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Just booked a 2024 cruise for Japan, which would be our first Regent cruise. We have been on Oceania and Viking several times. Those ships tend to be country club casual form of dress at dinner. Is this the situation for Regent as well? Really not interested in bringing a suit and or sport coat with ties with me on this trip. Thank you in advance for your advice.

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47 minutes ago, sabrefan said:

Just booked a 2024 cruise for Japan, which would be our first Regent cruise. We have been on Oceania and Viking several times. Those ships tend to be country club casual form of dress at dinner. Is this the situation for Regent as well? Really not interested in bringing a suit and or sport coat with ties with me on this trip. Thank you in advance for your advice.

On voyages of 16 nights or more, there are 2 "formal optional" evenings, but "elegant casual" dress code is still ok.

 

Elegant casual is defined as "skirt, or slacks with a blouse or sweater, a pant suit or dress for ladies; slacks and a collared shirt for gentlemen."

 

 

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1 hour ago, Lonedaddy said:

Country club casual is the norm.  Longer cruises have a formal night.  You could do room service or the pool grill if they had one on the longer cruises.

To clarify:  It's 'Formal Optional' so you can still go country club casual and meet the guidelines.  I guess if you want to conform, you cold wear a sport coat (or suit or tux or evening gown) but the key phrase is 'optional'.

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14 minutes ago, Aubie59 said:

Can you go casual, ie, jeans or shorts at the Pool Grill for dinner?

 

Yes, Pool Grill is casual in the evenings.  Having said that, though, I'm a huge shorts/jeans wearer, I don't often wear my 'big-boy' pants if I don't need to...but I'll usually wear khakis and a polo or Tommy Bahama to dinner, even at the pool grill - that way I can wander in to the Connoisseur Club or one of the lounges for a drink if I'm so inclined.  But on those evenings where you just know you want to have dinner and then retreat to your cabin, shorts are find on the pool deck.

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On a 75 day cruise I wore smart casual for dinner every night, including optional formal evenings.  Jackets nor ties not necessary.  Exactly the same for Viking, including where you might choose to dress a bit more smartly at the Chef's Table restaurant.

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I've sensed there are two distinct types of Regent guests:  Those who were forced [I think the term now is: mandated] to wear Suits & Ties or Dresses and 'Business Wear' every day of their working lives and those who worked behind the scenes or at less formal offices.

 

[Some of] The first group has had it with dressing up and they celebrate their accomplishments in comfortable attire.  The second might be celebrating their lives and accomplishments by dressing [when appropriate] in the finer threads of their wardrobe.   Regent Seven Seas embraces both equally.  

 

That said:  I won't wear my Tuxedo to the Pool Grill if you don't wear your Country Club attire to the Captain's Welcome Dinner.   [I'm Kidding...😇]

 

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53 minutes ago, daetchief said:

I've sensed there are two distinct types of Regent guests:  Those who were forced [I think the term now is: mandated] to wear Suits & Ties or Dresses and 'Business Wear' every day of their working lives and those who worked behind the scenes or at less formal offices.

 

[Some of] The first group has had it with dressing up and they celebrate their accomplishments in comfortable attire.  The second might be celebrating their lives and accomplishments by dressing [when appropriate] in the finer threads of their wardrobe.   Regent Seven Seas embraces both equally.  

 

That said:  I won't wear my Tuxedo to the Pool Grill if you don't wear your Country Club attire to the Captain's Welcome Dinner.   [I'm Kidding...😇]

 

I have to admit, I usually wear at least a sport coat or blazer when I'm dining with senior staff, I guess mama drove that into me pretty hard as a young'un...or maybe it was Uncle Sugar, who knows?

 

But if I wear CC attire to the captain's dinner, can I count on you to wear your tux to the pool grill?  I'll bring the camera...

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23 minutes ago, UUNetBill said:

But if I wear CC attire to the captain's dinner, can I count on you to wear your tux to the pool grill?  I'll bring the camera...

Please let me know what color shirt you'll be wearing so I can coordinate my tie and cummerbund.😛

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20 hours ago, daetchief said:

Please let me know what color shirt you'll be wearing so I can coordinate my tie and cummerbund.😛

As long as the tie and cummerbund aren't all you're wearing...that might stretch casual just a BIT much.  😝

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49 minutes ago, GeorgiaPeach51 said:

Can anyone tell me if a silk Hawaiian shirt, untucked, with dress pants would be frowned upon in the evening for men?  This would be for a Caribbean cruise.  Thanks.

 

Joanie


No, that would be fine, especially in the Caribbean.

