Cruise Line Dress Codes

Azamara Club Cruises

Policy: Azamara is casual. It has no formal nights.

Men: Pants, khakis, sportswear, and button-downs.

Women: Casual dresses, pants or skirts with blouses.

Carnival Cruise Line

Policy: Carnival has 1 or 2 formal and 4 casual nights for 7-day voyages.

Men: Casual: pants, khakis, jeans, and button-downs. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties.

Women: Casual: casual dresses, pants or skirts with blouses. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses or dress pants with blouses.

Celebrity Cruises

Policy: Celebrity has 2 formal and 5 casual nights for 7-night voyages.

Men: Casual: pants, khakis, jeans, and button-downs. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties.

Women: Casual: casual dresses, pants or skirts with blouses. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses, or dress pants with blouses.

Costa Cruises

Policy: Costa has 2 formal and 4 casual nights for 7-day voyages.

Men: Casual: pants, khakis, jeans, and button-downs. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties.

Women: Casual: casual dresses, pants or skirts with blouses. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses, or dress pants with blouses.

Crystal Cruises

Policy: Crystal has 1 formal and 5 casual nights for 7-day voyages.

Men: Casual: pants, khakis, jeans, and button-downs. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties.

Women: Casual: casual dresses, pants or skirts with blouses. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses, or dress pants with blouses.

Cunard

Policy: Cunard has 3 formal nights on trans-Atlantic crossings and 2 formal nights on other sailings. The rest of the evenings are casual.

Men: Casual: pants, khakis, and button-downs, with jackets required, ties optional. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties. (Rentals are available.)

Women: Casual: cocktail dresses, dress skirts or pants with blouses. Formal: cocktail dresses or evening gowns.

Disney Cruise Line

Policy: On 3- and 4-night cruises, Disney has 1 optional semiformal night. 7-night cruises have 1 formal and 1 semiformal night. The rest of the nights are casual — including the “pirate night.”

Men: Casual: pants, khakis, jeans, and button-downs. Semiformal: jackets required, ties optional. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or suits with ties.

Women: Casual: casual dresses, pants, skirts, and blouses. Semiformal: cocktail dresses, dress skirts or pants with blouses. Formal: cocktail dresses or evening gowns.

Holland America Line

Policy: Holland has 2 formal and 4 casual nights on a 7-day cruise.

Men: Casual: pants and button-downs. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties.

Women: Casual: casual dresses, pants or skirts with blouses. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses, or dress pants with blouses.

MSC Cruises

Policy: MSC has 2 formal and 4 to 8 casual nights on 7- to 11-day cruises.

Men: Casual: pants, khakis, and button-downs. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties.

Women: Casual: casual dresses or skirts with blouses. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses, or dress pants with blouses.

Norwegian Cruise Line

Policy: Norwegian is casual. It has no formal nights, and jeans are allowed.

Men: Pants, khakis, jeans, sportswear, and button-downs.

Women: Casual dresses, skirts or pants with blouses.

Oceania Cruises

Policy: Oceania is casual. It has no formal nights, but jeans and T-shirts are not allowed at dinner.

Men: Pants, khakis, sportswear, and button-downs.

Women: Casual dresses, skirts or pants with blouses.

Princess Cruises

Policy: Princess has 2 formal and 4 casual nights on a 7-day cruise.

Men: Casual: pants, khakis, and button-downs. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties.

Women: Casual: casual dresses, pants or skirts with blouses. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses, or dress pants with blouses.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises

Policy: Regent Seven Seas is casual and does not schedule formal nights on cruises under 7 days. Cruises 16 nights or more have 2 optional formal nights.

Men: Casual: pants, khakis, and button-downs. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties. (Rentals are available.)

Women: Casual: casual dresses, pants or skirts with blouses. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses, or dress pants with blouses.

Royal Caribbean International

Policy: Royal Caribbean has 2 formal, 1 “smart” casual and 4 casual nights on a 7-night cruise.

Men: Casual: pants, khakis, jeans, and button-downs. Smart casual: jackets and ties. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties.

Women: Casual: casual dresses, pants or skirts with blouses. Smart casual: dresses or pantsuits. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses, or dress pants with blouses.

Seabourn Cruise Line

Policy: Seabourn has 1 optional formal night for cruises up to 13 days, 2 optional formal nights for cruises 14 to 20 days, and 3 optional formal nights for cruises 21 or more days. The rest of the nights are casual.

Men: Casual: pants and sweaters or shirts, jackets optional. Jeans are not considered appropriate attire. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties.

Women: Casual: sundresses, skirts or pants with sweaters or blouses. Jeans are not considered appropriate attire. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses, or dress pants with blouses.

Silversea Cruises

Policy: Silversea has 1 formal, 3 informal and 3 casual nights on a 7-day cruise.

Men: Casual: open-neck shirts, pants, or sports outfits. Informal: pants, khakis, and button-downs, with jackets required, ties optional. Formal: dinner jackets, tuxedos, or dark suits with ties.

Women: Casual: open-neck shirt, pants, and sports outfits. Informal: sundresses, skirts or pants with sweaters or blouses. Formal: cocktail or evening dresses, or dress pants with blouses.

Windstar Cruises

Policy: Windstar is casual. It has no formal nights.

Men: Pants, khakis, sportswear, and button-downs. No jeans at dinnertime.

Women: Casual dresses or informal cocktail dresses, skirts or pants with blouses.