Carnival has new dress code..

[Gathina]

Sparty, are you stopping in key west along the way, you could go ona drunk fest to best prepare yourself for the slob fest you'll encounter later. Then you can have a following of gaspers...M

 

Elegant dining for Sparty on April 13th. Tuxedo T with Manpris. I hope someone actually gasps at how appalled they are. Actually, as much as I want to, that is not an option unless I want to sleep on the Lido deck AGAIN on this cruise.

[kbt2]

I will be willing to bet RCI soon follows ( I give them 6 months) so I guess you will not be crusing that line either

 

If they do I am sure there will be people dining in Sevens instead of Wranglers

[caviargal]

I will be willing to bet RCI soon follows ( I give them 6 months) so I guess you will not be crusing that line either

 

RCI already allows shorts and jeans in the dining room at dinner, they just have not made a big splash with the announcement.

 

And, yes, the lack of dress standards is one of the reasons we no longer choose RCI even though the perks for Diamond Plus are terrific.

[momofmeg]

If they do I am sure there will be people dining in Sevens instead of Wranglers

 

It is already acceptable to wear jeans on RCI-this thread is about shorts NOT jeans.

 

BTW-how many pairs of Sevens do YOU own?

[momofmeg]

RCI already allows shorts and jeans in the dining room at dinner, they just have not made a big splash with the announcement.

 

And, yes, the lack of dress standards is one of the reasons we no longer choose RCI even though the perks for Diamond Plus are terrific.

 

 

Caviergal do you think RCI'er wear Sevens's shorts? LOL! (do they exist? I have no idea)

[happysinglemom]

I think the poster meant that going on a cruise is a way to get away from the increasing sloppiness of everyday life, and spend some time in a nicer environment. Some people find manners and elegance a plus on their vacations. :)

 

Like it or not, how you dress does give others an impression of you, good or bad. I know "what's important is on the inside," but dressing nicely shows respect for those around you. You may not care what people think of you, but there are still social norms as far as what is appropriate to wear in public, and some folks are going to think ill of you if you go too far outside these norms.

 

I can't believe the number of parents at our school who wear pajamas and slippers to bring their kids into the building. Some even wore pajamas for their parent-teacher conferences! It's hard to take someone seriously if they don't even bother to get dressed before they talk to me about something as important as their children!

Yikes!

 

Now, I'm not asking for power suits and heels -- just something other than nightwear, and preferably clean.

 

 

In total agreement here. I was at the airport yesterday waiting for my flight, and one of the passengers spent about 30 min at the counter dealing with a ticket problem. This fella was about 35, tall, about 280 lbs, and had on very baggy shorts and a huge sleeveless t-shirt. Not just a regular sleeveless...but one of those tanks...open to about 10 inches below the armpit. I'm sure he could be a very nice person, but honestly, I would be totally disgusted if I had to sit next to him on a plane. Dressing that way, to me, is a level of casualness that implies familiarity...in fact it forces familiarity. There were parts of his body showing that should not be shown anywhere other than at home or at the beach. I guess that is the issue for me...when you dress down do such a degree, I see it as a lack of respect - for both yourself, and for others around you. I suppose I may be "old-fashioned", but my 15 yr old son, and many of his buddies, are in my camp on this issue. So I don't feel like I am that far off the mark. :cool:

 

We enjoy dressing up; we enjoy the distinctive character and mood of an evening that is afforded at events that call for it. But that doesn't mean we don't "do" jeans, or dressing down, when appropriate.

[Kurbanfan]

BTW-how many pairs of Sevens do YOU own?

 

Yes and ask him/her if they have even sailed on Carnival:rolleyes:

Ignorance is bliss:D

[kbt2]

It is already acceptable to wear jeans on RCI-this thread is about shorts NOT jeans.

 

BTW-how many pairs of Sevens do YOU own?

 

Actually 9 pairs and 2 Hudson's and 2 Lucky's! :) Proudly!

