When and What do YOU eat?

[geaux_aces]

Let's say you have just had your perfect sea day. When and what did you eat? From breakfast to lunch to dinner and all the snacks and room service in between, what did you have and when did you have it?

[GoinCruisin]

Hmmm... for breakfast it is mimosas, followed by 2 eggs over easy with toast and a banana... Then a bucket of beer, lunch is a turkey on country roll from the deli, yum... and a shot of tequila, then cocktails during the day... depends on what night it is for the dining room, if I skip the dining room it is another turkey on country roll with some fries from the grill:D If in the dining room, perhaps a good steak, medium rare with potato and salad (and if they have pumpkin soup, or asparagus soup, or the mushroom soup, I have that!!!)... then crown royal and champagne for the rest of the evening... 3am a slice of pizza or a caesar salad :D

[earl_m]

I like to eat breakfast in the morning around 8:00 am on my balcony

and lunch around 2:00 pm on the lideo deck, usually , a cheeseburger a nd frites (there goes my diet) and a couple of beers to wash it down. and my supper at 8:15 in the main dining room and maybe a slice of pizza around midnight

[sjohnson529]

Breakfast around 8 AM, omlets, bacon, potatoes and a cinnamon roll. Around noon, a burger and fries, possibly a dessert if it looks enticing. Dinner, usually dining room, favorite would be prime rib/lobster, salad, french onion soup, and chocolate melting cake. Always check out the buffet at 11:30 but don't always get anything. Well, maybe just a bite :D

and that wraps up the day. Oh I want to go baaaaaack

[indie]

8:30 am breakfast..

 

Omelette with ham, cheese and mushrooms. hash browns and bacon on the side. With Guava juice.

 

Lunch, burger and a hot dog.(i know), and fries. Fruit Punch.

 

 

Dinner. A good steak, medium well, with a good salad and baked potato.

[MamaParrotHead]

Breakfast: if it's a sea day (8:00), I may eat in the dining room. Eggs Benedict, OJ, coffee and fruit. If it's a port day (7:00-8:00), breakfast is in the buffet, and I eat scrambled eggs, a few pieces of bacon and one or two of the AWESOME cheese danish, with juice and maybe coffee.

 

Lunch on sea days (12:00-1:00): CHILI DOG with a few fries, every day I'm on the ship for lunch. Sometimes I may add a small salad from the buffet. Soda to drink. (Never bother to waste port time to return to ship to eat.)

 

Afternoon on a Sea day (1:00-4:00): Laying on deck requires a minimum of 2-3 "Kisses On The Lips", with a few glasses of soda thrown in there.

 

Late afternoon snack (sea day or after returning to the ship on a port day, 4:00-5:00): maybe a soft serve ice cream cone or plate of fresh veggies with blue cheese dip from room service.

 

Dinner (late seating, 8:00): one or two appetizers, one salad, one entree, one dessert. Soda with my meal, coffee afterwards.

 

Evening on the ship(9:00-1:00 a.m.): 2-3 drinks, when I'm in the mood. Otherwise ginger ale or virgin Bloody Mary's if I'm tired and not in the "party mode".

 

Late night (11:00-12:00): pizza or soft serve ice cream cone

[stellarfish]

I cannot answer as I have not yet been on a cruise, but this thread is making me positively drool with excitement. No wonder people go on pre-cruise diets. I will probably gain 60 pounds on mine because food is more exciting to me than anything else.

[MamaParrotHead]

We choose fairly active excursions, so I come back only having gained a pound or two, then straight to my "post cruise diet", LOL.

[cruisinbuddy]

Favourite breakfast, Eggs benidict, sauteed mushrooms and a side of bacon. Throw in a couple mimosas, and that's breakfast. Lunch, buffet, stirfry station, ruebens, burgs at least two of these selections. Dinner whatever's good on the dinner menu.

