Should I pack a sports jacket/blazer?

[shifty]

http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gifI'm about to start packing, and can't decide if I need a sports jacket. I know Oceania is "Country Club casual", and on Ren in Tahiti I certainly didn't need one, but I'm not so sure about this Greek Isles/Italy cruise.

Any thoughts??

Mike S

[Jancruz]

My husband doesnt usually take a jacket (we are from CA) but I see many men wearing them..if you need it for comfort (in case you have dinner with the Captain) than take it..BUT you dont need it..

Jan
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[Jancruz]

My husband never takes a jacket..BUT we are from CA and he rarely wears one here..it really depends on how you would feel if everyone at the table was wearing a jacket and you are not..it wouldnt bother Stu at all!!

Jan
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[goeurope]

I took one on my REGATTA cruise, and I wore it most nights except during one or two open-air meals in Tapas where it would have been too warm to wear a jacket even if Tapas hadn't felt more casual than the other restaurants.

Polo and Toscana are a bit dressier than the main dining room, if my memory is accurate.

I'd take a jacket or blazer just in case. (You never know when the air conditioning might be cranked up or the weather might turn cool on deck!)

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[ClaudiaF]

If you are planning to go off the ship to dinner you might want one.

Barcelona to Venice on Oceania - "Insignia"
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[twine]

Shifty
My wife and I find it much more fun to get dressed up when we feel like it rather than when we are told to. This is one of the many reasons we booked with Oceania. We took casual and formal clothes on our cruise on Regatta and found the perfect nights for us to wear both. No one looked at us strange no matter which way we dressed. We did notice quite a few people dressed in the 9s in all of the venus at night but again, no one really cared they all seemed to be enjoying themselves.

PS I don't think anyone returned their clothes to the place of purchase after the curise. No visible price tags showing through tucked inside the gowns on this cruise. LOL Just kidding.