Yes or no. Do you like the new "evening chic" dress code?

[bar_20]

So if you show up in a tux and a formal gown are they going to turn you away? Those who like to dress to the nines still can, those that don't, have another option. Let's face it MDR's aren't what they were 20 years ago. I'm surprised they haven't raised the dress code in the big $$$ restaurants.

[A Sixth?]

Notice that the "poll" is getting nearly 60% agreeing. Interesting!!

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

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Just to point out those who "don't care are fine with the change too so it's over 70% :D

[TLCOhio]

Just to point out those who "don't care are fine with the change too so it's over 70% :D

 

Great point!! Yes, it adds up to about 72%. That's a sizable number!! BUT, how many of those voting on for this question were not on their computer being properly dressed wearing a suit, tie and/or tux? Does that make a difference?

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

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[DireMongoose]

I'm strongly in the "don't care" camp.

 

My family will still be dressed up, especially for formal nights. We have fun with it.

 

But life is way too short to get upset by what anyone else is wearing.

[wallie5446]

Finally got to vote, don't care.

[Fouremco]

There are already lots of videos on packing light.

If interested, here are links to just a few for starters.

 

 

 

 

 

Learning to Lighten your Load

 

 

 

Thanks Varoo! I'll have to take a look at these. :)

[Bizmark'sMom]

People pays thousands of dollars on the cruise, hundreds of dollars per person, on over priced drinks, lose hundreds of dollars in the casino, and throw away money in the shops, yet cry crocodile tears over paying $50 for an extra suitcase for some nice clothes. Next year they will allow tees and shorts in the dining room and everybody can cruise with just a carry on.

When the cruise is only part of a trip involving planes, ground transportation, trains, and lugging your bags up 3 flights of stairs to a rented apartment, that extra suitcase is a major inconvenience. I travel with a backpack and a rolling duffel bag - and that duffel needs to be below 30lbs so that I can lift it and carry it if I need to. On more complicated land / cruise trips, I travel with just a large backpack and cut out the duffel entirely simply because that's easier to manage.

 

I haven't attended formal night in years. And yes, I am one of the people wandering the ship wearing my regular pants and shirt. I do not pack items that only get worn once, I actually do not have the space.

[digital_curator]

I didn't vote because there isn't really an option for what I'm feeling.

 

My husband is thrilled because he hated wearing a tux (but he looked so good!) but this will mean that he will need to pack more because he rented one from the ship along with the shoes.

 

On a Caribbean cruise, I won't mind so much, though when we cruise with friends, the whole group tends to get really dressed up. I would feel a little self-conscious to do this if everyone else wasn't.

 

I will miss it on Transatlantics. We had three formal nights and it was really fun to see everyone dressed up.

 

So, I'm a little nostalgic for the formal wear, and worried about an influx of jeans and t-shirts, but it will be easier for me to pack. So I do care but it isn't going to greatly effect my cruise.

[Desertbelle]

The poll is showing that only about a quarter of folks don't like the policy and the rest like the new policy or don't care. It would seem that Celebrity knows their customer fairly well.

[Karynanne]

The poll is showing that only about a quarter of folks don't like the policy and the rest like the new policy or don't care. It would seem that Celebrity knows their customer fairly well.

 

 

This poll only represents a very small percentage of Celebrity cruises. I would guess less than 10%, and an even smaller percentage of those that have actually voted.

 

I wonder how many non Cruise Critic passengers will actually like this new policy.

[Cruise Junky]

This poll only represents a very small percentage of Celebrity cruises. I would guess less than 10%, and an even smaller percentage of those that have actually voted.

 

I wonder how many non Cruise Critic passengers will actually like this new policy.

 

I've wondered about that too. Celebrity must have based it on feedback though don't you think? Surveys? It's a pretty big step (even though HAL beat them to it)

[bEwAbG]

I've wondered about that too. Celebrity must have based it on feedback though don't you think? Surveys? It's a pretty big step (even though HAL beat them to it)

 

They probably learn a lot just by watching the crowds on formal nights. As many people have pointed out, this new policy is really just catching up to what a lot of people were wearing as "formal" attire--dressy clothes but not gowns/tuxes.

[Karynanne]

They probably learn a lot just by watching the crowds on formal nights. As many people have pointed out, this new policy is really just catching up to what a lot of people were wearing as "formal" attire--dressy clothes but not gowns/tuxes.

 

 

Observing? Dress codes vary, by itineraries. Cruises in Europe are usually very formal.

 

And Alaska cruises traditionally are very casual.

 

Whatever Celebrity's methodology, it will interesting to see how passengers like this new policy.

[Desertbelle]

Observing? Dress codes vary, by itineraries. Cruises in Europe are usually very formal.

 

And Alaska cruises traditionally are very casual.

 

Whatever Celebrity's methodology, it will interesting to see how passengers like this new policy.

We have been on several European cruises and I feel they are very much less formal. Probably because those cruises are longer and travel is further and very few people want to pay for extra luggage and to lug around tuxes and ball gowns.

