Originally Posted by oldpenny16
Attire on cruises to Alaska is far more casual than elsewhere. The mobs I've seen in the Vancouver airport have far too much luggage with them! It looks as if they are taking everything there own!
It may depend on the particular cruise line. We just got off a 7-day Holland America cruise to AK and 2 of the nights were "formal" and on two of the other nights we dined at the Pinnacle Grille. The Grille requested, but didn't require, formal wear.
The biggest problem we had in packing was the wide variation in temps. The cruise stared out in the high-80's from SEA and then rapidly dropped into the 40's and 50's in AK only to reach the 80's again as the cruise came to an end.
It required summer and winter clothes.