Decided to go unformal in April

DH and I have decided to leave the tux and long dresses at home this cruise. Will take nice slacks and dress shirts and ties for DH and black slacks and dressy tops for me. Anyone else doing the same.

oooohhhhh no, I hear Steveaaaaaa coming:eek:

DH and I have decided to leave the tux and long dresses at home this cruise. Will take nice slacks and dress shirts and ties for DH and black slacks and dressy tops for me. Anyone else doing the same.

DH and I have worn exactly that for a few cruises now, of course we've never worn tuxes and formal dresses anyway, don't own any since we live in a small very casual CA town, no need. You'll fit into the crowd just fine and will be more comfortable!

DH and I have decided to leave the tux and long dresses at home this cruise. Will take nice slacks and dress shirts and ties for DH and black slacks and dressy tops for me. Anyone else doing the same.

That's perfectly acceptable for a Carnival cruise. We're doing the same thing next month.

Although I will say, I adore the way my GF looks when she's dressed up. I'd happily schlep my tux to see her in an evening gown.

DH and I have decided to leave the tux and long dresses at home this cruise. Will take nice slacks and dress shirts and ties for DH and black slacks and dressy tops for me. Anyone else doing the same.

Good choices and you will fit in just fine with other passengers.... less to pack and more relaxing in my eyes !

DH and I have decided to leave the tux and long dresses at home this cruise. Will take nice slacks and dress shirts and ties for DH and black slacks and dressy tops for me. Anyone else doing the same.

We always do it this way;)

That's all I've ever worn on formal nights.

WE think less packing and comfort for us is better. After 6 cruises od doing the formal stuff I am ready to just not be so formal......

Had to convince DH to wear a tie on our last 7day cruise.

Did this on our last Carnival cruise. Slacks, button down shirt and tie is more than appropriate for guys.

DH and I have decided to leave the tux and long dresses at home this cruise. Will take nice slacks and dress shirts and ties for DH and black slacks and dressy tops for me. Anyone else doing the same.

Thats what I did before I ownwed a tux...and since we ate NOT flying SW for the next cruise, we are doing the same...actually less...same dress code for us every night...with the busy itin it's going to be tough enough to just make dinner...LOL

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DH and I have decided to leave the tux and long dresses at home this cruise. Will take nice slacks and dress shirts and ties for DH and black slacks and dressy tops for me. Anyone else doing the same.

I see more and more doing that each cruise.

DH and I have decided to leave the tux and long dresses at home this cruise. Will take nice slacks and dress shirts and ties for DH and black slacks and dressy tops for me. Anyone else doing the same.

If your husband is wearing a dress shirt and a tie, he will be in the middle of the pack or slightly higher in terms of "formality" of attire. At least that was my last experience, which was an early dinner seating. I can't speak for the late seating, although I understand it tends to attract more of the formal crowd.

We saw only 1 or 2 tuxes over the two elegant nights. Maybe 10% of the men were wearing suits (with a tie). Then there was a large group wearing either a suit with no tie, a shirt and tie with no suit, or a sport jacket (with or without a tie) and dress pants (all of which I'd consider to be at about the same level of dressiness).

About 30-40% of the men were wearing neither a tie nor a sport/suit jacket.

DH and I have decided to leave the tux and long dresses at home this cruise. Will take nice slacks and dress shirts and ties for DH and black slacks and dressy tops for me. Anyone else doing the same.

We do the same. Leaving the tie at home. Dumped the Tux couple of cruises ago. Pretty much dress in the same way for all our meals in the MDR.

In my opinion Carnival Anytime Dinning will take over all the MDR dinning in the next few years leaving Formal/El dress for a cocktail party and Specialty Resturant.

DH and I have worn exactly that for a few cruises now, of course we've never worn tuxes and formal dresses anyway, don't own any since we live in a small very casual CA town, no need. You'll fit into the crowd just fine and will be more comfortable!

I have stayed in Morgan Hill a few times. There is an RV park there. Nice community

We do the same. Leaving the tie at home. Dumped the Tux couple of cruises ago. Pretty much dress in the same way for all our meals in the MDR.

In my opinion Carnival Anytime Dinning will take over all the MDR dinning in the next few years leaving Formal/El dress for a cocktail party and Specialty Resturant.

That would be awesome! I would hate to see them stick it to the people who really like the formal thing. On the other hand, it would be great if they provided a sit-down casual eating option. Right now, there's nothing for someone who wants to order a meal in casual restaurant-type setting.

That's perfectly acceptable for a Carnival cruise. We're doing the same thing next month.

 

Although I will say, I adore the way my GF looks when she's dressed up. I'd happily schlep my tux to see her in an evening gown.

