Stanleyogden

I'm a big fan of formal dress on cruise ships (actually its semi formal as white tie is formal and I don't think any cruise ships have white tie nights but that's an argument for another day).  Having said that we're going on a seven night Iona cruise next year and it seems ridiculous having to pack a dinner suit, shoes, shirt and bow tie for one evening.  As some have said it seems they're trying to please everyone and doing just the opposite.  If they insist on going down this route they may as well have 'evening chic' nights as on Celebrity.

Call me old fashioned but I think a traditional suit in any colour looks much smarter than a non black dinner suit. 

Having done three cruises with Celebrity we decided to give P&O a try.  The only thing I preferred to Celebrity was the food in the Main Dining Room.  Of the four of us I was the only one who preferred the food.  Nothing else on the P&O cruise came close I'm afraid.  I'm British by the way so this isn't written from an American perspective.