formal night dress code - how strict?
May 26th, 2010 | 10:25 AM
#21
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We are going on a cruise in September out of Copenhagen and I don't want to carry formal clothes around for the rest of the trip when we go to the Netherlands. That would be the only drawback on formal night - lugging around extra clothing to wear to dinner for a few nights.
May 26th, 2010 | 02:23 PM
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Brats, they don't turn you away for not wearing tuxedo. They only want to pay rental fees and buy your formal photo. If you don't want this, you won't go hungry 
We're going out of Copenhagen in August. My husband will have a suit if it fits the suitcase, or most likely a V-neck and a tie. I usually bring a black bottom with a few tops, one of them nice enough for a formal dinner.
We're going out of Copenhagen in August. My husband will have a suit if it fits the suitcase, or most likely a V-neck and a tie. I usually bring a black bottom with a few tops, one of them nice enough for a formal dinner.
May 26th, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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Dayenu My name is misleading - I am actually a granny. I thought black slacks which I always take and a dressy blouse would do it. I have a black jackets with black beading all over it so that would work with it.
So this is all about buying photos and renting tuxs. No thanks!
Are you on the Princess cruise? We leave Sept 9th. My first cruise - my DH doesn't like to travel so my sister and I go to Europe often and this time will try the cruise. Then go to Amsterdam as that is one of the cities we haven't been.
I thought black slacks which I always take and a dressy blouse would do it. I have a black jackets with black beading all over it so that would work with it.So this is all about buying photos and renting tuxs. No thanks!
Are you on the Princess cruise? We leave Sept 9th. My first cruise - my DH doesn't like to travel so my sister and I go to Europe often and this time will try the cruise. Then go to Amsterdam as that is one of the cities we haven't been.
Jun 2nd, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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Cd, thanks .... I bookmarked the page.
Back to this formal thing, I always bring just one jacket and one dress pant for a cruise regardless how long the cruise. I may carry a couple ties and a couple shirts. Mix the ties and shirts with the jacket and it have different looks. I am not going to see all these people ever again so what if I wear the same suit to all the formal nights for a week, or a month or whatever.
This is suppose to be a true story, as told by a cruise ship captain on baord the Queen Mary during its glory days. Edward VII (the one who abdicated), his wife travelled with 28 suitcases on a trans atlantic voyage. She would typically change clothes 3 to 4 times a day, if not more, and she had never been seen wearing the same thing twice!
Back to this formal thing, I always bring just one jacket and one dress pant for a cruise regardless how long the cruise. I may carry a couple ties and a couple shirts. Mix the ties and shirts with the jacket and it have different looks. I am not going to see all these people ever again so what if I wear the same suit to all the formal nights for a week, or a month or whatever.
This is suppose to be a true story, as told by a cruise ship captain on baord the Queen Mary during its glory days. Edward VII (the one who abdicated), his wife travelled with 28 suitcases on a trans atlantic voyage. She would typically change clothes 3 to 4 times a day, if not more, and she had never been seen wearing the same thing twice!
... unless you are on their payroll (or recive BIG discounts) 
