Stay Classy America....NOT!

[MNNHFLTX]

This is why I am not a fan of cruises--I really don't like to "dress up" while on vacation. I do that every day to go to work and when I'm on vacation I just want to relax and not have to worry about such things. And, as Natalie mentioned, all those formal clothes (and shoes) take up a lot of room in your luggage. When I have gone on cruises, I was amazed at the travelers coming on board with gigantic suitcases. Nope, that's not for me.

I do understand the tradition behind Formal Nights on cruises, but couldn't there be a compromise? Maybe the earlier seating be casual dress and the later seating dressier? People (like me) who prefer to dress more casually while on holiday can still appreciate good food and good company. And I'm afraid I must take exception to your statement about "class"--it's not about how you look, it's how you act. There are lots of people who either don't have the money or the inclination to dress up but have plenty of class. And there are lots of people who dress to the nines but have no class at all.

[MississippiDisneyFreak]

In Disney other than Victoria and Alberts I can see them being a little relaxed as it is a theme park and a lot of guests don't have time to go back to the room to change before dinner...as long as no bathing suits, bare feet, shirtless or anything like that isn't tolerated.

It wouldn't bother me to be eating at California Grill next to someone in a t-shirt and shorts or t-shirt and jeans as long as they aren't indecent and are clean. For me class isn't about what you're wearing but about how you are acting.

[DizneyRox]

Used to dress up on cruises, not anymore.

Airlines are have become pretty restrictive, so packing has become a chore. There's a difference however in some of the restaurants mentioned and the general dining room on a DCL ship. Maybe Palo and/or Remy, but not the general dining room.

Wore shorts the entire last cruise and I felt overdressed at times. Didn't bother me one bit.

As Captain Barbosa once said, the code is more what you'd call guidelines than actual rules.

[Mendelson]

It's just an evolution of society, is it not? I, for one, am happy I don't have to wear a jacket and tie to a picnic, as I would have in 1910, and that women can wear jeans and not flowing dresses all the time. I'm sure my wife is very glad to not have to wear a corset.

I'm guessing the OP - if he's like most Americans - owns plenty of sneakers and denim. Again, things that men wouldn't have been caught dead in several decades ago (unless you were a basketball player or cowboy, respectively).

While I agree with the basic argument - that people should dress up when the situation calls for it (I often sit, dismayed, in a suit at the symphony beside people in jeans and a t-shirt) - I think the idea that one should dress up for the standard dinner on a cruise is simply ludicrous. Maybe this was once tradition but again, things have evolved away from it. While it's not Denny's, I don't consider the food nor atmosphere at the standard cruise restaurant rotation dining rooms to be fancy enough for me to dress up for (I wore khakis, a polo, and loafers, FWIW).

[GMRO]

SURE! Agreed...

BUT at least iron your clothes. NO matter what you wear...if it looks like you packed your shirt and shorts in a hip-pack, note that is the "rated G" example, and unpacked them seconds before you came to dinner - shame on you. And if you wear man'dels, sandals, or flip-flops - at least WASH YOUR FEET before you come to dinner in a dining room.

Yea, I said it...but everyone was thinking about it!

[DizneyRox]

Can't bring an iron on a ship... Fire Hazard! I know, I was scolded by our room steward probably 10 years ago now.

[1DisneyNut]

Its a vacation on a Disney Cruise ship for crying out loud. Who even brings a suit with them? lol

[GMRO]

Guess I'd better read the NO GO's for DCL travel.

We've packed our small travel iron for all our past cruises. Only one time where our dress clothes were really a mess, my suit jacket needed touched up since we went to Palo, was so wrinkled in the garment bag that we had our room steward take our stuff to their laundry for pressing. DW dress and my pants and suit was under $7.00 total for pressing. They took them at 1PM and had them back to us the same day by 6PM for our 7PM reservation. Well worth the fee as the small light weight iron would not have touched the wrinkles in my suit jacket.

I know coffee makers are a no-no... My Keurig sits in the car till we dis-embark and hit our land portion of the trip.

THANKS!

[Ian]

You can call me classless if you want, but one of the things that keeps me from going on most cruises is the silly dress code they have for dinner.

I don't even wear dress clothes to work, so the last thing I want to do when I go on vacation is strap myself into a suit or khakis or whatever. BAH!

Vacation is for relaxing. I say kudos DCL!

[lightyearfan]

You can call me classless if you want, but one of the things that keeps me from going on most cruises is the silly dress code they have for dinner.

I don't even wear dress clothes to work, so the last thing I want to do when I go on vacation is strap myself into a suit or khakis or whatever. BAH!

Vacation is for relaxing. I say kudos DCL!

I don't wear dress clothes either at work what's wrong with getting dressed up for a classy restaurant? Your missing out if you don't cruise because of not wanting to wear a pair of slacks for dinner you don't want to dress than don't that's why they offer quick service choices

[Ian]

I don't wear dress clothes either at work what's wrong with getting dressed up for a classy restaurant? Your missing out if you don't cruise because of not wanting to wear a pair of slacks for dinner you don't want to dress than don't that's why they offer quick service choices

Just personal choice. When I'm on vacation I'm strictly a shorts, t-shirt, and flip flops kind of guy.

The only cruise lines I'd ever consider are ones like NCL that has freestyle cruising where there's no strict dress code. Just not something I want to even consider on vacation.

[lightyearfan]

Just personal choice. When I'm on vacation I'm strictly a shorts, t-shirt, and flip flops kind of guy.

The only cruise lines I'd ever consider are ones like NCL that has freestyle cruising where there's no strict dress code. Just not something I want to even consider on vacation.

That's fine your entitled ,your choice enjoy

[jillluvsdisney]

It's Disney. If it bothers the OP, perhaps Crystal or Seaborne would be more their type of cruise line.

[DVC2004]

There are lots of people who either don't have the money or the inclination to dress up but have plenty of class. And there are lots of people who dress to the nines but have no class at all.

So true!