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So, do you wear socks? [emoji6] - I'm sure this was rhetorical... but Yes and No! No socks are my favorite part of being a Floridian, after spending my first 18 years in the northeast.

And I welcome the young professionals on my Celebrity cruises, even in jeans, as I welcome the opportunity to meet all interesting, educated, well-traveled, diverse people on all our cruises. I just hope those chic young 30-somethings find those of us old enough to be their parents interesting shipmates as well!

I do very much appreciate your comment and perspective. Hopefully the more experienced X cruisers onboard are like you, and are willing to give my wife and I a chance on our upcoming cruise, chic dress and all.

As a 30 something skinny jeans wearing "chic" dresser, I'd like to chime in. Wife and I will be taking our first X cruise this month (from South FL and have been cruising our entire lives, Diamond RCCL members since our teenage years... thanks mom and dad). I cannot speak for my entire age group, but the last place my wife and I would look for a party atmosphere environment is a cruise vacation, let alone a Celebrity cruise. Being in our early 30s, we find that we are past the spring break party cruise environment. When we want to party we travel to Las Vegas (or simply drive 25 miles down to South Beach). We cruise because we want to disconnect from work and relax for a week or two.

I do not believe that X is trying for the 20/30 demographic that is looking to party hard. My opinion is that the company is going after the young professional demographic that wants a high end relaxing vacation. And in case anyone is curious about what we wear on our high end relaxing vacations; the answer is dark skinny jeans, tucked in dress shirt, casual (unlined) sport coat, and leather dress shoes.

This is exactly what, IMHO, Celebrity is going after. Is the change to chic going to accomplish this overnight, probably not. Has Celebrity alienated a portion of their customer base, absolutely. The executives that run the show must have determined that alienating one group must be worth the future benefit of attracting a new group. Lastly, do I expect to see a dining room with some underdressed jean wearing slobs....of course I do. Fortunately for me, I'll have a lovely wife to distract me.

I find it perplexing that some people are still surprised (and in some cases turned off) by people wearing jeans. Fine dining is a hobby of mine; been to nearly 50 different Michelin starred restaurants in the US (venues in Chicago, NYC and San Francisco). In the vast majority of them it is quite common to see both men and women dressed in designer jeans. In large cities in the US this style of dress is considered quite trendy and people can look very stylish attired in this manner. I am dining at a Michelin starred venue this weekend and will be sporting jeans and a sport coat.

^ Could not agree more! I have dined in about 10 Michelin starred restaurants and have worn denim every single time. Thank you for your post, hopefully it helps clarify that the right denim can be appropriate attire in high end settings.

I do understand why some are upset by X allowing denim in the MDR during what were previously formal nights. Some passengers were looking forward to wearing their Tux in a formal setting and likely relied on this as they evaluated vacation options. The attire rules have changed, and it is reasonable to feel uncomfortable wearing formal attire in a chic setting. I know that I would be uncomfortable wearing chic denim in an environment where the majority are wearing formal attire.

The rules have changed. If you booked a cruise under the assumption of formal nights, I do understand your frustration. I however cannot condone the posts that criticize those in support of the change, nor can I understand how someone could be so narrow minded that they suggest the denim wearing crowd to find another cruise line. The executives who keep the cruise line profitable have made a decision, and it seems to me that those that are upset will be the ones who will need to look elsewhere when planning their next vacation.