If you can't afford a tux, travel Greyhound!
"Jean O'Boyle" wrote in message
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> "Todd Michel McComb" wrote in message
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>> But what's the "special" part? I don't get it. It's a series of
>> dinners in the midst of an outdoor-oriented trip (Alaska), where
>> I'll be in boots and technical gear slogging through mud a few hours
>> before. I've eaten in some of the finest restaurants in the country,
>> and while most ask for jacket & tie, none have asked for more. Why
>> is eating on a cruise ship fancier than that? What's the point?
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>> This is an honest question. It just seems like an extra thing to
>> worry about.
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> Todd, it stems back to the era where only the affluent were able to
> cruise...they wore formal clothes to dinner every night.
> It made dining each night a grand experience...It is lovely when most
> everyone complies and dresses in tuxedos or dark suits with the women in
> their gowns and finery...It gives the dining room a ballroom appearance
> and is quite lovely...Now that it is possible for most every one to
> cruise, it has become much more relaxed... Now, cruising is considered as
> one of the many ways to take a vacation...The cruiselines still like to
> keep some of that old tradition by having two formal nights on 7 day
> cruises and more if the cruises are longer.
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> NCL has broken away from this concept by having Freestyle Dining, but
> still offers formal dining in one of its restaurants for those who wish to
> go the formal route those nights. As you know, people are dressing down
> more and more in everyday living and it has now extended to cruising; some
> times to an extreme and poor taste. But people argue that it is their
> vacation and they will dress the way that they want. They completely
> ignore the dress codes requested and sometimes they are denied entrance
> and sometimes they are not.
> Hope that answers your question.
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> --Jean
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