[GUT2407]

I just wish they'd enforce whatever the standard is.

 

Or do away with it all together.

[midwestchick]

Yes!

I can't see X enforcing the new policy though. They don't enforce people using the Purell stations at the different venues. To me, that's far more important than the dress code, especially when I see people walking out of restrooms without washing their hands. :eek: DH notices in the men's room too. :mad:

This type of dress works very well on Azamara...I don't see why it can't on X, if it would be properly enforced.....IF being the keyword.

[GUT2407]

Yes!

I can't see X enforcing the new policy though. They don't enforce people using the Purell stations at the different venues. To me, that's far more important than the dress code, especially when I see people walking out of restrooms without washing their hands. :eek: DH notices in the men's room too. :mad:

This type of dress works very well on Azamara...I don't see why it can't on X, if it would be properly enforced.....IF being the keyword.

 

Most lines don't enforce anything for fear of offending Pax.

 

In doing so they offend other PAX instead.

[scifimonkey]

Eggs act lee.

 

Amazing how this forum exerts so much energy onto this topic. First world complaints!!

 

what other kind of complaints can you possibly expect on cruise critic?????

Unless they start a section on CC for Libyan and Syrian migrants in rubber boats, all the problems will be by definition first world ones.:confused:

[midwestchick]

Most lines don't enforce anything for fear of offending Pax.

 

In doing so they offend other PAX instead.

 

I've seen the purell enforced on Azamara all the time. When we come back to the ship after an excursion...going into the buffet, etc.

And yes, I am offended that people go directly from the restroom to the buffet without washing or cleaning their hands.

I made a very specific comment about this on my post cruise survey from X. I wish more pax would do the same.

[cruise47]

Yes,yes,yes. Can't vote on ipad

 

Yes!! Yes, we also cannot vote using an IPAD.

[A Sixth?]

This poll only represents a very small percentage of Celebrity cruises. I would guess less than 10%, and an even smaller percentage of those that have actually voted.

 

I wonder how many non Cruise Critic passengers will actually like this new policy.

 

They are likely newer cruisers who haven't had the time to find the cruise critic and who are the ones least likely to pine-back to the tuxedo era. :cool:

[A Sixth?]

Yes!! Yes, we also cannot vote using an IPAD.

 

HEY!!! Andy and co. They're right.... I can't either. Maybe a tweak? :)

[north29]

I would rather see people in modern glitzy dress than people in poor fitting tuxes and suits and women beside the men pretending to be formal in just nice dresses not evening gowns. Nice sexy clothes or good looking outfits can be bought at many discount stores or high end stores and are USEABLE for other occasions. Not all of us or many of us have never had a need for a tux, and I do not even own a suit, I no longer have a need for one, so why buy one JUST for a cruise. People with families and people who have saved for years to do a cruise, buying special clothes that are not needed in their life, is a unjustifiable expense.

 

Having said that, I said this before, X needs to do something for the people who like to dress "FORMALLY" or for people with special occasions, a special room section, or some type of accommodation that would allow the experience of the special occasion or night

[A Sixth?]

 

Having said that, I said this before, X needs to do something for the people who like to dress "FORMALLY" or for people with special occasions, a special room section, or some type of accommodation that would allow the experience of the special occasion or night

 

roll back five to ten years, the formal set told those who chose to just jacket and tie it on formal night that they should dine at the buffet. :mad:

 

Maybe the worm has turned.

 

Here's a well dressed fellow doing it! :p

 

[Iamcruzin]

I would rather see people in modern glitzy dress than people in poor fitting tuxes and suits and women beside the men pretending to be formal in just nice dresses not evening gowns. Nice sexy clothes or good looking outfits can be bought at many discount stores or high end stores and are USEABLE for other occasions. Not all of us or many of us have never had a need for a tux, and I do not even own a suit, I no longer have a need for one, so why buy one JUST for a cruise. People with families and people who have saved for years to do a cruise, buying special clothes that are not needed in their life, is a unjustifiable expense.

 

Having said that, I said this before, X needs to do something for the people who like to dress "FORMALLY" or for people with special occasions, a special room section, or some type of accommodation that would allow the experience of the special occasion or night

 

This makes perfect sense. When I had to wear a suit and tie to work I wouldn't mind purchasing a new suit for a cruise. Now since I only wear a suit on a cruise I would just go to Kohl's, Sears or JCPenny and purchase an inexpensive black suit off of the rack and just have the pants shortened. The jacket sleeves were always too long and it defiantly wasn't a proper fit. I wore the jacket into the MDR and hung it on the back of my chair. I never had an occasion to wear the suit again until the next cruise. As you can see from my cruise history my sailings are far and few between. The same applies for my wife and cocktail dresses. Now at least we can spend more for a variety of proper fitting clothing that I can wear again at home. I can buy a few pair of pants and a few shirts as opposed to one suit. My wife can buy a few nice dresses as opposed to the closet classics that will never see the light of day after the cruise has ended.

Edited November 13, 2015 by Iamcruzin