Will I feel out of place on Celebrity?

[cocobakerchica]

You will not feel out of place on Celebrity. Shorts and t-shirts, along with Resort Casual wear are worn all day with Smart Casual dress on the majority of the evenings for dinner in both the MDR and specialty restaurants(the Buffet often stays resort casual, but some folks do change for dinner there too). Evening Chic is on a just a few nights, and it's not unusual for passengers to change back into shorts and t-shirts(or more casual clothing) after dinner. As for shorts allowed in the MDR for dinner, it's supposed to be not at all, the exception being the first night(it's understood that not everyone is going to get their luggage in their rooms in time to change for dinner). There have been reports of people walking in and not being asked to leave and change, and then there are times when it's strictly enforced. Just be assured that you and your spouse will enjoy the couple time on Celebrity, it can be as active or as non active as you prefer.

[BlessedAZWife]

To the OP: I would agree with the general consensus that it is YOUR vacation, YOU paid for it, and therefore, for anybody to look askance at whatever you wear, is rude. My husband has, for years done the "business professional" look for work. His attitude is "when the snooty people who think that we still need to wear a tuxedo and long gown for dinner in the MDR, pay my bills, they can tell me what to wear". For our first cruise on RCI, which still does "formal night", we brought an extra suitcase for our formalwear. What a pain in the...well you know!

Now, on X he wears nice slacks and Tommy Bahama shirts, while I wear black slacks and a pretty top for regular nights and a cocktail dress for Evening Chic nights. Ironically, his designer slacks and Tommy Bahama shirts cost a heckuva lot more than the JCPenney special suit and tie that the snoots wear. And he is ever so much more comfortable and happy.

My suggestion if someone gives you a rude look or comment, remind yourself that it is their problem, NOT yours. I still would suggest compliance with the X recommended dress code of slacks and collared shirt for men in MDR. but if your hubby (and you for that matter) wish to change into shorts after dinner, go for it! And enjoy your cruise. It is YOUR vacation. Nobody else's!

A quick anecdote regarding dress codes: A few years ago, hubby received an invitation to the All Access Behind the Scenes tour. The night before the tour, we received our informational packet on guidelines. Part of it included guidelines on dress. They request: closed in shoes, no tank (or sleeveless) tops, no skirts. There may have been others, however, I have forgotten them. There are reasons for these guidelines. Closed in shoes for safety reasons as we went to some hazardous areas of the ship (the anchor room, up and down steep stairs, through the galley), no tank or sleeveless tops as we went through the galley and food store areas and no bare arm pits! No skirts as we were stepping over some very high bulkheads and again, up and down steep stairs. They also requested that all tour participants use the restroom prior to beginning the tour as time is very tight and there would not be sufficient time to take bathroom breaks. Well, one participant broke nearly every rule! He showed up wearing a button down shirt with only the bottom 2 buttons done (very unfit and a VERY hairy chest!), wearing flip flops, and within 10 minutes of the tour starting, he had to use the restroom. Very frustrating for the Officer giving the tour.

[debshomespun]

To OP, you should definitely give Celebrity a try. Then, you can decide on your own if you felt out of place. I think you will book another cruise on Celebrity while still on the ship!!

 

As most people have said, Celebrity is very laid back, and give a more refined cruise experience than RC.

 

As for dress code, I certainly don't worry what others are wearing, and would never let it affect my cruise. DH wears mostly nice jeans and dressy shirts to dinner, and will sometimes change to his shorts after dinner. For the last 2 years, he had not taken his suit. For Formal Nights, he would wear dress pants, and dress shirt, and sometimes, add a tie.

[Castaway24]

To OP, you should definitely give Celebrity a try. Then, you can decide on your own if you felt out of place. I think you will book another cruise on Celebrity while still on the ship!!

 

 

 

As most people have said, Celebrity is very laid back, and give a more refined cruise experience than RC.

 

 

 

As for dress code, I certainly don't worry what others are wearing, and would never let it affect my cruise. DH wears mostly nice jeans and dressy shirts to dinner, and will sometimes change to his shorts after dinner. For the last 2 years, he had not taken his suit. For Formal Nights, he would wear dress pants, and dress shirt, and sometimes, add a tie.

