How dressed up do you have to be to dine at Disney?

I love to dress up a bit in the evenings, especially when dining out. However, sometimes in Disney, I have felt over-dressed in jeans, a nice top and eyeliner!! Many people dine at table service in the evening in "park wear" ie. shorts, trainers and Mickey t-shirts! For signature dining, trousers and a plain top would be more than acceptable. I have found in some restaurants the air conditioning is very cold so I always take a cardigan type top too.

Okay... I'm the opposite. I dress for dinner, especially at Disney.

You have a LOT of Signature dining... read this article I wrote on Disney's dress code. It tells you what Disney says is appropriate at the restaurants that I've quoted.

http://www.wdwforgrownups.com/articles/dressing-disney-signature-dining

Will you see people who haven't dressed to code? Yes.
Does that mean you should be one of them? Not in my opinion.

Do I treat my family like a stern school marm that raps their hands and the mere thought of not dressing for a signature dinner? You betcha. I get serious about appropriate dinner attire and they all fall in line. No one wants the wrath of Mom.

Part of the fun for me is dressing a bit nicer for dinner, putting some make up on, getting out a pretty dress etc. I would dress up more at signature dining. The normal restaurants you can wear things a bit more relaxed though

I pretty much live in sundresses at Disney. I carry a jean jacket or cardigan because as stated it gets chilly. Note I dont own shorts hence the sun dresses.

Flying Fish, Shulas, Yacht Club, Jiko and Narcossees are the only ones I would even think of dressing for, the others are park wear. A nice pair of slacks or a simple dress will do for any of the others. Some do like to dress for Disney like Kristen said, but you will find all types. I usually dress 2 or 3 times for dinner while in disney. I take black slacks with 2 or 3 different blouses and call it done. Easy on the packing.

Glad that we were able to help!

If it's in a park, park wear is definitely ok.

Plus the wind up your skirt on some of the rides can be pretty awesome . They also tend to dry faster than denim shorts or pants after water rides.

I agree about putting in a little extra effort for the signature restaurants, but Yak & Yeti I wouldn't worry about at all. I wore shorts and a Mickey sweatshirt (my normal park ware for the day) and didn't feel even slightly out of place.

I've eaten/worked at several restaurants on property and normal park wear (ie. shorts/jeans, t-shirt/blouse, sundress) are perfectly fine in any non-signature restaurant.

However, my daughter and I are dining at Narcoossee's this summer for the first time and we will be dressing "pretty" for this occasion.. summer dresses and pretty shoes we would never wear in the parks Can't wait!