From the ready-to-wear department:

Norwegian Cruise Line got a lot of attention when they announced that their policy now officially allows jeans to be worn for dinner in the dining room. We thought they were the only ones officially allowing it - until we checked as part of CND article we were writing for today's issue. Frankly, we were surprised at the lines that say jeans are ok. Here's a list for quick reference:

Updated Aug 10, 2007:

• Azamara - no jeans
• Carnival - jeans are ok but not encouraged
• Celebrity - no jeans
• Costa - jeans are ok except on formal nights
• Crystal - jeans ok on casual nights, not formal or informal nights
• Cunard - no jeans
• Disney - jeans ok except on formal and certain theme nights and never ok in Palo's
• Holland America - jeans are ok except on formal nights
• MSC Cruises - no jeans
• Norwegian Cruise Line - jeans are ok
• Princess - jeans are ok except on formal nights
• Royal Caribbean - jeans are ok except on formal nights
• Seabourn - jeans are ok except on formal nights
• Silversea - jeans are ok except on formal nights

All of the lines require the jeans to be neat, clean and presentable, and they cannot have holes or tears. Many lines also had some wording in their policies about being neat and clean. Remember too, that this survey was about dinner in the main dining room. All lines indicated jeans were ok during the daytime.

The information was verified by each line's official spokesperson, but is subject to change.