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

[Goes Cruising]

Voted don't care, just because I don't care what others wear. I wish Celebrity had not confused the issue further than it already was, but clearly people have been ignoring the dress code anyway.

 

People are focused on "Chic" rather than "Evening", but then again, even Celebrity doesn't seem to know the difference, as they add jeans to their list of acceptable wear.

[patterson3]

Personally, I don't like the change. I enjoy wearing a suit or tuxedo a couple nights on the cruise and enjoying seeing people dressed to the 10s. But I'm not surprised by the change, and I don't expect it to ruin my cruise experience in the least. It's not like the dining room is going to turn into Denny's with everyone wearing baseball hats, shorts, and t-shirts because of this change....

 

Truth be told I'd prefer to wear a tuxedo every night of the cruise to dinner (Maybe I should start taking crossings on Cunard instead of Caribbean cruises???), but I realize that I'm in the minority and do not fault Celebrity for going with what the majority of their market prefers.

 

Even with this change I expect some portion of the guests to wear suits or tuxes on (what used to be called) "formal night", myself included, and I'm curious to see what difference this new concept has on how people are dressed on my Reflection cruise in January.

[richsea]

Goodnews must ravel fast! We are onEquinox now,& most people I've talked to,have already heard about it. Tonight is formal night,& last night, our waiter told the men that just a long sleeved shirt would be ok. But I did speak. To a guest who witnessed a man being turned away last night (first night), for wearing jeans & t shirt, which I thought was odd, it being the first night.

 

Love it, love it, love it!!! Welcome to the 21st century, Celebrity! For some eeason,I could not vote.

[BosoxI]

Yes !!!!! Being farmers, hubby will have to pack his denim overalls and bring along a few sheafs of wheat to stick in his hair ( eye roll )

 

I've seen him on too many cruises already

[Ma Bell]

It doesn't really matter what I like, Celebrity has made their decision. Chances are that those who look good will still look good and those who don't, don't care.

[ClaudiaB]

Yes! I love the smart casual and will love the step above. I probably dress all the time already in what they call "chic" so it will be nice. On the "chic" nights I'll just step it up a bit more as I've always done on formal nights. We don't eat in the main dining room, haven't for years, just Blu, specialties and now Luminae, so we've never had to dress formally in a very long time. But we do like to wear a sport coat/sparkly outfit for those nights just to keep the general ambiance of the ship where people put in a little more effort in their dress.

 

We always go back to our cabin and "dress for dinner" in the late afternoon and then spend the rest of the evening having a cocktail, enjoying some entertainment and having dinner. It's just what we like to do. We stay dressed in our "dinner" clothes all evening. I don't see us changing anything really.

[happy 2 b cruising]

They will be coming! Have seen them already on Royal Caribbean.

 

We saw people in the MDR on RCL in short shorts with holes, tank tops, flip flops and bathing suit attire for dinner. Hopefully Celebrity will not allow this to occur.

[CruisingChick]

We saw people in the MDR on RCL in short shorts with holes, tank tops, flip flops and bathing suit attire for dinner. Hopefully Celebrity will not allow this to occur.

There were people on our Summit cruise in May with shorts, t-shirts, in the MDR for dinner. They were not "chic" by any definition.

 

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[lovemylab]

First off, I HATE the "less packing" excuse. Secondly, Jeans (Denim) weigh a lot, much more than any of the clothes I now bring on a cruise. I never pack jeans. Thirdly, they can't even enforce smart casual, what makes you think they can enforce "evening chic".

 

"Less packing" is not an excuse, it's a valid reason. Airlines charge baggage fees and many people combine a cruise with a land vacation. Having to drag along formal wear that only gets worn once or twice is a pain. Especially on longer trips.

 

Your jeans may weigh a lot, but mine don't. We recently returned from a week in Italy followed by an 11 day Med cruise. We wore jeans 4-5 times (including the flights home). The only time the formal wear got worn was on the 2 formal nights. That formal wear took up a lot more space in the suitcase than our jeans did!

