Dress Codes when Cruising

[love_the_life]

Exactly, but it’s not! Not even the people on board knows what the bloody policy actually means.

At some stage, I’ll look up what it says on the actual cruise description.

I’m prettyconservative. If there’s a rule, I’ll follow it but ya gotta tell me what the rule is before I follow it.

And if there is some vague requirement for a jacket or a tuxedo at some ill defined times during a cruise, and I’m travelling around the world, sorry it ain’t gonna be packed and I’ll ‘wear’ the consequences.

The info on the daily chronicle is exactly the same on what is on their website (FAQs) so they assume people know or they have no real idea of the actual meaning of the information. We have never really taken a lot of notice and assumed that like other lines, the dress rules are for the evening only. Mr LtL always has a jacket so I suppose it makes not much difference for us. The best bit about 'formal optional' is that he doesn't need to pack a pair of black shoes for formal nights (which were usually only 2 on a 14 night cruise). Shoes take up a lot of space.

 

[tgh]

The latest SS dress guidelines are quite clear, <redacted>
Seeking argument with the lack of minute dress code detail is really just tilting at windmills and adds the OP to the small minority wearing baseball caps, torn fashion jeans and lots of other stuff that simply confirms their personal perception of identity.
Polite and socially amenable folks just look through this small rebellious minority.. ( and a sensitive Maitre 'd might seek opportunity to park the non conformist as far away from the regular conformists as possible )
As a casual Australian I am a huge fan of the new code , I can now pack just one very light jacket instead of the dark suit and misc regalia that was a real pita to lug around the world.

 

[RooFlyer]

The latest SS dress guidelines are quite clear, <redacted>
Seeking argument with the lack of minute dress code detail is really just tilting at windmills and adds the OP to the small minority wearing baseball caps, torn fashion jeans and lots of other stuff that simply confirms their personal perception of identity.
Polite and socially amenable folks just look through this small rebellious minority.. ( and a sensitive Maitre 'd might seek opportunity to park the non conformist as far away from the regular conformists as possible )
As a casual Australian I am a huge fan of the new code , I can now pack just one very light jacket instead of the dark suit and misc regalia that was a real pita to lug around the world.

Gee, thanks. I shall now take your communication 'Christmas greeting' as less than sincere, then; my kindly reply you may also ignore. <redacted>
I've posted the dress code above. With that clarity, I see you'd be happy to wear a jacket in "all indoor spaces" for the entire day - your suite, the loo etc. If not, the you've joined the revolution.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Gee, thanks. I shall now take your DM 'Christmas greeting' as less than sincere, then; my kindly reply you may also ignore. <redacted>

I've posted the dress code above. With that clarity, I see you'd be happy to wear a jacket in "all indoor spaces" for the entire day - your suite, the loo etc. If not, the you've joined the revolution.

It’s fairly clear that after 6pm in all public indoor spaces you need to be wearing a jacket. Of course it doesn’t apply to your cabin (private, not public), or areas where the dress code wouldn’t be applicable, like the gym, pool or spa.

Sure, the text may have been written or printed by someone for whom English is not a first language. But I think they’ve managed to communicate the essence of the code.

 

[prozac]

Perhaps now there needs to be a new thread "Jackets on a Cruise"?
@JessicaTam

 

[Flashback]

It’s fairly clear that after 6pm in all public indoor spaces you need to be wearing a jacket. Of course it doesn’t apply to your cabin (private, not public), or areas where the dress code wouldn’t be applicable, like the gym, pool or spa.

Sure, the text may have been written or printed by someone for whom English is not a first language. But I think they’ve managed to communicate the essence of the code.

So archaic. I work with many clients in many industries where suited and booted used to be the norm, but that just never happens anymore. Or, rarely does, and certainly isn't expected. The cruise ships need to get with the times. I don't care if I'm paying £10k for a cruise, if they expect it, they can go jump. I will wear whatever the heck I want, and yes, I will always dress 'cleanly'.

 

[RooFlyer]

It’s fairly clear that after 6pm in all public indoor spaces you need to be wearing a jacket. Of course it doesn’t apply to your cabin (private, not public), or areas where the dress code wouldn’t be applicable, like the gym, pool or spa.

