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Clueless first-timer needs advice about cruises please
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:14:42 -0400, Sue and Kevin Mullen
wrote: I know about Freestyle Dining, but never knew that you could wear shorts in the dining rooms on NCL. Hi Sue, I would not gather from the following that shorts are acceptable at dinner. Quote from NCL brochu Q: What is appropriate dinner attire? A: We don't require you to wear a tie or other formal attire to dinner. We do request however that guests wear "resort casual" attire to dine in any of our specialty or main restaurants. Q: What exactly is "resort casual attire? A: Resort casual is a much more comfortable way to dress for dinner. Basically, it's slacks, a dress or skirt for women. Best regards, Ray LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL 800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905 http://www.lighthousetravel.com |
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Clueless first-timer needs advice about cruises please
While that is the official position, I have seen lots of shorts in the dining room on my two (admittedly limited exposure) NCL cruises. I think it is clear that NCL is the line that accepts the most casual dress in the dining room. That said, the OP needs to be aware that they may be required to wear slacks at the worst. Julie Ray Goldenberg wrote: On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:14:42 -0400, Sue and Kevin Mullen wrote: I know about Freestyle Dining, but never knew that you could wear shorts in the dining rooms on NCL. Hi Sue, I would not gather from the following that shorts are acceptable at dinner. Quote from NCL brochu Q: What is appropriate dinner attire? A: We don't require you to wear a tie or other formal attire to dinner. We do request however that guests wear "resort casual" attire to dine in any of our specialty or main restaurants. Q: What exactly is "resort casual attire? A: Resort casual is a much more comfortable way to dress for dinner. Basically, it's slacks, a dress or skirt for women. Best regards, Ray LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL 800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905 http://www.lighthousetravel.com -- Julie ********** Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm |
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Clueless first-timer needs advice about cruises please
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:05:14 -0700, Ray Goldenberg
wrote: On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:14:42 -0400, Sue and Kevin Mullen wrote: I know about Freestyle Dining, but never knew that you could wear shorts in the dining rooms on NCL. Hi Sue, I would not gather from the following that shorts are acceptable at dinner. Quote from NCL brochu Q: What is appropriate dinner attire? A: We don't require you to wear a tie or other formal attire to dinner. We do request however that guests wear "resort casual" attire to dine in any of our specialty or main restaurants. Q: What exactly is "resort casual attire? A: Resort casual is a much more comfortable way to dress for dinner. Basically, it's slacks, a dress or skirt for women. Hmm, sloppy wording. Unless of course tops are optional :-) Best regards, Ray LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL 800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905 http://www.lighthousetravel.com -- dillon When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark and the horse's name was Bob. |
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Clueless first-timer needs advice about cruises please
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:05:14 -0700, Ray Goldenberg
wrote: On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:14:42 -0400, Sue and Kevin Mullen wrote: I know about Freestyle Dining, but never knew that you could wear shorts in the dining rooms on NCL. Hi Sue, I would not gather from the following that shorts are acceptable at dinner. Quote from NCL brochu Q: What is appropriate dinner attire? A: We don't require you to wear a tie or other formal attire to dinner. We do request however that guests wear "resort casual" attire to dine in any of our specialty or main restaurants. Q: What exactly is "resort casual attire? A: Resort casual is a much more comfortable way to dress for dinner. Basically, it's slacks, a dress or skirt for women. Hmm, sloppy wording. Unless of course tops are optional :-) Best regards, Ray LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL 800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905 http://www.lighthousetravel.com -- dillon When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark and the horse's name was Bob. |
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Clueless first-timer needs advice about cruises please
Then you DON'T want Celebrity. Shorts are not allowed in the dining
room for the evening meal on any night and a jacket is (more or less) required on some. Do any mass market lines allow shorts in the main dining rooms for the evening meal?? You may want to consider Windjammer; all shorts all the time and you can work out by helping sail the boat! We love Celebrity but Windjammer does sound like fun as well. -D (Otis McNatt) wrote in message om... Juliana wrote: Just a quickie. I know that a lot of people are taking a "Try it you'll like it" attitude toward dress on Celebrity. I'd like to suggest a different tack. If you can rethink this, you might consider a cruise on Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, or possibly Carnival (depending on the ship) or on Princess. All of these cruise lines will let you be casual at dinner, and not feel funny about it. I suspect with Celebrity you will either cave or feel a little like a fish out of water. Thanks for touching on this Juliana. I was beginning to suspect that I'd happened on a cruise line that emphasized glitz, and that they were not all the same. I realize that since the cruise business now caters to the masses, that dress codes may be desirable because I know how some people are. Some folks would show up for dinner wearing their grungy old sandals and tank tops, with all their pimples showing...YUK. Then again, you can put a nice suit or evening gown on a boor, and they're still boorish; but I guess they would look a little nicer anyway. But the bottom line is that my idea of a tropical vacation does not include packing a suit for any reason. And my wife feels the same way. Our idea of "casual" does not require slacks, or "golf" wear, as Ive read. If we can't wear shorts everywhere, then we don't care to be there. And thanks a bunch to everyone who posted. All were read, and all were informative! |
