Carnival Journeys menu

[Cruise760]

We have booked a 14 day Carnival Journeys cruise.  I have a question.    Do they just repeat the 7 day menu in the MDR on these longer cruises, or do they have additional menus that they use on day 8-14?

[txcruiser1234]

we had a 14 day journeys last year with a fresh menu every night... no repeats...

[staceyglow]

5 hours ago, txcruiser1234 said:

we had a 14 day journeys last year with a fresh menu every night... no repeats...

Same here. 

 

They may repeat a certain dish here and there, but the menus are different every night. 

[Linda the Book Lover]

Are breakfast and lunch available on port days on a journey cruise? I am not a fan of the buffet and hoped the longer cruise might offer meals in the dining room. I am trying to decide about the transatlantic from Barcelona to US.

[Honolulu Blue]

8 hours ago, Linda the Book Lover said:

Are breakfast and lunch available on port days on a journey cruise? I am not a fan of the buffet and hoped the longer cruise might offer meals in the dining room. I am trying to decide about the transatlantic from Barcelona to US.

In scanning my newsletters from my last Journeys cruise in January 2020, I found that breakfast in the MDR was always available on port days.  The times varied depending on when we were due in port.  There was NO lunch served in the MDR on port days.

 

BTW, I know you didn't ask, but on sea days, the ship switched between brunch and breakfast/lunch in the MDR.

[staceyglow]

10 hours ago, Linda the Book Lover said:

Are breakfast and lunch available on port days on a journey cruise? I am not a fan of the buffet and hoped the longer cruise might offer meals in the dining room. I am trying to decide about the transatlantic from Barcelona to US.

Breakfast definitely. I don't know about lunch. A Journeys cruise with a lot of port stops might be different from a transatlantic, which I have never been on. 

 

Even if there is no lunch in the MDR, there will be lunch the other venues besides the buffet (Cucina del Capitano, Guys, etc.) 

[Linda the Book Lover]

11 hours ago, Honolulu Blue said:

In scanning my newsletters from my last Journeys cruise in January 2020, I found that breakfast in the MDR was always available on port days.  The times varied depending on when we were due in port.  There was NO lunch served in the MDR on port days.

 

BTW, I know you didn't ask, but on sea days, the ship switched between brunch and breakfast/lunch in the MDR.

Thanks I appreciate the information as we are still in the deciding stage for 2025. 

 

[Linda the Book Lover]

8 hours ago, staceyglow said:

Breakfast definitely. I don't know about lunch. A Journeys cruise with a lot of port stops might be different from a transatlantic, which I have never been on. 

 

Even if there is no lunch in the MDR, there will be lunch the other venues besides the buffet (Cucina del Capitano, Guys, etc.) 

Thanks for the info. On the other Carnival ships I sailed, I enjoyed lunch in the Italian restaurant and other venues. I have to admit the older I get (in my 70's) the lazier I have become as far as sitting down and being served...😂

[Honolulu Blue]

5 hours ago, Linda the Book Lover said:

Thanks for the info. On the other Carnival ships I sailed, I enjoyed lunch in the Italian restaurant and other venues. I have to admit the older I get (in my 70's) the lazier I have become as far as sitting down and being served...😂

There's nothing wrong with sitting down and being served for meals if that's what you enjoy for whatever reason.  👍  Me, I still eat at the trough most of the time. 🐷

[janetmojo]

We are booked on a 14 night Journey's Cruise in Greenland in late May and it's a ship that doesn't have many dining venues so I am hoping there is lunch in the dining room as I'm not a big buffet person.

[EllieinNJ]

We were just on the 12 day Journey cruise on Venezia.  Breakfast only on port days and some days breakfast only and some days brunch on Sea days.

[staceyglow]

I have had lunch in the MDR relatively recently on a Journeys cruise. But it was only on one or two of the sea days. They had brunch the other sea days. 

 

If your ship has a Cucina del Capitano, there will be a sit down lunch there 

[TravelWith FunShips]

On 1/7/2024 at 4:32 PM, Cruise760 said:

We have booked a 14 day Carnival Journeys cruise.  I have a question.    Do they just repeat the 7 day menu in the MDR on these longer cruises, or do they have additional menus that they use on day 8-14?

No, its different with 3 formal nights

[cruisernh]

Thank you for this.

[kitten816]

On 3/23/2024 at 7:59 PM, EllieinNJ said:

We were just on the 12 day Journey cruise on Venezia.  Breakfast only on port days and some days breakfast only and some days brunch on Sea days.

Was there not lunch on sea days? 

[staceyglow]

3 hours ago, kitten816 said:

Was there not lunch on sea days? 

I just got off an 11-day Venezia cruise (not technically a Journeys cruise), and here was the breakfast/lunch situation on the 5 sea days:

 

On 4 of the sea days, Sea Day Brunch was offered. No separate breakfast was offered in an MDR. 

 

On one sea day, breakfast was offered in one of the MDRs and there was a separate lunch menu after breakfast was done. It was Mexican-themed. 

 

On all 5 sea days, the other MDR offered a lunch menu that I thought was a full step up from what they typically offer for lunch at a Cucina del Capitano.  It had 3 salads/soups, about 5 pastas (including a really delicious spaghetti carbonara), and two dessert selections. We at lunch there 3 of the 5 sea days.