Starrella

Hi - I'm Starr, and new to this cool site. I've already gotten some great tips, and would like some advice on what to take for a December cruise to the Panama Canal and other warm places. My husband and I took a cruise to the "Mexican Riviera" for our honeymoon on the Celebrity line (great) and a second one on another line that was not so great. These cruises had formal and informal nights as well as casual ones.

The cruise we will be taking is on Azzamara, Celebrity's smaller ship line. There will be about 700 passangers, and no formal nights - the brochure says dress is casual. I'm not sure what to take. Black is usually my travel staple color, but on the last cruises, to warm places, I took lighter colors - tan and khaki with some accent colors.

I would appreciate any advice!

CApreppie

Welcome to FT. I took Celebrity to Alaska and it was a nice cruise line. Since you're going to hot climate, I'd say some sort of khaki/docker pants and any time of short sleeve shirt--polo or button down style for dinner. Otherwise, I'd say you could go around in shorts and polo shirt with sandals or similar. No flip flops.

BamaVol

You'll want to be a step or 2 above jeans and t-shirts. They'll let you into the dining room unless you're neckid, but you'll attract stares if you're not properly dressed. If you were going to work, the term would be smart casual. For ladies; slacks or skirts with casual tops. For men; khakis and golf shirts or aloha shirts (not too loud). Enjoy - I'm jealous.

Ocn Vw 1K

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ozgirl61

In June/July I did a 14 day Med Cruise with Azamara Quest, the ship is beautiful and so nice being a smaller ship. The entertainment is not what you get on a bigger ship but the itin was so shore intensive that it didn't matter.

People dressed in all styles on the ship, some too casual and then some people still dressed up. If you plan to eat in either Aqualina or Prime C the dress code is still Casual just Smart Casual. In Discoveries it is Nice Casual. A few people came in in shorts etc, but not many. If eating in the buffet Windows, it is extremely Casual, as it is just beside the pool.

It was extremely warm during this cruise and it was nice to be able to dress in dockers and linen etc for the meals.

The Azamara Ship Journey is exactly the same.

Have a great time, I hope you enjoy it.

Tenerife

In spite of the already good advice you've gotten here, don't neglect asking any cruise questions on cruisecritic.com It's the flyertalk for cruising.

dabby

I would bring light colored casual clothes and maybe a set of more formal clothing for events. don't make the mistake of wearing dark clothes to a hot climate. You'll really feel it!