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Attention ! Attention ! Attention ! Depuis que cet article a été édité le 8 juillet, la célébrité a mis à jour le leur Page Web Enlevant le mot « jeans » de leur liste de vêtement officiel pour la nuit occasionnelle futée. Il semble que l'inclusion du mot « jeans » était une erreur de la part du site Web. La célébrité ne permettra pas officiellement des jeans dans la salle à manger à tout moment.

Le mot officiel est maintenant venu de la célébrité concernant des changements à leur programme de nourriture et de boisson et à leur nouveau code de robe. Page Web de célébrité fait maintenant signaler les nouveaux codes de robe.

Nous avons également attaché une copie de la célébrité que la présentation de point de puissance au-dessous de celle a été roulée dehors à certains de membres de club de leur capitaine d'élite concernant les changements/perfectionnements au programme de nourriture et de boisson.

D'abord, je présenterai ses observations sur les changements de nourriture et de boisson. La célébrité éliminera leurs « morsures de minuit » servies dans tout le bateau autour du minuit, et les remplacera avec un casse-croûte de minuit au café de Cova. Ils éliminent également le minuit de gala secouent et volonté mettant sur un brunch de gala à la place. Ils ajoutent une réception spéciale de service de traiteur en tant qu'après que partie pour la nouvelle « célébrité - vous tenant le premier rôle » attribue la présentation. Ils ont également annoncé plus de variété et de stations dans le gril latéral de secteur et de piscine de secouer. Pour plus de détails sur des ces les nouvelles rouler-sorties de nourriture et de boisson satisfont la la présentation ci-dessus jointe de point de puissance de célébrité.

Ces changements semblent être assez positifs. Les grands secouent auront lieu maintenant à une heure plus accessible du jour plutôt que de minuit. Cependant, quand ce grand secoue a été présenté sur une nuit et un peuple formels est resté formellement habillé pour l'événement, il lui a donné une ambiance très élégante. Une partie de l'ambiance d'un grand secoue sera un peu perdu en le déplaçant au temps de brunch. As for my opinions on the new regular buffet enhancements, I usually don’t eat at the buffet very often on Celebrity, perhaps because the cafeteria style lines made it inefficient. The stations should provide for better flow, much like what I’ve heard works well on sister line Royal Caribbean. They will also be offering more variety at the pool side grill, which interests me as I am not really big on burgers and fries. Perhaps the event that peaked my interest the most is the new “Starring You” after party. This sounds like a fun event and will add a new special evening experience on Celebrity.

Along with the food and beverage announcements, Celebrity also announced that they will start a new evening dress code through-out the ships beginning August 1st. Two big changes will be contained in the new dress code: No More “Informal Nights” and jeans will now be allowed in the dining room on casual night. They will still retain formal nights as “special” evenings on Celebrity.

Their announcement cited the following statistics as the reasons for their change to the dress codes. They only had about 30% compliance with the code on informal night. That number seems much lower than the the properly dressed passengers I have observed on my many Celebrity cruises. I would say that about 80% of the people were dressed according to the code on the informal nights on my cruises. Perhaps this was because most of my Celebrity cruises have been 11 days or longer. Longer cruises are said to have a higher percentage of passengers who conform to the dress code. Celebrity does say that they have about 80% of their passengers dressing up for formal nights. They have pledged to continue the tradition of these formal evenings and provide suitable alternatives for those who do not wish to dress up. However, the announcements seems to indicate that the formal dress code will only be in place in the dining room and not enforced in other areas of the ship where the “smart casual or better” dress code will be the prevailing dress code for the ship.

I won’t get to experience the new dress code in person until November, so I’ll reserve my final judgment on the changes until that time. My initial thoughts are that the change to the prevailing “smart casual or better” evening dress code won’t make too much difference. People were already changing into more casual clothes after dinner anyway. I never did understand that concept, but I’ve often seen people who change none the less. I prefer to enjoy all my formal night activities in my nice clothes. The allowance of jeans in the dining room did take me by surprise. Celebrity has never officially allowed jeans in the dining room at any time. I’d see a few here and there, but for the most part people dressed more elegantly even on the casual nights. I hate to say it, but I feel allowing jeans is lowering the standards on the ship and will make cruising a less special experience for our family.

For the most part, my family has enjoyed dressing-up more on a cruise than we do in our everyday life in rural Arizona. Buying special clothes for the kids has never broken the bank either. There are plenty of places like Walmart, Ebay and thrift stores where I’ve found nice kids clothes like khakis, blazers and dresses for very reasonable prices. We still plan to continue to dress up a bit on casual evenings, though now it won’t be strictly required. I am personally a bit disappointed at the addition of jeans to the acceptable evening attire list, but understand that many people will be relieved to not have to dress up so much. Just remember that lightweight slacks will take up less space and weigh less than a pair of jeans.

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