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Clueless first-timer needs advice about cruises please
Otis, I've sailed Celebrity twice and as far as dress code goes most
people do dress as expected. From a man's point of view its no big deal you get away with a suit and tie on the formal nights and look just fine. My wife on the other hand has a more difficult time since she felt under dressed the first cruise and packed more and better outfits for our second. Personally I enjoy the "dressing" for dinner and really enjoy seeing my wife looking so gooood. :-) Allen & Diana Otis McNatt wrote: Juliana wrote: Just a quickie. I know that a lot of people are taking a "Try it you'll like it" attitude toward dress on Celebrity. I'd like to suggest a different tack. If you can rethink this, you might consider a cruise on Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, or possibly Carnival (depending on the ship) or on Princess. All of these cruise lines will let you be casual at dinner, and not feel funny about it. I suspect with Celebrity you will either cave or feel a little like a fish out of water. Thanks for touching on this Juliana. I was beginning to suspect that I'd happened on a cruise line that emphasized glitz, and that they were not all the same. I realize that since the cruise business now caters to the masses, that dress codes may be desirable because I know how some people are. Some folks would show up for dinner wearing their grungy old sandals and tank tops, with all their pimples showing...YUK. Then again, you can put a nice suit or evening gown on a boor, and they're still boorish; but I guess they would look a little nicer anyway. But the bottom line is that my idea of a tropical vacation does not include packing a suit for any reason. And my wife feels the same way. Our idea of "casual" does not require slacks, or "golf" wear, as Ive read. If we can't wear shorts everywhere, then we don't care to be there. And thanks a bunch to everyone who posted. All were read, and all were informative! -- Otis |
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Clueless first-timer needs advice about cruises please
Otis, I've sailed Celebrity twice and as far as dress code goes most
people do dress as expected. From a man's point of view its no big deal you get away with a suit and tie on the formal nights and look just fine. My wife on the other hand has a more difficult time since she felt under dressed the first cruise and packed more and better outfits for our second. Personally I enjoy the "dressing" for dinner and really enjoy seeing my wife looking so gooood. :-) Allen & Diana Otis McNatt wrote: Juliana wrote: Just a quickie. I know that a lot of people are taking a "Try it you'll like it" attitude toward dress on Celebrity. I'd like to suggest a different tack. If you can rethink this, you might consider a cruise on Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, or possibly Carnival (depending on the ship) or on Princess. All of these cruise lines will let you be casual at dinner, and not feel funny about it. I suspect with Celebrity you will either cave or feel a little like a fish out of water. Thanks for touching on this Juliana. I was beginning to suspect that I'd happened on a cruise line that emphasized glitz, and that they were not all the same. I realize that since the cruise business now caters to the masses, that dress codes may be desirable because I know how some people are. Some folks would show up for dinner wearing their grungy old sandals and tank tops, with all their pimples showing...YUK. Then again, you can put a nice suit or evening gown on a boor, and they're still boorish; but I guess they would look a little nicer anyway. But the bottom line is that my idea of a tropical vacation does not include packing a suit for any reason. And my wife feels the same way. Our idea of "casual" does not require slacks, or "golf" wear, as Ive read. If we can't wear shorts everywhere, then we don't care to be there. And thanks a bunch to everyone who posted. All were read, and all were informative! -- Otis |
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Clueless first-timer needs advice about cruises please
Otis, I've sailed Celebrity twice and as far as dress code goes most
people do dress as expected. From a man's point of view its no big deal you get away with a suit and tie on the formal nights and look just fine. My wife on the other hand has a more difficult time since she felt under dressed the first cruise and packed more and better outfits for our second. Personally I enjoy the "dressing" for dinner and really enjoy seeing my wife looking so gooood. :-) Allen & Diana Otis McNatt wrote: Juliana wrote: Just a quickie. I know that a lot of people are taking a "Try it you'll like it" attitude toward dress on Celebrity. I'd like to suggest a different tack. If you can rethink this, you might consider a cruise on Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, or possibly Carnival (depending on the ship) or on Princess. All of these cruise lines will let you be casual at dinner, and not feel funny about it. I suspect with Celebrity you will either cave or feel a little like a fish out of water. Thanks for touching on this Juliana. I was beginning to suspect that I'd happened on a cruise line that emphasized glitz, and that they were not all the same. I realize that since the cruise business now caters to the masses, that dress codes may be desirable because I know how some people are. Some folks would show up for dinner wearing their grungy old sandals and tank tops, with all their pimples showing...YUK. Then again, you can put a nice suit or evening gown on a boor, and they're still boorish; but I guess they would look a little nicer anyway. But the bottom line is that my idea of a tropical vacation does not include packing a suit for any reason. And my wife feels the same way. Our idea of "casual" does not require slacks, or "golf" wear, as Ive read. If we can't wear shorts everywhere, then we don't care to be there. And thanks a bunch to everyone who posted. All were read, and all were informative! -- Otis |
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