CILCIANRQTS Posted August 30, 2016 #101 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Just had my kilt and bagpipe fix for the year watched the Edinborough Tattoo on the TV, fantastic as usual, Canadians, New Zeland and Americans but this year no Australians. If Viking is monitoring this thread I doubt they would let us all cruise together, it would be the most wonderful mayhem though I expect they'd know it was us by our shorts, of all varieties, kilts the odd bagpipe and heaven knows what else. Daisi hope things are getting better. Managed to finally sort the knitting out. Keep up the good work. CA It wouldn't have to be a long cruise. It could just be a short one...:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacmom Posted August 30, 2016 #102 Share Posted August 30, 2016 How about to Bermuda. They like shorts there. Yes, I know it is not on a river, but maybe we should broaden not shorten our horizons. Pat Oh, I did quit my day job.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILCIANRQTS Posted August 30, 2016 #103 Share Posted August 30, 2016 For a brief moment, I thought the Viking towel question thread was as an alternative to shorts at dinner!! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisi Posted August 30, 2016 #104 Share Posted August 30, 2016 For a brief moment, I thought the Viking towel question thread was as an alternative to shorts at dinner!! :eek: Back to uni days, when we had toga parties...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beemer2 Posted August 31, 2016 #105 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Wonderful it only gets better, I think we had better ask a Scots man about the under kilt wear. Although going commando might upset a previous contributor with the towels etc. CA To answer your question I'll use a very old saying...... "There's nothing worn under a Scotsman's kilt, it's all in perfect working order" :) Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtravel Posted August 31, 2016 Author #106 Share Posted August 31, 2016 On Viking now. Most people are very casual daytime and evening. Even at the Captain's dinner, many people wore shorts. There were a few people that have dressed up. They looked nice. However, they looked out of place. cruise does not have any dress restrictions. Wear whatever you like. Casual attire is it. Keep it simple and clean. Leave fancy clothing home. Bring jeans, shorts, tee shirts, etc. a good pair of walking shoes and a hat is a must. Tours involve lots of walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laverendrye Posted August 31, 2016 #107 Share Posted August 31, 2016 On Viking now. Most people are very casual daytime and evening. Even at the Captain's dinner, many people wore shorts. There were a few people that have dressed up. They looked nice. However, they looked out of place. cruise does not have any dress restrictions. Wear whatever you like. Casual attire is it. Keep it simple and clean. Leave fancy clothing home. Bring jeans, shorts, tee shirts, etc. a good pair of walking shoes and a hat is a must. Tours involve lots of walking. So it's not like dinner at Downton Abbey? I am shocked, shocked, I tell you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted August 31, 2016 #108 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Beemer2 we will take your word for it. As for the towels they are discussing they wouldn't cover much back or front! Laverendry what not like Downton come come my dear one should always rise to the occasion, best bib and tucker including tiara of course the more bling the better and to !!!! with the shorts wearing set. CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILCIANRQTS Posted September 1, 2016 #109 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Beemer2 we will take your word for it. As for the towels they are discussing they wouldn't cover much back or front! Laverendry what not like Downton come come my dear one should always rise to the occasion, best bib and tucker including tiara of course the more bling the better and to !!!! with the shorts wearing set. CA Good question for Viking - are tiara's allowed at dinner?? I suppose that if there really are no rules (since the "guidelines" are obviously not enforced), then anything goes. However, I am not ready to wear my Jimmy Choo's to dinner yet (I'm a male)...;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgeez Posted September 1, 2016 #110 Share Posted September 1, 2016 We've been on dozens of big ship cruises but next week is our first river cruise. This thread caught my eye but I couldn't understand how it could go on for much more than one page. Now I know. Time to go pack my tuxedo and denim shorts. (BTW, I don't much care what someone else wears to dinner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 1, 2016 #111 Share Posted September 1, 2016 CILCIANRQTS, spoil sport but Jimmys are so last year a classy pair of Labutons but maybe not for you. Oldgeez nor do we but this thread has gone so off piste I think you should consider a bow tie and cummerbund to complete your ensemble have a great first cruise but be warned it can become addictive shorts or not. CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILCIANRQTS Posted September 1, 2016 #112 Share Posted September 1, 2016 CILCIANRQTS, spoil sport but Jimmys are so last year a classy pair of Labutons but maybe not for you.Oldgeez nor do we but this thread has gone so off piste I think you should consider a bow tie and cummerbund to complete your ensemble have a great first cruise but be warned it can become addictive shorts or not. CA The red soles are a little flamboyant for a low-key type like me. "Off piste" - I had to look it up, but very classy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgeez Posted September 1, 2016 #113 Share Posted September 1, 2016 "Off piste" - I had to look it up, but very classy!! Glad I wasn't the only one! I'll be sure to use it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridiana Posted September 1, 2016 #114 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Will you rhyme 'piste' with 'bike'? :eek: Remember, Viking doesn't have any bikes on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILCIANRQTS Posted September 1, 2016 #115 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Will you rhyme 'piste' with 'bike'? :eek: Remember, Viking doesn't have any bikes on board. Based on the typical Viking cruise demographic, that's a GOOD thing! (As Martha would say before she went to jail.) :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacmom Posted September 1, 2016 #116 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Thanks for my daily dose of humor. So glad the regular posters here do have a funny bone and that we have suck a great, tolerant host. Do you think shorts cover your funny bone? Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted September 1, 2016 #117 Share Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) Okay glad you appreciated the off piste remark but even I can't find a rhyme with bike, shall look into rhyming slang maybe that's the way to go. What with shorts covering funny bones (conjures up some amazing contortions) and what no bikes on Viking! Is that true maybe Martha should have been afraid. Yup our host must be exceptionaly tolerant considering how close to the wind we have sailed occasionaly but the we are discussing cruising and appropriate clothing, aren't we? CA Edited September 1, 2016 by Canal archive Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted September 1, 2016 #118 Share Posted September 1, 2016 It's ok, I've been enjoying it too. Been working this afternoon filling out NYS forms for a grant for my non-profit jazz society, so any levity is especially welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridiana Posted September 1, 2016 #119 Share Posted September 1, 2016 No tikes, not bikes on Vi-king. Do they have jazz concerts? If yes, can you attend in shorts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted September 2, 2016 #120 Share Posted September 2, 2016 No tikes, not bikes on Vi-king. Do they have jazz concerts? If yes, can you attend in shorts? If Viking ever cruises up the Bronx River, they are welcome to come to one of our concerts in Mount Vernon! [but it has even less water than the Elbe, so I don't suggest they try...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILCIANRQTS Posted September 2, 2016 #121 Share Posted September 2, 2016 If Viking ever cruises up the Bronx River, they are welcome to come to one of our concerts in Mount Vernon! [but it has even less water than the Elbe, so I don't suggest they try...] But the bridges are so much higher! No bus tours on the Bronx cruise!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILCIANRQTS Posted September 2, 2016 #122 Share Posted September 2, 2016 No tikes, not bikes on Vi-king. Do they have jazz concerts? If yes, can you attend in shorts? Have a Billie holiday on a Viking jazz tour. Also featured - that Catholic favorite "I Got Rhythm"!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted September 2, 2016 #123 Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) Have a Billie holiday on a Viking jazz tour.Also featured - that Catholic favorite "I Got Rhythm"!! ;) That was the Stanford Band in the 1960s, and we know how that turned out [later at Cal, when they lost Big Game for Stanford]. Let's let Sleepin' Bees [and dogs] lie... Edited September 2, 2016 by Host Jazzbeau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ural guy Posted September 2, 2016 #124 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Have a Billie holiday on a Viking jazz tour.Also featured - that Catholic favorite "I Got Rhythm"!! ;) Actually, that would be Vantage, as they do have a Jazz themed boat (River Voyager) that launched this year. The suites are named after Jazz icons, Billie Holiday being one. The shorts thing might not fly with them though. We sail on them in 2 weeks and they have a no shorts or jeans @ dinner rule. I was kinda disappointed to see that. I've only been on a Viking cruise so far and the unwashed masses wearing shorts (a couple of people) and jeans (15%) did nothing to distract me from enjoying myself. So for this next cruise, I had to go shopping for new dress slacks that fit and don't wrinkle. My wife enjoyed that experience much more than I did. :cool: It is nice that their are different cruise lines for folks to choose from, according to taste and budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILCIANRQTS Posted September 2, 2016 #125 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Actually, that would be Vantage, as they do have a Jazz themed boat (River Voyager) that launched this year. The suites are named after Jazz icons, Billie Holiday being one. The shorts thing might not fly with them though. We sail on them in 2 weeks and they have a no shorts or jeans @ dinner rule. I was kinda disappointed to see that. I've only been on a Viking cruise so far and the unwashed masses wearing shorts (a couple of people) and jeans (15%) did nothing to distract me from enjoying myself. So for this next cruise, I had to go shopping for new dress slacks that fit and don't wrinkle. My wife enjoyed that experience much more than I did. :cool: It is nice that their are different cruise lines for folks to choose from, according to taste and budget. Wait, Vantage has rules regarding dress ( or should I say shorts)?? That's a real diss at Vantage!! And VERY short- sighted!! So we need to be unwashed to wear shorts?? How about people who only own pre-washed jeans?? Sheesh, so many rules for cruise where we can supposedly do whatever we want. Next thing you know, Cologne will be mandatory on every river cruise!! Dom want to see that happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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