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注意! 注意! 注意! この記事が7月8日に出版されてから、名声は彼等の更新した Webページ 単語「ジーンズ」をスマートな偶然夜の公式の装いのリストから取除く。 それは単語「ジーンズ」の包含がウェブサイトの方の間違いだったことをようである。 名声は公式に食堂のジーンズをいつでも可能にしない。

公式の単語は変更に関する名声から食糧および飲料プログラムおよび新しい服装規定への今来てしまった。 名声のWebページ 今に掲示される新しい服装規定がある。

私達はまた名声のコピーを付けたそれの下のパワーポイントの提示が食糧および飲料プログラムへの変更に関するエリートの大尉の会員か強化のいくつかに出された。

最初に、私は食糧および飲料の変更についてコメントする。 著名人は真夜中のまわりで船中役立った「真夜中のかみ傷」を除いて、夜食とCovaの喫茶店で取り替える。 彼らはまたお祭りのブランチに代りに置くお祭り真夜中のビュッフェおよび意志を除いている。 それらはとして特別なフードサービスの受信を後新しい「名声のための党加えた-」主演して提示を与える。 彼らはまたビュッフェの区域およびプールの側面のグリルのより多くの変化そして場所を発表した。 詳細についてはこれらので新しい食糧および飲料の初公開は上で付けられた名声のパワーポイントの提示を喜ばす。

これらの変更はかなり肯定的ようである。 壮大なビュッフェは真夜中よりもむしろ日のより入手しやすい時間に今ある。 但し、この壮大なビュッフェは形式的な夜に示され、人々ができ事のために形式的に服を着せられて残ったときに、それに非常に優雅な雰囲気を与えた。 壮大なビュッフェの雰囲気のいくつかはブランチの時間へそれを動かすことによって失われたビットである。 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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