[MamaParrotHead]

You guys keep mentioning the Mimosas. My friend and I tried one on our last sea day (we kept meaning to, but got all busy...well, napping, LOL, and forgot). I couldn't even choke mine down. I found that the OJ was hit or miss on the ship to begin with, and then I think they used the WAY cheap champagne (keeping in mind I actually prefer the $10-$12 per bottle stuff, LOL). :eek: Am I missing something? LOL

[PINEVIEW01]

A taste of everything. I use cruises to try what I don't have at home. So I order/try everything. Than IF I don't like anything there is always a burger or piece of pizzia!

[LHP]

I am sadly predictable.

 

Breakfast is room service every morning at my appointed time. Danish, coffee, bagels and cream cheese.

 

Lunch is a grilled reuben and a beer alternating with lunching in the formal dining room every other day.

 

Dinner is in the formal dining room, whatever beef they have on the menu.

 

I don't do buffets and generally don't do many ice cream cones.

 

Liquid refreshment is:

one beer at lunch

one Willie Moffett in the afternoon

one rum and coke at night during karaoke

and sometimes a cosmopolitan for a night cap

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[runcassrun_07]

Breakfast 8:00am: Usually have an Omlete with mushroom, green peper, and onion. I always use alot of tabasco sauce and pepper with lots of tea to drink. I have coffee also and some fruit and yogurt.

 

Lunch 12:00: I eat mainly salad with lots of toppings, zuchinni, onions, mushrooms, and sourcrout from the burger department. I drink about 3 teas and for desert some coffee cake.

 

As I layed out for hours I would try the Miami Vice, Bahama Mama, Cappucino, and other specials of the day.

 

Dinner 5:45: I always get shrimp coctail and maybe lobster cake. I eat different salads each day and for my main course I choose good but healthy. Like the Lobster, Salmon, or fish of the day. For dessert I try alot of things like banana cake, taramusu, and always get two cappucino pies.

 

As I walked all around the ship through the Casino and Karioke I would drink alot of Blue Margarittas. The night of the past guest party I had plenty.

 

Snack 10:30: I would go to the Deli every night and get ruben sandwhich. Then a cone before leave the Lido.

 

I miss all the food and fun.

[Cotton]

Oooh, my favorite topic - Food!

 

Early A.M. - Room service carafe of coffee and Danish or croissant.

 

A.M. - Dining room for Baked apples or other fruit, juice, Eggs Benedict, and espresso.

 

Noon - Dining room for Mongolian Steak Salad, French pastries, and cappuccino.

 

Aftn. - Frozen yogurt or make-your-own sundae, if everything's available. Also, maybe a slice or two of pizza.

 

Evening - Dining room for dinner. According to which night, I enjoy Strawberry bisque, Gazpacho, Lobster bisque, salads. Entrees: Beef Wellington, Chateaubriand, Chilean Sea Bass, Delice of the Ocean, and New Zealand spring lamb. Then a great dessert and a double espresso

 

Later - One of the lounges for a coupla Kahlua on the Rocks. Nite-nite.:)

[CorbinCatFan]

My favorite subject.

 

In port. we usually hit the lido breakfast buffet but on sea days the DW gets me up to head to the Lido with our travel mugs for coffee. I usually pick up a plate of danish before I head back. We drink our coffee and snack of danish on the balcony before we head to the dinning room.

 

She usually has an omlet and I Eggs Benedict.

 

A few Bloody Mary's in the morning until the Lunch buffett is ready.

 

We usually just pickup a snack from the buffet until it's time for lunch in the dinning room.

 

After lunch, she suns and I putter around the ship. Every so often, I'll hit the buffet for a desert or something small.

 

In the afternoon, either a salad, pizza or calzone. Of course, I have to have some soft ice cream to hold me until tea time. Tea time, I tried to stay light... only a few cookies.

 

For evening cocktails, we usually like to hit the sushi bar. Afterwards the DW gets ready for late sitting and I go look at the menu for the night. Once I see what in on the menu, I head to the buffet at the casual dining room. They usually serve one of the dinner's items. I have to sample, just to see if I'll order or pass.

 

Eat in the dinning room and I'm not shy about order two if they look good.

