Dress code on Viking River cruise

[Nippy Sweetie]

@Canal archiveand of course you'd need pocket squares to match your ties. Important to maintain standards!

[Canal archive]

Absolutely- precisely one has to keep up standards!

[Canal archive]

Think on this okay it was a business cruise, out from Southampton across to the Channel Islands and back (the only sea cruise I’ve been on!) all the bling and matching dress and pocket square. Enough to put me off sea cruising for ever. I much preferred being the plus one to the USA!

[Nippy Sweetie]

We've done Cunard dressy cruises and are finished with that sort of thing. However, on Viking cruises , ocean and river, we do change for dinner. I feel the staff has gone to a lot of trouble to present a nice dinner for us and that we should respect their efforts. We're not very dressed up, just showered and changed into a nicer outfit than the one we've worn all day. 

People can, of course, wear what they'd like and we can draw our own conclusions about them. 

[Mrs Miggins]

10 hours ago, Canal archive said:

Suites from a small tailors  in Sunningdale who apart from the fuss of choosing the aforementioned suites I was on tie choice duty and yes I believe a gentleman should have just that little Je ne sais quoi, so two suites needed at the very least four ties, silk of course as I have it on good authority no other fabric ties so well.

Liberty’s scarves are to die for.

If it was Mewes of Sunningdale then they are still going strong !

[Canal archive]

DH says yes it was I found their website and the front is the same. Ah memories.

[TominNC]

21 hours ago, Squawkman said:

Just tie it in yourself over your collar, then slip it off and slip it on the young man, put it under the collar and then tighten.

Exactly what I do 

[Host Jazzbeau]

23 hours ago, Squawkman said:

Just tie it in yourself over your collar, then slip it off and slip it on the young man, put it under the collar and then tighten.

DW reminds me that there was one year when that last step might have been hazardous to our teenager's health!  Luckily he knew how to tie his own ties!

[Kristelle]

12 hours ago, Nippy Sweetie said:

We've done Cunard dressy cruises and are finished with that sort of thing. However, on Viking cruises , ocean and river, we do change for dinner. I feel the staff has gone to a lot of trouble to present a nice dinner for us and that we should respect their efforts. We're not very dressed up, just showered and changed into a nicer outfit than the one we've worn all day. 

People can, of course, wear what they'd like and we can draw our own conclusions about them. 

 

 

I don't like jumping to conclusions about people based on what they wear.

 

Many people have mentioned  on here and in my real life observations, that they wear to dinner what they plan to wear  during the day the next day..

I often did this myself too - so really it was the same outfit for day and evening - just a different day. 

[Canal archive]

Thats absolutely fine especially if for the evening for instance you add a wrap, one worn well looks really classy and fools most of the people most of the time, or a little bling say belt or shoes or necklace just watch it doesn’t drop into the soup. I must admit to finding the dressing bit a lot of fun especially when you wear that little bit of something that looks exquisite and cost pennies. It’s all part of the preparation and build up to your cruise. Lists lists and oh yes more lists use to pack then forget and go with the flow.

[Daisi]

@Kristelle, I agree with you. As long as the tops on women aren't overly revealing so that my DH drops his jaw into the soup, or the men are dressed in a clean top (not a tank top), I don't care what they wear. I would rather have someone who can carry on a decent conversation than someone who is worried about how they are dressed. I tend to look people in the eyes anyway when talking to them, so don't really notice how they are dressed. 

Edited April 17 by Daisi

[CDNPolar]

On 4/16/2024 at 11:39 PM, Kristelle said:

 

 

I don't like jumping to conclusions about people based on what they wear.

 

Many people have mentioned  on here and in my real life observations, that they wear to dinner what they plan to wear  during the day the next day..

I often did this myself too - so really it was the same outfit for day and evening - just a different day. 

 

Yes, I have mentioned that we do this exact thing because we found that it significantly reduced our packing not thinking about a separate wardrobe for evenings.  But, we don't dress in jeans and t-shirts or tank tops during the day, but find that our dress is acceptable as "elegant casual" in the evenings.  We have over the years purchased a lot of comfortable travel clothing that is smart for day or evening.

[Canal archive]

Daisi we can’t have the guys experiencing eyesight problems now can we!

