Dress for men for dining room

[cruisequeen10]

Going on the Rhapsody of the Seas to Hawaii Sept./13. For the dining room for dinner, can the men get away with no jacket (shirt and tie), nice pants and shoes. Trying to avoid packing the jacket.

[johneeo]

Going on the Rhapsody of the Seas to Hawaii Sept./13. For the dining room for dinner, can the men get away with no jacket (shirt and tie), nice pants and shoes. Trying to avoid packing the jacket.

 

Yes.

[cruisequeen10]

Even on formal nights

[Retired LEO]

Even on formal nights

 

Yes

[DON M.]

On 12 RCL cruises, I have found that on formal nights about 20 to 25% of men will

not have a coat on. He will definitely be in the minority, but nothing really to worry about.

 

Next week for formal nights, I will be wearing a sport-coat and a turtle-neck. No tie, no dress shirts.

[dz9yvr]

Yes he can :)

[bplazo]

If you were sailing on Carnival the men can wear a dress :).

[cb at sea]

For casual nights, a collared shirt is all that is needed (with pants, of course!). On "Formal" nights, a tux or dark suit is the definition of "formal'....will you HAVE to wear that? No. May you? Sure!

[cruisequeen10]

we were on Carnival 2 years ago to Hawaii and we didn`t see any men wearing dresses

[kunapets]

Pack the jacket, wear a tie, dress up and feel good about yourself. Too many Americans dress poorly. Set the example for the next generation.

 

Ken S

[BillOh]

Even on formal nights

 

I throw on a tie for formal nights. (When I attend them) Longer cruises with older clientele tend to be a bit more formal FWIW.

[BillOh]

Pack the jacket, wear a tie, dress up and feel good about yourself. Too many Americans dress poorly. Set the example for the next generation.

 

Ken S

 

In his opinion only. #pompous

[JulieRose]

If you were sailing on Carnival the men can wear a dress :).

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2012/11/27/carnival-drag-stars-at-sea-costume-ban/1729509/

[Desert Cruizers]

My DH will wear shirt and nice pair of pants for the casual nights, suit coat and tie, shirt and of course pants but ends up taking off the suitcoat when he sits down, so never really has it on except to enter the dining room. We don't cruise as often as we would like, only 6 since 2002 but have seen the changes even on formal nights. For the most part people tend to dress up more on the formal nights but seldom see the long gowns on the ladies now, usually a lovely coctail dress.

[CHAMPDDS]

In his opinion only. #pompous

 

 

Nope...I agree with kunapets also....

 

D:D

[pcur]

cruisequeen10: So far you have 6 people telling you it's OK for your husband to leave the dress jacket at home. It's really a better answer to tell you what the majority of people wear on Hawaiian cruises. One person said about 25% don't wear jackets.

 

I've been to Hawaii 3 times on RCCL ships. The non-formal nights have a lot more tropical shirts in the dining room, but formal nights are really more like 90% jackets. The people that sail to Hawaii tend to be an older crowd, because they have the time for longer cruises. So, they also tend to dress more conservatively.

 

It all depends on how your husband feels about his appearance. Many men could give a hoot what other people think about what they wear; many men dress to please their SO or wife on formal nights.

 

So, no jacket means he will be in the minority, he can certainly not wear one and eat in the main dining room, and if you and he are comfortable with all of this, then don't bring the jacket.

 

If either of you prefers to dress according to the suggested guidelines and with the majority of the other men in the dining room, then I think your husband should bring the jacket.

 

My husband packs his jacket in a garment bag or plastic bag, folded once across, and it's on the top. It rarely gets wrinkled.

[Mapleleafforever]

Yes, and don't listen to the fashion police who like to tell people otherwise.

[pcur]

Yes, and don't listen to the fashion police who like to tell people otherwise.

 

I never understand why people that post about the suggested dress guidelines are called "police"???? It's not judgemental to explain things to people that ask questions. It's just opinions being posted; why the derrogatory remarks?

[VEIK]

Dress as you feel comfortable.

Pack lite and enjoy your cruise.

 

And remember, you will never see those people again.

[Mapleleafforever]

I never understand why people that post about the suggested dress guidelines are called "police"???? It's not judgemental to explain things to people that ask questions. It's just opinions being posted; why the derrogatory remarks?

 

This posting is not about you pcur, get over it. The OP asked a question, I answered it. Nothing derogatory said at all. You're too sensitive.

[DrD]

In his opinion only. #pompous

 

Not only. I agree.

[DrD]

I never understand why people that post about the suggested dress guidelines are called "police"???? It's not judgemental to explain things to people that ask questions. It's just opinions being posted; why the derrogatory remarks?

 

I've never taken the "police" term as a slur, quite the opposite.

 

A self-policing society is a good one.

[pcur]

This posting is not about you pcur, get over it. The OP asked a question, I answered it. Nothing derogatory said at all. You're too sensitive.

 

I wasn't feeling like your post was about me at all. So, I guess there's nothing for me to "get over", is there?

 

My observations was that when people say anything about the suggested guidelines for formal night, in general, on any thread, on any of these CC boards, they are immediately labeled as "police". But, the opposite is not true. Just a curiosity to me; always has been.

[johneeo]

A self-policing society is a good one.

 

In fantasyland.

[kunapets]

For the record, I am American, not a non-American throwing stones. I have just seen our American values diluted over the years. Adults set the bar, don't set it too low.

 

Kunapets - 33 years US Military