 

Hit the shows and follow by either the late night comedy show or the late night buffet. In case of the comedy show, I'll order some late night snacks from room service such as brownies.

 

Did I mention that I would have burnt up the sign and sail on cocktails during the day.

 

This is why I love days in port. Too many days at sea and once on the beach, people are thowing water on me and trying to drag me back into the ocean.:D

[GoinCruisin]

You guys keep mentioning the Mimosas. My friend and I tried one on our last sea day (we kept meaning to, but got all busy...well, napping, LOL, and forgot). I couldn't even choke mine down. I found that the OJ was hit or miss on the ship to begin with, and then I think they used the WAY cheap champagne (keeping in mind I actually prefer the $10-$12 per bottle stuff, LOL). :eek: Am I missing something? LOL

 

 

We tend to bring our own champagne... so we don't use theirs. And you really only add a splash of OJ, so even the cheap OJ works fine for me, LOL... this coming from someone that drinks A LOT of mimmies, and isn't too particular :D

[nybumpkin]

Breakfast: Buffet, eating al fresco by the pool. I'm not the best breakfast eater, but the fresh air does wonders.

 

Mid-morning (after 10:00 trivia): coffee from the specialty coffee bar while playing a game of cards with DH. Sometimes substitute a screwdriver on the Lido deck.

 

Lunch: Look around the Lido deck restaurants. Boullabaisse (sp?) from the fish and chips if available, or a corned beef/swiss from the deli, or "taste of nations" depending on the day. Love soup from the Chinese station - I've never gone wrong with one of their soups.

 

Mid-afternoon: afternoon gin and tonic with something else - maybe fries? If there's tea, we'll be there - but I usually stick to just a cup of tea with maybe one sandwich (smoked salmon is very good).

 

Dinner: Always in the dining room. While I usually follow the pattern of appetizer/salad/entree/dessert, there have been times when I've ordered two appetizers/entree/dessert or two appetizers/dessert. The dining room staff has always indulged me.

 

After dinner: if we go to a show or a lounge, usually a glass of wine or a cognac. If we're on our balcony, some of the wine we brought with us.

[LRene]

This thread made me think how much my eating habits have changed on cruises since our first in 1993. On the first few, I remember thinking I never wanted to see food again and I only ate half as much as my dh! That was back in the days of the gala buffets EVERY night at midnight.

 

These days....

 

Breakfast - Bloody Mary's til noon (if no sign of reflux :eek: Otherwise Mimosa's with just a little OJ) Rarely eat but if anything, a few grits and a piece of toast.

 

Lunch - sometimes a Reuben. Stir-fry if I'm on a ship with a Mongolian BBQ and skip it all together several times during the week.

 

Mid-Afternoon - we split a few buckets of beer by then so maybe a slice of pizza.

 

Pre-Dinner - champagne or red wine in the cabin while getting ready.

 

Dinner - more red wine. Always a soup, salad and usually a beef or fish entree. Dessert about 3/4 of the time 'cause I have a sweet tooth.

 

After dinner - mudslide martini's until bedtime. After a few of those, you don't need soft serve ice cream! :D

[LoveToCruise78]

I cannot answer as I have not yet been on a cruise, but this thread is making me positively drool with excitement. No wonder people go on pre-cruise diets. I will probably gain 60 pounds on mine because food is more exciting to me than anything else.

 

Haha Stellarfish! I am right there with you.

 

I eat anything and everything I see...which is way to much. I love it all. I'm not picky. Food is half of the fun for me on a cruise. On both of my cruises I have gained about 10 lbs. I lose it right away though. I'm one of the lucky ones hehe! Can't wait to gain another 10 here in about 5-6 months. Wahoo!:D

[suzy1212]

Breakfast part one:

Coffee and croissants from room service when I first wake up.

 

Breakfast part two:

Scrambled eggs and bacon from the buffet. More coffee.

 

Lunch:

Reuben from the deli or hamburger with onions and mushrooms from the grill or fried oysters from the fish and chips place.

