Readers Mostly Split on Formal Night Preferences

Our readers were closely split on their opinion of optional formal night. With nearly 300 votes in those that prefer the ambiance when everyone is dressed up closely beat out our readers who like the option of not packing formal clothes. This split seems to reflect the current trends in cruising where the [...]

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When and Where is “Cruise Formal” Optional

We have a had a tremendous response to our “Optional Formal” survey running on our site. We’ve been running the survey since October 19th, and as of today, here are our results:
What do your think of “Optional” formal nights.
* I prefer the ambiance when everyone is dressed up (33%, [...]

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Regent Seven Seas Cruises Announces Revised Dress Code

As a result of guest feedback convincingly in favor of a less formal policy, Regent Seven Seas Cruises has established a revised dress code. Effective with the 2009/2010 New Year’s cruises, all guests are respectfully requested to adhere to the following guidelines:
Daytime Dress Code (until 6 p.m.) During the day, resort style clothing (including shorts, [...]

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Cruise Myths Debunked

For better or worse cruise lines are adapting and changing in order to appeal to a broader market segment. Even with all of these changes and the cruise companies’ marketing efforts to bring on new passengers, some “old school” myths still persist among non-cruisers that are keeping them from trying a cruise.
“Cruises are [...]

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Celebrity Summit 14 Day Trans-Atlantic Cruise November 29th 2008

Service
This is the area where Celebrity still continues to excel and even amaze me as a customer. The service throughout every aspect of the ship was nearly flawless. Every detail, from the politeness of the servers to the way they served your drinks and food made it so special. [...]

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Virtual Cruise Celebrity Summit Days Our Atlantic Crossing

Our 9th day of the cruise was the start of our 5 consecutive sea days on our Atlantic crossing on the Celebrity Summit. This first sea day was welcome change from the 4 consecutive port days were we felt as if we running our selves a bit ragged.
This was also our [...]

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Dress Code and Food and Beverage Changes From Celebrity

Attention! Attention! Attention! Since this article was published on July 8th, Celebrity has updated their Web Page Removing the word “Jeans” from their list of official attire for Smart Casual Night. It seems the inclusion of the word “jeans” was an error on the part of the web site. [...]

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Celebrity Eliminates Informal Dress Code

I just confirmed via Celebrity’s Captains Club customer service desk that Celebrity will be dropping their “Informal” dress code starting with sailing departing after August 1st, 2008. A seven day cruise will now feature two formal nights and 5 casual nights. Longer sailings will still have three formal nights. Previously, Celebrity had [...]

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Carnival’s New Dress Code: Now Permitting Shorts In Dining Room on Casual Evenings

There is great news for all of you who prefer a more casual cruise and disappointing news for those who prefer some of the more formal traditions of cruising. Carnival has just updated their dress code to allow dress shorts in the dining room during the casual evenings. They are no [...]

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NCL Adopts New Dress Code – Jeans Now OK In Dining Venues

I have updated our dress code policies page to reflect the new dress code policy put in place by NCL. Here’s the new dress code information according to NCL’s web site:

Freestyle Cruising gives you the freedom to dress as you please – morning, noon and night.
Casual attire is perfect for all restaurants during the [...]

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