Cruise Tips – Disney Cruise Ship Food, Part II

By Kimkinyona Fox Cully

This is the second installment of our three tip series on the Disney Cruise ship food.  Tip #2:  the Spaghetti.  When I asked my youngest child what he thought was best about the food on our Disney Cruise, he insisted it was the spaghetti.  When I thought about it, I can see why he thought so.   Yes, spaghetti is wonderful and filling in your tummy.  But on a ship with Mickey Mouse, they manage to make even a simple dish like this one, special.

According to my son, the spaghetti on the Disney Cruise has lots and lots of noodles.  The sauce is extra tomato-ey. (If that’s even possible.   If that’s even a word!)  You might as well say it is real spaghetti and they cook it well too.  It is heated up enough to be yummy, but not too hot that you can’t eat it.  It’s just right.

Warm, delicious spaghetti

And then there’s those wonderful hats.

An extraordinary thing happens at dinner on the Disney Cruise. The wait staff surprises everyone by making hats out of the dinner napkins.  Hats that look like RobinHood.  Hats that look like Captain Hook.  And more! 

Napkin Hat

 

They gently balance the hat on your head, as you eat your dinner.  The wait staff does not make hats just for the kids.  Even the adults get in on the act.  The “big kids” at your table get hats that look like Lady Marion or a pirate.  Everyone becomes one of the Disney characters by the time dinner is over.   So there you are, eating your just right spaghetti, with all of its warm noodles, oozing with spaghetti sauce, and you are eating in character, just like a real pirate.  Arrrrr!!!

 

Sometimes, while you are eating dinner a special guest arrives to join in on the fun.  It’s Mickey himself!  What a treat!!  He greets all of the people at the table with warm hugs and joy.  He is so excited to meet you and your entire family.  We all feel so special to have met him.  Before Mickey leaves, we get to take a picture with him, to commemorate the moment.  And sometimes, we even do the limbo with him!  It is all wonderful fun!  Dinner on a Disney Cruise ship is an adventure indeed.  An adventure complete with marvelous food, fanciful hats and a visit from a Disney character or two.

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Cruise Tips – Disney Cruise Ship Food, Part I

By Kimkinyona Fox Cully

Here is the first of three cruise tips for your next Disney Cruise sailing.  Tip #1:  the Mickey Ice Cream Bar.  There are many great things about cruising on a Disney ship:   the food, the service, and the Disney characters.  But in this series of blogs, we will focus on the food.  The Mickey Ice Cream tip is included here, but I would like to hear your tips as well.  Will you please add yours in the reply section below?

The first visible opportunity for a Mickey ice cream bar is on the children’s menu in any of the evening dining restaurants.  On the first night, our kids ordered one.  The ice cream arrived, in the shape of Mickey Mouse on a stick, covered entirely in frozen chocolate.  It is similar to a Dove Bar or an Eskimo Pie.  The ice cream looked good, but I thought it was just for kids, right?  I need to stick to the more mature fare.  Then the kids each bit off an ear of their ice cream.  Decadent vanilla ice cream appeared beneath the thick, chocolaty candy shell.  It looked like heaven.  The vanilla was creamy and smooth.  The chocolate smelled delightful, with its rich, tempting aroma. 

Mickey Ice Cream Bar

I had to have one!  I succumbed to the enticement and ordered a Mickey Ice Cream bar from the wait staff.

When my bar arrived, it tasted even better than it looked.  The premium vanilla ice cream was coated with smooth, rich Nestle milk chocolate.  It was the best thing since– I hate to say it but– sliced bread.  It was so good, my husband started ordering the adult dessert and the Mickey Ice Cream with dinner each night.  The bars are offered in a coating of plain chocolate or chocolate with candy sprinkles.

I also discovered that you don’t have to wait until the next dinner seating to get your Mickey Ice Cream fix.  These luscious ice cream bars, while not on the room service menu, can be requested at no-charge, for delivery straight to your stateroom.  We got so hooked on the ice cream bars, my husband and I ordered one from room service every night!

Alright, it’s your turn.  What’s your favorite food tip on the Disney Cruise Line?  Don’t be shy.  Please leave a tip in the reply section below.

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