Our first cruise as vegans (8/16 Breakaway to Bermuda)

[hunniebee724]

My husband and I took this cruise to celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary. We were in an aft large balcony and will probably never be able to go back to a regular balcony after spending so much time on those loungers!

 

 

We bought spa passes and used them 4 or 5 of the 7 days. We found it to be well worth the price and enjoyed relaxing there. We went to Howl at the Moon one night, but did not attend any other shows or parties. We spent most of our time on our balcony or at the spa.

 

 

This is the first vacation we have taken that we were no longer eating meat/fish and dairy products, and were worried about what we would eat. I e-mailed the access desk in May to request vegan meals, and then followed up a week before the cruise. There was a note in our room the first day acknowledging our request and telling us to meet with the maitre d that evening. We chose to eat at Taste every night. We weren't planning on going to any specialty restaurants and figured it would be easier to just go to the same place each night. We met with Johnson Dsouza, who gave us a list of appetizers and entrees that he had prepared for vegan cruisers. He also took our suggestions and came up with some great meals for us, including dessert! He took our order each night for the following night, and we just had to tell our waiter our room number when he or she came to take our order. He also asked if we would like breakfast and lunch as well, but we declined. I usually just have coffee in the morning, and my husband planned on sleeping in. We had lunch at the buffet or Uptown Grill (veggie burgers/chopped salads) each day.

 

We were given soup, salad, an entree and a dessert every night. Everything was delicious!

 

We booked an island tour with Heidi from Byways Tours for our first day in Bermuda. She was excellent and loves her island. We stopped several times to explore and take pictures. Lunch was also included, and she got us veggie burgers while the other 5 people in our van got fish sandwiches and fries. On our second day, we took a horse & carriage ride around St. George's with Crystal from Bronco Stables. We had lunch at Temptations (veggie burgers, again) and then took the Hop On Hop Off bus to Gates Bay/St. Catherine's Beach. We wanted to get the 3:30 ferry back to the dockyard, so we spent about an hour at the beach and then went back to the town square for some shopping. Before heading back to the ferry, we had some sorbet, iced coffee (me) and banana strawberry almond milk smoothie (hubby) at CV Cafe. If we ever return to Bermuda, we will have lunch there because they have veggie panini's and wraps. On our third day, we had planned on taking the Horseshoe Bay beach shuttle, but the woman at the visitor's center said that since it was raining, the shuttle may not run every 30 minutes. I got nervous about getting back to the ship in time, so we went to Snorkel Park instead and then walked around the dockyard. We picked up lunch at Buzz Cafe (inside the pharmacy), and ate on one of the benches in the dockyard. Hubby had the black bean burger and I had the falafel wrap without the yogurt sauce.

 

We had a great experience, and would definitely take another cruise on Norwegian!

[Quilting_Cruiser]

Sounds like you had a great time! I cruised NCL for the first time in the fall and needed gluten free foods. I found them to be very accommodating, too. I had UDP and ate in specialty restaurants every evening. They knew that I was GF (I think they code your card..??) and the waiters were really helpful. I was really impressed with how well they handled it. I didn't get sick a single time. I'm glad you had a good experience, too! :D

[SuiteTraveler]

Glad they were able to accommodate you so well. What did they put in the quesadillas? Just curious... I would think like black beans, corn and green chili's

or spanish rice maybe?

[hunniebee724]

Sounds like you had a great time! I cruised NCL for the first time in the fall and needed gluten free foods. I found them to be very accommodating, too. I had UDP and ate in specialty restaurants every evening. They knew that I was GF (I think they code your card..??) and the waiters were really helpful. I was really impressed with how well they handled it. I didn't get sick a single time. I'm glad you had a good experience, too! :D

 

 

That's awesome! I think we'll try some specialty restaurants next time!

[hunniebee724]

Glad they were able to accommodate you so well. What did they put in the quesadillas? Just curious... I would think like black beans, corn and green chili's

 

or spanish rice maybe?

 

 

I actually don't remember there being rice or beans in it. I think it was just veggies. It was more like a veggie panini with quesadilla instead of bread. It was good, but the other meals were much better. Rice and beans and the tofu stir fry were our favorites.

[mailbroad]

Thank you for this helpful post.