Lets face it, a formal night on a cruise is a special occasion - the first formal night on your cruise is a great night - most guests will get their frocks and dinner suits on and I think it raises the spirits and atmosphere of the staff and guests on board.
For a first time cruise guest it is quite an intimidating evening - what do I wear? do I have to wear a jacket or will a shirt and tie do?
To be honest it does depend on the cruise line - when I travelled with Fred Olsen in the Caribbean it was very much shirt and tie and not many jackets in sight - some guests didn't even bother!
P&O in the Caribbean was a different story - no jacket - no entrance to the restaurant, which i think is a bit harsh - not everyone wants to walk round wearing a DJ or suit jacket.
Cruising had generally always been known as a "formal holiday" where ladies will wear large gowns and gents will get their penguin suits on but this was days gone by where most cruise holidays were out of the reach of us mere mortal folk - this aint the Titanic anymore!! and times have changed - you can now go on some cruises without having to pack any suit at all like NCL.
The main cruise lines which I have found enforce the Jacket policy are Cunard & P&O, most other cruise lines will allow a toned down formal look, trousers, shirt & tie which a lot of guests now prefer - you will always find a ball gown or two on your travels though!
What have you seen on your travels? I cant bet a lot of you have seen guests trying to get away with shorts an t-shirt on a formal night!
About Me
- Tony
- My journey into travel and cruising was purely by accident! This was 10 years ago when I turned up at the doorstep of Cruise.co.uk eager and ready to work - I was told that I would be loading booking forms and undertaking general administration duties - within 18 months I had travelled to Florida, Hawaii and the Mediterranean and seen that cruising was the most exciting part of travel there was. My very first cruise experience was on a 2* all inclusive cruise ship called the Thomson Topaz that some may still remember - this really opened my eyes to cruising - luckily my second cruise was the Norwegian Star to Hawaii so I kind of went from one extreme to the other! In 10 years the cruise industry has exploded and I'm looking forward to what the next 10 years in cruising brings.
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