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That is great news; I am glad they changed it. Thank you for letting me know!

There is no "Indian vegetarian menu" on Celebrity. Celebrity has a vegan menu and a MDR menu that might have a vegetarian option.

This has nothing to do with Celebrity but you reminded me of some cruising + banana trivia. Bananas have a weird history. If you were able to in the 1930s you could cruise on United Fruit's "Great White Fleet" (which was as racist as it sounds) to the banana-producing regions. They did plantation tours and banana tastings. That cruise tourism helped banana consumption skyrocket. Bananas became so important that the CIA started a war in Guatemala which eventually overthrew the government (which was slightly less inclined to exploit banana workers than previous administrations). Funny that a war made them scarce and then another war ensured they stayed plentiful. So there is my little bit of trivia on bananas and cruising, I hope you enjoyed it.

Feel free to jump on in, we're glad you are here. Yes I rarely saw more than 1 option on the regular menu in MDR. The way I found out the vegan menu existed was there were 0 options one night and I asked the waiter. She might be happy with the vegan menus. I didn't take pictures of those, sorry 😞 Yes I got sick of pasta and mushrooms and I love both! Hopefully others with more recent experience can advise. I cannot afford to go on cruises every week to report back (wouldn't that be nice). The way I understand it is that Celebrity revamped their MDR menus In Aug and at least on my sailing, all of the joy of being vegetarian there is now gone. That cruise I did not dine in Speciality Dining or Blu or Luminae so I cannot speak to those. I did go to the buffet, but very rarely, so someone with more experience will have to chime in on that. There is a salad bar at the buffet with beans for protein every day, so no one will starve. The Spa cafe had some good options, but tiny portions and they are only open limited hours. I hope your daughter enjoys her cruise!

Log out and wait something like 20-30 minutes before trying again. A rep told me the exact time once but I forgot. Have a nice cup of tea it will unlock on its own after some time.

The generally accepted one they've been using themselves for 15+ years now? Same one I've been relying on and had no problems with for all prior cruises? I am not really into explaining my diet. If you want to learn more, you are welcome to do so on your own time. Geez, it sounds like some of you want to point to international veggie law or something. I'm not going to get dragged into arguments, my point was there's a change and for me, it wasn't a good one.

I disagree with that definition of vegetarian. But let's go with it for a minute. If Celebrity did decide to go with that definition, most of the fish dishes would be marked as vegetarian, and they aren't. There was more wrong than that one icon. That's just the only menu I have a picture of, sadly. It became a kind of game after a while... spot the bad one.

Oh rats, fears confirmed. I really relied on those labels. I am very lucky I've never really had to work that hard to figure out what to eat but I guess time to start. I think it's better to have no sign at all than to have one that's wrong. I mean if you can't trust the sign on the menu can you trust what they say? Who did they consult when making up the menus and deciding what icon to put where, and hopefully that's not the same person I'm asking what's in the food? (I'm not expecting a serious answer here, I know that they do double-check carefully when asked. It just seems unnecessary to have to do that, when they're supposedly clearly marked.) Thanks for passing that feedback on to Celebrity, I appreciate that!

Alright I apologize for calling you a troll. "Special food demands" sounded to me like this was an optional thing and people were just being picky and unreasonable. I personally have never demanded anyone make anything special for me, if there's nothing available I just don't eat. Or I have something earlier/later, or don't go there. Not a big deal. I also don't care what anyone else eats, no skin off my back. You can't please everyone with a menu. I'm not sure where the bar is, but X used to meet it for me personally and now doesn't, and I think that's a change worth mentioning. I'm just a layperson but the way I understand it there are actually more allergies than in previous times. Hopefully an actual physician will answer because I am in no way qualified to opine on that topic and I don't have allergies.

Feeding the trolls here (pun intended) but on the off chance you're serious -- you never met a Jewish kid growing up? Or Islamic? For me it's just a strong preference, no demands here except... accurate info on what I'm eating. Not too high of a bar for a restaurant to clear, honestly. For others who could literally die, I'm not even sure what you're implying.

