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The Celiac Disease Foundation is proud to attend the inaugural Celiac Cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas. The cruise will have a dedicated gluten-free kitchen and dining room with delicious products from CDF Proud Sponsors and other trusted brands, ensuring a safe environment for celiac passengers. This sailing provides the opportunity to educate others about the seriousness of celiac disease and critical need for increased research, education, and advocacy. Please visit their website to sign up for future cruise dates in October 2020 and March 2021. Celiac Cruise was started in 2018 with a dream of providing families impacted by celiac disease with the opportunity to sail the open seas in a safe, gluten-free environment. The company’s goal is to offer an incredible gluten-free cruise vacation experience and an educational, cohesive community for guests.
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He said that only one member of a family of 18 needed to eat gluten-free, but all joined the Celiac Cruise experience so they could be together. I highly recommend purchasing travel insurance if you’re unsure your plans will change. The drawback to taking a Celiac Cruise is that you have to sometimes plan your Celiac Cruise more than a year in advance, and the dates don’t always line up with your family’s spring break plans.
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I also had the opportunity to sit down with the founders of Celiac Cruise and speak with many guests about their experiences. For more information on upcoming gluten-free cruises and educational initiatives, please visit and Crown & Anchor is Royal Caribbean’s loyalty program.
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Celiac Cruise charters an entire AmaWaterways ship for its 100% gluten-free sailings on the rivers of Europe. We never experienced a long wait, although that might have been because we tended to dine on the later side. We noticed several times that Celiac Cruise diners lined up to enter the Solarium at 5 pm for dinner and 10 pm for late-night snacks. We ate dinner at 7 pm and wanted to enjoy the shows and entertainment afterward. To eat more food a few hours after dinner (and dessert) proved much too challenging for me and my husband. The snacks were over-the-top gluttonous treats that varied each night and included many foods you can’t normally eat, like French fries, nachos, pizza, and more.
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The servers started each evening’s dinner order by asking if we had any additional food allergies. American Night had mac & cheese, chicken wings, blueberry crumble and according to Miss E “the best corn dog (she’s) ever had”. They were battered and fried on-site with a sweet crust that was crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy inside, the perfect complement to the salty hot dog.
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Celiac Cruise has thought of every food wish a gluten-free person has, offering foods you can’t easily find gluten-free at a local restaurant. “From a travel perspective, we would book someone on a trip, and then we’re hands-off. But with Celiac Cruise, we’re part of the entire journey all the way through. It gives us a sense of responsibility we’ve never felt before,” he says. (3) Royal Caribbean cleans the entire kitchen, which will only be used for gluten-free cooking and baking for the duration of the cruise. “It’s scary to put your name on something that requires you to trust other people.
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There was a fresh selection of entrees for everyone, from vegetarians to meat lovers, and always a great selection of side dishes. My family just took our first Celiac Cruise on Royal Caribbean International to Alaska. We loved it so much that we booked another Celiac Cruise while on the ship. Celiaccruise.com has announced their lineup of cruises for 2024. Read The Ultimate Guide to Eating Out Gluten-Free for more tips on eating out safely.
I enjoyed veggie omelets, fresh fruit, vegetables, and a daily donut, which I found hard to resist. There’s so much food (more on that later), and celiacs deprived of their favorite foods for a long time will have to pace themselves. (5) For AMAWaterway riverboard cruises, Celiac Cruise requires all staff to sign a contract agreeing that they won’t bring gluten on board the boat. Maureen and Connie needed to guarantee 265 paid passengers for the Ovation of the Seas cruise ship. For other boats, like the Oasis of the Seas, they’re on the line to guarantee 694 guests. After what is now known as Teargate, the staff began to over-accommodate me.
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Breakfast always includes Danishes, donuts, muffins, and fried hash brown patties. Desserts are offered after every lunch and dinner. Fried food is at your fingertips at every meal. For smaller river cruises in Europe, there is ZERO gluten on the ship.
In no event shall CDF be held liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on such information or views. My family has traveled a lot over nearly a decade with celiac disease. Still, there is a certain amount of unavoidable work and mental burden. If booking outside companies, choose tour providers with a large number of excellent reviews and a guarantee to get you to the ship or transfer you to the next port. Many are the same vendors that Royal Caribbean uses and are adept at getting guests back to the ship on time.
The Celiac Disease Foundation, established in 1990, is a leading global patient advocacy organization committed to accelerating diagnosis, treatments, and a cure for celiac disease. Our unparalleled advocacy program has led the way to secure federal recognition and first-ever research funding from agencies including the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. On some cruises, there is a dedicated space in the Windjammer. While on other ships (including Ovation of the Seas) there is a dedicated dining room. In all cases, the focus is on safe gluten-free food.
I’m letting go and breathing for the first time in five years,” says Susan. My experience in the Windjammer allowed me to fully appreciate the peaceful, worry-free, wait-free dining experience offered by Celiac Cruise. While the upside to Celiac Cruise is the opportunity to enjoy worry-free, explanation-free dining, you are limited to eating during the designated hours. The reason you go on Celiac Cruise isn’t for fine dining. It’s for the opportunity to eat various safe foods without repeatedly advocating for yourself.
There are a range of available cabins in different price ranges. Suite guests have access to dine in the Coastal Kitchen. It is a quiet, full-service, dining room, with a wall of windows. Sorrentos Pizza had gluten-free pizza made in a gluten-free oven, with crusts prepared offsite and separate dedicated toppings. Additional allergies and dietary restrictions were accommodated on the cruise. Some families would take a few to share and everyone would get a bite.
Once again, Miss E and I could not find anything compelling enough to leave the fabulous, dedicated gluten-free dining room. The gluten-eaters in my family dined there one night, and my husband said the food in our Celiac Cruise dining room was better. A “Welcome Aboard Cake”, Caesar salad with croutons, and a huge selection of entrees, sides, and desserts were all waiting for excited celiac cruisers to dig in. I didn’t have to constantly advocate for myself or wait for my food to come.
Celiac Cruise passenger, Kaylee Blumenfeld, took a behind-the-scenes tour of the ship. She spotted several areas inside the non-dedicated gluten-free kitchens that prepared gluten-free food in dedicated spaces. Much of the food I enjoyed was delicious, and there was a lot of variety to please every palate. If I didn’t like something, ten options were ready to take its place. Before you book that dream vacation with Celiac Cruise, there are a few things you need to know to ensure that it’s right for you and that your expectations align with the experience that awaits you.
