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Know it's a long shot, but considering there are no LGBT meet ups on board I'd really love to know if there are any more of us going!

Anyone?

Have you joined your Roll Call? That is where you'll find the date/time/place of your Meet & Greet. It will not be mentioned on the ship's newsletter.

here on the forum? yes I'm in the roll call! So is the meet & greet not an official thing?

@nola26 - that sounds amazing!!

I won't worry too much then about the website and this email chain. And now that you mention it, I do think I remember a question about dietary constraints and being able to select that we're vegetarian!

Okay, whew! I think I was getting unnecessarily stressed about it. Thank you all for your advice, and I'll keep an eye out for the m&g!!

I don't know who at NCL the OP emailed but I don't think it was the Access desk. They are the ones to contact before a cruise for Special Needs.

I did contact the access desk; they forwarded my email to someone from Special Events who is the person I've been having this convo with. The access desk has been cc'd on all of the emails but I haven't heard from them!

Hi guys!

I had a less than ideal experience cruising with Carnival as a vegetarian - I was only able to eat mostly sides at meals and even then the dining room staff was never entirely sure if things were made with chicken stock, animal fat, etc.

Now, I'm 1000% not intense about restaurants/hotels/etc. catering to me because I understand the way I eat is not the norm, and I definitely don't expect people to go out of their way to make food for me. However, when I've paid the same amount for a cruise as everyone around me and can only eat a couple of things I don't even like off of the menu for an entire week, it's a little frustrating.

This time around, my wife is vegan and I'm mostly plant-based. So in an effort to avoid the issues we had on our last cruise, I decided to book with NCL because their website specifically mentions vegetarians and suggests that if you email them 8 weeks before your cruise to let them know you'll be on board, they'll be able to accommodate you! I was super excited about this and last week sent them an email to let them know.

However, their email response to me was something along the lines of "here are links to photos of our menus, hope that helps!"

So I responded and mentioned the wording on their website and asked if there were additional accommodations that could be made. But when they responded they didn't really acknowledge the wording on the website and just said that that there's nothing they can do and I'll have to ask once onboard.

Their responses seem directly contrary to what I'm reading on the site, and I'm starting to get concerned that we'll be having another less-than-ideal food experience on this cruise again. Their emails feel a little canned and I can't help but have the feeling they're not really listening to me.

So for any of you who are vegan/veg or even have another type of dietary restriction, has NCL been able to accommodate you? What did they do? Did they do anything when you let them know beforehand? Who did you talk to?

Thanks for your help, and sorry for the long post!

Ooh... my wife and I have been kind of casually looking at doing this cruise. It's a lot of days off work but seems worth it!

Hi there! My wife and I just booked this cruise. Anyone else?

Hi all! Just found out lgbt roll calls were a thing and got super excited... only to find out there was no thread yet for the cruise I'll be on. So here we are.

My wife and I (that sounds so weird!) will be on this cruise for our honeymoon! We got married last week but are back in the real world for a few weeks before we leave.

Anyone else?