pcolmer

When I contacted Viking about this, I emailed tellus and basically copied/pasted my original post to this thread. Given the helpful responses about the river boats, I've gone back to them with a couple of the replies about the river boats in an attempt to clear up whether it is confusion/misunderstanding over the words used or if it genuinely is a situation where River offers something but Ocean doesn't.

So I decided to contact Viking directly and this was their response: "In response to your query about dairy free butter. Unfortunately, as far as we are aware we do not supply that onboard. Our team and constantly trying to cater for all dietary requirements and you can ask the crew in case they do have it in for when you are onboard. Alternatively, I can assure you that you can bring your own onboard." Disappointing, to say the least 😞

My wife & I went on our first Viking cruise last year - one of the England's Scenic Shores cruises. While on board, we asked about an alternative to butter to go with the rolls but we were told the only non-dairy option they could offer was Marmite. A senior member of staff relayed our request into the management team and, apparently, non-dairy spread (e.g. Flora or a sunflower spread) was going to get added to all of the ships. We've got another cruise coming up in July and, before we get on board, I was wondering if anyone who is either on board a ship now or has been on one recently can tell me if there are now alternatives to butter available? Thanks.