Empress Dress?

[CruisingLover]

What is the dress code for dinners on Empress? I think I read there are no formal nights, which is fine. But, for dinners, is it dress casual? Meaning women wear sundresses, nice pants and men wear dress pants with polos or button up? 

[Biker19]

There are formal nights on the longer sailings, but the dress suggestions are not enforced.

[BekkaW]

WHat you described is absolutely fine. On our 7 night there was 1 formal and also 1 ‘dress to impress’ night 

[Merion_Mom]

12 hours ago, Biker19 said:

There are formal nights on the longer sailings, but the dress suggestions are not enforced.

 

Empress was launched with the announcement of "no formal nights".  Has this changed?

[Biker19]

14 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

 

Empress was launched with the announcement of "no formal nights".  Has this changed?

Yes, recent reports indicate that on longer sailings ( which started in the past few months) there are formal nights - not clear where the line is drawn but I think at least two CC threads mentioned formal nights on 7 day sailings. 

[LB_NJ]

This is from the current RCL website FAQ:

 

"Formal Night will not be offered on any of the currently scheduled Empress of the Seas sailings."

[Biker19]

21 minutes ago, LB_NJ said:

This is from the current RCL website FAQ:

 

"Formal Night will not be offered on any of the currently scheduled Empress of the Seas sailings."

As mentioned, that has been contradicted by reports from the ship. RCI's web site is one of the last to be updated with current info.

[LB_NJ]

18 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

As mentioned, that has been contradicted by reports from the ship. RCI's web site is one of the last to be updated with current info.

 

Since the website says no formal nights I plan to show up in casual attire for all nights on the ship.  Based on the website not sure how many if anyone will show up with formal attire.

 

[Biker19]

5 minutes ago, LB_NJ said:

 

Since the website says no formal nights I plan to show up in casual attire for all nights on the ship.  Based on the website not sure how many if anyone will show up with formal attire.

 

That's a good plan and you will likely not be under dressed. FYI, here the thread with the formal night info: 

 

[judgeender]

Just got back from the 8-night December 23rd cruise to Cuba.  There was 1 "formal" night.  Dress Codes were:

 

12/23 (Day 1 - embarkation day) Casual/70s

12/24 (Day 2 - Havana): Casual

12/25 (Day 3 - Havana): Casual

12/26 (Day 4 - At Sea): Formal

12/27 (Day 5 - Cienfuegos): Casual

12/28 (Day 6 - At Sea): Casual

12/29 (Day 7 - Grand Cayman): Casual/White Attire

12/30 (Day 8 - At Sea): Casual

[CruisingLover]

On 12/30/2018 at 1:56 PM, Biker19 said:

There are formal nights on the longer sailings, but the dress suggestions are not enforced.

We will be on a 6 night Cuba. any info on formal for that night?

[Biker19]

On 1/2/2019 at 9:40 PM, CruisingLover said:

We will be on a 6 night Cuba. any info on formal for that night?

Not for certain, but I would guess on such a length sailing, you'll have one formal night.

[CruisingLover]

Hi All

 

I decided to actually call RCCL. I told them which cruise I will be on (gave my res number) and he said there IS 1 formal night on my sailing and it's on the 2nd night.

 

Hope that helps anyone that is curious 🙂