dress code

Tamara · May 13, 2004

I found that the dress code was not enforced in the dining room on the Volendam. I understand that people don't always feeling like dressing for dinner, but why wouldn't a person go to the Lido buffet restaurant on the evenings that they just want to wear jeans?

sailingrose · May 13, 2004

I wish the cruise lines would enforce the dress code. One formal night there was a man with navy docker shorts and a jacket. That was his idea of formal since he wore shorts nightly.

Tamara · May 13, 2004

I saw a woman on formal night wearing black sneakers, white sport socks, a windbreaker jacket, black pleated skirt ...and a shiny gold top. Guess the gold top and black sneakers made it formal. White sneakers would be far to casual!

KeithnRita · May 13, 2004

We had the infamous fellow cruiser on our Mercury cruise back in Oct of '99 who I nicknamed Slim Jim. He wore a jacket and tie to formal night--less the shirt. His shoes were the rubber thongs. The next night none of his six table mates showed up. He was alone at his table. We felt sorry for him and invited him to our table--however, he declined.

I took a photo of him--the one titled slimjim, click on the thumbnail to get a full size view: http://members2.clubphoto.com/keithrita209...452/guest.phtml

sailingrose · May 14, 2004

Interesting picture Keith and Rita.

GottaCruz · May 14, 2004

Hmmm, Keith and Rita, what a shot you got. I wonder if he was trying to make a fashion statement, or what? ?? :rolleyes:

gogetter · May 15, 2004

Hello,

HHHMMM...Not on your speific ship, but to answer your question... what happens when the Lido buffett is closed the last night? Or isn't open ???? What should a person do? :huh:

iriscruiser · May 15, 2004

I would say that was quite a fashion statement, but didn't that style go out in the 70's with disco fever??? LOL

Lisa63 · May 15, 2004

Unfortunately, there are those with the attitude that "this is my vacation and I'll do what I darn well please."

jbond · May 15, 2004

We always try to follow the suggested dress code, as I'm sure most people do. One problem with the dress code is that it is widely open to interpretation, and the interpretation usually depends on where you live.

For smart casual, a lot of people say, wear what you would wear for church or in a nice restaurant at home. OK. Where we live, about 75% of the people go to church in jeans, men and women. On Easter Sunday, I was one of about three or four men wearing a tie. We don't have a nice restaurant in town, but if we go to the big city, in the summer most people are in shorts, not my idea of smart casual.

As for wearing jeans in the dining room, I don't see a problem. Not too many cruiselines request no jeans. Our favourite cruise line, RCI, even has a Country Western Theme night.

The dress code will always be a hot point of discussion, some like to dress up, others don't. I personally don't care about the ones who don't want to dress, we like to dress up, we enjoy it and I would never cruise on a cruise line that didn't have formal evenings. I do wish the cruise line would "enforce" a dress code, but it would be very limited and very difficult to do.

My pet dislike in the dining room, besides people who wear shorts and sweats to dinner, is sneakers. I hate seeing people in "casual/smart casual" attire wearing sneakers.