Cruise Wardrobe Strategy and Shopping Suggestions for Teenage Boys Feature Article Discussion Forum

Are you bringing your teenage son on your next cruise and worried that he doesn't have the appropriate clothes because all he ever wears is shorts, jeans, and t-shirts? Have no fear! I have a teen son who has cruised with me 4 times. In his "every day life" that is all he wears too. We live out in the country, where quite frankly, people just don't dress up, not even at weddings and funerals. However, my son does actually enjoy the chance to dress a little nicer when he is on a cruise. We also tend to cruise on longer itineraries where there are fewer kids, so he likes to be dressed according to code and feel like one of the grown up passengers.

Decide How Dressed Up
For a typical 7 day cruise most cruise lines now have 5 casual evenings, and 2 formal evenings. First, before you panic, read your cruise line's dress code. These are changing all the time, usually becoming a bit more relaxed in the last five years or so. We maintain a dress code page here at cruise talk that allows perspective cruises to make comparisons between the different lines. However, sometimes the cruise lines will slightly tweak the policy, and we may not catch it right away. For the most current information always refer to your cruise line's web site. This should help you determine how dressed up you want or need …