Silver Dawn Caribbean Dress Code (?)

[Cruisin'Jenny2]

HELP PLEASE...  I've heard that the "dress code" is relaxed for the Caribbean sailings.  Indeed, there is no "formal night" indicated anywhere on the cruise itinerary.  Are there any "informal" nights where men are required to wear jackets at indoor venues on a 7-night cruise?

 

 

[Silver Spectre]

There should be, but plenty of jacket free outside options available ☺️

[Lois R]

There will probably be 1 formal night.....  Yes, most times all the restaurants inside ask the guys to wear jackets. You can eat outside at the Grill for dinner and it is always casual. No jacket necessary. Not sure where you heard the dress code is more relaxed in the Caribbean though. I sailed on Dawn for 11 nights in January and there were 2 formal nights.. 

[Stumblefoot]

For years, going back well before Covid, 7-night Caribbean voyages have been formal optional in any dining venue.

[Lois R]

10 hours ago, Stumblefoot said:

For years, going back well before Covid, 7-night Caribbean voyages have been formal optional in any dining venue.

Thanks for that info😀.......I guess my Caribbean sailings have all been 10 or more nights.

[Rothko1]

According to their website, while Baltic, Mediterranean and Alaska cruises have formal optional nights, the Caribbean is not listed as formal optional:

 

https://www.silversea.com/travel-informations/general-information.html

 

Clothing Suggestions – Shipboard Attire

Shipboard attire ranges from casual to formal. Casual wear is appropriate for daytime aboard ship or ashore and consists of standard sports outfits as worn at five-star resorts. Shoes should be flat or low heeled for deck activities. Evening attire falls into three categories: casual, informal and formal. On casual evenings, pants, blouses, skirts and casual dresses for ladies; open-neck shirts and slacks for gentlemen are appropriate. On informal evenings, ladies usually wear dresses or pantsuits; gentlemen wear jackets (tie optional). Appropriate formal evening wear for ladies is an evening gown or cocktail dress; gentlemen wear tuxedos, dinner jackets or dark suits. Tie is required.

On formal nights, guests may dine in La Terrazza and choose to dress informal; dresses or pantsuits for ladies, jackets for gentlemen (tie optional). This option also applies to Seishin on board Silver Spirit, Kaiseki on board Muse, Moon and Dawn. Dining at The Grill and Spaccanapoli is optional casual all nights. Following dinner, all guests are free to take advantage of any or all public spaces, however, jacket is required. Sailings of 9 days or less typically feature 1 formal night, while longer voyages usually have 2-3 formal nights. Details will be provided in your final cruise documents, but the chart below provides a basic guideline to assist in packing the proper attire.

Please note: On 7 day sailings in the Baltic, Mediterranean and Alaska, formal night is always optional; guests may choose to dress informal, a jacket is required for gentlemen.

Evening Dress Code*   
Number of Cruise Days -> Formal -> Informal -> Casual
4 -> 1 -> 2 -> 1
5 -> 1 -> 3 -> 1
6 -> 1 -> 3 -> 2
7 -> 1 -> 3 -> 3

[spny84]

Just home from the Dawn, in the Caribbean-first timers on Silversea.  DH wore slacks, polo, and sports jacket for all informal nights -formal night we went to Terrazzo which you can dress informal.  Casual was slacks and polo.  People definitely dress up on this ship and they were sort of strict about the jacket BUT many only carried the jacket on their arm, a lot more took them off the minute they sat down, we saw one person had a sweater as his jacket.

 

We thought it was interesting how "strict" everyone is with the man's dress but we saw many women in what I would say didn't follow dress code. For example, We saw short shorts (casual night) and yoga pants with a pullover fleece shirt (informal night).