Are Hawaiian Shirts the new evening wear?

[Mr&MrsBee]

I'm sure Dong and Cindy would have some enlightening comments to go along with their food experiences.

[charlielinda]

While my husband and I like to dress up for chic nights what others wear does not make a difference to me. What does matter is that people are kind and enjoying themselves. I much rather spend time with a nice young couple that isn’t compiling what you think is appropriate dress than the loud drunk boar in a Tuxedo. We’ve been through many of life’s challenges lately and just excited to be on a cruise.

 

 

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[Alushar]

While my husband and I like to dress up for chic nights what others wear does not make a difference to me. What does matter is that people are kind and enjoying themselves. I much rather spend time with a nice young couple that isn’t compiling what you think is appropriate dress than the loud drunk boar in a Tuxedo. We’ve been through many of life’s challenges lately and just excited to be on a cruise.

 

 

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Totally agree each to their own. My opening post wasn't meant as a complaint merely an observation and I now possess 2 lovely Tommy Bahama shirts which will be coming with me, with possibly others, on the Millenium in Feb!

[Ma Bell]

While my husband and I like to dress up for chic nights what others wear does not make a difference to me. What does matter is that people are kind and enjoying themselves. I much rather spend time with a nice young couple that isn’t compiling what you think is appropriate dress than the loud drunk boar in a Tuxedo. We’ve been through many of life’s challenges lately and just excited to be on a cruise.

 

 

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It's an interesting concept.

[jkgourmet]

While my husband and I like to dress up for chic nights what others wear does not make a difference to me. What does matter is that people are kind and enjoying themselves. I much rather spend time with a nice young couple that isn’t compiling what you think is appropriate dress than the loud drunk boar in a Tuxedo. We’ve been through many of life’s challenges lately and just excited to be on a cruise.

 

 

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Whoa! Your ageist prejudice is showing. (Joking. I actually totally agree with you, and I'm 62 with a 75 year old husband)

[charlielinda]

Enjoy your Tommy Bahamas. I’ll be sure to have my husband bring his and might even get a new one. Enjoy your day.

 

 

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[George C]

I have worn Hawaii style shirts on cruises every night except formal/chic night for decades.

[Lady Chew]

I'm sure Dong and Cindy would have some enlightening comments to go along with their food experiences.

 

WOW!

 

Your Dung pet name is less classy than my Hawaiian shirts or my diet. Folks can remember when potty name calling was left in the playground.

 

I know you have taken some mostly undeserved hits on some of your threads, but I thought this was probably just a typo or voice recognition error …

[drew69]

Just back off Silhouette Baltic cruise and couldn’t believe the number of Hawaiian shirts being worn in the evening including formal oops I mean evening chic nights! Did I miss the memo? I’m off shopping tomorrow!

 

 

Good to know that on a Baltic cruise, the main site you found to observe and comment on is what others were wearing. Love those priorities!

[phoenix_dream]

My husband has worn his Tommy Bahama "Hawaiian" shirts to dinner for years. On evening chic nights, he wears a black one with a jacket.

 

It is not about the price. It is the fact that TB makes good quality, nicely designed, attractive, comfortable shirts. They definitely fit the dress code criteria,call it dressy casual, or business casual, or whatever. The vast majority of them are not loud or splashy so I honestly don't see what the prejudice against them would be. I think on Evening Chic night the floral ones probably don't fit the criteria, but then again, keep in mind that the Evening Chic dress code only applies to the MDR. It does NOT apply to Blu, Luminae, the specialty restaurants, or public areas on the ship. In the olden days, formal night was indeed ship-wide but if you read the guidelines you can see that Evening Chic changed that. Nice Tommy Bahama shirts definitely fit within the guidelines of the dressy casual nights!

[korryp]

M.m.m....as far as I recall Celebrity used to call it "Formal Night" and I believe that it is now called "Chic Night". Yes the word "night" is in each of these. I believe that means you remain "dressed" in the appropriate clothing for the full night.

 

Interesting theory you have but what about the people who eat in the buffet. You expect them to get dressed in evening chic to go to bars on the ship? Really? After dinner and the theater I always change to casual wear which in Europe some nights means shorts and a short sleeve shirt......