 

Afternoon snack:

Another Reuben or something from room service. Usually a BLT, the fajita wrap thing, or the shrimp salad thing, or possibly a slice of pizza or some ice cream.

 

Dinner:

Dining room. Several of the appetizers are good. Caesar salad. Prime rib, lobster, steak, fish... whatever sounds good that night.

 

All day:

I have a glass of iced tea in my hand at all times unless I've replaced it with a DOD, Pina Colada, Miami Vice, Banana Daquiri, etc...

[memphislonghorn]

For breakfast, bacon and some croissants. I would like grits but they don't know how to make them. I am not a big lunch person, maybe a hamburger. For dinner, always in the dining room, hopefully a starter of french onion soup, or stuffed mushrooms, lobster tail with a baked potato, and chocolate melting cake for dessert. Later, after dancing, some delicious Carnival pizza!

[jixjix6305]

The past two cruises we were never up in time for breakfast...

I don't like eggs or sausage so I am okay with that..

Big soup and salad fan.

Like my beef warm and red in the center which is a challenge on the Legend, but did not discourage me from ordering it.

Dirty martinis (vodka), DOD, Kendall Jackson merlot made up a majority of my cruise diet...there was some pizza and room service veggies thrown in

[jennbill]

BREAKFAST: I'll generally run down to the buffet and grab eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, hash, a pastry or two, some iced tea, enough for both of us and take it back to the cabin to enjoy on the balcony.

 

While Jenn is finishing getting ready for the day, I like to have a Bloody Mary in the casino.

 

LUNCH: Kinda depends on what we're in the mood for. Maybe dining room but probably a quick stop at the buffet or a burger or pizza.

 

Several cocktails or cervezas during the afternoon.

 

Depending on availability, a little sushi before dinner.

 

DINNER: I like a shrimp cocktail every night plus one other appetizer and generally a soup. Entrees (sometimes two) that I like include lamb, prime rib, lobster and whatever else strikes my fancy. Generally order desert but not my favorite course. Jenn goes for an appetizer, soup, salad, entree (just one for her) she sticks with filet, lobster and other seafood. She loves the deserts. Iced tea with dinner.

 

LATE NIGHT: If available, will hit the buffet or whatever selections there. If not that, a slice of chevre pizza or a room service sandwich and iced tea.

 

On the Crown Princess last fall, I had to stop and get three or four of the chocolate chip cookies from the piazza every night before retiring to the room. OMG were they good!

[PaulMedik]

Hmm, I don't have a routine. I pretty much eat everything everyone has mentioned thus far and at the same times. Explains why I gain ten pounds per cruise eh? :o Oh well, easy come easy go. :)

[runcassrun_07]

This thread made me think how much my eating habits have changed on cruises since our first in 1993. On the first few, I remember thinking I never wanted to see food again and I only ate half as much as my dh! That was back in the days of the gala buffets EVERY night at midnight.

 

These days....

 

Breakfast - Bloody Mary's til noon (if no sign of reflux :eek: Otherwise Mimosa's with just a little OJ) Rarely eat but if anything, a few grits and a piece of toast.

 

Lunch - sometimes a Reuben. Stir-fry if I'm on a ship with a Mongolian BBQ and skip it all together several times during the week.

 

Mid-Afternoon - we split a few buckets of beer by then so maybe a slice of pizza.

 

Pre-Dinner - champagne or red wine in the cabin while getting ready.

 

Dinner - more red wine. Always a soup, salad and usually a beef or fish entree. Dessert about 3/4 of the time 'cause I have a sweet tooth.

 

After dinner - mudslide martini's until bedtime. After a few of those, you don't need soft serve ice cream! :D

LeRene: I'm right there with you! I cruised first a long time ago and when I got married and my DH cruised with me all we did was eat, about 8 X's a day:( . We finally turned around after bunches of cruises and we are eating healthy good things. We also run at least 60 miles on the ship and lift about every day. I used to gain about 8 lbs. each cruise and my dh at least 30lbs. a couple of years ago.