Temperature of dining rooms?

[TwoFromCH]

We will be traveling on the Nautica in September. It will probably be cool outdoors, but I'm wondering what type of clothing to bring for the dining room and elsewhere on the ship. I'd rather not sweat or shiver! Does anybody have relevant experience?

[LHT28]

I usually pack a sweater or pashmina for the dining room...you never know what it will be like

DH is usually fine ..his internal furnace works for him

[JimandStan]

We will be traveling on the Nautica in September. It will probably be cool outdoors, but I'm wondering what type of clothing to bring for the dining room and elsewhere on the ship. I'd rather not sweat or shiver! Does anybody have relevant experience?

 

I'm not sure if I should encourage this trend or not, but on our last three Oceania Cruises, "the cashmere lap blankets" that may be found in Concierge Rooms and up, were being used as pashmina substitutes by the ladies and I mean en masse!

[Jancruz]

I'm not sure if I should encourage this trend or not, but on our last three Oceania Cruises, "the cashmere lap blankets" that may be found in Concierge Rooms and up, were being used as pashmina substitutes by the ladies and I mean en masse!

 

All I can say is for me is I would NEVER use that!!

I always take my own jackets and light weight shawls as I am almost always cold in the dining rooms..

Jancruz1

[pacheco18]

All I can say is for me is I would NEVER use that!!

I always take my own jackets and light weight shawls as I am almost always cold in the dining rooms..

Jancruz1

 

+1

Not exactly a fashion statement LOL

[TERRIER1]

We will be traveling on the Nautica in September. It will probably be cool outdoors, but I'm wondering what type of clothing to bring for the dining room and elsewhere on the ship. I'd rather not sweat or shiver! Does anybody have relevant experience?

 

I have always gone sleeveless or with a light blouse whether we cruised in April or June or January in the Panama Canal. However, I will tell you I love the thermastat during the winter at 65 degrees in my house so I am not typical. I bring a light sweater or pashima I picked up on the street in NYC for $5 and that does the trick in the dining rooms and acts as a scarf if the ports that are chilly or there is rain. I have not been in the casinos so couldn't tell you about the venues. Then again, I seem to be much warmer than most even if I come from NY.

[findacruise]

I have always taken a sweater, light jacket or spmething to cover my arms. On occasion (usually if I have had several glasses or red wine and/or the dining room gets really crowded) I have taken it off, but I am never without it. I have found the other closed venues, i.e. Horizons to often be chilly too.

[mountain grandma]

I agree that you should bring a lightweight wrap of some kind for the GDR as it is normally cooler than most women like it. The only exception that I found was on our last O cruise in March/April, 2012 on the Regatta -- it was much warmer than normal and I found that I didn't need the wrap. I still brought it with me every night since I was sure that it was not the norm and would change at any moment. :D

 

I also find the theatre lounge to be quite chilly since they keep the temperatures low for the performers under the hot lights.

 

Have a wonderful cruise,

Billie

[RetiredFL]

I'm not sure if I should encourage this trend or not, but on our last three Oceania Cruises, "the cashmere lap blankets" that may be found in Concierge Rooms and up, were being used as pashmina substitutes by the ladies and I mean en masse!

We even saw them used on shore excursions on our last cruise.

Surprised the boutique does not sell something simular for a good price.(Not that anything is low priced in the botique!)

Layer, layer, layer!

[findacruise]

Unless things have changed on the "R" ships the ones we have had were dark blue and not the nice neutral one depicted. Our last 3 O cruises have been on the Marina so I don't know what color is on what ships. It did seem too large for me to use as a wrap, but I am short. But then, if I was really cold, I'd probably grab whatever would work - or more wine! Happy sailing.

[burm]

I'm not sure if I should encourage this trend or not, but on our last three Oceania Cruises, "the cashmere lap blankets" that may be found in Concierge Rooms and up, were being used as pashmina substitutes by the ladies and I mean en masse!

 

 

Hmmm. I will now have to re-think what I was planning on packing. All clothes to be worn in the dining rooms will have to colour-co-ordinate with the cashmere blankets. :p

[Caroldoll]

I got two beautiful ones in a gift show somewhere, and they work perfectly. They are silk and fold up to nothing. I have used them hundreds of times everywhere, not just on cruises.

[burm]

I always pack a black shrug similar to this. It is from Tilley, made for travel, doesn't wrinkle, and looks great with practically everything in my travel wardrobe. You can even rinse it in a sink if necessary.

 

 

 

[sitraveler]

There is a note with the lap robes-Please do not remove them from your stateroom.

[Jancruz]

Hmmm. I will now have to re-think what I was planning on packing. All clothes to be worn in the dining rooms will have to colour-co-ordinate with the cashmere blankets. :p

 

ROTFL!!

Jancruz1

[Travelcat2]

I have noticed on our last few cruises (Oceania, Regent and Silversea) that some passengers think that the ship is warm and others think it is cold. I am one who feels it is warm, so, I brought a digital thermometer on board our cruise that ended last week. The temperatures outside were chilly most of the time (Alaska and Bering Sea). The temperature on the ship averaged 72F which felt quite warm to me as we keep our home at 67 degrees.

 

I believe that there are two things going on in terms of temperature. First there are people who live in very warm climates are used to air conditioning. Then there are people who live in cold climates and do not even have air conditioning. When the air conditioning is on to cool off the main dining room (for instance) because it will get warm when it becomes full, it feels freezing to passengers not used to it. And to those of us cold climate folks, being dressed up in 72F is just too warm.

 

My point is simply that most people know their comfort level. I bought a pashmina and two shawls on the cruise which were never worn. The thought of wearing a cashmere blanket makes me laugh but also would make me feel like I am suffocating. The suggestions on this thread have been great (particularly a lightweight scarf wrap).

[orchestrapal]

That sums it up!

[burm]

I think Oceania does a good job of keeping the entire ship at a reasonable temperature. The lounge on another cruiseline was always freezing cold, but one day at trivia we were told that we would get extra points if we showed up wearing our bathrobe. That was the first time I was ever truly warm on that ship!

[Kinkajou]

I hadn't even considered a toga party on Oceania....:D