SS Mediterranean vibe

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23 minutes ago, Fletcher said:

Never sailed on Cunard, never will, everything I hear about this archaic mass-market line with those vast floating apartment blocks makes it sound ludicrously pretentious, sort of snob-central.  'Medals can be worn' and so on.  For Pete's Sake.  Silversea and Seabourn folk are a world away from that.  

I haven’t sailed on Cunard in 55 years so I can’t speak to how stuffy it might be now, but I have seen several gentlemen wearing medals on Silversea on formal nights.

 

Someone else mentioned that the longer the cruise, the more formal it is and that has been our experience.  Warmer climates also generally result in more casual clothes on formal nights.  The larger ships are also somewhat less formal due to the age demographic of the passengers.

[dusababy]

Fletcher beg to differ.  IMO medals are "not pretentious".  They were awarded for great bravery and/or sacrifice and should be respected.  My "gentleman" had to be persuaded to wear his - but he was often thanked for his service and questioned about the circumstances of the award.  In his case, Marine officer at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Okinawa, where he was wounded.  He lived to wear them - and proudly.

Dusababy aka Mary Ann