Lobster or Not?

[Pfisterville]

OK, I hate to ask, but I heard a rumor. Please tell me it isn't true!

 

I heard that they are not serving lobster anymore. I haven't cruised since 11/07, so it's been a while. Didn't see any other threads about this subject.

 

Again, please tell me it isn't true. I'm 16 days away from boarding the AOS in San Juan. I've been telling my family all about the LOBSTER!

 

Thanks in advance!:o

[dirtgirl]

OK, I hate to ask, but I heard a rumor. Please tell me it isn't true!

 

I heard that they are not serving lobster anymore. I haven't cruised since 11/07, so it's been a while. Didn't see any other threads about this subject.

 

Again, please tell me it isn't true. I'm 16 days away from boarding the AOS in San Juan. I've been telling my family all about the LOBSTER!

 

Thanks in advance!:o

 

I had lobster on the Vision in November.;) And I know Merion Mom had lobster last night. So, it's not true.:)

[DarthGrady]

I think its just the short cruises that lost the lobster dinner. We didn't have any on our 3 nighter on Monarch two weeks ago.

[truthandkeidy]

NO lobster on our 2 week Dec. '08 Mediterranean sailing on Brillance...but we survived just fine! :D

 

Trudy

[luvscruising2007]

A small lobster tail is included in The Fisherman's Platter. It is usually served on the second formal night. On our Explorer cruise our waitress brought all who wanted a second one. They were good.:)

[suzyluvs2cruise]

No Lobster (or Fisherman's Plate as it's sometimes called) on our two 12 night b2b cruises on the Jewel of the Seas in September '08.

[VASOXFANN]

They served a teeny, lobster-flavored tail (sans drawn butter :( ) with shrimp on the Jewel in Sept.

 

But if you want REAL lobstah, take a New England/Canada cruise and get the real thing in port (see my avatar for the one I devoured at Gilbert's in Portland, Maine! YUM! :D

[luvscruising2007]

Agreed! We took a cruise to Canada on Explorer and had a lobster for lunch on Prince Edward Island. It was a whole lobster, and very yummy.

[uksimonusa]

Seems to be there is no lobster on cruises of less than 5 nights, and no lobster on European Sailings

[Bakincakes]

There is still "lobster". A small tail and nothing to write home about. You can have as many as you want though.

 

I hope you haven't mislead your family with your "tales" of lobster on board ship. ;)

[huntingdon]

OK, I hate to ask, but I heard a rumor. Please tell me it isn't true!

 

I heard that they are not serving lobster anymore. I haven't cruised since 11/07, so it's been a while. Didn't see any other threads about this subject.

 

Again, please tell me it isn't true. I'm 16 days away from boarding the AOS in San Juan. I've been telling my family all about the LOBSTER!

 

Thanks in advance!:o

i was on the navigator a couple of weeks ago, on a 5 nighter......yes, LOBSTER was served, with shrimp. it was delicious!:D

[rubrrick]

We had lobster on the Monarch coming thru the Panama Canal. It was very small..............I think some of the shrimp that they were serving for lunch in the "shrimp caesars".......were larger!!:D

 

You bet......we can live without lobster.........unless we are on a New England trip!! Also, the spiny lobster tails are wonderful in the Caribbean, and in Hawaii!!:)

 

Rick

[VickyMcG]

DH & I both had the sweetest lobster tails in 15 circle Hawaii in Sept-Oct. Our wonderful waiter even asked if we wanted another, but they were filling. I heard TAtlantics offer longostinos.

[Cruising89143]

We had lobster on the Freedom in November. Actually the tail was a good size. The waiter even offered to bring more. One was enough. Not sure why folks get so excited over lobster on a cruise ship. While the lobster on the Freedom was good, it wasn't enough to make me want more.

[cal516]

Sailed on 3 RCI cruises in '08 - one Southern Caribbean and two TransAtlantic's. All had lobster, all offered multiple helpings. Our last TransAtlantic (Nov - Navigator) had absolutely super almost fresh tasting tails which were great.

[realtreebar]

They served a teeny, lobster-flavored tail (sans drawn butter :( ) with shrimp on the Jewel in Sept.

 

But if you want REAL lobstah, take a New England/Canada cruise and get the real thing in port (see my avatar for the one I devoured at Gilbert's in Portland, Maine! YUM! :D

 

 

WE spent two weeks in maine and the lobstha was awsome so awsome that we did the same land trip the very next year I ate lobstha till I could not stand it!:)

[cina54]

I live in southern NH (about 40 miles from Boston) and have real lobster anytime, once you have the real thing the warm water lobster is like canned fish versas fresh. I prefer to get a bunch at the grocery store and eat them at home where I can just tear them apart. Come to New England and enjoy.

 

Yes, we have the cold and misery in winter but we have lobster (some trade off).

[yogimax]

Who starts these "rumors?"