I like the idea of signs there. I do skip a few things because I'm not sure also, you've got a great idea there. I'm very fortunate the consequences for me are just a little annoyance, I don't have anything life-threatening.

I mean, yes, I guess I've never known that? Or never needed to know that before? Never had a problem on X ordering day-of except for this recent example.

Yes, it's so weird because I've never had a that bad of an experience before. I kind of expect that sometimes things will go wrong and usually I can roll with it. This was my 4th time on the Silhouette and I was on the Millennium for Panama canal last year (that I completely forgot about when posting -- so this is actually second cruise post-covid, not first like I said). We were set dining, the late seating. It could just be my paranoia but I thought if it saves someone a headache or that's important to them I should mention it. I should add -- I didn't know you could order the night before! Thank you for telling me that. I might try that if I go again next time. The Vegan menu items did take longer to arrive but that's totally fine with me - we like a leisurely dinner and some extra conversation and waiting around is definitely a plus.

I'm glad to hear that! I am hoping it was just this sailing and not something indicative of a larger issue.

Right!? I would think the mahi-mahi might be lactose-free? But it's not marked as such.

Yep the post probably does not apply to you if you don't follow a special diet. It's not difficult at all for me to eat out, even when travelling. Honestly, it's hardly ever a problem. The only thing I would agree is hard is BBQ places... I'm getting the potato and side salad then, lol. Sorry your brother has trouble. The thing that's wrong is the icons. Fish isn't a vegetable 🤨 You do you -- enjoy your lunch!

Yes yet another food post, but I haven't seen it discussed from this angle before. Apologies if I'm rehashing old news. I sailed on the Silhouette sailing 29th of August from Southampton around Iceland, 11 nights. It's been a while and I've been debating whether to post this, but I'd like to hear your thoughts. I've been on 11 cruises with Celebrity, this one first cruise post-pandemic. So I’m not as well-traveled as many of you, but I do have some experience with the line. I’ve loved X’s food in the past and have had no complaints as a vegetarian, but this time was different. Menu items were marked as “vegetarian” that were definitely not vegetarian. And items were not marked “vegetarian” that actually were vegetarian (salads, mostly -- I had to verify with the waiter each time). Seems like no one was paying attention to those little icons. I’ll post a picture so you can see what I mean. (Mahi-mahi is fish.. that's pescatarian, not vegetarian.) Some days there was no vegetarian option on the MDR menu at all, and we left hungry. We finally figured out on day 4 that there's a special "vegan" menu that you have to request. Everything on there was underwhelming. It seems like they've decided to lump vegetarians and vegans into the same category and offer just one option for both. No shade to vegans, I’m just not one. The regular menu options weren’t better. Mushroom spaghetti that looked like something the dog threw up. Like.. just brown spaghetti noodles with a congealed sauce. Not even my pasta-loving spouse could stomach it, whom I've never seen turn down pasta. The only vegetarian option for lunch one day was exactly the same only vegetarian option that was served the night before for dinner. Not even changed up at all, literally the same dish. (I can eat leftovers at home, you know?) One night we had a horrible experience with an appetizer. The waiter had given us the vegan menu and knew we were vegetarian. The appetizer had pork in it, which we only found out after biting into it. Yep, they had an appetizer named exactly the same thing on both menus, one with meat and the vegan version without. We were talking with another couple and she was gluten-free and had had a bad reaction to one of the dishes. I don't have her experience, but when I left the conversation she was suspicious that the dish she was served wasn't gluten free after all. Hopefully this post helps some of the vegetarians / gluten-free / allergic / special diet people out there – I would recommend you double check every meal. Usually I could trust the menu, but not this time. I was not happy about biting into pork, I imagine it would be so much worse if one didn't eat pork for religious reasons. Weirdly, in the second half of the cruise the food improved considerably so I'm not sure what happened there. I feel like Celebrity lost something that set them apart and really made them special. Would rather be charged more than repeat that experience, honestly. I know the pandemic hit them hard, but maybe I’m alone in being willing to pay higher prices if that’s what’s needed to get the food back to something I’d enjoy eating.