Keep kosher on Carnival Cruise Line


Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Line

Kosher Caterer: Weberman's Traditional Foods of Miami, Florida certified by OK

Meals offered:
All meals come double wrapped and come frozen. Food can be ordered from either the buffet or in the main dining hall, but the cruise line recommends the main dining hall, with orders placed the day before.

Meat:
  • Roasted chicken breast with sweet noodle kugel and carrot tzimmis
  • Pot roast with kishka and vegetable souffle
  • Turkey schnitzel with sweet potato fries and spinach croquettes
  • Salmon with white rice and green beans
  • Stuffed cabbage with barley
  • Steak with mashed potatoes
  • Grilled chicken leg with risotto and spinach kugel

Dairy:
  • Vegetable lasagna

Pareve:
  • Snapper with potato and carrots


Notice needed for Kosher meals: Carnival requests 60 days notice. Accommodations up to 2 weeks prior to the cruise, for North American cruises, can be made based on availability.

How are the warmed: There is a special steamer oven on board each ship which is used exclusively for warming kosher food. There is no mashgiach on board, so there is no way to verify this is being used properly, however since all food is double wrapped this is not a concern.

Special food for Shabbat: No challah or kosher wine is available. There is however other kosher uncut bread available which can be used.

Passover/Pesach: For Pesach information please see: Spending Passover/Pesach on a cruise ship

Prayer services: A space is designated for services and non-denominational prayer books are provided.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 25, 2022 at 10:43 AM

    Be warned the frozen meals from Weberman's are in-edible. We travel internationally as a family and have never been served such vile food. We're not fussy and make the most of a situation but this food is not fit to be served in a POW camp. It's a shameful and cheap excuse of a caterer.

    For our first lunch we ordered the lasagna, made from plastic cheese with corn and peas. For dinner we ordered the 'Sailsbury Steak'. It was a 3D printed mess of assorted mincemeat shaped like a 'steak' with some kind of slop intended to be mashed potatoes. Next, we tried the roast chicken, one bite and not one person in our party of 7 could eat it.

    This is no reflection on Carnival Cruises. They were incredibly accommodating and really wanted to please us. They prepared plates of fresh fruit, fresh garden salad and eventually we had foil wrapped baked potato and salmon for the remainder of the cruise. If you are planning a kosher trip and will be relying on this 'caterer' do not. Make alternative arrangements.

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