I do not want to dress up for formal night

[tiggerwannabe]

On the lighter side of dressing for dinner


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as a DISer colleague of mine has quite seriously said;
"...if you can see backhair, it's inappropriate..."


alert over


it's both funny and accurate all at the same time

aaaaaaaanyway...back to our program....

 

[jlowejd5]

I don't feel more mature or grown up if I am wearing a suit nor do I feel less if I am not.

Which is cool, but I feel like I'm just the opposite. I'm quite comfortable with the indisputable fact that I'm basically a 14-year-old boy in a grownup body. (Could help to 'splain why I'm dropping serious coin on a yearly basis to chill with a Bangladeshi immigrant in a six-foot rat costume, but that's neither here nor there... )

I'm a corporate attorney, but I would love nothing more than to go to work every day in cargo shorts and sneakers. Fat chance of that happening. Like somehow covering my calves in khaki-colored cotton increases productivity. (wow, that was some mm-mm-good alliteration)

So when I do leave my business-casual world and actually truck over into Jacket Land, it just sinks clearly into my head that there's something up, something happening that I should pay attention to and stop wondering how many days until my flight leaves for MCO.

Besides, there are far too few opportunities for me to pull the one 'cool' move I have in my bag of clothes-related tricks. Is there anything more debonair than that James Bond move where you shoot your sleeves, tug the cufflinks, and then pick up your highball glass? Man, I rule.

 

[Buddy Bear]

Is there anything more debonair than that James Bond move where you shoot your sleeves, tug the cufflinks, and then pick up your highball glass?

I have always been a fan of George Strait. There is nothing better then a pair of boots and Wranglers. James Bond isn't my style, but to each his own.

 

[lbgraves]

Unfortunantly, you wont find a wooden dance floor or a great country band onboard. I was so disappointed to find out that they had closed the country bar at DTD too. I'd take George Strait or Garth over Bond any day.

 

[txaggie94gigem]

what the heck...pass the nachos and the popcaorn...i'll join in!

We are also people watchers and the funniest stories we tell about our last cruise are about the "ghetto family" that wore matching athletic attire every night on our 4 night cruise, each night a different team and more jewelry than the rest of the ship passengers had combined...i even took a picture of them for the scrapbook....so for those of you who dress way down...thanks for the memories!

 

[TheWog]

... there is such a huge hullabaloo (I've never used that word before)

Felt good didn't it????

 

[TheWog]

On the lighter side of dressing for dinner


[size=+1]TMI alert[/size]


as a DISer colleague of mine has quite seriously said;
"...if you can see backhair, it's inappropriate..."


alert over


it's both funny and accurate all at the same time

aaaaaaaanyway...back to our program....

there's never a tag fairy around when you need one .....

jujubees anyone???

 

[4formickey]

lets see cowboy boots,Setson hat, funny looking plaid shirt , and a pair of jeans. I must have the the string tie with the cow horns on it. Formal night in texas. What happen to the hard core you must wear tux people, did they leave and start their on thread?

 

[lbgraves]

Oh, the color blocked country shirts look much nicer than those old plaid ones. A solid black button down looks mighty nice too.

 

[Denise Escola]

Ok I have a question,
Pete did you think you were going to get this type of reaction?

Anybody have any Red Vines?
I'm in it for the fun. Dress up?Why not? James Bond look? Yeah! And Blue jeans (with the ironed crease down the front) and a jacket with a nice pair of boots is darn good lookin' too. Call me darlin'. Eye candy comes in many flavors. I see my husband in casual and work clothes all the time...dress up and give us a night of "wow honey you are a hotty." However that look comes about do it for us girls. Let us think about all the other women thinking "look at that good looking man."

 

[DrCavin]

lets see cowboy boots,Setson hat, funny looking plaid shirt , and a pair of jeans. I must have the the string tie with the cow horns on it. Formal night in texas. What happen to the hard core you must wear tux people, did they leave and start their on thread?

They are busy posting when 2007 rates will be available or when is DCL sailing Hawaii or Alaska.....

 

[RickinNYC]

I've never been on DCL but I have indeed been on cruises in general. Yep, I do dress for formal night, but likely not in a tux. Usually in a nice dark designer lable fancy schmancy suit with shirt and tie, etc... If I sit at a table with other guests who choose to ignore the "suggestion" or if I happen to see anyone else at any other table who did the same, I could not care less. Life is WAY too short and too complex to actually worry about what someone else is wearing. I'm far too interested in my family and friends and our own good time to sit back and lord over how "those people" dared to show up in slacks and shirt or anything else for that matter.

Frankly, if I were sitting at a table and everyone were dressed to the 9's, and someone at our table decided to make snide, RUDE comments about how someone else dressed, I would think that particular person was incredibly classless. That type of behavior is disgusting and tactless. I would be more embarrassed by their deplorable comments and behavior than I would if they sat there in a pair of chinos on formal night.

 

[bonnielynn]

Honey, you paid for your cruise.. go as you feel is comfortable and you.
I am sure that there will be people dressed to the 9s and some dressed in jeans... so as long as you fit somewhere in between the two.. you will be fine!

 

[Deemarch]

Why do we need to have everyone say it's okay for us to bend the rules????

 

[RickinNYC]

Why do we need to have everyone say it's okay for us to bend the rules????

LOL! How true. I'd agree with you 100% if the topic at hand was an actual rule but it's not. Folks are getting into a lather about a "suggestion."

 

[jrabbit]

Could anyone please tell me how much it costs to rent a tux and have it ready in your room, and who do we call? Also, do they just ask for your measurements over the phone? THANKS!!

There are links to CruiseLineFormal on this thread.

 

[Denise Escola]

My trouble for what to wear came on Pirate night. We took the 10 day last Christmas and had two formal and two semi formal nights. The pirate night was definately the one that threw me.

 

[dis ms.]

We are also people watchers and the funniest stories we tell about our last cruise are about the "ghetto family"

Classifying people as ghetto is not very PC, txaggie94gigem. Although the image you paint is quite humorous, the ghetto reference could be considered offensive. Just MHO.

 

[goofymama]

Well ... 10 pages later with tons of popcorn, candy, nachos, cashews, jujubees, ice cream, pizza, milk duds and a Diet Coke ... I can no longer fit into my formal wear. So I guess I'll have to dumb down too.

 

[jeannief]

First off, Pete, if you are still following this thread- you will be fine. My dh did not wear a jacket, just a nice shirt with slacks and a tie on our more formal night (Tritons) and he was more than fine.
We did the 4 night, so there was really no "formal" night. But we changed for dinner each night. Typically the boys and my dh wore golf shirts and khakis and I work a summer dress. It was a rare opportunity for us to all look nice at the same time.
I'm answering just to offer a different perspective (I think). A week before our wedding I bought dh new walking shorts, t-shirts, pants and golf shirts for our honeymoon cruise (eons ago). He was adament that he wasn't a preppy guy and was really quite offended that I was getting him a new wardrobe. Said his jean cut-offs and tanks would be fine for the cruise. He was VERY thankful after we got on board that I had packed the new items as he would have been out of place and he would have felt awful. Now if you don't care what people may or may not say, then do what you want. We personally like to "fit in" to the surroundings, neither being the most dressed up nor the most dressed down. That enables us both to enjoy our surroundings with one less thing to worry about.
To the poster whose partner was planning on wearing a tux or tie, just be prepared for any little one's innocent comment. I know my guys would quite loudly ask why the girl grown up is wearing boy clothes. Kids can and do say what is on their mind. So just be prepared. And if it is mine that asks I'll explain again that different people are comfortable in different clothes.