TheTexasKid

With all due respect, you need not feel for me, who lives halfway between the two coasts, so I have to fly to Florida or California, or even all the way to Europe to get on a cruise ship. Because you know what, for me, it's worth it.

It's the coming back, no matter how long the cruise, that's the painful moment. No more . . .

someone cleaning up after you.

someone cooking your meals.

someone serving you your meals.

someone entertaining you

someone to show you new sights, that you have not seen before.

It's also painful that I have so many cruises that I want to take, that I can't take for one reason or the other.

Yes, but like alot of previous posters, I don't eat them myself, but bring them home and give them out as a gift to my travel agent, who then shares them with the other employees in the travel agency.

As I never take more than two small suitcases, when I cruise, I carry them on board myself, and if my room is ready, I drop them off in my room and go up to the buffet for lunch.

They normally have peel 'n' eat shrimp for that first lunch on board, and as shrimp is one of my favorite dishes, and peel 'n' eat shrimp is one of my favorite ways to eat it. I try never to miss lunch on that first day.

If my room is not ready, I try to find a place to read till my room is ready, then I drop my suitcases off in the room, and go up to the buffet for lunch.

And repeat second paragraph.

Has anyone cruised solo on one of the Disney ships? I have been looking at cruising with them again, but am kind of hesitant since they are so family oriented.

 

I would love to hear any thoughts.

 

Thanks.

Yes, many times.

Bahamas

Baltic

Eastern Caribbean

Inaugural Alaskan

L.A. to Vancouver, B.C.

Mexican Rivieria

Southern Caribbean

trans-Atlantic

trans-Panama Canal

Western Caribbean

And at the end of December, hopefully, my first cruise on "The Disney Dream."

So, if you have cruised once on Disney Cruise Lines and enjoyed it, then don't hestitate to cruise with them again. For of all the passengers on a Disney cruise only one third of them are children seventeen and under. The other two thirds are adults. Parents cruising with their children. Grandparents cruising with their grandchildren. Extended family groups. But also alot of adults who either have no children or cruising sans children. Because of their experiences with Disney Cruise Lines have been so pleasurable.

The only time I wear a tuxedo is on formal nights when I cruise, thus, as a single man traveling solo, I always have a heck of a time trying to get into it. I especially have trouble with the tie that comes with the tux. Thus, the nicest thing a crew memeber does is to help me get into that tux, especially that bowtie.

Having sailed with Disney Cruise Lines, multiple times, I pulled out a menu from one of the cruises, and these were the vegetarian offerings for that evening's dinner.

Entree

Roasted Portobello Triangoli Pasta

Vegetable Wellington

Asiago and Asparagus Risotto

And there was always two or three different vegetarian entrees each evening for dinner. But, if those don't tempt your palate, you can stick with the appetizer, soup, and salad. At least one each night being vegetarian.

Appetizers

Sundried Tomato Spinach and Feta Cheese Galantine

Golden Pineapple Cristobal

Soups

Chilled Apple and Watermelon Gazpacho

Salads

Gourmet Mix of Salad Leaves

As for the buffet restaurant, I never ate there for dinner, always eating in the dining room, but for lunch they always had a choice of vegetarian salads, soups, entrees, etc.

And even the snackbars up on deck had your choice of vegetarian offerings.

Whenever you cruise, enjoy your cruise.