Originally Posted by
TribalistMeathead
Yes, and it's not a cruise ship, it's an ocean liner. Regardless, I'd find it damn near impossible to pack in a way to meet the ship's dress code AND backpack across Europe.
I was on the
QM2 a couple of years ago, and a young man at our table, who had evidently been zipping around the U.S. on the cheap, got around the formal-dress requirement on gala nights (tuxedo or dark suit) elegantly by wearing dark slacks and a black turtle-neck shirt of some fine fabric. He looked great. If it's good enough for Seiji Ozawa, it was certainly good enough for him!