What is the recommended attire for dinners on the ship?

Question

Just wondering what the recommended attire is for dinner on the ship? Do gentlemen wear coats and ties? Do women wear fancy dresses? Or is the attire more business casual - nice, but not wedding level.

AlanS · Answer

Not sure what was going on there with the slippers?!?!?  The photos were taken during an April 2018 eastbound Blue Danube cruise.  That group shot may have been taken after we departed Bratislava and just before the casual farewell reception and dinner onboard- it was not a dress-up night.  I had my camera but not my day bag so we weren't headed off touring. That is me and my harem- all but two have toured together before (and since.) All of us took a pre-tour excursion from Prague to Cesky Krumlov so we could take the Tauck excursion to Salzburg later in the cruise.  For the dressier dinners ashore, quite a few men wore sports coats and a few wore suits.  I'm not sure if the cooler early Spring weather had anything to do with it.

British · Answer

On the Iceland cruise, we had dinner at the Captains table at the Welcome dinner, I was better dressed than my above photo but Mr B was just in a dress shirt.

Lsmiller · Answer

Planning my wardrobe for the Blue Danube in less than 6 weeks. Your photos are quite helpful. Never thought about wearing pink fuzzy slippers. 😂 thanks for posting.