Crab legs on board?

[takemeaway2008]

A funny title.... 

 

I love eating crab legs. Will there be crab legs at dinner or in one of the restaurants one night or do I need to book an excursion/find an onshore restaurant to indulge in some Alaskan crab? 

 

Thanks. 

[CruisersTimesThree]

In 5 Celebrity cruises I have never seen crab legs on any menu.

[takemeaway2008]

Darn. I didn't think so but I thought I would ask. It's too bad that can't do regional fresh food once in awhile. 

 

 

[TeeRick]

1 hour ago, takemeaway2008 said:

A funny title.... 

 

I love eating crab legs. Will there be crab legs at dinner or in one of the restaurants one night or do I need to book an excursion/find an onshore restaurant to indulge in some Alaskan crab? 

 

Thanks. 

No matter if they have them on board.  You will be much better off indulging in the real Alaskan crab legs at one of your port stops.  A few years ago we had great fresh crab legs at a stand at Icy Strait Point.

[Orator]

24 minutes ago, takemeaway2008 said:

Darn. I didn't think so but I thought I would ask. It's too bad that can't do regional fresh food once in awhile. 

 

 

They have used regional foods on some of the cruises. I remember Empanadas in Argentina and Jambalaya in New Orleans. 

I would follow Tee Rick's advice and get them in port.

Edited April 5, 2019 by Orator

[takemeaway2008]

Crab Station in Icy Point it is! Yum.......

[patty1955]

You can always hope. On our last cruise, there were mussels in the buffet. They were wonderful. 

[ozark74]

The only time I have seen crab legs was on Alaskan cruises. They had platters at the mast grill. Don't know if they still do that.

[mek]

1 hour ago, patty1955 said:

You can always hope. On our last cruise, there were mussels in the buffet. They were wonderful. 

We had those last April on Eclipse - delish!  Hope we have them again in a few weeks.

Edited April 5, 2019 by mek

[Tourist1292]

You probably want to sign up for one of the excursions with crab fest. We are going to eat at Juneau.

[Nextcruise42]

Tracy's Crab shack in Juneau!!  Wonderfui.

[boom_boom]

Three years ago on a trans-pacific aboard the Millie they had king crab legs one night. It was a special event in one of the specialty restaurants (don't recall which one) and they were the best crab legs ever,  So there is always a chance.

[Jim_Iain]

Last year we were on a 7 day Alaska Cruise and they had as special "Crab Shack" dinner for a fee on a couple nights.

[woodsandwine]

Our 8 day cruise on Millennium last year had a Crab Shack by the Mast Grill for two nights. You were charged based on how many crab legs you wanted.

[shofer]

In 15 cruises, I have seen crab legs only once, on Princess during a Panama Canal cruise!   We were in Alaska on X in 2003 and never saw crab legs when everyone said that was the place to get them.

[WAVTAM]

Try Viking Ocean.  Crab legs and big shrimp EVERY night in the buffet, with wine...all free

[Tourist1292]

1 hour ago, WAVTAM said:

Try Viking Ocean.  Crab legs and big shrimp EVERY night in the buffet, with wine...all free

Nothing is free. If you want to pay the same price, you can eat at every port and special restaurant on ship.

[Tao Diva]

I'm pretty sure I saw crab legs on a seafood platter picture from the Edge's "Raw on 5" restaurant but I won't be able to say for sure until my 2020 Edge cruise. 

[vtcruising]

We had crab legs on the seafood tower on Edge and had this lunch offered on the Infinity this week in Tuscan:

[clskinsfan]

I havent cruised on Celebrity yet. One more month wait for me!!! But I thought while doing research I saw a king crab dish at Qsine? I could be mistaken as I have read so much at this point.

[vtcruising]

From the Edge:

 

[Guindalf]

It's just sad that ALL fish and seafood served on board any ship is frozen! This is, apparently, for health and safety reasons and why you can't usually bring back your catch from a fishing excursion.

Edited April 7, 2019 by Guindalf

[patty1955]

1 hour ago, Guindalf said:

It's just sad that ALL fish and seafood served on board any ship is frozen! This is, apparently, for health and safety reasons and why you can't usually bring back your catch from a fishing excursion.

The mussels on our last cruise were brought on fresh. 

[Guindalf]

How do you know? Did someone tell you that or did you see them unloaded on the dock?

 

Remember, crew members can lie - it wouldn't be the first time!

 

It's just like the premium 'freshly squeezed' orange juice is NOT squeezed on the ship but brought on pre-squeezed!

 

 

 

[sasset]

Never seen crab legs on any of our cruises. On a New England/Canada cruise two years ago, Summit brought on fresh lobster in Bar Harbor, Maine. We saw the Executive Chef inspecting the boxes of them as we disembarked. We didn't dine in the MDR that night so we can't offer a direct critique, but everyone I heard talking about dinner the next day said the lobster was sad. We had lobster rolls for lunch in Bar Harbor and they were amazing. You never can tell.