 

 

Well that sounds perfect. Our teen boys will be pleased they don't have to wear jacket and tie as they have had to do on P&O. I think shorts for dinner are out of place and I certainly would object to a hairy chest at dinner but equally I'd object to 'snooty' looks if I think we are all dressed appropriately, DJ not required. We are so looking forward to our first Celebrity [emoji568] in December. Sun, fun and fantastic port stop overs. Bring it on. Can't wait to start packing now!

 

 

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[gman007md]

On vacations, I'm a strictly shorts and tee/polo shirt type of guy. it's my vacation. I have recently been on a few Celebrity cruises and will be on another next month. Never had any issues or looks for that matter in khaki type shorts for breakfast/lunch and jeans/polo for dinner. Formal night I'll do dockers type khakis and a nice button up shirt. It seems that most who dress up are planning to take pictures or are older and enjoy dressing up.

 

 

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[Ladesign]

Khaki shorts & t shirts are fine during the day. They are NOT acceptable in the MDR at night. Those who claim they are, are full of it! long pants & collared shirt are the norm at night.(smart casual) Shorts are ok in the buffet anytime, but outside that area you might look too casual. I base this on the Eclipse, which does 14 day Caribbean cruises in the winter. The pax tend to be an older demographic & therefore tend to dress a little more formal(the reason we chose this ship)

 

 

We were on Eclipse 14 nights in January for last 4 years.

 

Some people wore shorts in MDR - who cares what other people wear and how does that affect your dinner?

 

This year was the first 'chic night thingy' . Much chattering on here and even on the boat. My friend from Canadia & I were forced to wear Dinner Suits but didn't feel out of place.

 

We will be in a loose group of about 15 from various countries that have met on the boat over the years. There will be much admiration of the Ladies attire within the group and much derision of the clothing of the inferior gender. Other boat travellers choice of clothing will be of little / no concern to us

 

Wont have any new Robert Graham shirts this year though - the £/$ rate has pushed the price past my limit [emoji33]

 

 

 

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[MichaelCMTX]

Wont have any new Robert Graham shirts this year though - the £/$ rate has pushed the price past my limit [emoji33]

 

I hear ya, Mr. Graham is quite proud of his shirts. I took the plunge once, it shrunk more than I expected and the buttons were quite fragile. The instructions were to dry clean, don't steam press, and use a hand-iron only; but wondering if the dry cleaners sort of missed the latter ⅔ of that list?

 

At any rate, I guess my dirty little cruise secret is I shop mainly from he back of the closet. I figure the odds of bumping into someone we cruised with previously who'll think "wasn't he wearing that last time?" are even slimmer than a big casino win... of course, photos require some extra plotting to differ from last year's, or the year before...

[kiwi_sparkles]

....I am not going to look someone askance if they stir their drink with the wrong finger or whatever....

 

There is really such a thing as stirring drinks with fingers, and needing to use the right one?

 

Gosh, I must be very uncouth! Never heard of this before. :eek:

[Ladesign]

There is really such a thing as stirring drinks with fingers, and needing to use the right one?

 

 

 

Gosh, I must be very uncouth! Never heard of this before. :eek:

 

 

Even worse would be to stir in the wrong direction - anti-clockwise is most certainly not 'de rigeur'[emoji33]

 

 

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[wombatjoey]

You will have a wonderful time as a couple and probably wonder why you had not done that before. Casual is the way to go. I like to think it is classy casual.

[keithm]

Others feel more comfortable in shorts. Just because they change out of dinner clothes does not mean they are changing into "slobies". Personally I don't understand why other people care or notice what someone else wears into a bar.

We're talking the MDR, not a bar. Seeing what pax wore the first week on a B2B in Feb. on the Regal Princess was pretty disgusting. Bathing type shorts & sleazy tank tops..Maybe your cup of tea, but not mine. Neat shorts..(think Ralph Lauren shorts & polo shirt), would be ok, but what we saw that first week was pretty gross.

[Bpos]

I have this same debate with my fellow Aussies - received a lot of advice and about to board Solstice for our first Celebrity cruise in about two hours time in Singapore.

 

Don't want to be out of place but you can see that discussion on the Australian/New Zealand forum - page 1 "Advice on clothing to take for upcoming cruise"