General Cruise Discussion

[Cruise Luxury]

Cruise etiquette
I'm going on an AMA Rhine cruise with my Mum in a few weeks.

Do I need to dress up for dinner?

I'm thinking maybe linen trousers ... but was hoping to keep my luggage minimal (that is, single suitcase) as I'll be carting it by train from Berlin-Essen, Essen-Brussels (with 2 train changes) and then Brussels-Amsterdam ... oh, and from the cruise to Basel Hbf and then on to Zurich and the airport.

River cruises are pretty informal. You might have a "Captain's Dinner" one night which might be slightly dressier then the other nights, but it's still a lot less formal than some ocean cruises.

 

[Katie]

River cruises are pretty informal. You might have a "Captain's Dinner" one night which might be slightly dressier then the other nights, but it's still a lot less formal than some ocean cruises.

Thank you.

My only cruise thus far (as I don’t count the ferry from Oslo to Cooenhagen!!) was a 6 night Disney cruise, so the dress standards were much more do what you want and formal meant wearing your sequinned Mickey/Minnie ears!!

 

[Dieselcanberrra]

Cruise etiquette
I'm going on an AMA Rhine cruise with my Mum in a few weeks.

Do I need to dress up for dinner?

I'm thinking maybe linen trousers ... but was hoping to keep my luggage minimal (that is, single suitcase) as I'll be carting it by train from Berlin-Essen, Essen-Brussels (with 2 train changes) and then Brussels-Amsterdam ... oh, and from the cruise to Basel Hbf and then on to Zurich and the airport.

We did a Scenic river cruise in April this year and very much enjoyed the experience. Very, very few dressed up on our cruise for dinner. Most people stayed in their "day" clothes for a predinner drink, then went and showered and freshened up with clean shirt etc and linen pants. Some pax just traversed from bar to restaurant without the change. It was very relaxed. The 2 couples that dressed up were English (I think) and seemed to enjoy glamming up a bit.