Dressing for dinner

[scgirl816]

So I hear that Celebrity is a dressier cruise line. I know we will have a captain's night to dress up for, but on the other nights, how dressy should we be? I heard that there are 2 nights that men need to wear coats. Where can I find this info? And for us girls...what is appropriate? Also plan to eat at Murano (Century) one night...what to wear there?

 

Thanks!

[Cruisenouvelle]

See this link to the website...

http://www.celebritycruises.com/beforeyourcruise/faq/home.do;jsessionid=0000XTVKPKdLuib0RWhm1dBUcLa:12hdebcnj?faqSubjectName=Dress+Codes&faqId=478&pagename=faq_answers

Whatever the day's dress code is (it will be published at the top of the Century Today newsletter that you receive each day) also applies to dining at Murano's.

You're right in that Celebrity is a 'dressier' cruise line! That's why so many of us like it.

Hope you have a wonderful cruise.

[jackdiamond]

We travel on the "M" class; and, we observe the dress code. Simply stated, we do black tie on formal nights and sport coat and tie etc., on informal nights. These ships are in the "premium" category, just below luxury.

[kitty9]

For 7 day cruises, there generally are two formal nights. Men wear dark suits or tuxes and the women wear long gowns or glittery short cocktail dresses, or long flowy dinner slacks and fancy tops/jackets. Informal nights are fancy dresses or pantsuits for the women and dress slacks, dress shirts and jacket for the men. Many men choose to wear a tie on informal nights. Casual nights it's slacks and tops or sundresses for the women and collared shirts and docker's typ slacks for the men. No jeans or shorts in the dining room after 6pm. And, if you're going to be in any public room after 6, you are expected to remain in the code of the evening for the entire evening. If your cruise is 10 to 14 days, there are three formal nights.

[Zigster]

Whenever we dine in the specialty restaurants we always dress in formal attire. They're such beautiful restaurants and the staff makes the entire dining experience so wonderful, we feel that dressing up makes it a very special evening.

Enjoy your cruise!

Patty

[Captain Jake]

We find that most cruisers rarely get to dress up in their everyday lives and welcome the chance to dress elegantly and be part of the elite for the evening.Its nice to to walk into a lounge with my wife in a formal and enjoy a string quartet and sip a fine cognac before dinner.It's an experience that sets Celebrity above their competiters.We hope Celebrity continues their tradition and avoids becoming a cookie cutter line otherwise they might as well call themselves Royal Caribbean----------BT

[Cellen]

We are doing an Auckland to Sydney cruise on Mercury, and a further 2 weeks land based in Australia. DH is hiring his tuxedo and because of luggage weight restrictions and the need to pack for a longer holiday he is not taking a jacket for informal nights - will this really make him the odd one out?

[DC2OC]

You'll get different answers on this.Lots of men wore a blazer over their Hawaiian and sport shirts on Caribbean and Alaska cruises I've been on..................Frank:)

[travelinglion]

I am pretty sure what to wear for formal evenings....I suppose there will be a lot of little black dresses there....but I'm a little sketchy on what to wear for semi-formal. In the old days, formal was long dresses, semi-formal was the little black dress and informal was mostly what I call work clothes, or regular dresses and casual meant jeans, shorts, etc.

 

What type of stuff do you all think is semi-formal? I'll be sailing for 2 weeks and I know that there are 3 formal evenings and probably 3 semi-formal.

Hoping you experienced cruisers will be able to help.

 

Sylvia H.

[tuggers]

X has formal - a good percentage of men wear tuxes, the others wear dark suits with subdued ties and nice shirts. Women wear long dresses, lots of sparkle and bling.

In-formal is the most mis-understood. It really should be called semi-formal. X does request a coat and tie or a coat and a nice shirt that does not require a tie (mock turtles, etc). Women tend to wear a short to mid-calf dress, fancy pant suit, etc.