[sharkster77]

Just got back from a Viking tulip cruise.  On our Rhine cruise 4 years ago there were people every night who wore suits and dresses to dinner.  This time, folks just seemed to keep on whatever they wore for the day.  There were some jeans, but nobody looked like slobs.  Some threw on a sweater or scarf to dress up their upper torso, but that was it.  I don't believe I saw anyone wearing a suit, sports jacket, or dress.

[pontac]

3 hours ago, sharkster77 said:

  I don't believe I saw anyone wearing a suit, sports jacket, or dress.

 

You would have done if you'd been on the previous sailing.... 😁

 

[Host Jazzbeau]

@pontac love the bow tie!

 

[like2cruise33]

DO NOT TELL THE FASHION POLICE BUT ONCE ON A TOUR THAT INCLUDED DINNER ON Mackinac Island in the Grand Hotel, I did not realize that we had 2 dinners, I wore the exact same outfit for the 2 dinners!! and I got compliments on it. As long as you are decent, and clean, it should not matter. On a different cruise, some teenagers were barred from the dining room, but a gentleman wearing a Hawaiian shirt was allowed to be seated. The girls were dressed nicely but I guess not up to the guards standard - yet Hawaiian shirts are considered dressy??

[Kristelle]

was that on a river cruise though?

 

Hawaiian shirts would be ok for dinner on a river cruise - they come under neat casual.

 

On our river cruise I had one blingy evening-ish top and  I wore that to both the dressy captains dinner nights - can't see any problem with that, it was only worn for few hours sitting down in air conditioned dining room.

The other days I mostly changed before dinner into  the  'regular wear' top I would then wear the next day

 

not sure any fashion police expect you to have 2 separate dressy outfits on a river cruise

[Canal archive]

The fashion police are somewhat easy to recognise, they refuse to wear decent walk ware so complain about cobbles, they whisper behind their hands to their equally usually unfashionable friends because they think they are fashionable but in a lot of cases they’re really not. Also if you tested them, they wouldn’t know there Gucci from there Armani. Most of all the jealousy vibe rolls off them, you can feel it ‘how do you look so relaxed and put together’? Remember they’ve primped in front of a mirror for ages to perfect their awfully imperfect look.

In other words go for it don’t worry it’s the last thing you need to do it’s your holiday definitely not theirs. Enjoy!

[CDNPolar]

11 hours ago, like2cruise33 said:

DO NOT TELL THE FASHION POLICE BUT ONCE ON A TOUR THAT INCLUDED DINNER ON Mackinac Island in the Grand Hotel, I did not realize that we had 2 dinners, I wore the exact same outfit for the 2 dinners!! and I got compliments on it. As long as you are decent, and clean, it should not matter. On a different cruise, some teenagers were barred from the dining room, but a gentleman wearing a Hawaiian shirt was allowed to be seated. The girls were dressed nicely but I guess not up to the guards standard - yet Hawaiian shirts are considered dressy??

 

The same outfit??? !!!  How dare you....

 

We typically dress fresh today before dinner in acceptable wear for the dining room - River or Ocean - and wear that on our excursions the next day.  

 

We generally take a couple of extra pieces of clothing that are a bit dressier for when we feel the urge, and these can be worn MORE THAN ONCE.  There, I admitted it.

 

We dress for our pleasure because it makes us feel good, and we don't care if someone is calling out that we wore that before... 

 

I love @Canal archive 's description of the fashion police.

[pontac]

11 hours ago, like2cruise33 said:

On a different cruise, some teenagers were barred from the dining room, but a gentleman wearing a Hawaiian shirt was allowed to be seated. The girls were dressed nicely but I guess not up to the guards standard

 

As per @Kristelle's comment. I have never seen 'guards' outside the dining room on a Viking River cruise. I have never seen anyone turned away or not served because of what they are wearing.

 

I don't know Armani from Gucci, unless

[Canal archive]

pontac why would you and why would anyone need to?

[pontac]

4 hours ago, Canal archive said:

they wouldn’t know there Gucci from there Armani

 

Your post  said 'fashion police' should know and that's how you easily recognise them, so it figures that you do know the difference.

 

As you have only been with Scenic these people must be on Scenic so I will look out for  'fashion police' on my cruise next month

[Nippy Sweetie]

Of course there is fashion but there is also style. Many don't appreciate the difference. 

[Canal archive]

I may not have traveled on Viking but I have several friends who have but read my input again you might then understand it.
Plus I couldn’t be bothered whether your wearing Gucci or Armani wear what you want as of course style is always the way to go and the more effortless the better.