Royal Caribbean Guest Asks Thousands to Change Clothes for Granddaughter’s Wedding
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One guest wants thousands of cruisers to change White Night because of her granddaughter’s wedding.
She is not getting the response she might have hoped for and could have sabotaged her own intent.
Cruise ship entitlement requests can quickly get out of control with unreasonable demands.
All cruise guests are familiar with onboard entitlement, from the infamous chair hogs to saving seats for theater shows to chaotic buffet lines. While cruise lines do try to minimize poor behavior, there are times when a guest’s entitlement is so far overboard it’s simply astonishing.
Guests who will board Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas are in for a dose of such entitlement for the ship’s March 21, 2026 departure from Fort Lauderdale, an 8-night Southern Caribbean itinerary to Aruba, Curacao, and Perfect Day at CocoCay.
On that particular cruise, one pair of guests will be enjoying a very special day as they get married. On such a happy occasion, every bride wants to feel special, but just how special is reasonable on a cruise?
The bride’s grandmother, who will be sailing with the family to celebrate the union, has a flagrantly ridiculous request for everyone aboard.
“Hey fellow cruisers! Just a heads up about Day 3 of the cruise,” the grandmother said in a conversation now posted on Reddit’s Entitled Reviews. “It’s my granddaughter’s wedding day AND it’s scheduled as a ‘White Night’ theme for dinner.”
Royal Caribbean’s White Night is a popular party theme when guests are encouraged to wear white if they wish, though it’s not a strict dress code requirement. Some guests do indeed go all out with brilliant white attire, while others wear whatever they wish.
This grandmother, however, has other ideas on how the evening theme will affect her granddaughter’s wedding day.
“We’re worried this might take away from the special day, so if you’re planning to rock the white outfit, maybe save it for another night?” she requested. “Let’s make this wedding celebration unforgettable!”
She’s right about one thing – the wedding is already unforgettable with the grandmother’s request that the ship’s up to 6,699 guests change their attire plans for someone they’ve never met, for a wedding they’re not invited to attend.
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The grandmother seems to have also reached out to Royal Caribbean to request a change to White Night, because she elaborates that the cruise line “is now aware of this conflict and will consider it for future cruises.”
Of course, that is the type of response a cruise line might give to any request to make the guest feel heard. It is unlikely there will be any future consideration of changing activity lineups to accommodate individual guests.
Royal Caribbean does offer three different wedding packages, including at at sea option, one for embarkation day so non-sailing guests can participate, and one for up to 10 guests onboard. Each package also has customizable options, but none include dress code changes for the entire ship.
In this situation, it is not clear which wedding package is planned other than it will not be on embarkation day.
How Do Other Guests Feel About Changing White Night for a Wedding?
The grandmother is not getting the enthusiastic response she might have wanted, with guests willing to change their attire plans to accommodate a stranger’s wedding day.
In fact, she could have actually sabotaged her own good intentions as many guests are noting they might do just the opposite.
“I would go out of my way to buy a bunch of cheap used wedding dresses that everyone in my group could wear that day/night,” one guest noted. “P.S. My group is all guys.”
That would make for amazing wedding photos, and it would definitely be unforgettable.
Other guests pointed out that crew members occasionally wear white, would that be problematic for the wedding as well? What about guests going to and from the spa in white robes, would that be inconsiderate?
It should be noted that there is no response from the bride herself, only the grandmother’s concerns. The bride may not even be aware of the conversation or that her grandmother made such an entitled request to Royal Caribbean.
Cruise Hive has regularly reported on such crazy entitlement, such as one Carnival guest who wanted all hand dryers removed from the public restrooms on their ship because of a child’s noise sensitivity, and another who expects free umbrellas when its rainy in ports of call.
All cruise lines do try to accommodate reasonable requests as much as possible. What unreasonable requests have you heard of? Share your cruise entitlement stories on the Cruise Hive boards!
Royal Caribbean Guest Asks Thousands to Change Clothes for Granddaughter’s Wedding