Sure, the text may have been written or printed by someone for whom English is not a first language. But I think they’ve managed to communicate the essence of the code.

Sorry. In the last sentence of the code I posted they referred to no jeans etc after 6pm, so that concept was alive in their minds and able to be conveyed. The preceding sentence just referred to ":all indoor spaces" unqualified, with no time specified requiring jackets or formal wear. Why am I supposed to divine that perhaps whoever wrote it didn't have English as a first language and, unlike the preceding sentence, it meant something other than what was written? In a multinational, luxury cruise line, whose clientele I reckon would overwhelmingly be English speakers, it is just too much to ask that they actually compose a simple English sentence such as

"On Formal-optional nights, we kindly ask (or specify) gentlemen to wear Formal attire, or at least a jacket after 6pm, when attending bars and restaurants, other than the open deck facilities".

Look, my OP (and all on this theme was honestly a bit of fun, designed to have a bit of dig at poor writing. For those that missed it " ". I'm sorry some have not seen the funny side of things and taken it all too seriously. I shall remain po-faced hereon in.

I will wear whatever the heck I want, and yes, I will always dress 'cleanly'.

Gasp!

 

[Flashback]

Sorry. In the last sentence of the code I posted they referred to no jeans etc after 6pm, so that concept was alive in their minds and able to be conveyed. The preceding sentence just referred to ":all indoor spaces" unqualified, with no time specified requiring jackets or formal wear. Why am I supposed to divine that perhaps whoever wrote it didn't have English as a first language and, unlike the preceding sentence, it meant something other than what was written? In a multinational, luxury cruise line, whose clientele I reckon would overwhelmingly be English speakers, it is just too much to ask that they actually compose a simple English sentence such as

"On Formal-optional nights, we kindly ask (or specify) gentlemen to wear Formal attire, or at least a jacket after 6pm, when attending bars and restaurants, other than the open deck facilities".

Look, my OP (and all on this theme was honestly a bit of fun, designed to have a bit of dig at poor writing. For those that missed it " ". I'm sorry some have not seen the funny side of things and taken it all too seriously. I shall remain po-faced hereon in.



Gasp!

I don't think our Greenland cruise has such rabble. If it does, I'll just bring one of my tweed jackets

 

[RooFlyer]

I don't think our Greenland cruise has such rabble. If it does, I'll just bring one of my tweed jackets

Tweed is as far as I go, absent funerals and weddings. You never know, we might get a some SilverSea twerp rock up in their tuxedo and we might mistake them for a penguin and throw them a fish.

 

[Flashback]

Tweed is as far as I go, absent funerals and weddings. You never know, we might get a some SilverSea twerp rock up in their tuxedo and we might mistake them for a penguin and throw them a fish.

There will be 5 of us to help hoist them over... perfect!

 

[Flashback]

There will be 5 of us to help hoist them over... perfect!

Just spoke with my cousin who I'm with at the moment, and he mentioned they were in the top cabin on Cunard and didn't need to wear jackets. Interesting others are being told otherwise?

 

[Pushka]

Just spoke with my cousin who I'm with at the moment, and he mentioned they were in the top cabin on Cunard and didn't need to wear jackets. Interesting others are being told otherwise?

They do need to wear jackets if dining in the main dining room on formal nights in the theatre and night club. If you only eat in the buffet then you don't. But the top cabin is dining in Grills so why would anyone pay for that and not eat there?

 

[love_the_life]

Sorry. In the last sentence of the code I posted they referred to no jeans etc after 6pm, so that concept was alive in their minds and able to be conveyed. The preceding sentence just referred to ":all indoor spaces" unqualified, with no time specified requiring jackets or formal wear. Why am I supposed to divine that perhaps whoever wrote it didn't have English as a first language and, unlike the preceding sentence, it meant something other than what was written? In a multinational, luxury cruise line, whose clientele I reckon would overwhelmingly be English speakers, it is just too much to ask that they actually compose a simple English sentence such as

"On Formal-optional nights, we kindly ask (or specify) gentlemen to wear Formal attire, or at least a jacket after 6pm, when attending bars and restaurants, other than the open deck facilities".

