Packing for an 11 Night Cruise??

Crush Dude! · Apr 27, 2011

Can anyone help me out? We are only bringing 3 cases between 2 adults and 1 child on our 11 night med cruise and ive a few questions?

How many formal nights will we have??
Is there laundry service?
Are any nights in the restaurants casual?

We Would really appreciate any tips on what to pack esp with this being such a long cruise!

Disneyfalcon · Apr 27, 2011

There is one formal night and two semi formal nights on the 11 night cruises.

There is a dry cleaning service. There are also washers and dryers.

Most nights will be cruise casual.

Crush Dude! · Apr 27, 2011

Disneyfalcon said:
There is one formal night and two semi formal nights on the 11 night cruises.

There is a dry cleaning service. There are also washers and dryers.

Most nights will be cruise casual.

Semi formal would mean what exactly??

ChuckElias · Apr 27, 2011

crush dude! said:
Semi formal would mean what exactly??

Jacket and tie for men. But as I mentioned in another thread, you will still see plenty of people who ignore it completely and wear shorts and t-shirts. Rather than pack for formal night AND bring an extra jacket and tie, I simply wear my tux for semi-formal night.

Disneyfalcon · Apr 27, 2011

I agree, there's a pretty big range on semi formal night. Since hubby already has the mess dress (military tux), he wears it. I wear a cocktail dress.

Oh and we look gooooood.

:lol:

Crush Dude! · Apr 28, 2011

Disneyfalcon said:
I agree, there's a pretty big range on semi formal night. Since hubby already has the mess dress (military tux), he wears it. I wear a cocktail dress.

Oh and we look gooooood.:lol:

If its jacket and tie for semi formal is it tux only for formal night??

Disneyfalcon · Apr 28, 2011

crush dude! said:
If its jacket and tie for semi formal is it tux only for formal night??

Nope! You'll see lots of jackets and ties for formal night too.

ChuckElias · Apr 28, 2011

Disneyfalcon said:
Oh and we look gooooood.:lol:

So. . . let's see! I put my formal night pic up in the other thread! Where's yours?????

Disneyfalcon · Apr 28, 2011

ChuckElias said:
So. . . let's see! I put my formal night pic up in the other thread! Where's yours?????

Ooh! Okay! We've got a ton! Let me see what I can find...

Disneyfalcon · Apr 28, 2011

Okay, we've got some from most every cruise, but here they are from one two years ago:

And brace yourself before you look at this one, because it may be the cutest one you've ever seen!!!

Phonedave · Apr 28, 2011

That picture ^ is way to cute

Now for one of my favorite tips. Dry cleaning (or just pressing) is very reasonable on DCL. I think a mens jacket is $8. No need to pack a garment bag. You can put your jacket in your normal luggage, and when you get there send it down to get pressed. Thats what I do.

-dave

Disneyfalcon · Apr 28, 2011

Phonedave said:
That picture ^ is way to cute

-dave

I know!:lol:

Crush Dude! · Apr 28, 2011

Disneyfalcon said:
Nope! You'll see lots of jackets and ties for formal night too.

Thanks v much! And all other nights are casual wear yeah??

Will all the details be in our room when we arrive on board?

ChuckElias · Apr 28, 2011

crush dude! said:
Will all the details be in our room when we arrive on board?

I don't think so. I could be wrong, but I don't think they give you a rundown for the whole week. Instead, the dress for the night is listed on each day's Personal Navigator. The Navigator for the next day is waiting for you in your room when you get back from dinner each night.

Disneyfalcon · Apr 28, 2011

ChuckElias said:
I don't think so. I could be wrong, but I don't think they give you a rundown for the whole week. Instead, the dress for the night is listed on each day's Personal Navigator. The Navigator for the next day is waiting for you in your room when you get back from dinner each night.

That is correct.

Phonedave · Apr 28, 2011

Disneyfalcon said:
That is correct.

I have always had a rundown of the entire cruise.

You know your dining rotation when you get your "tickets" in the mail.

Then we were told what nights were what ahead of time.

At times I can be uber--retentive and I would get everything ready for me and my kids all on the first day. Everything cleaned, pressed, and hung up together (socks etc as well) and then I knew I had nothing to worry about the rest of the cruise. We could just come into the cabin and change for dinner in a flash.

-dave

Disneyfalcon · Apr 28, 2011

Phonedave said:
I have always had a rundown of the entire cruise.

You know your dining rotation when you get your "tickets" in the mail.

Then we were told what nights were what ahead of time.

At times I can be uber--retentive and I would get everything ready for me and my kids all on the first day. Everything cleaned, pressed, and hung up together (socks etc as well) and then I knew I had nothing to worry about the rest of the cruise. We could just come into the cabin and change for dinner in a flash.

-dave

I should have been more clear. They dont tell you which night is which when you arrive in the port. Meaning they dont give you a breakdown of the week then. They do tell you your dining rotation when you get there although I can make an educated guess at your rotation if you give me your party makeup.

You can also find out which night is formal night, pirate night, etc. before you go. You can call Disney, and I can find out too later tonight when I get home.:ROFLOL:

Crush Dude! · Apr 28, 2011

Disneyfalcon said:
I should have been more clear. They dont tell you which night is which when you arrive in the port. Meaning they dont give you a breakdown of the week then. They do tell you your dining rotation when you get there although I can make an educated guess at your rotation if you give me your party makeup.

You can also find out which night is formal night, pirate night, etc. before you go. You can call Disney, and I can find out too later tonight when I get home.:ROFLOL:

2 Adults and 1 child 8 years old!

Disneyfalcon · Apr 28, 2011

crush dude! said:
2 Adults and 1 child 8 years old!

Okay! 8! That's right on the line, but here's the most likely -

Animators, Parrot Cay, Lumieres, Animators, and so on.

That's the usual rotation for adults with young kids.

If 8 is considered older kids (which I don't think so), it would be -

Parrot Cay, Lumieres, Animators, Parrot Cay, and so on.

This should be your schedule for dining -

Night 2 formal night
Night 8 pirate night
Nights 7 and 10 semi formal

and the rest should be cruise casual.

ChuckElias · Jul 19, 2011

crush dude! said:
Thanks v much! And all other nights are casual wear yeah??

Will all the details be in our room when we arrive on board?

ChuckElias said:
I don't think so. I could be wrong, but I don't think they give you a rundown for the whole week.

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but we did, in fact, receive a run-down for the entire week when we arrived in our stateroom on the first day of our Alaska cruise. Don't know if they're now doing it for all ships/itineraries, but it was nice to have one sheet that told us the style of dress and the menu for dinner, as well as the show for the evening. I think we brought it home, if we did, I'll try to post a picture of it.

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