[kbt2]

It is already acceptable to wear jeans on RCI-this thread is about shorts NOT jeans.

 

BTW-how many pairs of Sevens do YOU own?

 

BTW: Don't see Jeans in description below: I agree u see jeans, but mainly after dinner. I know many change and go to casino and disco in them and that's perfectly acceptable...IMO..

 

Suggested guidelines for these nights are:

Casual: Sport shirts and slacks for men, sundresses or pants for women

Smart Casual: Jackets and ties for men, dresses or pantsuits for women

Formal: Suits and ties or tuxedos for men, cocktail dresses for women

[Kurbanfan]

BTW: Don't see Jeans in description below: I agree u see jeans, but mainly after dinner. I know many change and go to casino and disco in them and that's perfectly acceptable...IMO..

 

Suggested guidelines for these nights are:

Casual: Sport shirts and slacks for men, sundresses or pants for women

Smart Casual: Jackets and ties for men, dresses or pantsuits for women

Formal: Suits and ties or tuxedos for men, cocktail dresses for women

 

This has been beat to death a million times. RCCL does allow jeans. The last time we sailed them was in 2004 and there were plenty at dinner our group included.

Also Princess took down their no jeans sign at the dining room door this last year, and in Dec there were plenty wearing them to dinner.....

They all are following suit;)

[momofmeg]

BTW: Don't see Jeans in description below: I agree u see jeans, but mainly after dinner. I know many change and go to casino and disco in them and that's perfectly acceptable...IMO..

 

Suggested guidelines for these nights are:

Casual: Sport shirts and slacks for men, sundresses or pants for women

Smart Casual: Jackets and ties for men, dresses or pantsuits for women

Formal: Suits and ties or tuxedos for men, cocktail dresses for women

 

Om my last RCI cruise back in 2005 we had a table near us that wore sloganed tee shirts, nikes, and jeans every night including formal night, the 6 nights I ate there. Now I did eat at Porotfinos one night so maybe they dressed better that night, but I doubt it.

 

Each night after port they would wear a tee shirt advertizing the port we had been to, one night one of the men wore a "Coors beer " tee shirt. another night he had on a Harley Davison tee shirt. Now I have no idea the brand of jeans, as I had no desire to read the labels off their butts, but the jeans appeared to be Lee's and Levi's.

 

You need to scroll through a few pages. There is a locked thread at the fashion board on jeans in which a gal who calls herself RCCLismyfav proudly proclaimed jeans are acceptable on RCI. Any of us who expressed we did not like the idea of jeans at dinner (and I was saying I did not want to see it on HAL not RCI) were told we were rude and obnoxious.

 

I am glad though that you also do not find jeans acceptable.

 

But let's get back on topic-this thread is about SHORTS and not jeans.

[momofmeg]

This has been beat to death a million times. RCCL does allow jeans. The last time we sailed them was in 2004 and there were plenty at dinner our group included.

Also Princess took down their no jeans sign at the dining room door this last year, and in Dec there were plenty wearing them to dinner.....

They all are following suit;)

 

I was told by that gal who said I was rude and obnoxious that pants included jeans. She said since most lines have dropped the specfic phrases in their literture on dress code that said "no jeans allowed" or "no jeans please" that it is now acceptable. She also said that Celebrity only had their sign at the dinningroom entrance to satisfy old fogies like me, that they did not really "mean it".

 

I was also told something similiar on the HAL board by another poster. He said, since HAL no longer says "no jeans allowed" or "no jeans please" that it is now acceptable.

[kbt2]

Okay...Okay...not listening...I never said "jeans were not allowed", I said "suggested". The original OP stated that in Carnival's new dress code that it shows under "suggested" (just lke I stated "suggested on RCI"), that Carnival's Suggested now shows jeans and shorts.

Heck yea, you see jeans in the dining room on every cruise ship...but does not mean that is the "suggested". Just encouraging people to wear these more laxed clothing, shows the clients they are attracting!

