I posted somewhere about the tux I had on a Disney Cruise 2 years ago. It was a brand new Joseph Abboud that I got on eBay. So what if it was a closeout from Bloomingdale's (had the Bloomies tags still stiched to it ) and so what if it was the prior year's style? A tux bought in 2006 is soooo last year as well!

Anyway, the tux looked fantastic and a few people commented on how much better it looked than the rentals that some guys wore. You could tell the ones that used the convenient shipboard rental service. I forget the company but they'll deliver your tux to your stateroom on embarkation day and you just leave it in the stateroom when you disembark, your room porter will collect it and the rental place swings by to get them when they drop off the tuxes for the next sailing.

Since it was a Disney Cruise I decided to have some fun and wore a Mickey Mouse tuxedo vest like this which I also got from eBay. I missed out on the bidding for a black one like this so I got a silvery/black paisley vest & tie that Mrs. jonesing liked but people LOVED the white Mickey vest!! ^ I wore the tux 3 times: formal night, semi-formal night and for the special dinner at Palo. No regrets whatsover! Especially after seeing the expression of one of our tablemates on formal night...he rented and boy was he SHOCKED as hell when he found out that I paid LESS for my tux, 2 vests & ties, shirt and shoes than he did for his rental package! ^ Now I did splurge a little for the shirt. I wanted a specific shirt that has the fold over "channel" on the collor that hides the bowtie strap. That I got from Men's Wearhouse and it was about $40 more than the tux shirts on eBay.

I've worn it a couple of times since the cruise, most notably a black tie wedding and the adult Christmas party. No, get your mind out of the gutter my job holds two parties: one for kids/families and another for adults only. Always plenty of compliments whenever I wear it

BTW Congrats on the cruise, probably one of the best vacations I've ever had.