MapleMama

I had a similar experience on the Equinox last week. Our first day in the Oceanview café I almost took something marked gluten free - but something made me hesitate. When I asked if the item was in fact gluten free (the item had two labels - one said it was gluten free and the other said it wasn't) the person behind the counter was extremely unhelpful saying that it must be gf it was labelled. I learned after that to trust my gut instinct, and not the staff. However my situation turned out quite different - as a Maitre D' saw me walking back to my table frustrated and asked if he could help. I explained the situation and he walked me back and called the chef - turns out the signs were not correct and I could have eaten gluten on my first day.

I sailed Celebrity 5 years ago and had a very bad experience with eating gluten free - so we switched to Disney and enjoyed wonderful vacations with wonderful gf food. So I was very worried about sailing Celebrity again - I will say that Celebrity has come a LONG way over the past five years but they still have a ways to go to catch up to Disney. I agree with your review about the pizza, and it would be nice to have a gf cookie. My biggest frustration was a lack of gf buns - so no hamburgers available (even though gf burger is listed on the Mast Grill menu). But the staff were very eager to help - if you asked for assistance. The gf desserts in the dining room were amazing. I was only disappointed a few times (trying to have a hamburger with my kids, and being told they couldn't make a gf cheese soufflé). We ended up eating the majority of our meals in the dining room since they were better equipped to deal with gf food requests.

Overall I think Celebrity does a good job - but for celiac travelers like myself they still have a ways to go making sure all staff understand the implications/requirements for gf passengers.

We just returned from a Mediterranean cruise last week. We took three bottles onboard in our carry on and did not have any problems. We also purchased wine during our cruise (how can we not buy wine in Tuscany?!) and it was not confiscated. We brought our wine to the dining room each evening and paid our $25 corkage fee. We had some fantastic wine and found that it was better value to bring our own wine rather than select from the Celebrity wine list.