Casual is really smart or country club casual for the women. Some men wear a blazer but can choose khaki pants and a polo shirt or, in warm climes, a Hawaiian shirt of button down.

Jeans, shorts, etc are appropriate in the dining room only for breakfast or lunch.

The dress of the day is expected to be worn in any venue except the casual dining option after 6 PM.

More formal dress is one thing that sets X apart. You'll love it!

If weight is an issue, bring less of clothes you can have laundered and use X's laundry service. Quite good and reasonably priced.

[travelinglion]

I am worried about weight...but not the weight of the clothes. I figure I should save the looser clothes for later in the cruise....because of weight.

 

Do women really wear long gowns?

Sylvia H.

[Pontius Navigator]

So I hear that Celebrity is a dressier cruise line.

 

Dressier than which? P&O has more formal nights with greater adherence to the dress code.

 

I know we will have a captain's night to dress up for,

 

Oh yes? What Captain's night? For the plebes the Captain stood up on the stage and drank a glass of champagne. We just got to gorp at the Rear Admiral.

 

On P&O there is actually a Captain's cocktail party before the formal dinner. Two actually. One for eat dinner sitting. You all get a chance to meet the Captain in a receiving line and most other officers are present and circulating too. Quite good fun breaking into a closed group of officers and making then engage with the guests.

 

Sorry, on Celebrity we were made to feel we were a hinderance to their social lives.

[evoni]

I am worried about weight...but not the weight of the clothes. I figure I should save the looser clothes for later in the cruise....because of weight.

 

Do women really wear long gowns?

Sylvia H.

 

I always save the looser clothes for later in the cruise with the hope they will still be loose. :) I was just on the 15 night, 9/29 Infinity Panama Canal Cruise and wore a different long dress for each formal night, so yes plenty of women wear long gowns on formal nights. However, there were also women who wore short elegant dresses and some who wore dressy slacks with fancy tops. My husband and the other men at our table wore tuxes, but there were plenty of men in dark suits too.

 

Diana

[NorCalCruiseGuy]

We are doing an Auckland to Sydney cruise on Mercury, and a further 2 weeks land based in Australia. DH is hiring his tuxedo and because of luggage weight restrictions and the need to pack for a longer holiday he is not taking a jacket for informal nights - will this really make him the odd one out?

 

For men, a sport coat or jacket is required on informal nights, with a shirt. A tie is not required, but many men do wear ties.

[NorCalCruiseGuy]

Dressier than which? P&O has more formal nights with greater adherence to the dress code.

 

 

 

Oh yes? What Captain's night? For the plebes the Captain stood up on the stage and drank a glass of champagne. We just got to gorp at the Rear Admiral.

 

On P&O there is actually a Captain's cocktail party before the formal dinner. Two actually. One for eat dinner sitting. You all get a chance to meet the Captain in a receiving line and most other officers are present and circulating too. Quite good fun breaking into a closed group of officers and making then engage with the guests.

 

Sorry, on Celebrity we were made to feel we were a hinderance to their social lives.

 

Perhaps you missed the receiving line, but the captain and the social hostess, along with some of the senior officers do a receiving line for all passengers.

[cruisead]

I am worried about weight...but not the weight of the clothes. I figure I should save the looser clothes for later in the cruise....because of weight.

 

Do women really wear long gowns?

Sylvia H.

 

I always wear long gowns and DH wears a tux or dinner jacket. Love dressing up

[Lois R]

I am worried about weight...but not the weight of the clothes. I figure I should save the looser clothes for later in the cruise....because of weight.

 

Do women really wear long gowns?

Sylvia H.

 

Hi,:) you will see long gowns, long skirts and pretty tops,

cocktail dresses and dressy pants suits as well.

So to your question, yes I have seen plenty of women

in long gowns.

