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What is the dress code on a Royal Caribbean cruise?
Dress code rides the day's mood, from pool-deck casual to dinner that asks a little more of your suitcase. Casual means jeans, polos, sundresses, and the like, with swimwear staying on the Pool Deck and shorts fine for breakfast and lunch. Smart casual steps it up with collared shirts, dresses, skirts, blouses, or pantsuits, and jackets are welcome. Dress Your Best nights go black-tie optional with suits, tuxedos, cocktail dresses, or evening gowns, usually one to a few evenings depending on cruise length and the ship's plan. Skip bare feet and dinner tank tops in the main dining room and specialty restaurants, and ask your travel advisor how many Dress Your Best nights your sailing typically runs.
- Casual: jeans, polos, sundresses, blouses. Swimwear on the Pool Deck. Shorts ok for breakfast and lunch
- Smart casual: collared shirts, dresses, skirts, blouses, pantsuits. Jackets and blazers welcome
- Dress Your Best: suits and ties, tuxedos, cocktail dresses, or evening gowns
- Typical Dress Your Best count rises with cruise length (about 1 on 5 nights, up to 3 to 4 on longer sailings), at the ship's discretion
- No bare feet in venues. No tank tops for dinner in the main dining room or specialty restaurants
Source: Royal Caribbean, Royal Caribbean
Last verified 2026-07-11