Patrica, There are 3 things on all these sites that fire up a lively debate, Tipping, Dress Code & the new kid on the block, Smoking. I openly admit I’m stuck in a time warp. A time when people complied with rules & had respect for their fellow man. & went with the flow & not against it. Why when boundaries are set, people want to push the boundaries is beyond some of us of a certain age. In this case the dress code of the day is clearly stated in the Daily Cruise Sheet & when people do not comply, people like me see it as an act of defiance. That doesn’t make me right of course, but I do defend the right to express my views on sites like this. As to your other comments about only when the rich could afford to cruise……I wish… & believe me, like you I’m very, very ordinary if your referring to class status. Finally, although some of my comments may seem hard, they are not personal attacks, but merely observations on the path this wonderful country is going down. Love Wilba

Well said wilba !!! Let's raise standards - not dumb down to cater for the masses !!

Thank You.

My husband and i are going on the oceana next week, please tell me you and Wilba won't be on it,i think it's people with your narrow minded views that put such as myself off, luckily i have spoken to past passengers and if the men do not want to wear dinner suits there is a very nice buffet, we like to look smart and will dress to our own taste.When we return i will give my opion to MrsPalmer so don't be put off the oceana yet.

Madam, I do not have a narrow minded view, but I do respect the wishes of my host ie: the cruise company. No one said a dinner suit is required, a lounge suit is perfectly acceptable & has I've written many times before, this attitude of I'll do what I like & stuff you lot is the very undoing of our society. Freemantle put it a little more courteously than Myself & Aldrich, 90% of people do take the trouble to comply. That's a big majority. Enjoy your cruise & no your safe, I won't be on it.