Dress Codes when Cruising

[Ansett Nostalgic]

If you want to dress like a slob, go on a Contiki tour and dine at McDonald's.

Luxury cruises are meant to offer elegance and sophistication which is why it is entirely appropriate to enforce a proper dress code. If anything the front of house should be more zealous in enforcing dress codes and non-compliant passengers should be sent back to their room to change and get properly dressed.

 

[drron]

Only in the tiny portion of the Galapagos islands which is just above the equator, no where near Greenland. The main colonies of the Galapagos penguin are south of the equator. I have snorkelled and scuba dived there with the penguins, seals, turtles, hammerheads and iguanas.

I haven't lost my sense of humour, the joke was not funny and based on a flawed premise that penguins would be anywhere near Greenland.

Though they are still in the northern hemisphere and that is what you said.
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[Lynda2475]

Not wrong as the Galapagos penguins which swim across the equator originate from the southern islands in the group.

The Northern most wild penguin population is over 8000 km south of Greenland, hence the attempted joke is neither witty nor humorous, as one can't be mistaken for a penguin somewhere they don't exist.

I prefer intelligent humour, slapstick antics or out of context observations like the penguin joke are not remotely entertaining to me.

 

[Port Power]

Not wrong as the Galapagos penguins which swim across the equator originate from the southern islands in the group.

The Northern most wild penguin population is over 8000 km sout of Greenland, hence attempted joke is neither witty nor humorous

The man in the tuxedo top (reminiscent of a penguin) was the joke. Not a real penguin. Everyone else understood the joke. The location in the world was not an issue. And just in case, birds are animals in the overall categories of animal, vegetable, mineral.

 

[MARTINE]

Not wrong as the Galapagos penguins which swim across the equator originate from the southern islands in the group.

The Northern most wild penguin population is over 8000 km south of Greenland, hence the attempted joke is neither witty nor humorous, as one can't be mistaken for a penguin somewhere they don't exist.

Yes… if the joke is interpreted in a literal concrete way.

Jokes are based on perception shift — its ok if you dont find it funny… but some will … and they may be ignorant about penguins but still laugh.

 

[drron]

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The penguins breed on Isabella island and the equator passes through it. Swam with the penguins of the northern coast of Isabella.

 

[Flyfrequently]

This is absolutely as far as I’m going to go


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BTW do you like the way I’ve done my hair?

Good to see you haven't lost your sense of humour @RooFlyer

 

[Flyfrequently]

Though I usually took 1 of my pink jackets.

Would love a photo of how pink  your jacket is @drron

 

[serfty]

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[Flashback]

If you want to dress like a slob, go on a Contiki tour and dine at McDonald's.

Luxury cruises are meant to offer elegance and sophistication which is why it is entirely appropriate to enforce a proper dress code. If anything the front of house should be more zealous in enforcing dress codes and non-compliant passengers should be sent back to their room to change and get properly dressed.

Nope, sorry, but the old world of getting all dressed up is exactly that. Old world. Live in the now, the new generation (which is moneyed up) does not ascribe to such things.

 

[Cynicor]

Nope, sorry, but the old world of getting all dressed up is exactly that. Old world. Live in the now, the new generation (which is moneyed up) does not ascribe to such things.

Exactly. This view is dying out toward comfort wear, and I am all in favour of that!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Nope, sorry, but the old world of getting all dressed up is exactly that. Old world. Live in the now, the new generation (which is moneyed up) does not ascribe to such things.

Sure. But the new generation probably doesn’t want to go on Cunard where there’s a dress code.

Nor does the new generation want the oldies spoiling the fun on the Virgin cruise!

The question is not whether there *should* be a dress code. It’s whether pax should comply with one where it exists.

Putting the shoe on the other foot… if the oldies go on a Virgin cruise, can they complain the music from the nightclub is too loud and get it shut down at 10? Or are they going on a Virgin cruise knowing there’s dance parties and loud activity?

 

[Quickstatus]

Doubtful you will see any Penguins in Greenland

Ahem...

 

[Quickstatus]

Luxury cruises are meant to offer elegance and sophistication

Collared shirt and Jacket on a cruise?

 

[drron]

Would love a photo of how pink  your jacket is @drron
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Well here I am on a cruise in one of my pink jackets.

 

[RooFlyer]

So much passion - like the Qantas dress code thread.

Luxury cruises are meant to offer elegance and sophistication which is why it is entirely appropriate to enforce a proper dress code. If anything the front of house should be more zealous in enforcing dress codes and non-compliant passengers should be sent back to their room to change and get properly dressed.

LoL. And the maître d should have a rattan cane to beat the offenders with as he sends them on their way.

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Personally, I think asking for a tuxedo to be worn, let alone wearing one while on a cruise in the Caribbean is faintly ridiculous. But I get it, many people like such dressing up and its a known SilverSea thing. My butler (another faintly ridiculous concept) goes about in starched shirt and bow-tie, and was in tails on the first day (I'd best avoid any penguin jokes here, as there aren't any in Greenland apparently).

But if a cruise line wants to specify a dress code, they can damn well give its customers the courtesy and respect of specifying it in a way that can be understood, even for those of us who haven't done the SilverSea 'cruise cruise' thing (as opposed to expedition cruises).

I remind everyone of the dress code that's been specified for my cruise (and someone said their website says the same).



The first para, for gents, simply does not say what the code actually is. The code actually is (for gents) inter alia "After 6pm in inside bars and restaurants gentlemen should wear a tuxedo .. etc ..... or a jacket per the Elegant Casual dress code'. Actually, on checking, that code is equally ambiguously written but we'll let that go.

There have been so many demonstrable faults and arguable problems on this expensive 'luxury cruise' (did someone say Contiki? ), I am not inclined to cut them any slack on their cretinously written dress code.

I'm travelling round-the world over about a month. I have packed a puffer jacket (known, by the way as a Tassie Tuxedo ), a puffer vest, a raincoat, umbrella, jumper, gloves etc for the majority European winter portion of it. I almost brought a jacket along - I usually travel with one - but it was just too much. For the Caribbean portion of my trip, I packed shorts, T shirts, swimmers etc. The idea that I should pack a tuxedo or even a jacket just for the 3 Formal nights of the cruise is just plain dumb.

TL;dr: If they want me to respect a dress code, they should respect me by writing it in a clear and correct way. Otherwise be prepared for me to take the mickey out of it (which is all I'm doing, really).

EDIT: Anyone wondering why this post is rather pointed can read my TR part on today's Aruba excursion (upcoming).

 

[RooFlyer]

BTW my first experience with a cruise line dress code was with Ponant, Darwin to Broome cruise and there were advertised 'white nights' where everyone was encouraged to wear semi-formal white. Believe it or not, I did pack a (borrowed) white jacket for that cruise and when I showed up for the Captains Gala, I found that a sizable chunk of guys weren't in white, let alone jackets. It was completely pointless. Just a Ponant thing apparently. Maybe that's where I learned my aversion to formal/semi-formal dress codes!

This SilverSea cruise is my first non-expedition cruise, and my last (except for Princess cruise with AFF in February), and my very last with SilverSea. I have 4 expedition cruises booked with other lines. SilverSea 'luxury' arguably isn't (and my hurdle for that would be a lot lower than many!) and I'm not paying top dollar for an ordinary experience, let alone being surrounded by pompous guys in penguin suits.

 

[Quickstatus]

I found that a sizable chunk of guys weren't in white, let alone jackets

Whats a Maître D going to do when half of the guest complement arrives sans dress code. Confine them to cabin?. There is also nothing to say blokes can't be in coughtail dresses either according to the dress code.