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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I don't know when you started cruising, but I went on an NCL cruise 30 years ago. There was a guy who wore a tee shirt and shorts every day, all day. He wore it to the captain's dinner and to all format events and was never turned away. It's one thing to have a dress code, but quite another to actually enforce the code.
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Started cruising in the 70's on Holland America and Princess. They enforced the dress code and turned people away. As the ships got larger (and Carnival set the casual standard) those days are gone except for the smaller lines. We sailed the Queen Mary 2 on their second transatlantic and our dining room was all dressed in suits for the guys and classy dresses or slacks and blouses for the women. We did see casual during the day but not at dinner or the shows or the lounges. Formal night was tuxedo or you didn't get in. That was back in 2004 and have no knowledge of what do on that ship today