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We just booked our first Disney Cruise for 4/12/08 to the Eastern Carribean. DH and I haven't cruised since our honeymoon, and this will be a 25th anniversary celebration!! . Also, Andrew will be graduating high school and I will have just turned the BIG 50 (but we are not telling the cruise lines that :.
I have sooo many questions, that I hope over the next 14 months you all bear with me .
Anyway, my first question is this....
For formal nights, do the boys have to have a tux or suit as well? They have sports jackets (which I know can be for the semi-formal night), but have any of you had to dress up the children also?
Because this is a 25th anniversary cruise for DH and I, I am thinking of surprising Tom with vow renewals. Has anyone done that? Then I thought I would follow with a dinner at Palos (I'm sure the boys can find something to do.... )
I would think a suit would be fine for formal night. I believe you can rent tuxedos on the ship though? Or they deliver them to the ship.....I think that's it. PP says that black tie is optional (and that semi-formal attire would be fine), so I wouldn't go all out if it's a hassle (but that's just me)!
Edited to add........don't know anything about the vow renewal, but it sounds great (as well as dinner at Palo following)
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Woo Hoo!!! Yeah Dianne!! With regard to the boys and formal night - a dinner jacket, nice shirt and tie should be formal enough if they don't want to get a tux. Have not done the bow renewal (heck - haven't done them the first time). Congrats on the cruise!
Yeah, Dianne! You are going to so love it! I have seen anything from shirt and ties to all-out tuxes at formal night. I think the boys in a sports jacket with a nice shirt and tie would be fine, but they may feel a bit more comfortable in a suit. I don't think a tux is a necessity, unless thats what they want. My 10 year-old nephew was in a panic when he thought he wasn't going to get to wear a tux on his family's cruise, but then he loves to wear suits....go figure!
As to the vow renewal, let me know what you find out. DH and I are planning the eastern repo cruise for our thirtieth and was wondering about that as well, but we'd be the only ones there. Maybe just a nice dinner at Palos.
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Diane! That is so cool!!!! What a great way to celebrate your anniversary (and a milestone birthday as well ). I'm doing my first Disney cruise in May of 2008, but I took my kids on another cruise line and my DS (who was 12 at the time) wore a shirt, tie and dress pants for formal night. He didn't even have a sport coat at that age. He was fine. If you want to get a suit or rent a tux go ahead, but I think a sport coat and tie will be fine. Personally I'd spend the money on a cool shore excursion instead of new clothes. Boys grow so fast at that age.
Congratulations on.....uh, all the things that you are celebrating! I didn't see anyone in a tux during our December cruise. I did research on a vow renewal as it was our 25th anniversary as well. I believe they do them on the Deck 7 aft deck. Take lots of pictures so that you can write a TR for us!!!
I just booked the same cruise a couple of weeks ago! I was also thinking about vow renewal (or at least the RAS package). We are also in CT, so I booked it on speculation that spring break is that week. I, too, will probably have a million questions between now and then, so I hope all you passporters can bear with me! LOL!
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). I'm doing my first Disney cruise in May of 2008, but I took my kids on another cruise line and my DS (who was 12 at the time) wore a shirt, tie and dress pants for formal night. He didn't even have a sport coat at that age. He was fine. If you want to get a suit or rent a tux go ahead, but I think a sport coat and tie will be fine. Personally I'd spend the money on a cool shore excursion instead of new clothes. Boys grow so fast at that age.
. May have to rethink that or work ALOT of OT
Congrats and have a great time!
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