Happy Document Dance with Question about Formal Night

[SraRaton]

We went on the Disney Cruise two years ago and had the absolutely most wonderful vacation!!!! We are going again in (woohoo) 43 days and I received my documents today!!!!!

One thing we really enjoyed on the cruise were the two black tie dinners (we love dressing up). However in my docs, only one formal event was listed as black tie optional and no second "semi formal" or "black tie optional" night was listed.

Recent cruisers, for those of us who do not recognize the terms "semi formal" or "black tie optional" and assume that dressier dinners are formal, Lumiere's is informal and everywhere else is dress like a civilized human being, should we be prepared for one or two nights?

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[mcnuss]

First of all, you have a stunning family there! Great picture.

One night is definitely formal formal, DH wore his tux, I wore a gown, the whole shebang. DD wore a velvet dress and black velvet shoes (she was 8 1/2 at the time).

I'm surprised there's not a semi-formal. Ours was the second sea day and DH wore a nice suit, I wore the "little black dress" with all my good jewelry, and DD wore a linen dress with a very dressy sweater.

Every other night DH was in a suit or sports coat with nice pants, DD and I wore dresses. On tropical night, we ate at Topsiders bc we were so tired after Cozumel, but we still both wore dresses.

Does this help?

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Here's my understanding:
-- One dinner where "formal" is the recommended dress.
-- One dinner where "semi-formal" is the recommended dress.
-- One dinner where "tropical attire" is the recommended dress.
-- Four dinners where "casual; no shorts or jeans please" is the recommended dress.

The recommendations apply to all three rotational dining rooms. The recommendations are no longer any different for Lumiere's than for the other two.

At Palo, "jacket recommened; no shorts or jeans please" applies for the five evenings that aren't formal or semi-formal.

You can certainly turn the formal and semi-formal dinners into "two black tie dinners" for your family, but the majority of guests will dress less formally, espeicially on the semi-formal evening.

It's interesting that your cruise doc only lists one formal event -- and not even a second semi-formal event. Perhaps DCL is changing the recommendations.