[luvstosail]

Personally, I don't like the change. I enjoy wearing a suit or tuxedo a couple nights on the cruise and enjoying seeing people dressed to the 10s. But I'm not surprised by the change, and I don't expect it to ruin my cruise experience in the least. It's not like the dining room is going to turn into Denny's with everyone wearing baseball hats, shorts, and t-shirts because of this change....

 

Truth be told I'd prefer to wear a tuxedo every night of the cruise to dinner (Maybe I should start taking crossings on Cunard instead of Caribbean cruises???), but I realize that I'm in the minority and do not fault Celebrity for going with what the majority of their market prefers.

 

Even with this change I expect some portion of the guests to wear suits or tuxes on (what used to be called) "formal night", myself included, and I'm curious to see what difference this new concept has on how people are dressed on my Reflection cruise in January.

 

We are also part of the "I do like to dress up for formal Evenings" group. We do B2B Christmas cruises every year and getting dressed up just helps us to feel in the special holiday mood. I do hate to see the lazy dresser on formal nights walk around the ship with shorts on (just because they can). We also like to be relaxed and feel comfortable on most evenings in a PDR way .Lets face it when you are on your "holiday" it is nice to make it a bit special. Pretty soon it will be Okay to wear your PJ"s to breakfast !!!

 

Luvstosail

Boston Ma

[GUT2407]

What will it go to after Evening Chic?

[A Sixth?]

"Less packing" is not an excuse, it's a valid reason. Airlines charge baggage fees and many people combine a cruise with a land vacation. Having to drag along formal wear that only gets worn once or twice is a pain. Especially on longer trips.

 

Your jeans may weigh a lot, but mine don't. We recently returned from a week in Italy followed by an 11 day Med cruise. We wore jeans 4-5 times (including the flights home). The only time the formal wear got worn was on the 2 formal nights. That formal wear took up a lot more space in the suitcase than our jeans did!

 

People who don't travel a lot often use the whine that packing lite is dumb and that it means lite packers are "cheap" "unfashionable" and even "unhygienic" :mad:

 

We too love to travel and lugging bags around the streets of Europe onto trains, ferries and metros NOT!!!..... there is NO WAY I will ever pack one pair of socks more than I need.

 

edit: And another secret to lite is buy high end clothes meant to look good and travel.

 

Edited November 10, 2015 by A Sixth?

[grandgeezer]

"Less packing" is not an excuse, it's a valid reason. Airlines charge baggage fees and many people combine a cruise with a land vacation. Having to drag along formal wear that only gets worn once or twice is a pain. Especially on longer trips.

 

Your jeans may weigh a lot, but mine don't. We recently returned from a week in Italy followed by an 11 day Med cruise. We wore jeans 4-5 times (including the flights home). The only time the formal wear got worn was on the 2 formal nights. That formal wear took up a lot more space in the suitcase than our jeans did!

 

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.

[A Sixth?]

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.

 

We haven't flown economy in several years, our checked bags are free and we never check any.... It's about travel not pomp. :cool:

 

 

 

[lovemylab]

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.

 

Are you implying that only formal wear meets the definition of nice clothes???

 

Just because I don't want to drag along formal gowns and suits doesn't mean I dress like a slob.

[Adidas4fun]

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.

And you will be able to marry your service dog whilst on board ;)

 

Seriously? The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

[cricketgal]

Hubby and I LOVE the formal nights for a chance to dress up and since he owns his own tuxedo, it is one of the few times he can get use out of it.

 

Having said that, I know I can still wear a glitzy dress and not look out of place. My bigger concern is one often sees men (and some women) "dressed down", even on previous formal nights. My hope is similar to other posters in that I hope it doesn't given those folks license to dress down even more. Enforcing it is really the key here. Hopefully Celebrity will do that.

 

We do however enjoy the less formal attire worn at upscale all inclusives such as Sandals, nice not to have to pack as much formal wear for men, which tends to be bulkier and weigh more.