[Pfisterville]

Who starts these "rumors?"

 

My niece was on a Mediterranean cruise with RCCL in June. She didn't receive lobster. After asking her server, the answer was that lobster had been discontinued. She assume it was RCCL, not just that ship.

 

When discussing my upcoming trip and talking about "everything"....I mentioned how excited my kids were to have LOBSTER. That is when the bomb hit!

 

Thanks to everyone for their information. NOTE: I also informed my niece, who is very happy about the news!

 

Happy New Year to Everyone!

[alansfreed]

We had the Fisherman's Plate with lobster tail on our 6-day Christmas trip on Independence. I had two of 'em :)

[CaribbeanCrush]

A small lobster tail is included in The Fisherman's Platter. It is usually served on the second formal night. On our Explorer cruise our waitress brought all who wanted a second one. They were good.:)

 

Ditto, lobster included on the Fisherman's platter on the Dec. 13th Liberty sailing.

[Pfisterville]

I live in southern NH (about 40 miles from Boston) and have real lobster anytime, once you have the real thing the warm water lobster is like canned fish versas fresh. I prefer to get a bunch at the grocery store and eat them at home where I can just tear them apart. Come to New England and enjoy.

 

Yes, we have the cold and misery in winter but we have lobster (some trade off).

 

New England is on my list to visit. I've always wanted to get lobster where it is "harvest?"

 

I totally understand what you mean.

 

On RCCL or anywhere else in the world, except in the Mid-Atlantic area, whenever you see "Maryland Crab Cakes", don't order it! OR you have to understand that it's NOT the real thing and not to judge the "Crab Cake". Our server on our last cruise was stating that the crab cakes were awesome. One person did order it just to check it out and was greatly disappointed, but not surprised.

 

Again, that's for the information!

[Cruising89143]

My niece was on a Mediterranean cruise with RCCL in June. She didn't receive lobster. After asking her server, the answer was that lobster had been discontinued. She assume it was RCCL, not just that ship.

 

When discussing my upcoming trip and talking about "everything"....I mentioned how excited my kids were to have LOBSTER. That is when the bomb hit!

 

Thanks to everyone for their information. NOTE: I also informed my niece, who is very happy about the news!

 

Happy New Year to Everyone!

 

It's my understanding that RCI removes lobster from the menus from most ships when they are in Europe due to either supply issues, cost or both.

[Leejnd4]

I live in southern NH (about 40 miles from Boston) and have real lobster anytime, once you have the real thing the warm water lobster is like canned fish versas fresh. I prefer to get a bunch at the grocery store and eat them at home where I can just tear them apart. Come to New England and enjoy.

 

Yes, we have the cold and misery in winter but we have lobster (some trade off).

 

Just to clear up some lobster myths - Maine (East Coast) lobster is NOT the only great-tasting lobster. The reason that myth exists is that most Maine lobsters are kept alive until cooking, so they were never frozen; whereas most "warm water" lobsters are tailed and frozen before cooking. Freezing any kind of fish or seafood dramatically changes the texture/flavor.

 

Now, if you want to taste the BEST lobster on the planet, do what I do, and go scuba-diving out here in Southern California and catch your own! I dive off the coast of Malibu regularly, and lobster season is between Sept. and March every year. In fact, we ate two of my fresh-caught bugs (as we divers call 'em) for dinner last night. I have done a side-by-side comparison of live Maine lobsters and my own fresh-caught California Spiny Lobsters, and the CA bugs' tails are larger (for the same size of bug), sweeter, and more tender than the Maine bugs, which have comparably smaller tails that are tougher, grainier and not as sweet. Now, I will admit that Maine bugs have something that our bugs don't: those yummy claws. But I prefer the tail meat anyway, so I'm happy to forgo the claws to get a bigger, better tail.

 

While it is difficult to find CA Spiny lobster to purchase (most of the commercially caught ones are shipped to Asia), there are fish markets down by the water that do sell them, live from tanks. I would put one of our bugs up against one of Maine's in a blind taste test any day...we'll beat you East Coasters in one bite. ;) (Oh, and btw, we don't have the cold and misery here either!) :p:D

 

As for lobster on cruise ships: it is almost unheard of these days to have live lobsters on cruise ships these days - so no matter where it comes from, lobster on a ship is going to be second-rate. Lobster tails that were previously frozen are a pale comparison to fresh. I have never understood the big deal people make over being served lobster on a cruise. Most of the time they are dinky little tails, dried-out and flavorless. Shrimp, which tends to stand up to freezing better than lobster, is usually a better option.

 

I wouldn't get your family too excited over the lobster on a cruise ship. It's just not all that special.

[gerif]

Gosh, I just don't get all the excitement over a little lobster tail - they were $3.99 each at my local market this week and probably one of the easiest things to fix. Obviously, I'm missing something.