The dress code for luxury cruises varies by cruise line, by the time of day and by the day of the week. Before you step on board, it’s a good idea to familiarise yourself with what your cruise line requires to ensure you’re prepared.
There’s no point packing your dinner jacket or ball gown if your cruise is entirely casual, so read on to find out how the dress codes differ for each luxury cruise line.
Azamara maintains a sophisticated cruise environment, with their dress code following ‘resort casual’ requirements. This includes:
The resort casual allows everyone to be comfortable and relaxed, with advice from the cruise line to pack a sweater or lightweight wind breaker for cooler mornings and evenings. For gym visits, don’t forget your workout gear including trainers or rubber-soled shoes for deck sports, as well as swimwear for taking a dip in the pool.
When visiting the dining room or speciality restaurants, guests are not permitted to wear the following:
Formal evening wear is not required within the restaurants, though if you choose to dress more formally, this is welcomed on-board!
Celebrity Cruises’ dress code varies, with evening chic and smart casual. For daytime wear, Celebrity asks that guests follow the below dress code:
During time in the dining venues, guests are not permitted to wear the following:
For sailings of two days or longer, there will be a minimum of one ‘Evening Chic’ evening, which requires the following dress code:
This dress code is only relevant on the specific set days on-board your cruise and applies to visits to the main dining room on those nights.
Crystal Cruises follows a loose dress code for the majority of your time sailing on-board.
Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity
For guests on-board Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony, the following dress code applies:
When dining in the daytime, the following items are not permitted:
In the evenings, guests are permitted to follow one of two dress codes – Crystal Casual or Black Tie Optional. These are specific to evenings which will be outlined in your daily programme when on-board.
Crystal Casual
This is a dressed-up version of your daytime casual wear and includes:
When you are sailing for seven nights or longer, Crystal Cruises also hosts a Crystal White Extravaganza. The Crystal Casual dress code applies to these events, with suggested white attire.
Black Tie Optional
Black Tie Optional offers guests the opportunity to dress-up a little more formally for a special evening. The dress code for these nights include:
On these evenings, Crystal Cruises requests at least a jacket to be worn by men and a dress, skirt or dress slacks and blouse or sweater to be worn by women. Jeans are not permitted in any dining venues, lounges, the casino or during the Black Tie Optional evenings.
Oceania Cruises offer a resort or country club casual dress code during the day, with a more restricted dress code during the evenings. Oceania recommends elegant causal resort wear at this time, not permitting the following items to be worn in the restaurants after 6pm:
Baseball caps are permitted in the Terrace Cafe after 6pm.
Attire varies on-board Regent Seven Seas Cruises, from casual for formal. Casual wear is appropriate for the day time and includes the following items:
After 6pm, the on-board dress code is Elegant Casual which comprises:
Elegant Causal is required across the ships after 6pm, unless dining in the Pool Grill or Pool Bar or during the final evening of the cruise, when the dress code is relaxed to casual.
On sailings of 16-nights or more, Regent Seven Seas hosts two Formal Optional evenings. During these events, guests are welcomed to dress following the Elegant Casual attire or opt for a more formal choice including gowns or cocktail dresses for women and tuxedos, dinner jackets or dark suits for men.
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Scenic Ocean’s dress code is quite straight-forward, with casual and comfortable dress preferred during the day.
In the evenings, dress is either semi-formal or business casual, with men required to wear a jacket and tie during the captain’s dinner.
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During the day, Seabourn cruises follow a casual, resort-style dress code. This includes shorts and jeans in all lounges and dining venues. Swimwear, brief shorts, cover-ups and exercise attire should be reserved for poolside, in the spa and in the fitness centre only.
After 6pm, there are two dress codes, Elegant Casual and Formal, which are highlighted as follows:
Elegant Casual
This is the standard dress for all dining venues:
Jeans are welcomed in all dining venues throughout the day but are not deemed appropriate in the Restaurant after 6pm.
Formal
In the Restaurant, there is a specific dress code for guests to follow:
Your itinerary will determine how many of these Formal evenings there are during your voyage, with cruises up to 13 days including at least one Formal evening.
Silversea Cruises’ shipboard attire also ranges from casual to formal, with casual appropriate for daytime wear. This include standard sports resort-style outfits and flat or low-heeled shoes.
Evening attire ranges from casual, informal and formal, outlined as follows:
Evening Casual
Informal Evenings
Formal Evenings
Throughout your cruise, there are a number of specified Formal Evenings, however should you wish to dress informal, guests can dine in La Terrazza under the informal evenings dress code. This also applies to Seishin and Stars on-board Silver Spirit. Following dinner, all guests are free to visit all public spaces, however a jacket is required. Dining at The Grill is optional casual all nights on-board.
Viking Ocean is wholeheartedly relaxed, with loose dress codes in place across each ship. During the day, the dress code is casual including:
Swimwear, brief shorts, cover-ups and exercise attire should be reserved for the fitness and pool areas and the Sports Deck.
There are no formal nights on-board Viking Ocean, however, evening dress does change to elegant causal across all dining venues (excluding the World Cafe where dress remains casual), performances and special events. During this time, the dress code is as follows:
Jeans are not permitted during elegant casual requirements.
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If you’d like more advice on any aspect of cruising, our Six Star Cruise Concierge team are on hand to help. Just give us a call on 0808 239 9824 and one of the team will be happy to answer your questions.
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