Special diets - getting more options? NCL (gluten free AND vegan)

[leighi123]

We have some dietary restrictions, and have done well eating on many cruise lines, but NCL was the worst as far as getting a good variety of interesting options for meals.   We did a 13 day cruise last year and are doing a week long one this month.   On the previous cruise it took them half the cruise before they got an allergy friendly menu together for us, and never once did we get any "fun" deserts (just fruit!).  On other lines we had plenty of options!    We were also given variations of almost the same thing every day (rice with veggies in various forms)

We are gluten free (2 with a sensitivity, one with non-celiac allergy), AND vegan, and there are a few other things we can't have (some nuts, kid can't have oats) 

Anyway, are there any tricks to getting more variety in meals?  Deserts we can eat that aren't just pineapple?     

We obviously alert them in advance, as well as talk to staff on board, but last time the food selections were so boring!   

[Donald]

I feel your pain.

I am a Keto - Breatharian.

Very simple really. But the cruise lines just cannot get it right.

Edited January 12, 2020 by Donald