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FYI, there was far greater participation during the second formal night. Perhaps the first one was too early in the cruise?

Am on the Discovery now and just got word this afternoon on the intercom from the Captain that Skagway is cancelled and we are headed to Sitka instead 😩 I would’ve preferred a sea day and an FCC instead.

Last night on the Discovery, I’d guess that fewer than 10% were dressed any differently than they were on other nights. At my 7 PM seating, I did not see anybody else in so much as a sports jacket in my immediate proximity. I saw a few dressed folks here and there I saw plenty of shabby jeans and even one guy in shorts and flip flops. Things have certainly changed.

I uploaded both my vax record and negative COVID test results and the agent said he saw they were uploaded but not visible to him. I had to show him both prior to boarding. The app and network is pretty buggy on board as well and often difficult to stay connected.

On the Discovery Princess right now. Skagway was just cancelled and we are headed to Sitka instead 😩

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a 'butler letter'? Thx. [edit] I see in a different thread that it may be a letter describing passenger preferences for room, service, etc.

Long-time vegan here who has cruised on NCL, Disney, Carnival, Princess, and Holland America multiple times and I can honestly say that I've never been wanting for food. As mentioned, you can either note your needs in advance with the cruise line or once you get on board with the maitre d' and they will hook you up. On some cruises we were assigned a special 'dietary agent' in the main dining room who would tell us all available options for the following day. More often, they would tell us as they handed us the menus what could be made vegan. Some items were obviously easier for them to adapt and others absolutely could not. I've also been on cruises where they would make sure to have some individual portions of food waiting for us at the buffet for breakfast and lunch. I wouldn't automatically poo-poo that option either. I've also found at the buffet that they could typically verify if a certain dish was vegan or not (e.g. whether the rice was cooked in chicken stock). Otherwise, they have always been very quick to go check. Overall, I think you will be pleasantly surprised to see how accommodating the cruise lines will be to meet your dietary needs. Oh yeah, there have been many occasions in which none of the dining room menu items could easily be made vegan, in which case, the chef was given carte blanche to 'whip something up' and they rarely failed to amaze. I'll be on NCL in a few weeks and I'll report back on how things went.

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