We didn’t actually retire to the cabin until gone 1:30 this morning so it was an even longer day than I previously reported. After we had eaten dinner, we went back to the cabin and Nicole unpacked, we then set about having a look around the ship to re familiarise ourselves and also to see what changes we could spot. We ended up in the atrium and rounded the day off with a few drinks. Speaking to the Maître D during dinner, we asked about where to go for breakfast if you have special dietary requirements, his response wasn’t what we were expecting in as much as he said there were no special provisions for a vegan breakfast and suggested we should visit the buffet. On our last 3 Costa cruises there has been a special vegan breakfast MDR menu but on this one it doesn’t exist, in fact there doesn’t seem to be one for anyone.
So, we decided to get up around 7:00 and visit the buffet before it got busy and see what was available. We both had a quick coffee en route which was very welcome after not much sleep. It turns out that there is very little in the way of things that Nicole can eat in the buffet, this was a major disappointment. So, irrespective of what we were told the previous evening, we decided to investigate the MDR for ourselves. We managed to find the area for people with special dietary requirements and after about 20 minutes managed to get a spinach crepe for Nicole along with some fruit and bread rolls. Not ideal but better than nothing. We were sat next to a lady who was gluten and lactose intolerant and she was getting a similar story. They told her that the food she could eat was in a container coming from Europe and it hadn’t arrived, and they didn’t even offer to try and make her anything either. I think that is absolutely disgusting treatment, she left having eaten nothing.
Even the breakfast for me is going to be buffet style this cruise because the plated breakfast menu in the MDR is no more and the centre area is a self service zone with pretty much the same options as the buffet. So, not only have they gone back 15 years with the muster drill, and appear to have done the similar thing with the breakfast facilities. Cutting waste is what Costa describe it as. 😂
At this point, the signs are it’s going to be a long cruise so we might need to seize opportunities ashore to eat well, only time will tell.
We explored the ship some more before returning to our cabin to sit on the balcony, it was very blustery today but the skies were clear so out of the wind it was quite nice.
For lunch, we avoided the buffet and MDR, Nicole had a vegan sushi and I decided to have a pizza and we took them back to the cabin to eat. Apart from the evening meal in the MDR, this might end up being the only way we can eat together at lunchtime. Btw, both pizza and sushi were delicious 👍🏻
Tonight was our first proper outing to the dining room and we had opted for the first sitting which was at 6:30. Having never had table companions on Costa other than people within our travel group, it was great to find ourselves on a rectangular table of 8 and all English speaking too. We all got in famously and all bodes well for the rest of the cruise as there was lots of lively chatting going on. We rounded the evening off in the Lunar Bar which was really busy as it was between the two dining sittings.
Tomorrow is our first port of call.
Fitbit Steps – 8,833