How strict are they in enforcing their dining attire policy?
I tend to pack rather light and I'd prefer to avoid bringing dress shoes, long pants, button-down shirts, etc if I didn't have to. However, I also don't want to be refused service due to improper attire.
The trip is to Bermuda and I'm traveling w/ young adults (mid 20's)
thanks in advance
Shorts and/or open toes will still get you in 2 of the 3 dining rooms and
all but 2 of the specialty restaurants so no worries there. I didn't attempt
to thwart the attire policy in the 3 restrictive dining options on Breakaway
but on previous NCL cruises I have seen them turn people away in the "no
shorts or open toes" restaurants.
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Subject: [vpFREE] Breakaway Cruise - Attire Q's
How strict are they in enforcing their dining attire policy?
I tend to pack rather light and I'd prefer to avoid bringing dress shoes,
long pants, button-down shirts, etc if I didn't have to. However, I also
don't want to be refused service due to improper attire.
The trip is to Bermuda and I'm traveling w/ young adults (mid 20's)
thanks in advance
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Ive been on many NCL cruises but never on Breakaway. My husband brings chinos and collared polo shirts and one pair of shoes. He can get in any restaurant dressed like that. That being said, they are very lenient in most of the MDRs and most of the specialty restaurants. Enoy your cruise! If you ahve a lot of cruise related questions join Cruisecritic.com. They have a wealth of information there and its free to join. You can even join the rollcall for your specific cruise and meet peoeple that will be there also. Lots of moneysaving tips as well as dress codes and info on excursions. They also have tons of reviews from other members.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ms069279" <m_savorelli@...> wrote:
How strict are they in enforcing their dining attire policy?
I tend to pack rather light and I'd prefer to avoid bringing dress shoes, long pants, button-down shirts, etc if I didn't have to. However, I also don't want to be refused service due to improper attire.
The trip is to Bermuda and I'm traveling w/ young adults (mid 20's)
thanks in advance
Last week, there was zero enforcement....it was "anything goes" in the Manhattan room, as well as the two specialty restaurants that we were in. (We saw basic poolside attire, and no one batted an eye.) We realized that we could have packed a lot less, and gone with just wheelaboards.
I would advise a sweater or light jacket, though. Many interior areas of the ship were chilly, especially the restaurants.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ms069279" <m_savorelli@...> wrote:
How strict are they in enforcing their dining attire policy?
I tend to pack rather light and I'd prefer to avoid bringing dress shoes, long pants, button-down shirts, etc if I didn't have to. However, I also don't want to be refused service due to improper attire.
The trip is to Bermuda and I'm traveling w/ young adults (mid 20's)
thanks in advance
Thanks for the detailed responses thus far, really appreciated. Also, as an aside, what do onboard casino hosts typically comp, based on play, clearly?
I take 3-4 cruises on NCL every year, and usually wear shorts and sandals, my husband only brings shorts. We have not refused service in any of the restaurants there, including the ones you pay for.
I think in the ones you pay for, they're usually not too busy, and that extra money is really what they're interested in. On other Lines I would say this isn't the case, but on NCL I have found it always to be ok to wear what you want.
Enjoy your cruise.
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Subject: [vpFREE] Breakaway Cruise - Attire Q's
How strict are they in enforcing their dining attire policy?
I tend to pack rather light and I'd prefer to avoid bringing dress shoes, long pants, button-down shirts, etc if I didn't have to. However, I also don't want to be refused service due to improper attire.
The trip is to Bermuda and I'm traveling w/ young adults (mid 20's)
thanks in advance
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They offered me spa services, and restaurant covers. On the last evening, they confirmed that they were clearing my spa charges, but they still appeared on my folio the final day, so lesson learned is to have that done earlier. I've since contacted them for a refund, but it was just another punishment for having played there at all.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ms069279" <m_savorelli@...> wrote:
Thanks for the detailed responses thus far, really appreciated. Also, as an aside, what do onboard casino hosts typically comp, based on play, clearly?
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Without intending to be stuffy, I'd suggest that it's best to focus on "suggested wear" as opposed to what you can get away with (I'm not assuming your taking either tack ... Just reacting to other posts)
As someone wrote, for dinner, a collared polo and pair of khakhis (or similar, e.g. Dockers, but not jeans) is acceptable in the dining rooms and specialty restaurants, along with a decent pair of casual shoes (e.g. Loafers, deck shoes, etc, but not tennis shoes). Anything pretty much goes at other times, and at all times in the buffet.
As noted, there's limited enforcement. However, a friend reports being turned away from the dining room one night. (Not sure what the "violation" was ... He's not sloppy.) He changed and returned.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ms069279" <m_savorelli@...> wrote:
How strict are they in enforcing their dining attire policy?
I tend to pack rather light and I'd prefer to avoid bringing dress shoes, long pants, button-down shirts, etc if I didn't have to. However, I also don't want to be refused service due to improper attire.
The trip is to Bermuda and I'm traveling w/ young adults (mid 20's)
thanks in advance
We've been on about 20 NCL cruises and they have always enforced it in the one free dining room and one or two of the specialty ones. The usual no-no is wearing shorts, they will usually let T-shirts go, but not shorts. There is NO dress code for all the rest of the restaurants (although there should be in the buffet in the morning as some just come up in the bedtime attire).
Dave
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vp_wiz" <harry.porter@...> wrote:
Without intending to be stuffy, I'd suggest that it's best to focus on "suggested wear" as opposed to what you can get away with (I'm not assuming your taking either tack ... Just reacting to other posts)
As someone wrote, for dinner, a collared polo and pair of khakhis (or similar, e.g. Dockers, but not jeans) is acceptable in the dining rooms and specialty restaurants, along with a decent pair of casual shoes (e.g. Loafers, deck shoes, etc, but not tennis shoes). Anything pretty much goes at other times, and at all times in the buffet.
As noted, there's limited enforcement. However, a friend reports being turned away from the dining room one night. (Not sure what the "violation" was ... He's not sloppy.) He changed and returned.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "ms069279" <m_savorelli@> wrote:
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> How strict are they in enforcing their dining attire policy?
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> I tend to pack rather light and I'd prefer to avoid bringing dress shoes, long pants, button-down shirts, etc if I didn't have to. However, I also don't want to be refused service due to improper attire.
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> The trip is to Bermuda and I'm traveling w/ young adults (mid 20's)
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> thanks in advance
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