I have heard and seen some posts saying that you can eat at La Veranda on formal nights without being formal. We have a cruise booked for June and DO NOT want to pack so heavily and wonder if we can indeed eat there dressed elegantly, but without a jacket?

Also we would like to know if anyone knows FOR SURE if there is any cocktail lounge we can go to on the same nights, but dressed ELEGANTLY, but without a jacket for the gentleman or a gown/cocktail dress?

We just had a horrible travel experience and huge overweight charges on a small European leg and if we can't get this worked out, we may have to go to another cruise line...we just don't want to eat in our cabin.

Thanks for any help anyone can give me.