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8 hours ago, GeorgiaPeach51 said:

Can anyone tell me if a silk Hawaiian shirt, untucked, with dress pants would be frowned upon in the evening for men?  This would be for a Caribbean cruise.  Thanks.

 

Joanie

Yes. This is typically what I wear most nights: a nice Reyn Spooner shirt and Dockers (with Regent’s free pressing they look fine throughout the cruise) works well. I also have dressier short sleeve silk shirts from Asia that I may wear to Pacific Rim or other specialty restaurants to get into the spirit. 
On formal optional nights I quite enjoy wearing a nice sport coat, dress slacks and tie. I just feel better and like to up my game a notch to match my wife’s slightly dressier clothes.
And yes, I wore suits to work for most of my 30+ years with a Fortune 50 company. 

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Thanks to all who responded.  I’m glad he can wear his nice shirts and be within the dress code.  He wore a flight suit for most of his working years so his frame of reference for appropriate clothing is somewhat skewed from the norm.  🤔🧐🤨  Although, we enjoy dressing up on some cruises, tux and all. Just not the Caribbean!

 

Joanie

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On 2/17/2022 at 11:46 AM, GeorgiaPeach51 said:

Can anyone tell me if a silk Hawaiian shirt, untucked, with dress pants would be frowned upon in the evening for men?  This would be for a Caribbean cruise.  Thanks.

 

Joanie

Frowned upon?  Lord, I hope not - that's my de rigueur uniform on board, especially in the Caribbean!

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On 2/15/2022 at 9:03 PM, daetchief said:

I've sensed there are two distinct types of Regent guests:  Those who were forced [I think the term now is: mandated] to wear Suits & Ties or Dresses and 'Business Wear' every day of their working lives and those who worked behind the scenes or at less formal offices.

 

[Some of] The first group has had it with dressing up and they celebrate their accomplishments in comfortable attire.  The second might be celebrating their lives and accomplishments by dressing [when appropriate] in the finer threads of their wardrobe.   Regent Seven Seas embraces both equally.  

 

That said:  I won't wear my Tuxedo to the Pool Grill if you don't wear your Country Club attire to the Captain's Welcome Dinner.   [I'm Kidding...😇]

 

Hi! That's it exactly!... Never gone on Regent, but your assumption not only fully encompasses the Regent experience, it encompasses the whole society experience as a whole! As part of the group of those ones whom were, say, "recommended" to dress up for work, as a retired, I now celebrate my own successes by freeing out myself from the "suit & Tie" model I was say, "instructed" into back in the day as much as possible.

 

But then there is the obvious question: What really do I need to dress so that I'm appropriately dressed on any given situation? Realistically one doesn't go on a tux for the beach, nor on a swimsuit for the casino!...

 

Sadly we have tons of those threads about this here in CC, no matter the line. The questions are the same, be it Carnival, Cunard or Regent, pretty much the same thing!... Why? Oh, how I can see where the the real thread comes from!... Airline luggage allowance limits, sadly!... Let's just to see the example I better know from where I live: Not so long ago TAP Air Portugal gave pretty much a wonderful hold luggage allowance system, even with a quite nice error margin: 1 Piece of 23 Kg on "steerage" and up to 2 pieces of 32 Kg each for either way Business Class or top tier fidelity members... Now? It is a very strict one piece of 20 Kg on "steerage", one 23 Kg piece on business and an up to 2 pieces of 23 Kg for top tier fidelity members and for business class on certain selected flights, usually the longest on their portfolio!... Worldwide this is the trend really!... With less luggage allowances, one can only to make choices. It is hard, sometimes, but things are what they are. A trick I learnt from a wonderful tour leader I once had on such a land based private group trip was to just dress my work suit that I'd to use on formal nights for the flight itself!... It has been my formal knight safeguard Angel trick!... But it wont endure too much long!... The society is moving quite heavily and quite quickly as well!... For now on I'll just to go with the flow and let us to have a nice time, granted that at least I will continue to try to go adequately dressed for the occasions: To have dinner on a cruise ship should to be seen as the same as to have dinner on your local town nice restaurant where you go from time to time. In no way I'll dress like going to the beach or to the gym for a cruise dinner!... And the current airline luggage allowances more than permit me to do so!...

 

Many thanks and have a nice day and nice sailings!...

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On 2/15/2022 at 8:32 AM, sabrefan said:

Just booked a 2024 cruise for Japan, which would be our first Regent cruise. We have been on Oceania and Viking several times. Those ships tend to be country club casual form of dress at dinner. Is this the situation for Regent as well? Really not interested in bringing a suit and or sport coat with ties with me on this trip. Thank you in advance for your advice.

Just wondering about your screen name and why you picked it. Mine is Sabreline!!

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