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I will certainly post on my experience on the Sun, where the buffet is served by staff so potentially less chance of contamination. I am gluten intolerant so I certainly feel the affects if something is not actually GF. I plan to eat one night in the American buffet and that will be interesting as it is a set menu. I am lucky in that I can take a gluten digestive enzyme on rare occasion to enjoy a cheat dish - I just can't do it everyday. I actually don't like the new recipe for the GF pastries as it is corn flour based and I find it too oily. It's okay, as trying to stay away from carbs these days. Our cruise is May 11 to 25 and we stay in Athens for 3 days so I will likely not post until I am back.

Ordering the night before helps them to modify the ingredients where possible so that you can enjoy the same dish whether appetizer or main. Desserts are more limited but I have had them make an apple crisp as a special request. If you don't order before, don't worry as they can still often offer at least one dish without the sauce etc. They will bring gluten free bread if you want in the dining room and the buffet will have it for breakfast, but sometimes tricky to locate it. On boarding days for lunch, I can have the salmon and at night steak is safe. I agree that the buffet is trickier but you can ask for the chef to come out if the staff don't know, but I normally stick to salads and the carving station for lunch and always eat dinner in the main dining.

I have been gluten free and now stay with Princess as they do such a great job with the special accommodations for meals in the main dining room. If I have a specialty dining booked the night before then I will let them know. Last time I cruised, the head waiter even found me in the special dining room to make sure I could choose the meal for the next night. Amazing service! I believe that they have a number of gluten free passengers so I doubt that food will go to waste. Also they will be preparing it once you confirm the order on arrival in the dining room, so if you miss a night I would not worry. However, out of courtesy I would not make a habit of it. I am on the new Sun May 11th and it will be interesting to see how things are handled in the American diner and in the station format of the buffet. I have reservations in the 7th floor flex dining (booked on app) for most of the 2 weeks.

I am booked on the May 11 sailing for 14 days and I was able to book the Spellbound for 6:30. Was a challenge with the slowness on the app. Warning, make sure you choose the right date as I messed up and then cancelled one. However now I don’t have the credit on my credit card. Did the chat but they don’t see the extra charge so hoping it comes through tomorrow. Very excited about our trip and trying the ocean view on this ship as Royal class didn’t have that category.

I just got off of the Enchanted and it is a fabulous ship. We cruised on the Emerald last June in the UK and were disappointed with it overall. The biggest difference for me is the choice of options in the buffet. The larger ships offer many stations and variety and did not feel crowded. On the Emerald we had a rotation of the same foods every 3 days it seemed. Dining room is the similar on either ship.