One of the pleasures of a cruise vacation is that great food – anything from freshly made pizza to fine gourmet creations – is available on board, often 24 hours a day. However, if you fear gaining five or ten pounds on a cruise, don’t worry. Cruise lines have already joined the trend toward healthier [...]
One of the pleasures of a cruise vacation is that great food – anything from freshly made pizza to fine gourmet creations – is available on board, often 24 hours a day. However, if you fear gaining five or ten pounds on a cruise, don’t worry. Cruise lines have already joined the trend toward healthier living by adding lighter choices to their menus. In fact, it’s possible to take a cruise and lose the five pounds that have been pestering you since the last holiday season.
Most cruise ship culinary programs make a point to offer healthy selections, lower in calories and fat, on every menu. You can also request that specific dishes be prepared using methods such as grilling and steaming rather than frying and sautéing.
Some onboard restaurants offer nothing but healthy choices. Celebrity Cruises offers an alternative restaurant called the AquaSpa Cafè, a companion to the cruise line’s fabulous AquaSpas. The AquaSpa Cafè serves light, healthy cuisine daily for breakfast and lunch. Choices include fruit smoothies, crisp salads, seafood and lean meats.
If you decide to enjoy a lunch, evening or midnight buffet, select some healthy items, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, first. Then, you can enjoy a few tastes of richer foods.
If you’re concerned about taking in too many calories, you can also limit your consumption of alcohol. A cruise is a great time to relax with some cocktails, but remember that liquor is a high-calorie beverage.
In addition, drink plenty of water. This will help you feel full and curb food cravings. As a side benefit, it will also prevent the dehydration that can result from travel.
Whichever cruise line and ship you choose, there are likely to be several options for healthy exercise on board, including a sports deck, swimming pools, yoga studios and fitness centers. With a little enjoyable exercise each day, you should be able to sample the treats on the dessert tray without guilt.
For more information about cruises with healthy dining options, talk with Cruise Buzz at Cruise Holidays of Mission Viejo
Celebrity Select Dining is a new flexible dining option that allows guests to choose their dining time on a day by day basis.
From @CruiseFoodie – Ben (our in-house retired Executive Chef.)
Celebrity Select Dining is a new flexible dining option that allows guests to choose their dining time on a day by day basis. Cruise guests will be seated in the ship’s main dining room and will order from the same dinner menu.
Celebrity Select Dining allows you to plan your dinner around your daily activities. You’ll no longer have to rush to dinner after your relaxing spa treatment. If you want to spend some extra time sightseeing in one of our many ports of call, you’ll have the option to dine a little later that evening.
Reservations are accepted for the main dining room at any time between 6:00 and 9:30pm each evening, and better yet, you can dine at a different time every evening if that’s what you choose. In order to ensure the best possible dining experience, Celebrity Cruises strongly recommends that guests make your day by day dining reservations online before your cruise. For your convenience, however, they will also accept reservations once onboard the ship.
- Pre-paid gratuities are required to participate — this includes tips for your waiter, assistant waiter, dining room management, and all stateroom service.
- You have the choice to either dine with other guests or just with your own party
- Once Celebrity Select Dining is selected in the cruise booking, day by day reservations can be made pre-cruise online.
- Reservations are strongly encouraged in order to avoid a delay in seating, and can be made online pre-cruise up to 4 days prior to sailing, or onboard with the Maitre ‘d
- Only groups of 20 or less can be seated at one time
Guests onboard Celebrity Equinox, beginning with the September 26, 2009 sailing, will be the first to experience Celebrity Select Dining onboard, with all other ships rolling out during the first quarter of 2010.
For more information about the new dining option, contact Cruise Holidays of Mission Viejo at 888-203-3012.
