Clueless first-timer needs advice about cruises please

Charles wrote in
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In article , Otis
McNatt wrote:

Now I know that I must look incredibly uninformed, but what do
the people eat who don't want to participate in such a formal
dinner? Are there other alternatives?

Howard explained the dress code but I would add that Century is
not one of those ships that has good alternatives to the regular
dining room. They do have alternative dining and a sushi bar in
the lido area but I don't recomend it.


Do they have complimentary room service?

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"Jean O'Boyle" wrote in
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"Sue and Kevin Mullen" wrote in message
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I know what they advertise, but I would of thought that wearing
shorts was pushing the envelope a bit. If shorts are considered
ok, they wouldn't bother me, but I doubt I would wear shorts to
dinner myself.

sue

Sue, we have been on three NCL cruises- two 7 day ones on The
Norway and Norwegian Sea and a fourteen day one on the Norwegian
Crown and I did not see any shorts in the dining room in the
evening...morning and noon, yes, but not in the evening.
In fact, I just pulled a *Cruise News* letter from my file on the
Norwegian
Sea and it states, "Please no shorts after 6:00 PM in our lounges
and restaurants."

--Jean



Their website also says: "We do not allow jeans, T-shirts, shorts,
cut-offs, tank tops, bare feet, etc. in any of the restaurants at
dinner."

http://ncl.com/more/fp_mi_w2n.htm#24

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cmsix wrote in a.s.s.d on 4/17/04

(Lee) wrote in
om:

Is it really so hard for you to comprehend that some
folks actually ENJOY dressing up a bit while on holiday?

Of course not. Live and let live. Is it so hard for you to comprehend
that others on the same cruise might prefer not to dress up? Can't you
also live and let live?

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 02:25:55 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm
wrote:


Not a single person has said ever in this thread that you MUST have a tux.
Why is that what you always return to? It's not true that you must have
a tux. It may be true you need slacks and a jacket. Or just slacks.
t

Slacks are good. 8*)

I wear slacks all the time ......

Bob T.

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 02:25:55 +0000 (UTC), Juliana L Holm
wrote:


Not a single person has said ever in this thread that you MUST have a tux.
Why is that what you always return to? It's not true that you must have
a tux. It may be true you need slacks and a jacket. Or just slacks.
t

Slacks are good. 8*)

I wear slacks all the time ......

Bob T.

On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 21:54:07 -0400, Sue and Kevin Mullen
wrote:


This "shorts" thing is because of what you said in your first post in
this thread:

"if there are those who are so full of it that a relaxed person in
shorts "cheapens" their experience, then I'd have to say there is
something inherently wrong with that approach to holidaying."

Fairynuff ... but my thrust there was really that I couldn't
understand anyone seriously feeling "cheapened" by encountering such a
person. I personally wouldn't wear shorts in that situation, but by
the same token if someone wandered in wearing shorts I'm not
sufficiently uptight to feel cheapened.

I guess some people just take life more seriously than I do. In the
overall scheme of things I really cannot relate to that sort of
reaction. Call me odd, but it just seems shallow to me.

Bob T.

On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 21:54:07 -0400, Sue and Kevin Mullen
wrote:


This "shorts" thing is because of what you said in your first post in
this thread:

"if there are those who are so full of it that a relaxed person in
shorts "cheapens" their experience, then I'd have to say there is
something inherently wrong with that approach to holidaying."

Fairynuff ... but my thrust there was really that I couldn't
understand anyone seriously feeling "cheapened" by encountering such a
person. I personally wouldn't wear shorts in that situation, but by
the same token if someone wandered in wearing shorts I'm not
sufficiently uptight to feel cheapened.

I guess some people just take life more seriously than I do. In the
overall scheme of things I really cannot relate to that sort of
reaction. Call me odd, but it just seems shallow to me.

Bob T.

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:07:19 GMT, "Tom & Linda"
wrote:


That's going to have to do for me ..... I don't even *own* a tux, and
would wear a suit maybe once a year at most. My suits go out of style
before they ever wear out.


Most suits don't fit anymore long before they go out of style.

Plus... a nice navy or black 2 button suit never goes out of style.

I'm thinking of buying a navy jacket for the occasion .... my
concession to the formal set. 8*)

Bob T.

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:07:19 GMT, "Tom & Linda"
wrote:


That's going to have to do for me ..... I don't even *own* a tux, and
would wear a suit maybe once a year at most. My suits go out of style
before they ever wear out.


Most suits don't fit anymore long before they go out of style.

Plus... a nice navy or black 2 button suit never goes out of style.

I'm thinking of buying a navy jacket for the occasion .... my
concession to the formal set. 8*)

Bob T.

On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:10:44 GMT, Dillon Pyron
wrote:


I've found that packing two pairs of slacks (Dockers or the like, one
dark, one light) will do the trick. I wear them for dinner and
nothing else. Of course, this is in the Caribbean.

That's the current plan ... plus a navy jacket if I buy one in time.

Now I have a new problem to deal with ... the cruise company I took
the cruise from has just admitted to me that they do not, after all,
pay for all on-board tipping (despite saying so in their brochure). So
now I'm faced with yet another expense that wasn't budgeted for!

bummer ....

Bob T.