<p>Teri, have a wonderful time cruising! Every time Mr B has to wear a suit, he complains that it does not feel comfortable. So I always make it as painless for him as possible by ironing all pieces and putting the outfit together and then telling him how wonderful he looks. 
Works like a charm.</p>
<p>I think your plan is a good one! For suits and dresses, I found that the trick to keep them wrinkle-free is to put a plastic drycleaners’ bag over the garments and then put everything inside a garment bag.</p>
<p>And just in case you need another dress - David Meister makes fabulous wrinkle-free dresses for ladies of our age (i.e., classy and classic-looking). :)</p>
<p>I wore a suit for most of my working life. There is no way that I will wear one, much less a tux, on vacation. </p>
<p>One reason that we book early dinner sitting is that most people at that sitting don’t mind our clean, neat, but non-formal attire. Often we will just skip the dinner if our table mates are “fancy” people who might feel uncomfortable – there are so many other opportunities for food, I don’t think we’ll starve. </p>
<p>We have the ‘anytime’ dining, which will allow us some flexibility with the food. I’m kind of with IxnayBob in that, if we feel uncomfortable with what we’ve brought to wear to the dining room for formal nights, then I’m sure we won’t starve as there are other options. But I think we’ll be fine based on what I’ve read here. </p>
<p>teriwtt have fun. I’ve got a cruise booked for next year, only this one is girls only…I need one about every 3 years. Love not having to lift a finger for a week or two in a very nice floating hotel that stops at interesting places. Such a treat. </p>
<p>One our Princess Caribbean cruise just a year ago, there was a man turned away from the dining room on a formal night wearing long shorts who was on the line for anytime dining ahead of us. He was told to return wearing long pants which he did and he and his dining companions were admitted without having to wait.</p>
<p>Well I think we can manage long pants, although I am amused they weren’t required at the Academy Awards.
;)</p>
<p>While it is nice to get family photos with everyone dressed up, my H didn’t even wear a tux at our wedding and he sure wouldn’t on a cruise! I am certain wearing one would not make him feel special, neither of us likes to dress up, though we wore suits/dresses for formal night. We haven’t cruised since 2008 and came off that one with noro-like symptoms.</p>
<p>Mamabear, DH and I also came down with norovirus on our Princess cruise just a year ago, happened on the very last night which was really a drag (in so many ways) had to vacate our room by a certain time the next morning and hang out in a public lounge until we could disembark and retrieve our luggage, cab to airport and all of that. While I know these break-outs can happen in any confined area with lots of people, I thought what about all the people boarding the ship after us? My room undoubtedly would be cleaned quite well… but what about the couch and seating in the lounge areas where both DH and I were sitting… along with other sick passengers in other lounges. There was someone on our floor that I don’t know how they would even be able to disembark at all… Plus DH had reported to the ship doctor around 6 AM to see if there was anything to give us so our illness was documented. We never had any follow-up from Princess… just endless marketing to go on another cruise. While I might do so at some point… not on my agenda at all in the near future.</p>
<p>Our ship was actually one of the two that had Noro outbreaks last month; luckily it will have made a couple of more trips before we board late next week. I’ve sort of taken the attitude that it’s likely more clean than all the other ships that did not have an outbreak - I’m sure it’s been scrubbed top to bottom several times. </p>
<p>I’ve heard one of the biggest problems with the Norovirus is that passengers do not want to quarantine themselves to their rooms for the 48 hours that is required. They’re on a vacation, and once they start feeling better, they come out, even if it’s less than 48 hours; this is how the darned thing spreads - it’s uncooperative passengers who are determined to get their money’s worth - then they put the rest of the passengers/staff at risk. Am not exactly how you deal with that - what do you do if one member of the couple gets sick? Do you quarantine them for 48 hours, too? </p>