I love dressing up for dinner:)

[Wilde_37]

So, I understand that no jeans are allowed in the dining room for dinner - no problem with that. However, does this extend to "jeans-like" items? Would it be allowable to wear corduroy trousers, in cream or brown? Strictly speaking they are not "demin" jeans but are also not as trousery as dockers etc. So I guess the question is are jeans defined as just denim (regardless of colour)?

 

 

 

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months" - Oscar Wilde

 

 

 

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[NorCalCruiseGuy]

So, I understand that no jeans are allowed in the dining room for dinner - no problem with that. However, does this extend to "jeans-like" items? Would it be allowable to wear corduroy trousers, in cream or brown? Strictly speaking they are not "demin" jeans but are also not as trousery as dockers etc. So I guess the question is are jeans defined as just denim (regardless of colour)?

 

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months" - Oscar Wilde

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Gary,

Corduroy trousers would be fine on casual or informal nights. For formal nights, another choice would be more appropriate.

Happy sailing.

 

Paul

[hawt1]

For men, a sport coat or jacket is required on informal nights, with a shirt. A tie is not required, but many men do wear ties.

 

The Celebrity website says "requested" and not required as you have noted.

How out of place would I be if I wore good dress slacks and a nice dress shirt...not a polo shirt, etc, but had not jacket.

 

So a step up from what has been described as casual but just no jacket as described here.

 

Thanks.

[Drew B]

We travel on the "M" class; and, we observe the dress code. Simply stated, we do black tie on formal nights and sport coat and tie etc., on informal nights. These ships are in the "premium" category, just below luxury.

 

 

What does the "premium" categorization have to do with dress? It seems to me that the luxury lines require LESS formality than the mass market lines. Windstar is probably the least formal line out there, and is definitely considered "luxury", right?

[tuggers]

'Suggested' and 'Requested' when used to describe forms of dress really means 'you need to wear this or stick out like a sore thumb'.

Most men (or their wives) understand this and wear a jacket and nice slacks. :)

[hawt1]

'Suggested' and 'Requested' when used to describe forms of dress really means 'you need to wear this or stick out like a sore thumb'.

Most men (or their wives) understand this and wear a jacket and nice slacks. :)

 

So the jacket stays on all night too?

 

Sorry for pressing this and not trying to start a fashion fight but this will be our first X cruise and is an 11 nighter and while I don't want to "stick out like a sore thumb" I also want to be comfortable at dinner and the rest of the night. So on informal nights, do the gentlemen not take their jacket off in the casino and hang it over the back of their chair or in the dance club or the theatre? If they do, how does this align with the dress code request to stay in the code for the evening.

[ECCruise]

So the jacket stays on all night too?

 

Sorry for pressing this and not trying to start a fashion fight but this will be our first X cruise and is an 11 nighter and while I don't want to "stick out like a sore thumb" I also want to be comfortable at dinner and the rest of the night. So on informal nights, do the gentlemen not take their jacket off in the casino and hang it over the back of their chair or in the dance club or the theatre? If they do, how does this align with the dress code request to stay in the code for the evening.

 

No jacket and you will be in the minority on an 11 day cruise (anywhere from 10-30% without jackets in the dining room in our experience) but not "stick out like a sore thumb". After dinner the "compliance" will continue to drop off in the casino and the lounges, especially the disco.

[tuggers]

The formal nights they usually do say in the daily to please not remove the jacket in the dining room.

It seems to me you are over thinking this. If you are warm in the casino (possible with lots of people) or theater (not likely, it is usually cold) and take the jacket off and put it over your chair for comforts sake, then put it back on as you leave that area seems to me you are observing the spirit of the dress code.

I never understand why this usually comes up with guys. It's just a jacket and slacks. Women have to deal with dresses or pants suits, usually heels, sometimes hose, then evening bags, earrings etc, and we just do it. No big deal.:) And this is Informal, not even Formal!

 

I would think you would want to set a good example for the children going with your group. Maybe not yours, but most get enough 'casual' dining. A little dress up would be good.