[dkjretired]

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Interesting theory you have but what about the people who eat in the buffet. You expect them to get dressed in evening chic to go to bars on the ship? Really? After dinner and the theater I always change to casual wear which in Europe some nights means shorts and a short sleeve shirt......

 

As someone who actually sailed back in the days when the formal night applied to all parts of the ship, you are absolutely correct. That requirement has been gone for at least ten years. Believe it disappeared way back when Celebrity switched from the three modes of dress (Formal, semi formal and casual) to two modes of dress (Formal and casual) which was about ten years ago and several years before the change to casual and evening chic.

I've said it before but back then you either dressed properly or ate in your room from room service and pretty much stayed there all evening. They enforced the dress code all over the ship and there were no specialty restaurants and no buffet for dinner.

[njaloha]

My husband has worn his Tommy Bahama "Hawaiian" shirts to dinner for years. On evening chic nights, he wears a black one with a jacket.

 

 

 

It is not about the price. It is the fact that TB makes good quality, nicely designed, attractive, comfortable shirts. They definitely fit the dress code criteria,call it dressy casual, or business casual, or whatever. The vast majority of them are not loud or splashy so I honestly don't see what the prejudice against them would be. I think on Evening Chic night the floral ones probably don't fit the criteria, but then again, keep in mind that the Evening Chic dress code only applies to the MDR. It does NOT apply to Blu, Luminae, the specialty restaurants, or public areas on the ship. In the olden days, formal night was indeed ship-wide but if you read the guidelines you can see that Evening Chic changed that. Nice Tommy Bahama shirts definitely fit within the guidelines of the dressy casual nights!

 

 

 

DH has a floral button down "formal" TB aloha with a black background. He wears TB all the time. He loves the quality and fit for his size.

 

 

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[WonderMan3]

People certainly have a lot of time on their hands to spend worrying about the type of shirts people are wearing on a cruise ship. I know when I’m onboard I’m so busy eating, drinking, gambling, swimming, sunning, napping or chatting with friends and family that I have zero time to be analyzing other cruisers attire. Each to their own I guess...

 

 

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[Luvcrusn]

People certainly have a lot of time on their hands to spend worrying about the type of shirts people are wearing on a cruise ship. I know when I’m onboard I’m so busy eating, drinking, gambling, swimming, sunning, napping or chatting with friends and family that I have zero time to be analyzing other cruisers attire. Each to their own I guess...

 

 

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Where's the )ike button?

[jsf]

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As someone who actually sailed back in the days when the formal night applied to all parts of the ship, you are absolutely correct. That requirement has been gone for at least ten years. Believe it disappeared way back when Celebrity switched from the three modes of dress (Formal, semi formal and casual) to two modes of dress (Formal and casual) which was about ten years ago and several years before the change to casual and evening chic.

I've said it before but back then you either dressed properly or ate in your room from room service and pretty much stayed there all evening. They enforced the dress code all over the ship and there were no specialty restaurants and no buffet for dinner.

 

I remember those days back in the ninety's when Celebrity would request that pax stay in formal attire all evening. I think those day's are gone forever.

J.

[cruise kitty]

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As someone who actually sailed back in the days when the formal night applied to all parts of the ship, you are absolutely correct. That requirement has been gone for at least ten years. Believe it disappeared way back when Celebrity switched from the three modes of dress (Formal, semi formal and casual) to two modes of dress (Formal and casual) which was about ten years ago and several years before the change to casual and evening chic.

I've said it before but back then you either dressed properly or ate in your room from room service and pretty much stayed there all evening. They enforced the dress code all over the ship and there were no specialty restaurants and no buffet for dinner.

 

Hi Don, according to my experience, actually the formal dress code didn't apply to the whole ship then... (this was Infinity to Hawaii in 2002 & 2003) if I recall correctly it applied to MDR, & specially (SS United states I think) but it didn't apply to the casino, there was also a casual dining venue carved out of an area of the buffet, with waiters, tablecloths, I think we paid a $2 or $3 service fee to eat there on formal nights. The bars on formal nights had a good mix of people in tuxes & casual clothes :)

[dkjretired]

Hi Don, according to my experience, actually the formal dress code didn't apply to the whole ship then... (this was Infinity to Hawaii in 2002 & 2003) if I recall correctly it applied to MDR, & specially (SS United states I think) but it didn't apply to the casino, there was also a casual dining venue carved out of an area of the buffet, with waiters, tablecloths, I think we paid a $2 or $3 service fee to eat there on formal nights. The bars on formal nights had a good mix of people in tuxes & casual clothes :)

 

Hi:

 

Im talking mid 90s before specialties and buffet dinner. Later on as you correctly stated there was the buffet and the casual dining. It was always said that they used waiters in training and it was $2.00pp. This was available every night in the back of the buffet area.

