johnql]

On my four Freestyle cruises, I would estimate that 25-40% of the cruisers dressed up on formal night.