And again, I will wear my 7's after dinner and those costs more then some people's whole outfit. Yea, I am one of "them" and :)

Heck, jeans are a staple item, I have ton of them and wear them often, I (stating I not u), would just prefer that I will not wear them out to nice dining.

[kbt2]

In total agreement here. I was at the airport yesterday waiting for my flight, and one of the passengers spent about 30 min at the counter dealing with a ticket problem. This fella was about 35, tall, about 280 lbs, and had on very baggy shorts and a huge sleeveless t-shirt. Not just a regular sleeveless...but one of those tanks...open to about 10 inches below the armpit. I'm sure he could be a very nice person, but honestly, I would be totally disgusted if I had to sit next to him on a plane. Dressing that way, to me, is a level of casualness that implies familiarity...in fact it forces familiarity. There were parts of his body showing that should not be shown anywhere other than at home or at the beach. I guess that is the issue for me...when you dress down do such a degree, I see it as a lack of respect - for both yourself, and for others around you. I suppose I may be "old-fashioned", but my 15 yr old son, and many of his buddies, are in my camp on this issue. So I don't feel like I am that far off the mark. :cool:

 

We enjoy dressing up; we enjoy the distinctive character and mood of an evening that is afforded at events that call for it. But that doesn't mean we don't "do" jeans, or dressing down, when appropriate.

 

ITA !!!!

[Kurbanfan]

In total agreement here. I was at the airport yesterday waiting for my flight, and one of the passengers spent about 30 min at the counter dealing with a ticket problem. This fella was about 35, tall, about 280 lbs, and had on very baggy shorts and a huge sleeveless t-shirt. Not just a regular sleeveless...but one of those tanks...open to about 10 inches below the armpit. I'm sure he could be a very nice person, but honestly, I would be totally disgusted if I had to sit next to him on a plane.

.

 

That to me is dressing like a slob. ;) Good thing Carnivals new dress code does not allow tank tops at dinner......

[momofmeg]

That to me is dressing like a slob. ;) Good thing Carnivals new dress code does not allow tank tops at dinner......

 

I read in the thread over at HAL about this a person saying a fellow cruiser on their HAL med cruise was dressed that way for breakfast. The post said that theyunderstood that the man was dressed for his excursion for the day-but they still found it repulsive seeing all his armpit hair.

 

My reply was granted that is not attractive, but I found my fellow Mariner fo the Seas cruiser in her RCI terricloth robe , bunny slippers and bedhead no less repulsive in the windjammer at breakfast. At least the guy did not come to breakfast in his pajamas!

[Jane110]

 

Guess you won't be wearing Rami's brown/green gown on formal night that we both love.:D

 

I'd wear it in a NY minute!

[Sandi149]

Today I was watching an episode of I Love Lucy where Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel do a transatlantic to Europe on the United States Lines Constitution. The episode was so funny, she missed the ship and had to be lowered by helicopter onto the top deck:D...I've seen it so many times but it still makes me laugh. Back then everyone dressed very formally. On embarkation day both men and women were in suits. It really did look quite nice. The formal scene that they showed, had Lucy in a beautiful ball gown and the men were in tuxedos. Cruising sure has come a long way since then but I think it's really nice to get dressed up.

 

It's a much more relaxed world today. Too relaxed in some ways IMO. I remember when I was a little girl in the 60s when my parents and I would go into Manhattan, I would have to wear a nice dress, leotards, and those patent leather shoes. Today you walk down 5th Avenue you can see people in all sorts of get ups. Definitely a different world than back then.

 

Times have changed and I guess for the most part people have to change with the times.

[Jane110]

And again, I will wear my 7's after dinner and those costs more then some people's whole outfit. Yea, I am one of "them" and :)

Heck, jeans are a staple item, I have ton of them and wear them often, I (stating I not u), would just prefer that I will not wear them out to nice dining.