[Redtravel]

YES! Just sailed on Summit this week. As a result pf this thread, we counted how many men wore Hawaiian shirts. Most nights we counted 7-8. More on chic nights. The last night of the cruise was 15. We even saw women in hibiscus and palm trees. It must be the new trend for Celebrity. there were still some tuxedos and gowns. Guess that they didn't get the chic concept. There were several people in shorts in the dining room. The no shorts rule seems to be ignored. Wear whatever you like anywhere. Saw a lady in a wet bathing suit at the evening show. Yuck.

[cruise kitty]

Hi:

 

Im talking mid 90s before specialties and buffet dinner. Later on as you correctly stated there was the buffet and the casual dining. It was always said that they used waiters in training and it was $2.00pp. This was available every night in the back of the buffet area.

 

Hi, thanks for explaining to me, I definitely have not cruised Celebrity as long as you & didn't realize there was a time with no options at all. When we went on our first cruise with them the Infinity was brand new & our travel agent recommended Celebrity as being upscale enough to suit us, while still allowing casual clothing at night. :) It did suit us, so we've stuck around.

[George C]

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As someone who actually sailed back in the days when the formal night applied to all parts of the ship, you are absolutely correct. That requirement has been gone for at least ten years. Believe it disappeared way back when Celebrity switched from the three modes of dress (Formal, semi formal and casual) to two modes of dress (Formal and casual) which was about ten years ago and several years before the change to casual and evening chic.

I've said it before but back then you either dressed properly or ate in your room from room service and pretty much stayed there all evening. They enforced the dress code all over the ship and there were no specialty restaurants and no buffet for dinner.

 

I also cruised back then in 1970’s you had a suit and tie every night, glad we no longer do that but most lines have no dress code now at least nine that are enforced . Times they are a changin

[korryp]

I’m also glad of the changes. Dress up every day for work look forward to not having a mandatory tie for any occasion.

[dkjretired]

Hi, thanks for explaining to me, I definitely have not cruised Celebrity as long as you & didn't realize there was a time with no options at all. When we went on our first cruise with them the Infinity was brand new & our travel agent recommended Celebrity as being upscale enough to suit us, while still allowing casual clothing at night. :) It did suit us, so we've stuck around.

 

It was funny but back in the 90s, Celebrity actually did have the program where you could get dinner delivered to your room from the MDR menu. I remember the kids who were 10 and 8 at the time coming back from a shore excursion and ordering the meals from Room service. They were tired and didn't want to dress up. By the way, at the time the kids dress code was the same as the parents, we often rented Tuxes for my son and I, he's always been a big boy and buying a new suit every year was not practical. This was on the Horizon to Bermuda.

[Marelaine]

I agree, I don't believe after all these years that people are still arguing that the dress code applies all over the ship, two people did. I would have just ignored the thread but people need the truth not someone else's opinion of their truth.

 

Are you referring to me? I was simply pointing out that I noticed that on the X website that the dress code applied to the MDR and theater. It's a recent change that probably happened when they updated the website. I was surprised to see it. When we first started cruising, there were formal nights. Even then, the dress code was not enforced in the theater.

 

FTR, I couldn't care less what anyone wears to dinner or the theater, as long as they are clean.

[Cruise Junky]

Are you referring to me? I was simply pointing out that I noticed that on the X website that the dress code applied to the MDR and theater. It's a recent change that probably happened when they updated the website. I was surprised to see it. When we first started cruising, there were formal nights. Even then, the dress code was not enforced in the theater.

 

FTR, I couldn't care less what anyone wears to dinner or the theater, as long as they are clean.

The theatre requirement isn’t new, it’s been on there for years.