Look, my OP (and all on this theme was honestly a bit of fun, designed to have a bit of dig at poor writing. For those that missed it " ". I'm sorry some have not seen the funny side of things and taken it all too seriously. I shall remain po-faced hereon in.



Gasp!

Yes - that was the poor writing that I highlighted - not the actual 'essence' as all usually agree that dress requirements apply after 6pm. I have never really looked at it before and it is very poorly expressed as that is not what it advises and if taken at face value would mean all indoor spaces all day.
I couldn't care less whether the writer was NESB; it was poor, doesn't excuse the communications section at SS and should have been picked up before publishing. Agree with RF on this.

 

[RooFlyer]

Wow. Not so Merry Christmas to me it sems . That'll do it for me; sad I can't have a bit of fun on Christmas Day.

 

[love_the_life]

Dress codes are the new laundry brawls discussion. Women get lucky in this discussion.

Maybe we should send AFFers to the Cunard board on Cruise Critic. That's a whole new ball game.

 

[drron]

I don't think our Greenland cruise has such rabble. If it does, I'll just bring one of my tweed jackets

Expedition cruises even on Silversea don't require a jacket.

 

[RooFlyer]

Expedition cruises even on Silversea don't require a jacket.

Not SilverSea Albatross .

 

[Port Power]

WCMO is this ( on board Silver Moon, cruising the tropics). Read the dress code

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So tomorrow, “men must wear a jacket in all indoor spaces”.

Really? I have to have a jacket on all the time when I’m inside the ship? My cabin? At breakfast?

No. WCMO is their inability to write a coherent sentence of what they mean. What they mean is in the dining and bar areas you have to wear a jacket. Which is stupid enough in the tropics, but is it really so difficult to form those words in print?

Of course I’m going to put my backside on a chair in the bar jacketless and see what happens.

Simply adjusting the heading to EVENING DRESS CODE would clarify the meaning (even if we do know what that intent is).

 

[drron]

Simply adjusting the heading to EVENING DRESS CODE would clarify the intent (even if we do know what that intent is).

I really don't see the problem. I read that as it says. Common sense tells me that it doesn't apply to your room. As to hallways how do you get to your restaurant, bar or theatre? If you are going to wear a jacket to the restaurant etc you surely will be wearing it walking down the hallways.
Anyway even before Silversea changed from formal nights to formal optional you could eat in La Terrazza, Kaiseki and the outdoor restaurants and not be required to wear formal attire. But as well many still ate in the other indoor restaurants without a jacket or tie.

And WCMO is those that complain that I am not going to pack a jacket to use on a couple of nights. If I take one jacket I wear it to the plane and then it is hung either at my seat or by the FA. For our last cruise in April which was 33 days apart from the jacket I wore I took a second jacket plus my dinner suit. Between us we packed just 1 23Kg suitcase.

 

[Port Power]

I really don't see the problem. I read that as it says. Common sense tells me that it doesn't apply to your room. As to hallways how do you get to your restaurant, bar or theatre? If you are going to wear a jacket to the restaurant etc you surely will be wearing it walking down the hallways.
Anyway even before Silversea changed from formal nights to formal optional you could eat in La Terrazza, Kaiseki and the outdoor restaurants and not be required to wear formal attire. But as well many still ate in the other indoor restaurants without a jacket or tie.

And WCMO is those that complain that I am not going to pack a jacket to use on a couple of nights. If I take one jacket I wear it to the plane and then it is hung either at my seat or by the FA. For our last cruise in April which was 33 days apart from the jacket I wore I took a second jacket plus my dinner suit. Between us we packed just 1 23Kg suitcase.

I wasn't complaining or even commenting on the dress code itself. It is the "grammar" or lack of specifics that is being called into question.

(I'm currently packing for my world cruise. Definitely the fancy evening dress (not long gown), glam evening set, two coughtail dresses, and pleated satin jade palazzo pants with a matching tinsel fabric top. The latter is for the "Kool and the Cats" performance. As disco as I have in my wardrobe!)