 

Will be interesting to see how this plays out on our cruise in Feb. I told hubby about the new dress code, but he hasn't yet decided whether to still bring tux or just go with dark suit, perhaps tie or no tie. We'll see!

[TKS]

Yes! DH won't have to pack extra shoes, shirt, suit, etc.

 

We have cruised on Oceania for years and it's not a problem there at all. People tend to dress for dinner, especially in the MDR. Hope X has a similar response from people. We've seen most people dress well aboard X when in the MDR, so hopefully this will just make life easier for everyone.

 

That being said, I don't really care what others wear as long as they are clean and respectful of others sensibilities (muscle shirts, shabby jeans, short-shorts, etc. at dinner - ICK!).

[iancal]

We are currently planning to do 6-8 weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam this winter.

 

Plus a last minute cruise, hopefully 14 days, to round it off.

 

We will be taking carry on only. Anyone like to guess the chances of us packing formal clothes, let alone carrying them around for 6-8 weeks so that we can wear them for 5 hours on three nights?

 

Not a snowballs chance! Nothing whatsoever to do with cost.

Edited November 11, 2015 by iancal

[BosoxI]

We haven't flown economy in several years, our checked bags are free and we never check any.... It's about travel not pomp. :cool:

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If it's not about "pomp", why the three pictures of you folks lounging in first class?

[scifimonkey]

Evening chic is what those with an enhanced sence of personal entitlement and self importance have always chosen to call anything they choose to wear (and god help anyone who might challenge them.....'its my style daaaahling')

The dress code is now officially dead and Celebrity has finally joined the floating Holiday Camp provider market. Which is fine for everyone who wants a floating Holiday Camp which presumably their marketing department believe reflects the mass market demand and certainly has plenty of support on these boards.

They have however 'thoughtfully' provided a little enclave in Micheals Club, stupidly expensive lawn club cabanas and a seperate dining room for anyone who is willing to pay to avoid the deck party conga, so I guess they think its all good! Just need a P&O like retreat and suites pool, a VIP area in the Club, boxes in the theatre , and we will be full circle back to the financially driven segregation of the old transatlantic cruises ,,,,,,,,,,,thats Modern Luxury!;);)

[Ma Bell]

People who don't travel a lot often use the whine that packing lite is dumb and that it means lite packers are "cheap" "unfashionable" and even "unhygienic" :mad:

 

We too love to travel and lugging bags around the streets of Europe onto trains, ferries and metros NOT!!!..... there is NO WAY I will ever pack one pair of socks more than I need.

 

edit: And another secret to lite is buy high end clothes meant to look good and travel.

 

 

Good for you if you like to travel light. There are also plenty of us, who travel a lot, and don't find it necessary to take only carryons. Never had a problem getting to where I want to go. The secret is it's not a big deal.;)

Edited November 11, 2015 by Ma Bell

[junetraveler2014]

Well you do have another choice. Pick the "Chic" night to have diner in your cabin. You don't have to worry who is going to show up in skanky beach clothes smelling of tanning lotion. :eek:

[iancal]

It is more a function of how we travel and where we travel that determines how we pack and what we want to carry.

 

Last year in Thailand we saw many people with large or multiple suitcases having trouble climbing over two small ferry boats that were tied to the third. When we got to the third we had to climb down two steps on a ladder to get on the boat....as well as handle our own bags.

 

Same in Europe on trains or walking 500m with our bags over cobbles. It would be very different if we were going from airport to cab to hotel. But this is not how we travel or what is available in many places where we do travel.

 

The suggestion that we would show up in dirty clothes smelling of tanning lotion is just...well silly. Just as silly as the suggestion that we hide in our room on formal evenings. It's not going to happen!

Edited November 11, 2015 by iancal

[SetU2]

How dare CCL change anything. No matter though, I'm still flying to the ship in a dirigible wearing my tophat and spats.