Question about juices / beverages for a 3 year old child

[Feelin' Nauti']

Lemonade is filled with sugar and iced tea has caffeine. 3 yr old should NEVER drink soda...:rolleyes:;)

 

 

Read that juices and milk are available for room service -

Orange Juice - Grapefruit Juice - Tomato Juice - Apple Juice

Milk - Skim Milk - Chocolate Milk

Do they offer juice any where on the ship during the day or evening?

Do we ask wait staff for it?

[wrigley80]

Yes you can ask bar staff for orange, apple, cranberry, and pineapple juices.

 

One thing you may want to consider is to bring on some juice in your carry-on. You are allowed a 12-pack (up to 20 ounce bottles or cans) per person but it has to be carried on

[kapcruiser]

The buffet during breakfast offers orange juice and a guave drink that was very good.

[katiedidthat]

Keep in mind too that juice outside of breakfast and room service isn't free so you should order it ahead of time from room service or plan to pay per glass.

[DallasGuy75219]

Yes you can ask bar staff for orange, apple, cranberry, and pineapple juices.

 

The bars do charge, however, for juices unless you've bought Bottomless Bubbles.

 

If OP is concerned about sugary drinks, he/she should also be aware that all the "juices" in the lido deck dispensers at breakfast are juice cocktails (i.e., mostly sugar and water) rather than 100% juice.

[kellylw]

We'll be bringing on the fruitables juice boxes for our almost three year old (as well as soy milk). Much less sugar than regular juice and convenient to have available when he's ready for it (usually the afternoon.)

[morganboys]

id say there wont be much choice on the ship that doesn't have sugar in it unless you lug juice boxes with you.

[kapcruiser]

In the mdr at breakfast waiter filled a bottle for me with pineapple juice

[Ehpride]

I would just fill a container withbjuice in the morning. You should be able to get milk at the lido buffett during lunch.

[luvscruising2007]

I would just bring some juice boxes. They are very portable, so easy to have available for your child.

[poison7fl]

I would just bring some juice boxes. They are very portable, so easy to have available for your child.

 

This is the easiest method of ensuring you serve what you know.

[Mrsdigi]

We'll be bringing on the fruitables juice boxes for our almost three year old (as well as soy milk). Much less sugar than regular juice and convenient to have available when he's ready for it (usually the afternoon.)

 

They do have soy milk on board. They brought it in a glass not in a little carton. You can get it from the buffet, just ask. We were on the Dream.

[ktpc2005]

Every night at dinner on the Sunshine our waiters that we had brought my three year old his choice of juice each night. We had anytime dining so we did not have the same one ever but all of them got him juice. We did not know you could do it until the waiter asked us if he wanted some.

[golfadj]

You can get milk for your little one at any time on lido. After breakfast hours ask one of the staff and they will go get it for you.

[kellylw]

They do have soy milk on board. They brought it in a glass not in a little carton. You can get it from the buffet, just ask. We were on the Dream.

 

Thank you for this! I have found these little portable soy milk contianers that are shelf stable. I'll be bringing some of them in chocolate regardless because my son loves them. I do the lower sugar juice (its just really watered down fruit and vegetable juice) to make up for the obscene amounts of sugar in the chocolate soy milk. :rolleyes:

[Marinewife05]

Or you could get water.

[Feelin' Nauti']

To ALL who have responded... Big THANK YOU!

 

 

Doesn't seem right that "children" are charged for juice when ordered from a wait staff during the day / night.

To me, personally, it should be included in the fare.

 

 

Thank you for the suggestion about packing juice boxes. Think that's the way to go...

[RuthlessBoss]

Does the juice from a carton really have less sugar or is it an assumption? Has anyone read the label? All juices have natural sugar and so does natural fruit itself. The amounts may seem low on the label, but what's listed is for a specified amount of juice and that is usually for a small quantity. I think you have a false sense of security in those juice boxes.

[MrPete]

Or you could get water.

 

I couldn't believe it took me to get to post 16 to finally read water!

[jerseyralph]

I couldn't believe it took me to get to post 16 to finally read water!

 

 

Me too!

[Feelin' Nauti']

Or you could get water.

That's a given.

[Feelin' Nauti']

Does the juice from a carton really have less sugar or is it an assumption? Has anyone read the label? All juices have natural sugar and so does natural fruit itself. The amounts may seem low on the label, but what's listed is for a specified amount of juice and that is usually for a small quantity. I think you have a false sense of security in those juice boxes.

Ok I have to admit, I haven't purchased boxed drinks in quite some time...

My DGD will be going on her first cruise with us :D and want to be sure what kind of drinks are available for her.

 

With your comment, now I have to find a juice that isn't sugar-laden... or with artificial additions...:rolleyes:

 

Question - milk - is it served in milk containers, like the ones served in schools? :confused: Or is it served by the glass???

[MrPete]

Ok I have to admit' date=' I haven't purchased boxed drinks in quite some time...

My DGD will be going on her first cruise with us :D and want to be sure what kind of drinks are available for her.

 

With your comment, now I have to find a juice that isn't sugar-laden... or with artificial additions...:rolleyes:

 

Question - milk - is it served in milk containers, like the ones served in schools? :confused: Or is it served by the glass???[/quote']

 

Both. We got it by the glass in the MDR. Don't know what it came out of though.

 

Is this child on a diet or something? There are 12g of sugar in a glass of milk.

[irishnyc]

Ok I have to admit' date=' I haven't purchased boxed drinks in quite some time...

My DGD will be going on her first cruise with us :D and want to be sure what kind of drinks are available for her.

 

With your comment, now I have to find a juice that isn't sugar-laden... or with artificial additions...:rolleyes:

 

Question - milk - is it served in milk containers, like the ones served in schools? :confused: Or is it served by the glass???[/quote']

 

There are plenty of no sugar added/no artificial color juice box options, just like in big containers.

 

Milk is in containers, like in school. White milk was in a glass at MDR dinner, and I think chocolate, which my DD doesn't drink, was served in cartons.

 

Just an FYI, the juice at the buffet at breakfast is extremely sweet. for DD we watered it down with 3/4 water and 1/4 juice and it was still very sweet, especially the guava combo.

[okgirl]

Me too!

 

Me three........though I wouldn't want to be on a ship with a 3yo going through sugar withdrawl.