 

Cost has nothing to do with formality and I'm not entering into the discussion about if jeans are ok in a dining room or not. I just don't understand why you would think that expensive jeans are more formal than say.....a dressy georgette outfit w/ beading......because your jeans might have cost more.

 

A pair of riding boots can cost $1000., while a pair of formal evening shoes might cost $200. (some here pay under $50).

 

Why would you make a comparison between the cost of an item and how formal it is or isn't? It just doesn't make sense to me. What's your thought process on this one?

[Soxfan05]

Why would you make a comparison between the cost of an item and how formal it is or isn't? It just doesn't make sense to me. What's your thought process on this one?

 

I hate to say it, but it's a common thought process.

 

High End = High Class

 

That explains the jeans/dressy top/heels explosion, Ugg boots and Eliot Spitzer. ;)

[bobandkelly]

Jane, I agree on the cost thing, I don't understand either and if someone could explain it to me that would be great.

 

Happy, I had to laugh with your discription of that guy. My DH knows that is one of the things I dislike. The last time we flew here we are sitting in our seats. I am in the middle of three, DH at the window and here it comes. DH is laughing (quietly) teasing me and sure enough his is the seat next to me! Why would anyone think I want their armpit hair by me! What is wrong with a shirt! And don't get me started on pajamas!

Kelly

[momofmeg]

Cost has nothing to do with formality and I'm not entering into the discussion about if jeans are ok in a dining room or not. I just don't understand why you would think that expensive jeans are more formal than say.....a dressy georgette outfit w/ beading......because your jeans might have cost more.

 

A pair of riding boots can cost $1000., while a pair of formal evening shoes might cost $200. (some here pay under $50).

 

Why would you make a comparison between the cost of an item and how formal it is or isn't? It just doesn't make sense to me. What's your thought process on this one?

 

Oh you missed her point I think. She said would cruise RCI instead of Carnival because she could afford to wear Sevens instead of Wranglers.

 

Maybe I misunderstood her?

 

what it boiled down to Jane, (I think) she got angry with me for posting that I felt RCI would soon follow Carnival's lead. So then she said RCI crusiers wore sevens and not wranglers or something like that.

 

I don't understand? I am confused. I guess as usual I irritated someone, without meaning to.

 

I saw no need for her to take offense. There is a discussion on the HAL board about this also. Many on the HAL board are afraid the dress code will be relaxed there also. It is just somehting that is being discussed now.

Besides why say RCI is her choice because she wears Sevens? why not say Crystal or Cunard? RCI is nicer then Carnival, but not as much nicer as she seems to indicate. I have been on enough cruises on both lines to know that.

[momofmeg]

Today I was watching an episode of I Love Lucy where Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel do a transatlantic to Europe on the United States Lines Constitution. The episode was so funny, she missed the ship and had to be lowered by helicopter onto the top deck:D...I've seen it so many times but it still makes me laugh. Back then everyone dressed very formally. On embarkation day both men and women were in suits. It really did look quite nice. The formal scene that they showed, had Lucy in a beautiful ball gown and the men were in tuxedos. Cruising sure has come a long way since then but I think it's really nice to get dressed up.

 

It's a much more relaxed world today. Too relaxed in some ways IMO. I remember when I was a little girl in the 60s when my parents and I would go into Manhattan, I would have to wear a nice dress, leotards, and those patent leather shoes. Today you walk down 5th Avenue you can see people in all sorts of get ups. Definitely a different world than back then.

 

Times have changed and I guess for the most part people have to change with the times.

 

 

I understand Cuanrd is still like that and I hope to cross the Atlantic on Cunard one day. Ofcourse Cunard's ships are ocean liners and not cruiseships.

[donaldsc]

That to me is dressing like a slob. ;) Good thing Carnivals new dress code does not allow tank tops at dinner......

 

Yet.

 

DON

[spartygrad95]

Yet.

 

DON

 

 

Yet another helpful comment. Metamucil shake musta been chunky today?