Do you bring any food/snacks?

[Sweet Dutch Girl]

I snack at home because I'm too lazy to actually prepare or cook something decent. That is why I like cruising. I can eat real food instead of toy food without any nutritional value. I have been known to leave the dining room after breakfast with a covered plate, or making a trip to the buffet for fresh fruit. I love the room service vegies with dip or fruit plates or just the innards of a sandwich without the bread.

 

And as far as ports...its fun to try the "local" snacks and broaden my limited culinary horizons.

[RuthlessBoss]

Because this way we will have food the next time we're stuck inside the terminal for hours while they search for the couple who went overboard on the previous cruise.

 

And antsy kids:D You cannot explain delay to a kid thinking he'll die of hunger.

[surfjock27]

We normally bring a box of granola bars and a couple bags of trail mix.

If we have an early excursion planned in port, it's something quick and easy to put in our back pack and take off the ship.

[sid_9169]

For the life of me, I can't see any reason to bring food onto a cruise ship... That's like bring a cooler full of ice to Antarctica...

Edited July 29, 2015 by sid_9169

[mycomputer]

So.... I guess that the DH request for me to pack a bag of PISTACHIOS & TWIZZLER BITES isn't far fetched then?? lol :D

[kelkel2]

We don't bring snacks. But we do like to buy the local snacks at ports. My husband loves chips and if he finds a flavor he hasn't had, especially one he can't get in the US he has to have it. So we always have to go into those convenience shops and look at chips.

We discovered Hot Takis long before they were readily available in the US

[ladyd11933]

For the life of me, I can't see any reason to bring food onto a cruise ship... That's like bring a cooler full of ice to Antarctica...

 

This is the first cruise that we will be bringing prepackaged items. My other half has been diagnosed with Celiac disease and these will be for ports where it may be challenging for him to find something safe that he can eat.

[crzndeb]

Though many make comments about more than enough food on the cruise ship, I find them lacking in healthy snacks, and some of us do care about that. Sometimes I bring some trail mix or nuts to snack on. Some would rather have a plate of Choc. Chip cookies. To each their own.

[beauty1492]

No food but I do bring Crystal light drink pack for favoring water. Love ice tea don't want caffeine late at night

[Canugess]

I didn't take teabags. I wish I had. Will be next time!

[Jenn410]

Great info, just to clarify if I buy local snacks in port I'm allowed to bring then back onboard? No issues if it's sealed or not , I'm not farmiliar with all the rules.

[islandatsea]

We have not brought any snacks on board. If we see anything in the buffet for late night munchies, fruit/cookies, we would take some back to the cabin.

[TomAceEsq]

Cheetos, Mini Kit Kats, Pringles, Peanut butter crackers, Sour Patch Kids, Starburst.

 

The one or two nights we return really late to our stateroom inebriated, we're always grateful we've stashed these to stave off the ridiculously priced snacks in the room. Plus, nobody wants to wait on room service at 3am.

[Taters]

I do not bring anything to eat with me. I am cruising and there are plenty of choices on board.

[KatPem]

We usually bring some Pringles, twizzlers, skittles and pretzels. Sometimes I just want something salty or sweet. We aren't adventurous eaters and very budget conscious so we tend to eat breakfast in the morning and take a couple snacks for on shore and then eat dinner once back on board

[beachbum53]

With the food being one of the best parts of the cruise I was wondering if you routinely bring any food or snacks with you on board because they are not offered on the ship?

 

Yes. Peanut butter M&M's. M&M's and cruising. A perfect match.:D

[moongal]

We brought protein bars to take with us on our shore excursions. We are food chickens and were not very trusting of the local food in ports. We were also so busy having fun on one of our excursions that we didn't want to stop for lunch so we ate the protein bars.

 

Since it was our first cruise and I still had the horror story of the Triumph fire (poop cruise) fresh in my memory, I figured it wouldn't hurt to bring some food items on board in the event of some emergency. But that is because I was traveling with my daughter who tends to get wobbly with low blood sugar and my mother who is also hypoglycemic.

[navybankerteacher]

I can see bringing a particular item if it is really important to you and sure to be unavailable on board; but part of travelling is to experience things different from the everyday, at home snacks.

 

So, aside from my Lapsang Souchong tea bags, I am more than happy to live on what the ship has to offer,

[biker@sea]

A big bag of Jolly Ranchers or other individually wrapped hard candy.:D

 

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[Velvetwater]

We bring crisps/chocolates/sweets from the country we embark at as we love snacky stuff thats not British.

 

I also have bags of sweets on me/close by anyway as my husband is T1 diabetic.

[Bookish Angel]

Organic raw nuts. I am particular about what and how I eat so of course I bring some food.

 

Too much of the available food choices are full of fat, salt and sugar so is not an option I choose very often.

Edited July 29, 2015 by Bookish Angel

[cantwaitt]

We bring food off the ship so we don't have to waste time in port eating. Of course this is double edged because in foreign countries you want to try the local good. But if you have 8 hours in a port, do you really want to spend 30% of the time eating and traveling to and from the ship?

[tymike]

I have brought snacks (crackers, cheese etc.) for sail away gatherings in my cabin with family and friends on all my cruises. It's nice to have a sort of cocktail party while we leave Manhattan!

[Illyria]

We bring crisps/chocolates/sweets from the country we embark at as we love snacky stuff thats not British.

I love chocolate that's not American :) Any time I'm in Canada or anywhere in Europe, I buy random chocolate bars to bring back onboard with me. The formula is different than even the same brands in the U.S., tastes so much better.

[ocholoco]

We don't bring snacks but we now bring highly flavored creamer for making quick iced coffees.