That's really sweet. :)

Bringing some casual dresses, a pair of black dress pants, and some nice tops. no desire to go crazy with dressing up. :rolleyes:

Also.. I know there is some sort of footwear policy out there for the MDR. I'm not dragging a bunch of dress shoes along with me. Does anyone think they will object to some dressy sandals? (I'm not talking flip flops)

That is what we did on the Pride in October and everything was just fine. Infact it was the first cruise that my DH wore dress shorts and collared shirts on the casual nights...he loved it. We will do the very same next month on the Victory.

Dh has never worn a tux and I have never worn a gown (long dress)........on any of our cruises for formal nights........

were with you on this one - for the first time in 9 cruises - we always over pack - not taking the suit bag just might cure the overpacking issue. btw - can't wait - it's snowing in Detroit - 16 days and counting......:D

I'm sure I'm in the minority on this one, and this is just my own thoughts and feelings and everyone is welcome to dress any way they like, but I don't see why its such a "hassle" to dress formal on formal night.

I guess if someone goes on a lot of cruises the formal nights might not be a big deal, but we only go on one cruise every 5 years or so, so I like to make the 2 out of 7 nights as special as possible. And when there is a lot of other people dressed in comfortable casual clothes on formal night it does affect the feeling/mood of my formal night. Not a lot, but it does affect it.

I know it will never happen, but I do wish everyone did respect the attire on the formal nights.

I know times have changed but it seems that a lot of people have lost there respect for those special events in life. At one time people used to dress in suits/ties and nice dressed for church on Sundays, every Sunday. Now I see people wearing sweat pants in church. And maybe this is the way the cruise indistry is going. 10 years from now maybe "Formal night" will official be changed to "sweat pants" night. Just joking. :D:D

Please don't jump all over me. These are just my weird thoughts on this subject.

That would be awesome! I would hate to see them stick it to the people who really like the formal thing. On the other hand, it would be great if they provided a sit-down casual eating option. Right now, there's nothing for someone who wants to order a meal in casual restaurant-type setting.

NCL does this, although they have only anytime dining. But one dining room is more formal, the other more casual. Both serve the same food, but the dressier dining room really sticks to the dress code, I saw people get turned away wearing jeans (jeans were welcome in the other one). So I think that was nice, there was an option for those that like more formality, and those that liked more casual. We tended to eat in the more formal one because we enjoy dressing up, but some nights we would eat in one, go to the casino, and then go to the other one for dessert since it was closer.

Since most Carnival ships have 2 MDRs, it wouldn't be too hard to designate 1 as more formal and 1 as more casual.

DH and I have decided to leave the tux and long dresses at home this cruise. Will take nice slacks and dress shirts and ties for DH and black slacks and dressy tops for me. Anyone else doing the same.

More people do that than take the tux and long dresses. In fact, what you describe is going to be among the "dressiest" on the ship.

That's really sweet. :)

 

Bringing some casual dresses, a pair of black dress pants, and some nice tops. no desire to go crazy with dressing up. :rolleyes:

 

Also.. I know there is some sort of footwear policy out there for the MDR. I'm not dragging a bunch of dress shoes along with me. Does anyone think they will object to some dressy sandals? (I'm not talking flip flops)

I took a generic pair of flat sandals for "casual days" in dining room, and a pair of neutral cork sandals for formal night. I am lucky enough my dress folds and fits in ziplock -yeah would have looked better with black shoes, but can't afford the airline suitcase weight. Spouse just wore dress pants, shirt & tie. Goodness knows we have enough formal portraits and the casuals turn out better anyhow IMO.

I'm sure I'm in the minority on this one, and this is just my own thoughts and feelings and everyone is welcome to dress any way they like, but I don't see why its such a "hassle" to dress formal on formal night.

 

I guess if someone goes on a lot of cruises the formal nights might not be a big deal, but we only go on one cruise every 5 years or so, so I like to make the 2 out of 7 nights as special as possible. And when there is a lot of other people dressed in comfortable casual clothes on formal night it does affect the feeling/mood of my formal night. Not a lot, but it does affect it.

 

I know it will never happen, but I do wish everyone did respect the attire on the formal nights.

 

I know times have changed but it seems that a lot of people have lost there respect for those special events in life. At one time people used to dress in suits/ties and nice dressed for church on Sundays, every Sunday. Now I see people wearing sweat pants in church. And maybe this is the way the cruise indistry is going. 10 years from now maybe "Formal night" will official be changed to "sweat pants" night. Just joking. :D:D

 

Please don't jump all over me. These are just my weird thoughts on this subject.

Well in the last 5 years they have "Eliminated" Formal night and have a new dress code that evens allows shorts in the MDR almost every night.

Steve